I purchased a 2012 VE HDT Group 3 s2 about 6 years ago i looked at an e3 hsv but hsv are dim a dozen I wanted something different, I have not driven my car without someone coming up to me raving about it about 3 times I been asked if they can take pictures of it as they have never seen 1 in the flesh, what did surprise me is how much people knew about the car and the cult like following Peter Brock still has today, 1 guy came up to me in a servo while putting fuel in he said he didn't know anything about cars but that looks awesome, the car its self has lsx fully forged engine and is currently getting a huge 98mm Turbo fitted to it more is built to take 2000hp everything in the engine is the ducks guts
I have had my Ve ssv 2006 since 2009. Ignition orange colour. One bit of advice i would give any ve ss or clubsport etc owners is to change your diff oil regularly. The diff they run is a ZF diff that runs clutches inside.. The diff bloke who repaired my diff as it started slipping only when turning a corner told me he will not put an original new diff centre back in the car. He rebuilt the whole centre and put a tru track in it. The car drives so much better guys. Great video
my vu manual has a zf 3.46 and its had endless diff problems since ive owned it so that will very likely be the problem, it clunks at low speed, turning and gear changes on and off the clutch. been wanting to upgrade to a ve 6.0 manual but so hard to find a good one
Yeah agree they got the stereos wrong. I tell you what the good ol VE are growing on me.. imo the wagons and utes look way better but, GTS will always be cool
I was going buy one there very nice but settled for vf ss series 2 as only Holden could get with ls3 in 50k range but it’s pretty good car I’m happy with it
I sold parts for these and completely stripped one. Fat people break the plastic on the rear of the driver chair typically in the lower part. The glove box latch also can break. Shocks are expensive if you want to keep MRC. Other door card issue is the silver plastic metallic coating can go if you are sweaty or high humidity environment. Also the stock diff is just a shot peened regular diff (20-30% stronger) with better ratio. Also the rear lights have some issue with a module dying that feeds them power, from memory it's not too hard to fix. Basically the seat plastic (fat people lol) was the single most requested item I sold.
Lower k’s are always good for resale but the reality is the LS engines are fairly durable. They commonly suffer from lifter noise and rear main seal leaks, other than that, as long as they are serviced correctly, there is no reason why you wouldn’t get long life out of the engines.
Love my clubsport R8 ve ❤
We are on the same page, we picked up a VE R8 last week and will feature it in an upcoming episode. Watch this space.
Of course 👍
I purchased a 2012 VE HDT Group 3 s2 about 6 years ago i looked at an e3 hsv but hsv are dim a dozen I wanted something different, I have not driven my car without someone coming up to me raving about it about 3 times I been asked if they can take pictures of it as they have never seen 1 in the flesh, what did surprise me is how much people knew about the car and the cult like following Peter Brock still has today, 1 guy came up to me in a servo while putting fuel in he said he didn't know anything about cars but that looks awesome, the car its self has lsx fully forged engine and is currently getting a huge 98mm Turbo fitted to it more is built to take 2000hp everything in the engine is the ducks guts
I would die for an E1 GTS. My favourite generation of GTS of all time. I never liked the styling of the E2 or E3 at all. This is where it’s at.
Yes, drove the 550kw it was great and not even a holden (or ford) fan
Mate this is my dream car
Same m8
Yeah but sadly VE never arrived in Brunei 🇧🇳 😢
I have had my Ve ssv 2006 since 2009. Ignition orange colour. One bit of advice i would give any ve ss or clubsport etc owners is to change your diff oil regularly. The diff they run is a ZF diff that runs clutches inside..
The diff bloke who repaired my diff as it started slipping only when turning a corner told me he will not put an original new diff centre back in the car. He rebuilt the whole centre and put a tru track in it. The car drives so much better guys. Great video
Thank you so much for the feedback, yes ours has a Wavetrac LSD in it now, was rebuilt before our ownership at 96,000k’s.
We also have a soft spot for ignition orange as well.
my vu manual has a zf 3.46 and its had endless diff problems since ive owned it so that will very likely be the problem, it clunks at low speed, turning and gear changes on and off the clutch. been wanting to upgrade to a ve 6.0 manual but so hard to find a good one
Yeah agree they got the stereos wrong. I tell you what the good ol VE are growing on me.. imo the wagons and utes look way better but, GTS will always be cool
Good value for the wagons too.
I was going buy one there very nice but settled for vf ss series 2 as only Holden could get with ls3 in 50k range but it’s pretty good car I’m happy with it
I sold parts for these and completely stripped one. Fat people break the plastic on the rear of the driver chair typically in the lower part. The glove box latch also can break. Shocks are expensive if you want to keep MRC. Other door card issue is the silver plastic metallic coating can go if you are sweaty or high humidity environment.
Also the stock diff is just a shot peened regular diff (20-30% stronger) with better ratio. Also the rear lights have some issue with a module dying that feeds them power, from memory it's not too hard to fix.
Basically the seat plastic (fat people lol) was the single most requested item I sold.
Thanks for the extra detail, we agree the MRC is expensive!
What’s good kms to buy them at
Lower k’s are always good for resale but the reality is the LS engines are fairly durable.
They commonly suffer from lifter noise and rear main seal leaks, other than that, as long as they are serviced correctly, there is no reason why you wouldn’t get long life out of the engines.
I currently drive a vf Calais v