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My VL Calais [JET-086]

Started by JET-086 · 30 Dec 2007 · 553 replies

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Slaztastic Did you paint the block? The manifold and rocker cover look so good, it'd be a shame for a manky block to let the engine bay down. Is the bay all smoothed? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by CHRGD6 Slaztastic Did you paint the block? The manifold and rocker cover look so good, it'd be a shame for a manky block to let the engine bay down. Is the bay all smoothed? Thanks man, the block is just dregreased and gernied, the engine bay has been resprayed but not smoothed out, I wanted to leave the factory wrinkles in the skirts, besides most of the bay will be hidden because I'm leaving the battery, airbox, washer & overflow bottle and the fuse box in. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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one of the cleanest blocks i have ever seen in my life well done mate so fckn clean... i absolutely love it.. 10/10
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Thanks mate. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Kurt, this one's for you... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Good stuff man. What computer will you be running?
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Thanks man, I'll be running a Link. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ALIII one of the cleanest blocks i have ever seen in my life well done mate so fckn clean... i absolutely love it.. 10/10 you must not have seen many then! clean car dude... big fan of the gold calais!
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Very nice, you've done well with the colour coding. Neaten up that wiring and paint the booster man and it'll look paper..
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Quote: Originally Posted by JET-086 Thanks man, I'll be running a Link. Good choice of ecu mate. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SII_Turbo you must not have seen many then! clean car dude... big fan of the gold calais! oh iv seen plenty, but its gotta be up there maybe coz the color scheme is close to mine.. just a question, if i was to blow all over your rocket cover and gold plenium.. on a 1 to 10 scale..with 1 being very little and 10 being alot how upset would you be? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Quote: Originally Posted by JET-086 Kurt, this one's for you... F*cking YAAAYYY about time beh Get some wild turkeys and I'll come past the shop celebrate with you.... **uses any excuse to drink** Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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come on post more pics up!!! i love the look of ya car, but u need to put some nice polished up calais rims on it!
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looking very nice champ keep up the good work....
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Hey man, sweet car. just wondering how much did the white walls cost ya ??
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Quote: Originally Posted by SII_Turbo you must not have seen many then! clean car dude... big fan of the gold calais! Thanks dude. Quote: Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1 Very nice, you've done well with the colour coding. Neaten up that wiring and paint the booster man and it'll look paper.. Thanks Jack, once its all wired up, I'll cable tie it and hide it. As for the booster, I'll be getting a new one. Quote: Originally Posted by 88 Chaser Good choice of ecu mate. Can't go wrong Quote: Originally Posted by ALIII oh iv seen plenty, but its gotta be up there maybe coz the color scheme is close to mine.. just a question, if i was to blow all over your rocket cover and gold plenium.. on a 1 to 10 scale..with 1 being very little and 10 being alot how upset would you be? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ROFL You can blow on it, as long as you clean it off Quote: Originally Posted by EAT-30T F*cking YAAAYYY about time beh Get some wild turkeys and I'll come past the shop celebrate with you.... **uses any excuse to drink** Definatley, next time I see you there, I'll do a trip down to the bottle-o Quote: Originally Posted by SUB30T looking very nice champ keep up the good work.... Thanks man Quote: Originally Posted by Billyboy Hey man, sweet car. just wondering how much did the white walls cost ya ?? Thanks. $30 x 4 = $120 He did an excellent job though. Quote: Originally Posted by bar0034 come on post more pics up!!! i love the look of ya car, but u need to put some nice polished up calais rims on it! Thanks dude, yeah I'm trying to chase up a clean set then whitewall them Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Straight up man that engine bay looks fantastic, the colour coding is killer, it's going to look macco when it's all back together. Just out of interest though, why bother using an AVO cooler which is EPA compliant, a low mount turbo, the standard injectors and a relatively standard motor only to turn around and switch to an aftermarket ECU? It seems like you've gone out of the way to make it EPA compliant and street legal, but have reverted to the Link and negated all that? Not putting **** on you man, just curious? The car looks sick, definitely a 'less is more' build.
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I'm not sure they are standard injectors?? They look to have green tops
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f*cking awsome work man..... great choice of colour etc for the engine...... good luck with it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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