Building and Racing a Chevy SS | One of GM’s most underrated car
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2022
- Here is my 6 (almost 7) year build transformation on the Chevy SS, aka Holden Commodore. I've had so much fun modifying this car and meeting all new people I've been introduced to simply because of the love we all have for cars. Thanks to those that have followed the build recently. I hope to share with y'all more of what this car went through before I became more active on RUclips. If you enjoyed this video, please make sure to Like, Share, and Subscribe, if you aren't already!
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Music in this video
- Cheel - Anywhen You Say
- Neffex - Anxiety - Instrumental
- Patrick Patrikios - Dude 
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Good to see Aussie muscle shredding tyres on US soil, the VF Commodore transformation is on point 👏
Thanks bud! Appreciate it. 👍
Hell yeah! We be shredding tires on Middle Eastern soil with the Chevrolet Caprice SS and Lumina SS with that glorious 6.1/6.2 liter V8.
@@LosSS it's rebadged isn't it
vice versa, but this is all that australia has..fuck other countries!!
@@16vCorsa Yes they are Holden Commodores built in Australia and sent to USA as a Chevy SS. Pontiac G8 also a Commodre and Pontiac GTO Coupe 2005 is a Holden Monaro.
I have the Holden Commodore SS Ute version of a GTO Coupe and the VE or Pontiac G8 Sedan also.
Chevy...?
That's a Holden mate.
😎😎👍👍
Great to see the Holden Lion badges on it , love ya beast mate 👍
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Beautiful car. Loved the shot of BBQ stuff in the boot! Made me happy😅
Wicked Bro. I have a 2017(Blk) wish it sounded and performed at least close like urs. Cheers from Houston
Perfect daily. I’ve always loved the SS’s especially white on black. The weld wheels really makes the car a eye catcher.
I am so close to dropping 50k on a low mile 2017. I’m old (55), and I’ll not me making the beast you’ve made, but even stock, it seems to be my dream car.
Love it..
great work. looks smicho
I have an 2008 VE SS and 2015 VF SSV. Both are manuals.
The VE is a stock L98 6 litre that has been lowered 35 mm.
The VF SSV is such an improved model over my VE in many respects...It is brilliant to drive....
My VF SSV has a 6 litre L77 ..... lightly cammed, ported and polished with a DOD delete. OTR and 2.5 inch stainless Manta exhaust with 1 3/4 ceramic coated headers. Brembos all round with braided lines. Lowered slightly, about 20 mm and made to sit evenly on the 19 inch Continental Max Contact MC6 tyres...... What I wanted was a car that was not an automatic police magnet.... 317.5 RWKW and 645 nm of Torque.
People come up and talk to me all the time when the see my VF SSV.... they like how it sounds...the performance shop wanted to put a 3 inch exhaust system on it... but where I live in Australia there is a noise limit... and large fines. The 2.5 system doesn't look as obvious..... and it only exceeds the limit by about 10 to 15 db.
Stock standard, the VE still has plenty of get up and go for passing semi trailers and road trains. The VE feels like it sits lower on its 18 inch Continental Max Contact MC6 tyres.
love what you've done to your SS! Car looks great and the extensive bolt-on mods and porting really complements the blower
Thanks!
Not underrated just under advertised love them
This also goes for the g8 and the gto
Thank you for sharing your journey with us so far love these cars!
Well done! I also have aspirations to put a supercharger on my SS.
Excellent video! Very cool to see the progression of the car as it puts out more power. Especially the track results that got faster and faster!
I’ve watched you build this car and you’ve done a fantastic job! 👏
Appreciate it! Thanks for following along with the build 👍
Omg !
It is a work of art.
Dope visuals. I like how you started from the beginning.. added them old school runs in. 🤘🏽
I had so much more content and better quality on my old iPhone but couldn’t access those clips. Damn I raced this car a lot the first 2 years haha.
Very nice SS!! I have a 2008 iom g8 gt. I love it!
That thing sounds gnarly bro!!
I'm on the same journey. These cars are amazing
Enjoy bud!
Beautiful ss mate and awesome build 🤙😎
kool vid ive got 2 ...... ss vf and ve ss or as you say chevy ss and a g8 ... both cars are amazing i cant belive the USA didnt get the ford falcon .......... FPV or hsv cars
I’m not a ford fan but totally agree would have been sweet to see the falcon rolling around in the states.
The hsv gtsr w1… I need that car haha.
Cool evolution into a beast. That cam sounds so old school.
I just bought a 2014 in Mystic Green
Haven' t even seen it in person yet.
Way worse than the kid at Christmas.
Enjoy it bud!
Damn bro mad as job👌🏼 inspired as! this is the dream for my stock VF maloo haha can’t wait one day🇦🇺🇺🇸
Such a badass car man I love it. I can't wait to get that LSA blower on my '14.
Best mod ever! You won’t regret it.
Bad ass car !!
Thanks for sharing it's journey
Appreciate it and thanks for watching!
Solid video. Good seeing all the progress
Thanks!!!
Awesome video!
Great video you put together and I love those wheels.
Thanks!
you guys need the gtsr's. beautiful ride tho mate
Luv it
Very very nice ss. I got a 17 but it’s a garage queen and totally stock. Going to subscribe to your channel
Even stock these cars are awesome. Enjoy it!
Thanks for the sub!
Very nice !!
Was considering buying a C63 Benz..... BUT this looks like a VERY NICE alternative !
I'm Kenny Hayes I have a 2014 ss sandan .I watch your videos all the time and love them I love your ss it's the baddest one out there to me it sounds so bad ass .it's beautiful.you got your shit together bro.i would give anything if mine sound like yours I would name it white 👻
Nice video.. great to see the progress!
Thanks!
Goals
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic car and great video man
Thanks! 👍
Nice bro! I have a 2014 Chevy SS and I love it, still haven't hit 50,000 miles yet but the mods are coming
Nice! Enjoy it bud. I need to drive mine more, currently sitting at 26k miles.
Awesome car much respect for badging your car Holden I live 2 minutes away from the Elizabeth Holden factory. It was a very sad day when they shut down.
Thanks! Yes it was definitely a sad day when the factory closed. I wish we would have been given the opportunity to also experience the hsv vehicles.
One bad ass ss!
Good job guess I have to get one
Your car is Beautiful I have one my self it’s stock ss sedan for now I’m going to be fixing it up too I can’t wait also have a 6.0 Chevy short bed fix up nice runs buddy
Appreciate it. Have fun modding it!
I’ve been wanting like a 03-06 single cab Chevy too. That body style is one of my faves,
Yeah they nice trucks I have the 01
🔥👌💯🔥🔥🔥 sound good 👍
I'm gonna get one within the next month and it's pretty surreal
I hope you do and enjoy it!
Chevy drop the ball on this one. It could've been chevys version of modern chargers
Great video/timeline, and awesome car. Now get some TPMS sensors, that yellow light is killing my OCD 😉
Thanks!
Yes the light does bother me too a bit. I need to find the right TPMS sensor that will work with the Welds. If I recall correctly, I ran into a clearance issue with the factory sensors.
@@LosSS Doing a bit of research it sounds like you may get a light up front for too much air if you have skinnies and a light in the rear if you are running low pressure in the DR's, so it may not matter anyway. 👍
Yours is sick btw
Great mods, it looks and sounds amazing. I have one that I've heavily modified but I'm selling it to get a new toy.
Thanks bud!
What you plan on getting next? Idk what I would get besides like a v3. I would love to have a white c6 zr1.
@@LosSS It sounds crazy, but I want the Kia EV6 GT. Amazing sleeper car, 2.5 seconds to 60. We have a C7 Z06, so still have petrolhead cred, but there’s nothing like driving a sleeper car. 😀
Very nice 🇦🇺🦘
Im trying to get mine like that but I want a single turbo build....yours is very nice
Thanks!
I’ve seen very few go turbo so definitely go for it! 💪
I'm so conflicted on going the LSA route or venturing onto the less-trodden path of large, single turbo with mine. I love that supercharger whine and that cam with the full exhaust, but the engineer in me wants that turbo efficiency. UGH!
better car than the scat pack unironically
All you need now is the hsv led tail lights they look so much better
I’ve been debating on buying the look alike ones from Spyder. I would much rather go with the authentic ones but requires a hsv bumper also.
Needs HSV badging mate!
7:12 interlock 😂
??? None of that here bud. That was the gauges and the coiled cable powers the radar detector.
Hey, nice car! I have one the same over here in Australia. Where did you get that front lip/splitter? I couldn't find any that look designed as well as this one. Please help 🙂
Bought it from jtcarbon.com
Thanks
What specs are your welds brother?
What ported heads did you decide on? Also currently have a 1LE with the LS3 looking for ideas.
I just had the factory heads ported and polished.
Hard! What pulley set up you running. Am running 2.55 upper and 10.00 lower am around 13 14 psi. Want turn it up more lol
Currently just a 2.35 and stock lower. It makes about 12.5 psi. I would like to turn it up more but idk about on stock lower end haha.
Turning up the boost is addicting. 😃
@@LosSS I mean should be able to hold more lol I just have forged pistons but stock bottom end they hold about 900
man i started looking into buying one myself. found one in arizona for 43k i really want it
Hope you get it! These cars are awesome. The only downside is that parts are getting harder and harder to get. GM has discontinued quite a number of parts and there aren't a lot of aftermarket companies making parts either for these cars, so it takes time to come across some of them.
Fuckin 43k for a 6 - 9 y/o car. I want one too but better wait.
What size stall?
Strayan made kent!
What exhaust do you have? Sounds good.
Kooks 1 7/8” headers, kooks xpipe no cats, oem mufflers
Gotta change that screen out herms to finally get rid of all Chevy badging lol.
Come buy it, I don't want it anymore.
@LosSS text me fool, im offshore right now. I tried to call you the other day, but guess you got a new burner phone haha
Did the CTS-V brakes make a noticeable improvement?
Difference was noticeable in my opinion.
I strongly recommend switching to Ram Jet intake, you’ll gain so much power compared to vararam
Before it went boosted, I was running the vcm intake and liked it a lot more than the vararam, which felt really cheap and the filter wouldn’t fit right.
@@LosSS VCM is better in performance but poor in quality and tons of fitment issues
I love your ss it is bad ass .people need to know the story on theses car's . This car came across the world that should make it special .i have a 2014 ss sandan I only have mine lowered custom rims right now 3.it will be played off December an then I will start doing alot of things to it .people that have one just don't know what they really have it's so much more than a hellcat or the zl1 or ctsv or Shelby mustang this car came across the world . To me it's the best car out there. Spend the money that a hellcat or the rest of them are and this car will smoke all of there ass.i gave 50.000 for mine an if I put 30.000 more in it it will be a beast from hell.use your heads do the math.they are master peses.anyone out there have one you got something
What’s the size & specs on the welds ?
18x10 ctsv fitment on a 235/45/18 upfront and 17x10 ctsv fitment on a 275/40/17 MT ER Street R rear.
I know u running the king springs . But is it the sssl ?
Ssl up front and sslhd rear
Pity HSV never sent any over there. Supercharged already.
I've dreamed about riding around in a HSV. Would love to have the W1.
Are you sure you're not an Aussie?😛
GAWDAMN lol
I just bought one of these several months back, 2016 (26k miles). This car is a beast and I'm going to start customizing it at some point, just not sure what I want to do yet. I let my gf review it on her channel:
ruclips.net/video/klbXJ91K2Oo/видео.html
I just watched the review! Sweet bud, enjoy it.
Headers, CAI, and tune really wakes these cars up!
That's a bad ass ss beautiful to
That’s why I’d rather have a street tune over a dyno. Puts a real load on the car.
Hey bud my ss is a 2014 I have only 1300 miles on it I'm gone put a BTR stage 3 cam in it would you change the lifters or leave them alone.and do you thank that cam will be ok
It all depends on what your end goal is. A BTR stage 3 cam might not be so friendly with a stock torque converter, you'll probably need a higher stall. If you ever plan on going boosted in the near future, I would go with a boost cam and a zl1/ctsv converter, otherwise get the supporting mods for the BTR Stage 3 cam.
Regarding lifters, yes I do recommend them changing up. IMO, go with the Johnson lifters. Also, make sure to do a trunnion kit like the one from CHE and appropriate springs like dual springs depending on the cam lift. Oil pump also if you can while you are add it. A "cam kit" is not everything, there are addition supporting mods that goes with doing a full cam swap.
So the trick to making one of these fast is a ton of cash and other people doing the work for you. Hummm very Interesting
I have a white one too. Mine just got to the shop thats finally going to fix it.
Its been a lemon pretty much. maybe ill finally get to see this car not suck soon.
long story short afm is terrible and shouldnt be ruining cars. rocker arm trunnion needle bearings, collapsed lifters, and the lie that is l99.
All ima say is ima try to sue GM. owning one of these since may 2021 has been a sad experience. Mine came with a cam, an exhaust system, a rotofab, and a tune.
they didnt upgrade the lifters or rocker arm trunnion needle bearing shit. 30k miles later, 4-8k in repairs for a valvetrain defect so cleverly disguised as engine code numbers that when u realize this car in its automatic form is afm vvt infected, i would have gotten this car much cheaper than what they charged me. oh and i have a warranty on the engine from the dealer till 2025 and they refuse to honor it. GM crooked af.
www.classaction.org/media/harrison-et-al-v-general-motors-llc.pdf
Page 86, line 5. Welcome to heart break.
I’m sorry you’ve had a bad experience. I hope it comes out great and really get to enjoy it!
The SS in the states only came with the LS3 so it doesn’t have any of that in it. I had a truck before the SS and when I did a cam kit, I also had to do the the VVT/ DOD delete on the 5.3L.