MCF Feature Car 1988 Vl Walkinshaw "WA11KI"

simpson · 24-03-2009, 03:06 PM

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Love them or hate them the 1988 VL Group A Walkinshaw is a part of Australian motoring history, the group A replaced the existing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A (which had been developed by Peter Brock’s HDT Special Vehicles company} as Holden’s Group A race car. With so much use of plastic in the massive bodykit, the Walkinshaw was soon picking up quite a few nick names - “Plastic Pig”, “Winged Warrior” and “Plastic Fantastic” to name a few. Other, less derogatory nicknames included the “Walkinshaw” and the most common of all, “Walky” (after TWR’s chief Tom Walkinshaw).

18 years ago Paul Howard walked into a dealership looking to purchase a Porche 930 turbo but it turned out to be a “piece of crap”. Driving past the Suttons dealership in Wiatara Paul spotted 3 Walkinshaw’s sitting in their show room, after a few friendly negotiations on the Group A that only had 3000k’s on the clock. Paul was the new owner of long lasting obsession. Over the past 18 years this Walky has been put throught it paces but never ever treated without respect. She has spent many a lap around race track all around the country also spending quiet a few laps on the hill climb circuits. Paul has decided to give her a rest from the racing duties and just enjoy cruising the car on the street and taking it to the occasional show and shine.

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The Walkinshaw’s power plant was the first of the Fuel injected models to come from Holden. “Power Destined for Glory” was just one of the catch phrases that HSV used to promote this new breed of what they where calling a de-tuned version of the Group A race car. These cars were the first of a long lasting line of performance but yet still comfortable cars being produced by HSV. The Walkinshaws were not a pure race car unlike other models previously brought out by HDT, they had air conditioning, power windows, power door locks, 4 speaker stereo system and a security system. Even with all these luxury extra the Walky was advertised as being able to propel its self in standard format from 0 to 100 k’s in 6.5 seconds with amazing highway fuel economy of just an advertised 9.2 liters/100km.

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Paul’s Group A Walkinshaw specifications have well exceeded what TWR and Tom Walkinshaw could have ever dreamt up back in 1988. Residing between the strut towers now is a full house 355 COME Stroker with COME alloy SST heads, Group A Twin throttle body intake manifold, 42lbs Bosch Racing injectors all controlled by a Haltec E6GMX this combo produces 380 asphalt destroying horse power. All that power is transfer through what Paul describes as an indestructable Tremec TKO600 5 speed with a custom made Extreme ceramic single plate clutch. Turning those beautiful 19” FR19 Simmons is a Borge Warner Turbo Walkinshaw diff running a limited slip center with 3.7:1 ratio gears. As you can imagine this combo propels this sweet looking Walky into warp speed with just so much as a touch of the loud pedal.

…I circuit raced the car for about 4 years with the Australian Racing Drivers Club. We raced at Amaroo Park, Oran Park and a couple of rounds at Eastern Creek when it first opened until Ii put it into the wall..

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You put it into a wall ? “Yeah i was at a race day at Oran park probably traveling at about 100 ish k’s in second gear came into a corner a little hot and locked up the brakes put the rear quarter into the wall the the bugger spun around and just touched the front aswell. That day ended up as an expensive exercise”.

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.. I have always enjoyed driving the car i’m not one to leave it in the shed and never get out and have some fun in it..

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“I’ve taken the car to the Nats a couple of times taking full advantage of some secret little hidding places i have in the car.”

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What’s Next? “I have been thinking about supercharging it lately but I am having to much fun with this combo as it is only 3000k’s old. So I might just open up the heads a little and try and crack the 450’s at the wheels”.

Quick Specs

Paul Howard
1988 Holden VL Group A Walkinshaw Built Number 95
Colour : Panarama Silver (Original Colour)
Age : 38

ENGINE

Make : 304 stroked to 355
Induction: Twin Throttle body Walkinshaw EFI
Heads : Come SST Alloy
Ignition : MSD Coil, Haltec E6GMX Computer
Exhaust : Stainless Steel Twin 2.5” into a single 3” at rear
Crank : COME 355
Comp : 10.5 to 1
Cooling : VY 2 Speed Fan with Custom Dessert Cooler radiator
Power : 550 Fly Wheel HP and 380 rear Wheel HP
Performance : Not run the quater yet

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox : Tremac TKO600 manual
Clutch : Custom Extreme Ceramic Single Palte
Diff : Borge Warner Turbo Walkinshaw 3.7:1 ratio LSD

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Shocks & Springs : Blistein and Kings
Brakes : VY Clubsport Twin Spot Callipers and Slotted Rotors

INTERIOR
Seats : Standard Group A Walkinshaw
Instruments : Autometer and Stock
Dash : Stock

RUBBER & RIMS

Tyres : Rear - 19 * 8” Front - 19 * 8”
Wheels : Simmons FR19’s

THANKS

Geforce Engines, Kings Auto Electric, and most of all my wife Jacquie and my kids Elizah and Ewan, Chris Bale Automotive Toronto.

Full Gallery of WA11KI

Video Compilation of WA11KI

cycov8 · 24-03-2009, 07:49 PM

sweet ride dude have seen it out and about well done

TUF-GMH · 24-03-2009, 07:53 PM

have seen this car at a few shows and i love it

wld77 · 24-03-2009, 08:32 PM

very very nice.

ive seen it at a few shows and its the neatest and detailed walkie ive seen.

hypo 75 · 24-03-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wld77

very very nice.

ive seen it at a few shows and its the neatest and detailed walkie ive seen.

2nd that
good job with it bud

castlegreyskull · 25-03-2009, 03:09 AM

Not bad, good location too

v8capri8 · 25-03-2009, 06:45 AM

sweet ride mate good job on the build ,but aj and paul you guys are gonna have to stop coming to newcastle as thats 2 shoots now and both times it seems to have rained lol

355 VK · 25-03-2009, 07:12 AM

the best looking commo built is the walky...very nice car congrats bloke well done

Pro VL · 25-03-2009, 10:15 AM

Nice one,Awsome Walky Mate,
I nearly bought one of these before the calais, kicking myself now, considering how much they are worth and how much I've spent on my Calais.

aj510 · 25-03-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by castlegreyskull

Not bad, good location too

haha yeah love that spot - use to go there all the time when I lived in Newcastle (especially in the wet

)

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Originally Posted by v8capri8

sweet ride mate good job on the build ,but aj and paul you guys are gonna have to stop coming to newcastle as thats 2 shoots now and both times it seems to have rained lol

haha nah it wasn't raining, well there was a very light shower in the morning and a little when we left but nothing while we took pics / vids

24-03-2009, 03:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
simpson MCF Admin Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central Coast Ride: FAT406 View My Photo Gallery Posts: 1,191	MCF Feature Car 1988 Vl Walkinshaw "WA11KI" 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper Love them or hate them the 1988 VL Group A Walkinshaw is a part of Australian motoring history, the group A replaced the existing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A (which had been developed by Peter Brock’s HDT Special Vehicles company} as Holden’s Group A race car. With so much use of plastic in the massive bodykit, the Walkinshaw was soon picking up quite a few nick names - “Plastic Pig”, “Winged Warrior” and “Plastic Fantastic” to name a few. Other, less derogatory nicknames included the “Walkinshaw” and the most common of all, “Walky” (after TWR’s chief Tom Walkinshaw). 18 years ago Paul Howard walked into a dealership looking to purchase a Porche 930 turbo but it turned out to be a “piece of crap”. Driving past the Suttons dealership in Wiatara Paul spotted 3 Walkinshaw’s sitting in their show room, after a few friendly negotiations on the Group A that only had 3000k’s on the clock. Paul was the new owner of long lasting obsession. Over the past 18 years this Walky has been put throught it paces but never ever treated without respect. She has spent many a lap around race track all around the country also spending quiet a few laps on the hill climb circuits. Paul has decided to give her a rest from the racing duties and just enjoy cruising the car on the street and taking it to the occasional show and shine. 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper The Walkinshaw’s power plant was the first of the Fuel injected models to come from Holden. “Power Destined for Glory” was just one of the catch phrases that HSV used to promote this new breed of what they where calling a de-tuned version of the Group A race car. These cars were the first of a long lasting line of performance but yet still comfortable cars being produced by HSV. The Walkinshaws were not a pure race car unlike other models previously brought out by HDT, they had air conditioning, power windows, power door locks, 4 speaker stereo system and a security system. Even with all these luxury extra the Walky was advertised as being able to propel its self in standard format from 0 to 100 k’s in 6.5 seconds with amazing highway fuel economy of just an advertised 9.2 liters/100km. 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper Paul’s Group A Walkinshaw specifications have well exceeded what TWR and Tom Walkinshaw could have ever dreamt up back in 1988. Residing between the strut towers now is a full house 355 COME Stroker with COME alloy SST heads, Group A Twin throttle body intake manifold, 42lbs Bosch Racing injectors all controlled by a Haltec E6GMX this combo produces 380 asphalt destroying horse power. All that power is transfer through what Paul describes as an indestructable Tremec TKO600 5 speed with a custom made Extreme ceramic single plate clutch. Turning those beautiful 19” FR19 Simmons is a Borge Warner Turbo Walkinshaw diff running a limited slip center with 3.7:1 ratio gears. As you can imagine this combo propels this sweet looking Walky into warp speed with just so much as a touch of the loud pedal. …I circuit raced the car for about 4 years with the Australian Racing Drivers Club. We raced at Amaroo Park, Oran Park and a couple of rounds at Eastern Creek when it first opened until Ii put it into the wall.. 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper You put it into a wall ? “Yeah i was at a race day at Oran park probably traveling at about 100 ish k’s in second gear came into a corner a little hot and locked up the brakes put the rear quarter into the wall the the bugger spun around and just touched the front aswell. That day ended up as an expensive exercise”. 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper .. I have always enjoyed driving the car i’m not one to leave it in the shed and never get out and have some fun in it.. 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper “I’ve taken the car to the Nats a couple of times taking full advantage of some secret little hidding places i have in the car.” 1280 OR 1600 Wallpaper What’s Next? “I have been thinking about supercharging it lately but I am having to much fun with this combo as it is only 3000k’s old. So I might just open up the heads a little and try and crack the 450’s at the wheels”. Quick Specs Paul Howard 1988 Holden VL Group A Walkinshaw Built Number 95 Colour : Panarama Silver (Original Colour) Age : 38 ENGINE Make : 304 stroked to 355 Induction: Twin Throttle body Walkinshaw EFI Heads : Come SST Alloy Ignition : MSD Coil, Haltec E6GMX Computer Exhaust : Stainless Steel Twin 2.5” into a single 3” at rear Crank : COME 355 Comp : 10.5 to 1 Cooling : VY 2 Speed Fan with Custom Dessert Cooler radiator Power : 550 Fly Wheel HP and 380 rear Wheel HP Performance : Not run the quater yet TRANSMISSION Gearbox : Tremac TKO600 manual Clutch : Custom Extreme Ceramic Single Palte Diff : Borge Warner Turbo Walkinshaw 3.7:1 ratio LSD SUSPENSION & BRAKES Shocks & Springs : Blistein and Kings Brakes : VY Clubsport Twin Spot Callipers and Slotted Rotors INTERIOR Seats : Standard Group A Walkinshaw Instruments : Autometer and Stock Dash : Stock RUBBER & RIMS Tyres : Rear - 19 * 8” Front - 19 * 8” Wheels : Simmons FR19’s THANKS Geforce Engines, Kings Auto Electric, and most of all my wife Jacquie and my kids Elizah and Ewan, Chris Bale Automotive Toronto. 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24-03-2009, 07:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
cycov8 MCF Super Mod Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: sydney Ride: ford cortina View My Photo Gallery Posts: 3,580	sweet ride dude have seen it out and about well done __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

24-03-2009, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
TUF-GMH ........brooooooooom........ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney Ride: vs commodore bt1 View My Photo Gallery Posts: 819	have seen this car at a few shows and i love it __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

24-03-2009, 08:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
wld77 Learner Driver Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: blacktown Ride: lx torana hatchback View My Photo Gallery Posts: 375	top ride very very nice. ive seen it at a few shows and its the neatest and detailed walkie ive seen.

25-03-2009, 03:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
castlegreyskull Learner Driver Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newcastle Ride: Ford Fairlane 5.0L View My Photo Gallery Posts: 318	Not bad, good location too __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. LANE POWER To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

25-03-2009, 06:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
v8capri8 Provisional Driver Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: newcastle Ride: 1966 ford falcon View My Photo Gallery Posts: 432	sweet ride mate good job on the build ,but aj and paul you guys are gonna have to stop coming to newcastle as thats 2 shoots now and both times it seems to have rained lol __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* Real cars are made with spanners not chopsticks

25-03-2009, 07:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
355 VK Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: penrith Ride: vk commodore 134,vr gts Posts: 1,382	the best looking commo built is the walky...very nice car congrats bloke well done

25-03-2009, 10:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
Pro VL Clutch Popper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NSW Ride: Prostreet VL Calais, VE SSV, Prado. Posts: 87	Nice one,Awsome Walky Mate, I nearly bought one of these before the calais, kicking myself now, considering how much they are worth and how much I've spent on my Calais.

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