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11-10-12, 21:37 GMT+10#201 Thanks matey. Its yet to be tuned and boosted, ive got to put the boost tee on it. Still awesome to drive, pick up so much better then N.A... i love it.
Want to paint a few bits on it that are faded.. wipers, door handles, tail lights. Other general tidying up.
Save up for a 35/82 and microtech
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11-10-12, 23:24 GMT+10#202 Quote:
Originally Posted by FLY-03L
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Thanks matey. Its yet to be tuned and boosted, ive got to put the boost tee on it. Still awesome to drive, pick up so much better then N.A... i love it.
Want to paint a few bits on it that are faded.. wipers, door handles, tail lights. Other general tidying up.
Save up for a 35/82 and microtech
Were are you getting it tuned at? Anything with a turbo is still better than NA haha, you've inspired me to get some custom plates
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22-10-12, 18:51 GMT+10#204 Well, the diffs gotta come back out.
I had a brake squeek that wouldnt go away, diagnosed it to be a bent axle.
Spun it up on the lathe and it had about a 2mm bend in it.
Itd been put into a gutter and ****ED.
Ill put both of my nuts on the housing being bent aswell.
I had the LSD reco'd before and it was ROOTED aswell, almost fully bottomed out
$150 to fix the axle (with a new bearing) and $300 to fix the housing so im up for $450 and two saturdays work of my own time.
Second year apprentice wages, sweet. Whole weeks work for me.
****ing pissed off big time
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22-10-12, 19:10 GMT+10#205 will she be right for the cruise?
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07-11-12, 18:12 GMT+10#206 Got the diff fixed $$$$$ </3
But in other news....
The thing was pinging its tits off on 10 last time... with the dizzy FULLY retarded
Put different fuel in it, and colder plugs which made it run much better
The head i put on has defiantly been shaved before.... its got way too much compression. Just my luck. The guy never said anything to me when it got done
Take two we squeezed 12 psi and got 250p out of her...
I could put a cometic in it, but its alot of $ just to gain 30hp.
Im a bit annoyed but still happy!!
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07-11-12, 18:29 GMT+10#207 Look forward to seeing it in action on sunday
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07-11-12, 18:39 GMT+10#208 Cometics aren't overly expensive, if you didnt install it yourself it might be a bit costly though. If i lived closer i'd give you a hand
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03-12-12, 10:05 GMT+10#209 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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03-12-12, 17:38 GMT+10#210 Wow this is a sweet build mate, its been great to see it all come together. Is it still.your daily? If so, what a head turner
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15-12-12, 12:02 GMT+10#211 Did a formal in the VL the other week...
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17-10-14, 18:09 GMT+10#212 Got the VL tuned last night!
She made a total of 310hp on 15 pounds of boost on maatouks dyno happy as. Goes pretty hard!
Had to back it off a the timing a little down to 310hp but theres no a single ping to be heard.
Hitting boost in second is instant skate and even slides third if you slam it
Im very happy... its a bit of achievement for me to get the car to a point that i wanted it at.
Now just to neaten up little things...
I bought this car when i was 16 on the 9/9/09... Im now 22, its taken my 6 years bit by bit, despite many set back and late nights we shun through!
Big thanks goes out to my good mate rowan who really has part ownership in the car attributed to him single handily installing my 33 box, re doing the head, replacing smashed piston, micro tech, surge tank and many other bits (with my help of course)
Happy days
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10-01-15, 01:47 GMT+10#213 Great build mate just read whole thing
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10-01-15, 12:01 GMT+10#214 how did you get the S2 rear headrests to fit into the back of your VL?
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10-01-15, 17:01 GMT+10#215 Thnaks mate just been driving it every couple of weeks enjoying it... allready gone through a set of stockies lol... gonna get 225s next and take it for a run down down quarter mile
BIGM22: a little bit of trickey... not rock solid but does the job
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10-01-15, 18:47 GMT+10#216 Ahh clever!
Didn't think you were the type to just butcher the seat and sit the headrests on top, looks good!
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