My Ebony Powerhouse

A few people are curious about my vehicular tastes, so behold!

First, my daily driver: 1994 Holden Apollo sedan.


And my project car: 1994 Holden Apollo sedan.


I like to keep things low key, so while she looks like a sleeper, she does numbers.

First, the donk.

It's a 3.0lt featherweight block, stroked out to 3.0lt, delivering 1200 kilojoules of power at 1000RPM. I use a mixture of Black and Gold oil and Dr Pepper, which lowers the viscosity and adds taste, so she drives like a 3.01lt. As you can see, I have removed the cover from the -ve battery terminal which cuts 10g off the kerb weight. I also installed a streamlined windscreen washer reservoir which balances out the front end.

3 blue cat6 LAN cables have been patched in to the silver thing in the middle, to maximise high-end bandwidth to the firewall.

The windsceen wipers have been extended 3mm-5mm and a blue blade has been used. The light blue is designed to reflect errant photons rather than absorbing them like a stock black wiper blade, meaning less photoelectric resistance on the windscreen and allowing an additional 0.02nm of torque. The wiper motor has been tricked out to 30watts, including the installation of an aftermarket wiper dwell relay which times wiper oscillations with gearchanges to minimise wind resistance and glue the front feet to the tarmac.

I've also includes some generic yellow campground permit stickers. As I usually drive this baby hard, the weight of the stickers counters the torque of hard acceleration, and counterbalances sustained driving with the tacho needle weighing down the right hand side of the car when it points right.



The shoes are Intensa 205 R15s with a Addigitasse crosshatch tread pattern. I keep them permanently bald to counter railing and decrease diameter. This baby corners like the Mad Mouse in steroids. I've installed some brake dust to the rims to deaden the inherent sheen and counter high speed bump steer. All front end bushes have been fully waxed with Nolathane Automotive Nair for improved handling and wear.



You can see here the TH400 drink holder with 2800 Stall and Stage 2 Shift Kit attached to yella terra street terra roller vent covers with crow 496 lift ducts. This delivers chilled air to any installed cans. Out of frame is the digital clock, set 180 seconds slow, and allowing me to get there before most ricers have even changed the batteries in their LED exhaust tips.



The iCOM UHF CB sets off the interior really well, and compliments the stock Holden/Toyota/Whatever shifter. The gear indicator light has been re-engineered to phase shift the stock green light with a 70 lux 400 blue light at 500 kelvin. The colour temp compliments the guage illumination kit pumping out 280 luminaires at 0.038nm reducing intra-occular rod and cone stimulii and preserving night vision.




Protecting the investment is the smashed door locked filled with superglue installed by a retarded wanker using a tyre iron and a paving brick while Tossed and I played Cossacks on the LAN at work.



Dual rear antennas provide a striking contrast to the clean lines of the vehicle, and turbo-like whistling noise at high speeds.