What Mods Do They Do To Cop Cars?

[blownvn]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

Did they? All Valiant police special cars were K codes. The number following the K code, just designated the body style and which state the car went to.

Actually the number after the code designated the engine/trans combo.

K10 - 265/4-speed
K12 - 265/auto
k13 - 360/auto
k16 - 318/auto
(plus a few others mixed in there)

Yes the motors were stock in most cases, but the cars themselves had a stack of little changes compared to the average cars. I like the idea of a poverty pack with a decent engine.

[svo supporter]

K10. VJ Police package
K11. VK Victorian Police package
K11 CL/CM Victorian Police package (sedan only)
K12 VK Police Charger auto trans
K13 VK police charger 360 auto
K14 CL/CM S.A police sedan 318 auto
K14 VK Police sedan. 318 auto
K15 VK Police station wagon
K15 CL S.A police package wagon
K16 VK Police charger 318 auto
K16 CL S.A police Charger 318 auto
K18 CM S.A police package. 6 Cyl.

All those codes are available on the charger club of W.A website

[SillyWaggin]

when i put the new struts in my wagon, they were marked "XR6 Police Pack Low". this was written in the marker pens that wreckers use, so not sure if it has any relavance to anything. very stiff ride in the front, but having never driven any other BA, I can't really make a comparison.

[Belial]

I've driven a 360 valo ex-cop car, funniest thing was the blanked out centre console and column auto!!!!

[XPfalcon170]

S.c.m.o.d.s

State county municipal offender data system

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by geckoGT

and the usual cop steel wheels.

Sadly a thing of the past now as both the VE Omega and FG XT have had alloys fitted as standard for about 2 years now. The only police vehicles we'll see them on are the Falcon ute / Commodore ute divisional vans.

Will miss the old 'interceptors' on sedans.

[svo supporter]

Originally Posted by Belial

I've driven a 360 valo ex-cop car, funniest thing was the blanked out centre console and column auto!!!!

Sounds like a typical ex-cop car to me. They were very basic low trim leveled car. So it's nothing new

[Mr Hardware]

Originally Posted by SillyWaggin

when i put the new struts in my wagon, they were marked "XR6 Police Pack Low". this was written in the marker pens that wreckers use, so not sure if it has any relavance to anything. very stiff ride in the front, but having never driven any other BA, I can't really make a comparison.

The springs they sometimes used on the OPT20 cars were just XR6 springs, ie king lows.

Originally Posted by Bobman

Will miss the old 'interceptors' on sedans.

CEPTAS!!!!
They are known as pursuits in QLD.

[Airmon]

LSDs, even in General Duties. Different tyres, I've noticed a few police cars run a 55 profile on the 16s rather then a 60. Nothing major.

[DallasXR6]

was at a local community day last week and the cops had a car on show, ve commo..

Overheard some bloke ask the copper what had been done to the car (while braging bout his own vp)

Copper: "well is uhhh got the v6 and uhh that special manual and auto gearbox.. But its quite quik"

I was entertained

[Ben73]

Well unmarked cop cars have illegal window tint. I am guessing by the looks of it about 15%.
That's the truth, not cop bashing.

[stevesandra]

VR onwards commodore police pack vehicles here in WA had SS interior, Finer calibrated speedo, H duty alternator and wiring for auxiliaries, FE2 suspension, Pursuit Rims, Auto box could be manually shifted back to 2 for quick U turns, Heavy duty Brakes, Map pockets and lights. No engine mods. But the engines did feel more responsive under foot i drove a few after putting new tyres on em
Cheers
Steve

[bungarra]

Originally Posted by Brazen

Speaking of the Prime ministers protection cars. In adelaide last year saw one of them, a white Calais V V8, LED lights in the grille and in front of the rear view mirror and back parcel board..... also racing harness seatbelts. Funny seeing two men in dark suits with bright red racing harness on.

That car must be a weapon. Does anyone know about these vehicles? I know they also use Territory Turbos.

Racing harness are only in some of the Diplomatic Protection Vehicles. These are the vehicles that have strengthened chassis, uprated suspension. They are designed that in the event of an attack on a VIP, the vehicle can be used to invoke a "blocking" procedure. The officers driving these particular vehicles are highly trained and are in the top 2% of AFP/APS and some instances military drivers.

Most of the DPV's are normal Turbos or V8's.

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by Airmon

LSDs, even in General Duties. Different tyres, I've noticed a few police cars run a 55 profile on the 16s rather then a 60. Nothing major.

Yeah, in the AUII/AUIII/BA they had 215/55 R16 tyres (stock was 215/60) and on the BF they went to 225/60. Not sure about FG models.

In the Commodores from the VT (at least) they had 225/60 R15 tyres (stock was 205/65). In the VE I think they just run one profile wider. Police cars are more closer to their stock counterparts than ever before.

Originally Posted by bungarra

Most of the DPV's are normal Turbos or V8's.

I'm guessing these cars are scrapped and not sold on when replaced?

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Well unmarked cop cars have illegal window tint. I am guessing by the looks of it about 15%.
That's the truth, not cop bashing.

The truth is that you're guessing.

[RIPGMH]

My old man was born in England, he said they used to fit upgraded engine, driveline and brakes, put the removed components in a warehouse and refit when the car hit a given number of miles to be resold. This was in the 50's so it was probably as much to do with performance as it was for longevity.

[irish2]

Originally Posted by blownvn

Actually the number after the code designated the engine/trans combo.

K10 - 265/4-speed
K12 - 265/auto
k13 - 360/auto
k16 - 318/auto
(plus a few others mixed in there)

Yes the motors were stock in most cases, but the cars themselves had a stack of little changes compared to the average cars. I like the idea of a poverty pack with a decent engine.

Yet so many knock the new GS.

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by Rodp

The truth is that you're guessing.

Yeah I guessed 15%. But they look way darker then legal

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by DallasXR6

was at a local community day last week and the cops had a car on show, ve commo..

Overheard some bloke ask the copper what had been done to the car (while braging bout his own vp)

Copper: "well is uhhh got the v6 and uhh that special manual and auto gearbox.. But its quite quik"

I was entertained

[bungarra]

Originally Posted by Bobman

I'm guessing these cars are scrapped and not sold on when replaced?

All the DPV vehicles go to auction none are scrapped unless they have been in an accident. The specials have the race harnesses replaced. Unless you actually knew what to look for on the specials you would think them normal. Look for harness points and fel under the dash passengers side for a quick release strap mounting.

[lockieoc]

Have an ex police VP, i believe it was a detectives car. FE2, cluster, V8 brakes and a sump guard unsure about trans or engine mods

[bigsta]

Im not sure about the new cars but up until the 90s Holden were definitely making the BT1 model for the police, these were standard commodores with tuned v8s, FE2 suspension, Better brakes, SS interior (for lumber support seats) and a larger alternator with 15x7 steel rims along with the different speedo and interior lights.

Around 2000 they switched to using XR8s and SSs for pursuit cars and standard 6s for station cars.

Im pretty sure they would still need the bigger alternator to cope with the C.O.P.S laptop the radio gear and the lights.

[ebxr8240]

Often a shorter final drive.. As fitted to most sport models..

[Levarre]

Here are a couple of photos of a one-off prototype all aluminium light bar "Tomar" from the USA as well as the more std one from the USA. They "of course" went with the cheapest rather than the best ... It is still around but I think it was put onto a different vehicle, I know there were several units that wanted it!! NZ police and ambos use allot of Tomar light bars, they rolled and wrote off a car, then unbolted the light bar and put it straight onto a new car and it worked!. Most of the "new" mod cons are on a slide out tray in the boot!

[barnz_xr8]

Originally Posted by 388cube_edxr8

The cop chip is not a myth, a mate had a EB SXR8 with 'cop mods' as it was an ex cop car.

It had an aftermarket computer and a lumpier camshaft. This is a 302 Windsor in a 17 year old car that would rev past 9000rpm regularly. No pings, no misfires, nothing.

The new HWP cars (in Queensland anyway) have a similar treatment.

dude your mate must have been driving a nascar or eating magic mushrooms because that motor would have granaded 17 years ago

[velocityXR6]

Found out the other day the BA was in fact ex Tas police, bigger altinator more incriments on the speedo also had a few plugs in the head light wiring to make those flash as well also had a set of pacemakers fitted and firmer suspension, apart from that regular BA XR6

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by velocityXR6

Found out the other day the BA was in fact ex Tas police, bigger altinator more incriments on the speedo also had a few plugs in the head light wiring to make those flash as well also had a set of pacemakers fitted and firmer suspension, apart from that regular BA XR6

Doubt the pacemakers would be plod spec, they generally only do suspension, no engine/exhaust work etc.

[velocityXR6]

pacemakers could of been an add on as i bought the car off my bro (well took over the payments on account of him being poor) oh well score for me haha

[dylancox]

Originally Posted by velocityXR6

Found out the other day the BA was in fact ex Tas police, bigger altinator more incriments on the speedo also had a few plugs in the head light wiring to make those flash as well also had a set of pacemakers fitted and firmer suspension, apart from that regular BA XR6

Any idea of how the plugs in the headlight wiring are different, or how they make the headlights flash? Would be an interesting mod to have..

[gtfpv]

tinted windows . so the police wouyldnt get too sunburnt sitting there in the sun for hours holding a radar gun