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My VL Calais [JET-086]
Started by JET-086 · 30 Dec 2007 · 553 repliesPreserved from CalaisTurbo (partial recovery). Original authors and dates are shown; archived members are not current Holdcom accounts.
13-06-08, 13:55 GMT+10#262
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?
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13-06-08, 20:23 GMT+10#263
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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.
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13-06-08, 21:51 GMT+10#264
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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15-06-08, 18:34 GMT+10#266
Kurt, this one's for you...
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15-06-08, 19:06 GMT+10#268
Thanks man, I'll be running a Link.
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15-06-08, 19:12 GMT+10#269
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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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15-06-08, 21:15 GMT+10#270
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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15-06-08, 21:18 GMT+10#271
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Originally Posted by JET-086
Thanks man, I'll be running a Link.
Good choice of ecu mate.
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15-06-08, 21:28 GMT+10#272
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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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15-06-08, 21:30 GMT+10#273
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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**
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15-06-08, 22:52 GMT+10#274
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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16-06-08, 00:22 GMT+10#276
Hey man, sweet car.
just wondering how much did the white walls cost ya ??
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16-06-08, 00:28 GMT+10#277
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Originally Posted by SII_Turbo
you must not have seen many then!
clean car dude... big fan of the gold calais!
Thanks dude.
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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.
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Originally Posted by 88 Chaser
Good choice of ecu mate.
Can't go wrong
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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
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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
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Originally Posted by SUB30T
looking very nice champ keep up the good work....
Thanks man
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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.
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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
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16-06-08, 09:45 GMT+10#278
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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16-06-08, 12:14 GMT+10#279
I'm not sure they are standard injectors?? They look to have green tops
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16-06-08, 13:08 GMT+10#280
f*cking awsome work man..... great choice of colour etc for the engine...... good luck with it
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