MATTHEW MORGILLO 1971 HOLDEN HQ STATESMAN
Colour: PPG Silver with factory black vinyl roof
ENGINE
Type: Dart tall-deck big-block Capacity: 632ci Intake: Edelbrock Super Victor II Induction: Bob Brooks custom-made 1250cfm Heads: Dart SR20 Pistons: Carrillo Rings: Total Seal Crank: Callies Magnum Rods: Carrillo Cam: Cam Motion solid-roller Pushrods: Jet Engineering 7/16in Lifters: Isky 904 Valve springs: Isky Tool Room Valves: Manley Performance stainless; 2.4in (in), 1.88in (ex) Oil pump: Moroso billet Ignition: MSD Digital 6AL box with Pro-billet distributor Fuel pump: Magnafuel Prostar 625 series Exhaust: Custom four-into-one headers with 2.25in to 4in collectors, 3in pipe into twin 18in Magnaflow mufflers, twin stainless 16in resonators
TRANSMISSION
Transmission: Reid two-speed Powerglide Converter: TCE 4800 high-stall
SUSPENSION & BRAKES
Brakes: Vented and slotted DBR rotors with HQ calipers (f), vented and slotted DBR rotors with PBR twin-piston calipers (r) Front suspension: Pedders springs, Competition Engineering adjustable shocks Rear suspension: QA1 coil-overs Rear end: Mcdonald Brothers four-link, Strange 4.11:1 diff centre with Truetrac 35-spline axles Tailshaft: Hardy Spicer with Strange forged ends Steering: Custom rack-and-pinion
WHEELS & TYRES
Rims: Weld V-series; 17x4.5 (f), 15x14 double-beadlock (r) Rubber: Mickey Thompson SR; 17x6 (f), 31x18 (r)
THANKS
My dad Vince for the endless hours of help, support and arguments – his knowledge and input made PRO HQ the car it is today; my mum Lucy and sister Bianca; the boys: Joe, Moose, Tony, Giuseppe, Sam, Tyson, Andrew, Claude, Dino, Adrian and Danny; Remo at Prestige Classic Detailing; John Sawka; Jason at Transteer; Dean at Pro Formance; Anthony at Sprint Auto Parts Hectorville; Sot from Speed Garage and MVE; anyone else who has helped along the way that I have missed