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[REDA9X]

BT1's are stock 5.0l. Most dealerships put chips in them when they purchase them from the police. A chip on it's own does bugger all. For HSV to get from 165kw to 185kw in the VR they did exhaust, chip, cold air induction and knock sensor. A VR BT1 is basically an SS without all the body kit.

[DanWA]

And also BT1 was stopped being stamped after the VL... also as far as i knew the cops never got manuals? could be wrong though...

[hatchssv8]

As Duck05 said.

I purchased a VL turbo back in the past, ex Police, and the history I got from Dawson street was the contributing factor to making the purchase.

The info provided by Dawson street correlated with most of the Vc roads info too.

Details I am referring to are, reg history, kms at disposal, dawson street mods (these are seperate to Holden - and not performance related) service history and most importantly - vehicle usage and reason for disposal.

In the end it was one of the better cars I have owned.

[REDA9X]

And also BT1 was stopped being stamped after the VL... also as far as i knew the cops never got manuals? could be wrong though...

BT1 was stamped long after the VL. VT1's still had BT1 on the tag, it's a good way to pick a cop car from an SS as many dealerships tried to make out ex cop cars were actually SS's by fitting body kits as they all had SS trim. All BT1's had FE2, different wheels and tyres, a mod to the auto gearbox that allowed downshifting without holding the handle up, and the speedo calibrated in 2km incriments. There were also some extra bits of wiring etc. A VR VS BT1 will have a rear braklight on the parcel shelf, and SS will not. Some Vic police cars, mainly in highway patrol were manual.

[REDA9X]

The chips are a Myth, VR VS never had chips fitted.

[Tiny]

To the best of my knowledge from speaking with friends who are police officers, their cars are factory stock items.

I dont know whether they always were in the past, but apparently all cars including highway patrol are bog stock ( appart from the obvious police stuff like uprated altenator, callibrated speedo etc.)

Cheers.

[surfmaster]

BT1 was stamped long after the VL. VT1's still had BT1 on the tag, it's a good way to pick a cop car from an SS as many dealerships tried to make out ex cop cars were actually SS's by fitting body kits as they all had SS trim. All BT1's had FE2, different wheels and tyres, a mod to the auto gearbox that allowed downshifting without holding the handle up, and the speedo calibrated in 2km incriments. There were also some extra bits of wiring etc. A VR VS BT1 will have a rear braklight on the parcel shelf, and SS will not. Some Vic police cars, mainly in highway patrol were manual.

Absolutely correct. All NSW HWP cars are delivered stock standard with the BT1 options, (or whatever they call it these days). No modifications are allowed, period, full stop, never, ever ever, ever, ever. A standard HWP vehicle is still a good bit of gear though.

However, some cars many years ago were modified by their drivers unofficially, ( I am talking up to around VN's), this was a no no but did happen, usually to exhausts, cats and tuning, The VL Turbos were a special to have the wastegate and pop off valve modified to up the boost. Havent heard of it happening any time lately....

Edited by surfmaster, 28 November 2006 - 08:57 PM.