Milesy's Van

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I though I would start a little build thread on here, so I bought the Gemini panel van back in 2013 and here is how the van has evolved over the last couple of years.
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I picked up a G200 short motor in bits.
- G200 0.5mm
- Mahle pistons

I modified a head to suit the bottom end which resulted in 10.7:1 compression.
- G161 head, inlet 44mm and exhaust 36mm valves.
- Ported head and intake manifold
- 2508 Crow cam
- 350 Holley

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Then it was time to sort of the suspension, I previously had just cut the springs to gain the desired ride height, but everyone knows this is just dumb. The van handled like a piece of s*#t.
So I fitted pedders springs and QA1 shocks to the front and pedders shocks to the rear. The QA1 shocks are great with compression and rebound adjustment.
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Cheers Smithy for the Pedders gear :lol:

I also added some more 2nd hand wheels to my collection, they are AVID 1 15x8.5 +17. They have 185x45 tyres fitted, these are way too stretched for my liking and when I wear them out I want to change to a set of Toyo r888 195x50. Like the 1200 ute below.
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Firstly welcome to the forum

2nd f*#cking awesome!!!! Looks brilliant.
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Cheers mate, it's getting there slowly
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How do you like the front shocks and what'd they set you back if you dont mind me asking? Look to be a pretty decent bit of kit with the seperate bound/rebound adjustment on-car
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The QA1 shocks are great, very simple and easily rebuilt. These shocks are designed for a 1st gen Camaro and I just changes out the bottom bush to suit the gemini. They were around $400 each. I hope that helps.
The range of adjustment is huge, which makes them great for use on the street, I haven't had the van on a track yet, I'm looking to get some for the rear soon and then go test it out
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Hmm.
That's not too bad at all really.
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Change of wheels :lol:

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Wheel weights
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The white steelies are 16x8
The black alloys are 15x8.5
The black steelies are stock gemini wheels
There is a huge weight difference
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I kinda want a set of those white steelies for the coupe

Looks good :)
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Cheers Jonno,

I wanted the wheels because they are cheaper and I don't have to be too precious with them.

I hope to do a few motorkhana events later on in the year
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This thing is making me harder than diamonds. What are those black alloys? should put them back on.
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Cheers! :lol:

The wheels are AVID1 - AV19
15x8.5 +17
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A few updates

Modified the standard air cleaner to fit the 350 Holley
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Fully sick catch can :lol:
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