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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

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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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Post by riggaz »

That's an amazing car, much deserving of the title.
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Post by ZD1T »

boost gauge and no boost? well not in the pics anyhow
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Post by tx240 »

ZD1T wrote:boost gauge and no boost? well not in the pics anyhow
Yeah, he should give me a call, i can fix that problem :D :D


Very nice car though, very deserving of the "car of the week" title.
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Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
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Post by Brandon1989 »

wow, same kind of interior as my old Torana :D
looks real good man, except i think your missing a turbo and another cam :twisted:
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Post by Gene FJ20DEBT »

pistonbroke wrote:Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
stock te grill
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Post by SHEEL »

Gene FJ20DET wrote:
pistonbroke wrote:Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
stock te grill
it is modified Gene...

He has put small chrome strips on the horizontal section of the grill
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Post by Cuz »

ZD1T wrote:boost gauge and no boost? well not in the pics anyhow
haha, i get that all the time. It's a sign of things to come. Plus the vac side of the gauge is very useful for tuning carby motors......
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SHEEL wrote:
Gene FJ20DET wrote:
pistonbroke wrote:Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
stock te grill
it is modified Gene...

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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Here are some pics of my custom Iraggi alternator (200amps - 100 amps @ idle!!) Was a bitch to fit but got there in the end. Note the custom machined underdrive pulley.....

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Few more pics I thought I might add, mostly from Auto Showoff and Autosalson:
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Post by gemini_gurl6969 »

riggaz wrote:That's an amazing car, much deserving of the title.


mmmmm very nice..... :twisted:
drive it like you stole it....
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Post by dagwood »

boost guages are the same as vaccum guages arent they, so he could be using a boost guage for a vaccum guage?

thats one nice gem man. woo hoo. i love TE's
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Post by Gene FJ20DEBT »

dagwood wrote:boost guages are the same as vaccum guages arent they, so he could be using a boost guage for a vaccum guage?

thats one nice gem man. woo hoo. i love TE's
vacum is suck
boost is blow.
so no there not the same
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Post by pattis »

pistonbroke wrote:Very nice.Is that a custom grill?If so,details?
looks like an intercooler:D
Love your gemi man it's f@cken sweeeeeeeet
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