AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW HDT WAGONS AROUND
and I wanted to have just enough without overdoing it.”
Glenn had Kurt from Meyer Design perform the interior fit-out and trim, but it was Glenn and the crew from Gricey’s Workshop who did the arty boot installation of the Air Ride airbag set-up and wooden flooring.
“For the airbag tank and lines, we took inspiration from old-school brewery taps and piping, and the flooring is just wood from Bunnings we cut to fit the wagon floor,” laughs Glenn.
Now, let’s get to the juiciest part: that 1100rwhp turbo LS! The original L98 was sold off and replaced with a 403ci LY6 iron-block LS built by Warspeed Industries. “The cammed motor was all right, but I wanted more, so I started stockpiling parts and got Troy [Worsley from Warspeed] to build me the short block, the goal being 1000rwhp,” Glenn says.
Warspeed punched the cubes out with a K1 crank, Callies Compstar rods and CP pistons. They also slung a Kelford camshaft in there and sealed the deal with a pair of Cnc-ported LS3 heads.
Glenn completed the mill with a Plazmaman intake manifold, 102mm throttlebody and 1650cc injectors, before Darcy from Killaboost
Manifolds custom made the exhaust manifolds and took care of the fab work needed to create a suitable home for the mammoth 91mm Garrett GTX5533R turbo.
“Troy killed it on the short block, and, like all things mechanical on this car, I did the work with the help of the blokes at Gricey’s Workshop and Darcy from Killaboost,” says Glenn.
The combo still uses the factory LS ECU, and, drinking E85 and breathing 16psi of boost, the car made 1129hp and 1032lb-ft to the hubs before running out of fuel pump. “It easily exceeded the goal of 1000rwhp!” Glenn laughs.