Great review of the Statesman. I always liked the look of these cars. I never would have guessed that 0-100 time. Impressive for the size of the car.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
It’s very impressive that time!! I was also surprised
@JohnWinzil7 ай бұрын
It's a nice car but it's not making anywhere near 1100 NM and I don't care what the dyno says it is wrong. 400 wheel horsepower is no problem with an ls1 but not 1100 NM no
@Disxs6 ай бұрын
@@JohnWinzil agreed
@Gary-gr3ff7 ай бұрын
My vq statesman has done over three hundred and fifty thousand kilometres and still runs well good review
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Good shit man!
@rqn19987 ай бұрын
I have a wm 2007 with 250000 and i love it since day 1!
@anthonyyoung98107 ай бұрын
She's only just run in mate!
@TroySurmon7 ай бұрын
Like a boat to drive
@JohnWinzil7 ай бұрын
@@TroySurmon better than what you drive trapper
@ChristopherWalker0077 ай бұрын
My favourite episode of yours yet, Ross. Had me laughing out loud several times. Also, good on you for having the courage to state what you believe. Long live freedom of speech! 🤣
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Thank you man! I preach what I think
@Reznor4407 ай бұрын
Ive had a 2001 WH for 6 years now and its been the best car ive ever owned. Only just hit 110,000kms. Chucked a lumpy cam in it and couldn't be happier
@LadzeeFixes7 ай бұрын
Great clip. Statesman was the entry-level long-wheelbase Holden, softly sprung and V6 standard, V8 optional. Caprice was the top LWB version, with sport options and more luxury. V8 standard, V6 optional. Grange was HSV-only and had lots of individual HSV options, V8 only and more power than the mainstream LWB cars.
@markblackwell79277 ай бұрын
Nice cruiser ....the LS1 sounds so good....and it has comfort...love the energy Johnny....
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Yes it does!
@deanpolis45167 ай бұрын
That's some sweet noise you got running under there man. That 0-100 was damn quick, loved the colour with the wheels i think it suits the style of this thing.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
It’s an all round tuff Stato
@anthonyyoung98107 ай бұрын
Absolutely love the big Stato! Gorgeous car mate!!!
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
You and me both!
@PunKtuRed_Jazz7 ай бұрын
Good video Ross, as an owner of a WL 6 litre and many VS 5 litres over the years. Love em to bits
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Good to hear
@lacdes79607 ай бұрын
bought an ls statesman from your previous wh video, havent been happier 😂
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Good man!
@shanesmith93567 ай бұрын
Awesome Statesman BEAST! This is one of your best reviews. Well done! 😃
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Thanks a ton! Love a Stato
@pharaoh39397 ай бұрын
“ the blue haired fairys “ had me rolling 😂😂
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
👏🤣
@darrensummers63279 күн бұрын
2003 - 2004 were WK Statesmans Mine was built July 2004, and has 260k on the clock. LPG. Sunroof 5.7L V8 - So comfy to drive, sounds good.
@RossReviewsau9 күн бұрын
They are a great car for sure!
@techo614 ай бұрын
I bought a silver 2005 WL Caprice with 338,000km and the only regret I have is a white one wasn't available. Love the car, full log book service history and everything is stock, and all genuine consumables. Popped the oil filler cap and valve alley is spotless, which explains its smooth running and oh so quiet.
@Cricky24117 ай бұрын
I’ve owned many cars over the years but my favourite was a WH Statesman Caprice. Worked LS1, exhaust, diff gears etc wish I kept it, great cruiser weekend car Tough Stato
@JacobHall16017 ай бұрын
Awesome review dude, doing the lords work giving all these Aussie cars the respect they deserve. Whenever your around Victoria next I’ve got a completely original WH Caprice with the LS, no exhaust, 0 mods if ur needing something to review. All the best man, keep the vids up 🔥🫡
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
That would be cool! Thanks for the offer
@OLDS987 ай бұрын
Thank you for another Holden Ross. This is a modified Statesman indeed. You have the order correct: Statesman, Caprice and Grange.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
You are very welcome thanks for watching
@russo1877 ай бұрын
Love the statos...the rock bit had me rolling haha
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🤣🤣
@Spotto_aus7 ай бұрын
Tuff Stato mate 🔥
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
The platinum has been extracted 🗿
@mirkomputerit7 ай бұрын
TUFF FUCKING STATO!!!! 🔥
@pete5087 ай бұрын
I've always loved the Statesman mate,big good looking cars with plenty of luxury & power very similar to the Ford Fairlanes,also the 0 to 100 is impressive for such a heavy car,excellent review Johnny legend.
@m7md4x43 ай бұрын
Great video, my WL SS has over 450k kilometers Happy owner, some videos are on my channel under ss Playlist
@RossReviewsau3 ай бұрын
Nice work!
@joelevans63747 ай бұрын
Love it mate! I have a 45 year old Corona with an SR swap. I love boosting past the EV's 😂
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Mad bro respect
@drewallen79657 ай бұрын
Good example of how power isnt everything for a street car. comfort, noise, and pokes off the line well.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
100%
@Dan-rg7jj7 ай бұрын
This is going to be very very basic and there's more too it, but the 2xx/2xx numbers are to do with the intake and exhaust valves. The first number is the intake and the lower the number the more the power will come on sooner. The higher the number on the exhaust valve the longer the power will stay on. So a 234 intake will be sloppy untill like 4000+ rpm. A 200 intake will be good at 2000rpm. A 241 exhaust will make it spin to 6800 rpm. A 220 exhuast will make it spin to 6000 rpm and a 200 exhaust will make it spin to like 5000rpm ish. The last number is the LSA 113. That determinds how much lope the cam has. The lower the number the more lumpy it will be. 108 is lumpy as F. 120 is smooth like a lot of stock cams. A lower number also means toqure is made lower too. You should watch Richard Holdeners LS videos. You can learn a lot about cams there. One thing I noticed here besides the 1100rwnm toqure figure. I'll let someone else rant about that. Is that it is a big cam for a 5.7l and on paper it kept making power way out. They didn't tune the box so it shifts at 6800 rpm. It appeared to shift at 5600rpm where the stock LS1 shifts and cam stopped making power. Strange🤨
@trixnhoez29647 ай бұрын
When I had my cam done I asked the tuner what the torque figure was since I only seen kilowatts on the dynosheet and he just shrugged his shoulders and said with a high stall torque converter it'll give an inflated number so he doesn't normally pay too much attention.. or that was my understanding of it at least.
@Dan-rg7jj7 ай бұрын
@@trixnhoez2964 thats pretty bad service not being able to give an even close to acc figure plus not adjusting the shift rpms. A 231/249 113 or something on a 6.0l made 490 foot pounds or 660 nm from a test I watched on an engine dyno. Run with no accesories and good heads I think. A wheel figure would be less on a dyno then 660 nm. Anyway cams don't make that much more torque then standard. Like 30 - 70 nm depending on the spec at best and it's usually up top. Sure it helps. It's just not that much.
@BossBoomBox7 ай бұрын
Hey Ross; there is a misunderstanding in this video surrounding the torque figures listed in the dyno test. The value you're seeing on the test of 1,101.7 Nm is actually the tractive torque; the torque that is measured directly at the wheels on a dyno. This torque value can be significantly higher than the engine torque value due to the various multiplication effects from the car's gearbox, differential ratio, and tyre size. The likely engine torque on this car probably ranges around 560-600 Nm or so 🐴🐴 I thought my old 3.89 diff geared VT 5L made 1,400Nm due to the dyno sheet, until my TAFE lecturer told me the differences between engine and tractive torque 🎇🎇
@dexy_66667 ай бұрын
Wild to think I’m literally looking at saving for that exact car haha ima use this video as a reference
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Bro it’s a weapon
@bomer45057 ай бұрын
That thing sounds amazing! 👌
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
It does!
@LV-FOURTWENTYSIX7 ай бұрын
Ive owned 2x VQ V8 5.0 Statos, they sounded great but i could only wish they were as quick as that beast.
@mockbattles5 ай бұрын
I have a WHII Stato. It weighs over 2 metric tons.
@Fire.4Effect4 ай бұрын
I've got a Series 2 WH. Ex Government fleet car. White, stock wheels. The LS1 made 306 rear wheel kilowatts. Looks like your Grandpas car. Moves out like a scalded cat
@petermurgatroyd20027 ай бұрын
Sorry but, I just do not believe the Statesman has 1100NMs with the limited mods to that engine. The GTSR W1 with 6.2 litres and a Supercharged LS9 Corvette motor could only achieve 875NMs.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Idk man was pretty quick and had the paper work 😅 it’s only a number on a bit of paper
@Twenty_Six_Hundred7 ай бұрын
Either an extremely happy dyno or false reading which is what im leaning towards
@frogsta3607 ай бұрын
@@Twenty_Six_Hundred Agreed, it's weird because on the graph you can clearly see it should be about 950nm. When I also do the math the torque is way off but I must be using some values in the wrong way I'm guessing. Not too sure tbh as LSA dyno roughly 750nm according to the internets
@mrnicktoyou7 ай бұрын
It's not making 1100nm of torque, it's just a figure that the dyno gives but it's not a measurement of torque at the crank. The real figure is probably half that.
@ESISTTIGER7 ай бұрын
Its not at the crank Gears are torque multipliers Except for the 1 to 1 gear But the diff gears are still a torque multiplying gears You will always have more torque at the wheels than at the crank
@unclesmokem7 ай бұрын
That’s a nice Statesmen indeed. The sound reminds me of my old Cammed VX SS, but without the luxury :)
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Right on! Good noise
@MalooBadger7 ай бұрын
"Fall asleep to this music and the smell" Don't, we would all miss out on the reviews if you don't wake up... We just never had neat stuff like this in the UK, sounds the nuts and I just want to cruise along all day with some mates talking about nothing special in that car, too old for activities now... Good review, made me chuckle.
@dazzashazza396 ай бұрын
i have the same cruising problem in my wl 2005 model, often find myself sitting on less than 100kmh yet my old xr6 falcon was happy at 110 km/h lol
@RossReviewsau6 ай бұрын
Falcons love 110 must just be the gearing
@TinShed7 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with a HMAS Stato!
@hoonaticbloggs54027 ай бұрын
When the ls1 runs a cam , do you guys have a problem with emissions tests there ? It’s difficult to run a big cam in the U.K. as emissions test is hard to pass .
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Emissions 🗿 what’s are those 🤣 we dont need to do them here in Perth Australia thankfully
@hoonaticbloggs54027 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsauso lucky. Can’t even have a decat these days in the U.K.
@MartinJones1237 ай бұрын
@@hoonaticbloggs5402 You can't really have a decat in Australia if your car has been fitted with one, but there isn't emissions testing or yearly inspections in most of Australia, though NSW is the exception... My question is, how do all of the ST225's in the UK with no cat and crackle tunes pass yearly inspections?
@Opiatenet7 ай бұрын
damn you bro, ur giving me that v8 itch again...decided to go mazda 3 MPS, 14psi...fuggin awesome to drive...but that cammed LS1 noise bro...oooft!
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Always have that V8 itch it never goes away
@NZ_ADL7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂. Funnily enough I have both. Although it’s a Senator not Statesman. BK not BL. The 4cyl with intake and exhaust in the MPS sounds darn epic. Got exhaust and OTR for Senator but itching for a big Cam and Headers
@MoSSdoGGz7 ай бұрын
That’s my Calais 😍🔥 keen to take you for a spin in SA 8:43
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Nice stuff bro
@muntedsloth27427 ай бұрын
Calais represent 💪🏻
@richardbrimble13197 ай бұрын
Long wheelbase AUSDM is where it’s at.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🗿👑
@Luxstato7 ай бұрын
Hey mate bit of history there was statesman caprice and grange but there was also a hsv statesman befor they made the grange🤟🏽
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info 👏
@jarrynsmith7 ай бұрын
The SV 90 was early hsv
@BlueBoyGT-R20057 ай бұрын
Yo Nice Holden V8 bro❤
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🇦🇺🫶🗿
@Barra.The.World.7 ай бұрын
Needa Review A *Fairlane G220 Modified* those are nice than a Statesman in my opinion
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
I did the LTD 👀
@Barra.The.World.7 ай бұрын
@RossReviewsau nah we need one with more Grunt and compare to one of the Holden's
@bullet51517 ай бұрын
I need a stato now.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
We all do
@JustinDebono-u9h7 ай бұрын
I have a white WK and have a massive love hate relationship with it. I love it but also wanna burn the fkn thing sometimes. Hopefully i will get around to modifying it one day 😂
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Won’t regret it bro! Keep her on the road
@JustinDebono-u9h7 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau i intend to. Everytime I get into it I love it more. Its like an addiction 🤣
@ESISTTIGER7 ай бұрын
Yeah no my 05 statesman is almost as light as my mothers old 05 berlina The reason is they really didnt add that much material when stretching them, and there was actually some areas they got rid of excess material I am pretty sure the stato dash is a bit lighter than normal commy dashboards too Ive also found while they feel heavier its more due to the weight being slightly less front biased and it helps prevent understeer alot
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Interesting had no idea
@thach676 ай бұрын
Are these Statos reliable and is it difficult to find parts?
@RossReviewsau6 ай бұрын
They are if looked after and parts are getting harder but not that bad tbh
@xstremcarsausz77277 ай бұрын
Best opening line ever your a f#%ken ripper mate so true about ev the statesman grouse car emagin a blower on top 😲Vz Glenn 🏎👍
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
👏👏👏 appreciate you man
@xstremcarsausz77277 ай бұрын
I tried KZbin nine years ago with @xstremcarsausz found out it wasn’t easy even just putting track days on hav a watch u might enjoy cheers Vz Glenn🏎👍
@timothybland35605 ай бұрын
need to review a vs statesman
@azza95757 ай бұрын
Prp tip , don't quote dyno torque it's very misleading, a 500cube big block with all the fruit will make a genuine 1000nm on a engine dyno, so how is a basic 346 cube engine with a cam going to make 1100nm its not , more like 550- 600nm at best
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Idk 🤷♂️ just read the dyno sheet was an impressive launch tho
@azza95757 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau shops use that torque figure to make themselves look good because most people don't know its bogus
@BoomerOnTwitch7 ай бұрын
sounds like my cam vcm710 sooo good
@thatguyben31287 ай бұрын
_1100+nm is absolutely mad, when they first came out LS1’s we’re criticized by the motoring magazines for their lack of low down torque 😁_
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
This think has some serious go 👀
@user21447 ай бұрын
Making a statement in a statesman 👌
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Amen 🇦🇺🗿
@TimMoore-gv7hu7 ай бұрын
i agree ev's suck but I'm definitely curious about hybrid v8s after seeing the Cadillac V-series.R racecar, it's honestly one of the most hectic engines I've ever heard and apparently GM's thinking about selling a similar motor as a crate motor to the public, I'm just imagining one in a skidpig now🤤, silent when ya need to be sneaky and hectic when ya wanna have fun
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
I have no problems with hybrids
@Aus-OpenBodybuilding7 ай бұрын
👍🏻 to the most muscular in the thumbnail. Salute 🎉💪🏻
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🤣🇦🇺🗿 tuff
@TheHayabusa097 ай бұрын
Questionable figures with the torque reading; a cam/headers and flash tune might eek out another 150ish NMS, but 1,100?? Highly doubt it.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Idk just what the dyno sheet said
@julianalderson39387 ай бұрын
Just love the hq good lookin thing.
@SgtGunny-gz5hg7 ай бұрын
Damn how did they get those torque figures up so high???
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🤷♂️
@Bootsos907 ай бұрын
Fake figures.. this happens when the shops tachometer ratio is out of calibration on the dyno.
@markbarnett11617 ай бұрын
Sure there was a Senator in there also that may have been HSV though above the Clubby
@paulhollier14647 ай бұрын
Think the senator was the hsv version of the calais
@justgowithit197 ай бұрын
Yeah nice I sell my cammed vs statesman legit last night then this video comes up 😂
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 rip bro
@VLdose-cc9do7 ай бұрын
PHAT STATO! 🔥🔥🔥
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🗿👏🔥
@victorwilks887 ай бұрын
Aussie muscle at its best 😮
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
So good
@mickking59137 ай бұрын
My WH Caprice has done 410,000 now and still gets up and roars.I've put a new set of lifters in it and that's all.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Epic man! Respect 🫡
@WeveGotBush7 ай бұрын
Love a Caprice
@willm6877 ай бұрын
Stato
@drifzy672 ай бұрын
need something like this in finland , :DD
@RossReviewsau2 ай бұрын
The world should have got this car
@julianalderson39387 ай бұрын
Gota old barra. Yer its slow but like it. Wagon is it
@giggygiggy13937 ай бұрын
1100 NM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wot the farkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🗿🗿🗿
@tomwolter19923 ай бұрын
nothing better than a Australian 🇦🇺 holden hsv and hdt hrt chevrolet go the aussie
@julianalderson39387 ай бұрын
Fast luxury with really chev back.
@ianpassmore16327 ай бұрын
Love it
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🇦🇺🥵
@WINKERS767 ай бұрын
Great RR and an even better RR for calling out the woke idiots of this world. 😉🇦🇺👊
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Always 🗿👏
@julianalderson39387 ай бұрын
Yer statesman. Thanks
@mattdegabriel405813 күн бұрын
My big brother just bought a stato
@RossReviewsau13 күн бұрын
Good buy
@bigdavedownunder7 ай бұрын
I have a 94 vr blown 355
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Nice one
@marktiltins88457 ай бұрын
Yep, there's another one my WH Grange will destroy 😅
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Wait for my next grange upload 👀🥵
@MartinJones1237 ай бұрын
Yeah but the Statesman can be had for very cheap
@barbz81227 ай бұрын
If it had a shift kit it'd probably do 4.7 seconds!!!
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Easy
@datwistyman7 ай бұрын
Awesome
@thomasaram76844 ай бұрын
this comment is the 200th comment for this video........... love watching your vids ross, I need an ls in my life
@RossReviewsau4 ай бұрын
Appreciate you👏
@thomasaram76844 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau i know you have had a HSV Avalanche on the channel..... but what are your thoughts on the adventra v8? have seen a lot on marketplace cheap in wa
@Bootsos907 ай бұрын
1100nm Hahahaha. It's impossible for a ls1 to make that with that power itd have to do it at like 3000rpm to make that which is mathematically impossible. the shop who tuned it needs to adjust there roller dyno tachometer ratio otherwise it'll read fake figures like this.. sadly it's all too common. It's probably got around 500 max.
@ozcampnhuntdan78587 ай бұрын
Awesome review and stunning car. As for the green followers they are the actual extremists...just takes one look to figure it out.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Well said!
@Tk-ou9ec7 ай бұрын
Out of all the Holden rubbish out there,I don’t mind this model. Stately
@goz75697 ай бұрын
❤ it 👌🏼👌🏼
@akattakthewanderer5 ай бұрын
Bros giving away the secret 😭
@RossReviewsau5 ай бұрын
Be quick
@Jaxon_Elliott24077 ай бұрын
There is no way on earth this can make 1100nm. Its not possible with a basic cam and support mods
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🤷♂️
@Jaxon_Elliott24077 ай бұрын
Even a vf GTS with a few basic mods doesn’t make 1100mn. I’m not hating at all my man, love your content, I just think it was a VERY happy Dyno. I just don’t it to reflect your Chanel in a bad way man.
@phantompower68397 ай бұрын
Aunties hungry 😂
@senatormark7 ай бұрын
No way that it's actually making 1100nm
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
It’s quick and on the dyno sheet bro
@Holdmabearing7 ай бұрын
Is it NM in tractive effort? Should have it on the sheet
@senatormark7 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau you'd barely make that with a turbo slapped on
@CalinDee7 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau Nah, thats just not a thing! Cammed and stroked to 383CI the LS1 still normally only just gets near 700 Nm (at over 500hp)... My 6.0 L77 with a similar cam and mods is generating ~690NM & 320rwkw. This is not going to effectively double that torque figure! Something wrong with that readout, fer sure! Cool, all the same though - and them weight figures are correct. The stato of that period was only slightly less than 100KG heavier than the commo...
@campbelldaly81127 ай бұрын
No lie, this is my old car
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Sick car mate
@paulllacey13447 ай бұрын
Better with a Barra.
@Bootsos907 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnSbemmQeLWBjMksi=l8X4J82pjrGyZI56 Fake torque numbers explained for anyone curious
@tufstato7 ай бұрын
thats my name! dont wear it out.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
🇦🇺🗿👑
@nick-dq2fe7 ай бұрын
Yeah with next ride rip off prices and there dodgy “mechanics”doing dodgy shit to the cars 🤦🏻♂️
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Do your research man.. plenty of gem cars their I’ve driven personally
@fortnitegamer764 ай бұрын
good video except for the weird rants and strawman arguments in the middle. no one is saying a V.8 statesman is environmental.
@RossReviewsau4 ай бұрын
The point is they don’t make them anymore and they were far superior to any new crap car nowadays.. they won’t last half the kms you could get from this thing
@willm6877 ай бұрын
I think the 1000nm is a false reading. Also what’s with the constantly woke and ev bashing. The joke was funny about 5 years ago, but you constantly bring it into every video. And it’s only recently you’ve done it.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
It’s not only recently and I just don’t like them.. that’s me
@willm6877 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau yeah I get it, but it comes off as ignorant, make it sound like everyone’s against you.
@ToranaA9X3087 ай бұрын
Fantastic cars. Had a mint condition LS caprice berry red cream leather. Sold it to a guy in WA and he’s in love with it. Get rid of that pox white windscreen strip and those ugly ass wipers.They look total rubbish on it.
@RossReviewsau7 ай бұрын
Wiper tech wipers 🗿👑👏
@ToranaA9X3087 ай бұрын
@@RossReviewsau yeah I know they’re a sponsor but on that car they just don’t look period correct. I brought a landcruiser and ditched them straight away because I couldn’t stand looking at them knowing they weren’t original. Picky yep but that’s me.