2000 Holden VT Commodore

GM’s LS series of motors reinvented the small block, providing a whole new level of power, reliability, and accessibility to the performance world at large. However, back in the early-to-mid 2000s, aftermarket support was slim — nothing like the saturated market to which we now have access. Darren Van Nes cared not for the lack of aftermarket support, however. As global research showed him the potential of his then-new VT Commodore wagon’s LS1 engine, he decided to unlock it. With a massive Vortech V7 supercharger, watermethanol injection, and an enormous list of performance goods that are still impressive 10 years on, that 850 rear-wheel horsepower made his sleeper wagon one of the local pioneers of LS tuning as we now know it.