With a cammed and
turbocharged 6.0-litre LS2
tucked under the bonnet,
Dominic’s ’68 Kingswood
gives a new twist to the
concept of ‘Blue Meanie’DOMINIC PELLE arrived at Drag Challenge
last year with this elderly, frail-looking HK
Holden Kingswood. He’s owned the car for
20 years – buying it from an old bloke near
Dural on Sydney’s outskirts for $600 after
finding it in The Trading Post – he snuck an
LS1 and turbo under the bonnet a couple of
years ago.
For this year, the car was carrying another LS,
this time an LS2 with a baby cam to help the
turbocharger with oh-my-god acceleration.
Like the previous motor – and like his mate
Nathan Clarke, whose HG Belmont mirrors
Dom’s transplant – the engine is not much
more than factory fare.
“We took a look inside and it looked terrific,”
Dom says. “It came from a known good car. It
was clean inside. We put the cam in and didthe valve springs. Oh, and we gave it a Gerni
[pressure wash]!” MoTeC-managed, the turbo
is a VS Racing 78/75. “It’s a Chinese thing,”
Dom says. Running just 9psi, it’s installed
behind the passenger headlight on a set of
DIY pipes welded together at home.
Behind the turbo LS is a 2800rpm
Accelerator converter, Shift Right-built
Powerglide and nine-inch diff with a Truetrac
and 3.25 gears. There’s nothing too flash
about the rear end in this: the old HK-T-Gs
seem to hook up well without much more than
fresh dampers.
As he did last year, Dom drove from his
home in outer western Sydney and arrived
home little more than a day after laying down
a grin-inducing 9.99@133mph at Adelaide
on the final day.DOMINIC PELLE
DONE DIRT CHEAP
THREE SYDNEYSIDERS PUT THEIR BUDGET-BUILT
LS-TRANSPLANTED RIDES TO THE ULTIMATE TEST
HOLDEN HK
KINGSWOOD
Class: Haltech Radial BlownSPECS
Engine: 6.0-litre LS2
Turbo: VS Racing 78/75
Transmission: Powerglide
Converter: 2800rpm
Diff: 3.25:1
Power: 590rwhpPrevious PB: 10.2@135mph
Best Drag Challenge Pass:
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last year with this elderly, frail-looking HK
Holden Kingswood. He’s owned the car for
20 years – buying it from an old bloke near
Dural on Sydney’s outskirts for $600 after
finding it inThe Trading Postt –he snuck an
LS1 and turbo under the bonnet a couple of
years ago.
For this year, the car was carrying another LS,
this time an LS2 with a baby cam to help the
turbocharger with oh-my-god acceleration.
Like the previous motor – and like his mate
Nathan Clarke, whose HG Belmont mirrors
Dom’s transplant – the engine is not much
more than factory fare.
“We took a look inside and it looked terrific,”
Dom says. “It came from a known good car. It
was clean inside. We put the cam in and didthe valve springs. Oh, and we gave it a Gerni
[pressure wash]!” MoTeC-managed, the turbo
is a VS Racing 78/75. “It’s a Chinese thing,”
Dom says. Running just 9psi, it’s installed
behind the passenger headlight on a set of
DIY pipes welded together at home.
Behind the turbo LS is a 2800rpm
Accelerator converter, Shift Right-built
Powerglide and nine-inch diff with a Truetrac
and 3.25 gears. There’s nothing too flash
about the rear end in this: the old HK-T-Gs
seem to hook up well without much more than
fresh dampers.
As he did last year, Dom drove from his
home in outer western Sydney and arrived
home little more than a day after laying down
a grin-inducing 9.99@133mph at Adelaide
on the final day.THTHTHTHTHTHTHREE SYDNEYSIDERS PUT THEIR BUDGET-BUILT
LS-TRANSPLANTED RIDES TO THE ULTIMATE TE
ST
HOLDEN HK
KINGSWOOD
Class:HaltechRadialBlownSPECS
Engine:6.0-litre LS2
Turbo: VS Racing 78/75
Transmission:Powerglide
Converter: 2800rpm
Diff: 3 .2 5 :1
Power:590rwhpPrevious PB:10.2@135mph
Best Drag Challenge Pass:
9 .99@133mph