Cuz's Gem
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Cuz's Gem
Some details of my gem, which i've had for 5 years now and have personally rebuilt from the ground up (Including bodywork, all entire stereo install and all other modifictions)
Vehicle Details:
Make/Model: 1980 Holden Gemini
Wheels/Suspension: 17x7 Vault Crystal, 205/40/R17 Nangkang Sport NSII white-walled tyres, Superlow King Springs (rear), Low King Springs (front), KYB shock absorbers, H/D adjustable panhard rod, H/D front swaybar, Noalthane bushes
Engine: Isuzu 1.6l, Ported and polished head, Oversized valves, Cam regrind, 32/36 Weber carby, Rebuilt and balanced bottom end, Oversized pistons, Lightened flywheel, H/D clutch, Bosch fuel pump, Electronic ignition, 4-2-1 extractors, 2 1/4 inch exhaust. (65rwkw)
Body: Full respray in Ford Blueprint with purple pearl in the clear, Tinted Windows, Tinted taillights, Solex Locks, Clear side indicators, Removable sunroof; Chromed mirrors, wipers, fuel flaps, front grille and engine bay parts
Interior: Full custom interior - Re-trimmed in black velvet with yellow piping, Yellow colour coding, Black carpet and underlay, Black felt hood lining, Chrome and yellow sports pedals/gear knob, Yellow/black leather sports steering wheel, Yellow leather gear stick/handbrake boot, Blue neon highlighting; Specometer 5” shiftlight tacho, volt, oil pressure and boost/vacuum gauges
System Description:
H/U: Pioneer Premier 8650mp
Front Stage: Hertz 3 way (HV200L 8” midbass, HM1000 4.5” midrange, HT25 Tweeter)
Front Stage Amp: Soundstream Picasso 4x110 (2x440)
Ambient Setup: Hertz HT20 Tweeters
Ambient Amp: Alpine MRP T-130 2x90 (Shared with Rears)
Rear Stage: Hertz ESK-165 6” splits
Rear Stage Amp: Alpine MRP T-130 2x90 (Shared with Ambients)
Subbass: DD 3512d, 1.8cuft each tuned to 40hz
Sub Amp: Crossfire VR1000d (1400wrms @ 0.5ohm)
A/V System: 120gb HDD player, 7” Lilliput VGA TFT screen (fully removable from dash mount), 8” Viscom flip down boot mounted screen
Power: 2ga power cable, Orbital 750CCA Deep Cycle Battery, Gold plated battery terminals with digital display, 120 amp fuse, 1F Capacitor, 80amp circuit breaker to isolate capacitor, 120amp Mitsubishi alternator
Other: Boot, all doors and floor sound deadened with G-Spot Serenity Max, Illuminated ‘Crossfire’ etching on amp rack perspex, CCFL/Neons throughout, 3 x 80mm LED fans (2 in amp rack, 1 in glove box), embossed ‘Hertz’ on door pods, stenciled “Gemini’ on speaker grilles, ‘Gemini’ stitching on rear pod
Awards:
2005 CAASQ Amatuer Show National Champion
2005 CAASQ National Championships - Best Presented Vehicle
There is a few more things that have been added that i don't have pics of yet.
Some update pics from Easternats 2006, where I took out the Best 4 Cylinder in the Show and Shine, and First Place in the Sound Quailty competiton from the 1000-2000 watt class.
Vehicle Details:
Make/Model: 1980 Holden Gemini
Wheels/Suspension: 17x7 Vault Crystal, 205/40/R17 Nangkang Sport NSII white-walled tyres, Superlow King Springs (rear), Low King Springs (front), KYB shock absorbers, H/D adjustable panhard rod, H/D front swaybar, Noalthane bushes
Engine: Isuzu 1.6l, Ported and polished head, Oversized valves, Cam regrind, 32/36 Weber carby, Rebuilt and balanced bottom end, Oversized pistons, Lightened flywheel, H/D clutch, Bosch fuel pump, Electronic ignition, 4-2-1 extractors, 2 1/4 inch exhaust. (65rwkw)
Body: Full respray in Ford Blueprint with purple pearl in the clear, Tinted Windows, Tinted taillights, Solex Locks, Clear side indicators, Removable sunroof; Chromed mirrors, wipers, fuel flaps, front grille and engine bay parts
Interior: Full custom interior - Re-trimmed in black velvet with yellow piping, Yellow colour coding, Black carpet and underlay, Black felt hood lining, Chrome and yellow sports pedals/gear knob, Yellow/black leather sports steering wheel, Yellow leather gear stick/handbrake boot, Blue neon highlighting; Specometer 5” shiftlight tacho, volt, oil pressure and boost/vacuum gauges
System Description:
H/U: Pioneer Premier 8650mp
Front Stage: Hertz 3 way (HV200L 8” midbass, HM1000 4.5” midrange, HT25 Tweeter)
Front Stage Amp: Soundstream Picasso 4x110 (2x440)
Ambient Setup: Hertz HT20 Tweeters
Ambient Amp: Alpine MRP T-130 2x90 (Shared with Rears)
Rear Stage: Hertz ESK-165 6” splits
Rear Stage Amp: Alpine MRP T-130 2x90 (Shared with Ambients)
Subbass: DD 3512d, 1.8cuft each tuned to 40hz
Sub Amp: Crossfire VR1000d (1400wrms @ 0.5ohm)
A/V System: 120gb HDD player, 7” Lilliput VGA TFT screen (fully removable from dash mount), 8” Viscom flip down boot mounted screen
Power: 2ga power cable, Orbital 750CCA Deep Cycle Battery, Gold plated battery terminals with digital display, 120 amp fuse, 1F Capacitor, 80amp circuit breaker to isolate capacitor, 120amp Mitsubishi alternator
Other: Boot, all doors and floor sound deadened with G-Spot Serenity Max, Illuminated ‘Crossfire’ etching on amp rack perspex, CCFL/Neons throughout, 3 x 80mm LED fans (2 in amp rack, 1 in glove box), embossed ‘Hertz’ on door pods, stenciled “Gemini’ on speaker grilles, ‘Gemini’ stitching on rear pod
Awards:
2005 CAASQ Amatuer Show National Champion
2005 CAASQ National Championships - Best Presented Vehicle
There is a few more things that have been added that i don't have pics of yet.
Some update pics from Easternats 2006, where I took out the Best 4 Cylinder in the Show and Shine, and First Place in the Sound Quailty competiton from the 1000-2000 watt class.
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SHEEL wrote:it is modified Gene...Gene FJ20DET wrote:stock te grillpistonbroke wrote:Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
He has put small chrome strips on the horizontal section of the grill
Yeah. it subtle enough such that you would probabaly think it was stock, but adds to the whole 'overkill' of chrome on the car.......
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