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Originally Posted by Irontusk
Nothing wrong with a fake anyway A fake Calais is better than an SL or Berlina I'd only bother converting a wagon though.
SL Turbo with the calais exterior FTW
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Originally Posted by SIKVLT
SL Turbo with the calais exterior FTW
It looks like one of only 70 cars Mine will get there some day.. it'll be in the list of 100 though
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ok my turn again lol. put tints on my car when i got it midnite express all round. and yea they are all scratched from the wondows going up n down. is this the window channels that are warn out causing this ?
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na it dosnt have a tag like that,iv checked it,but how can it have headrest mountings standard and a standard alarm??
Headrest mountings are easily welded in with the correct measurements, and the factory alarm was an option on all models, but it is far more likely that it was swapped over to your car from the donor calais.
Re-births were common here but i dont think that is the case with yours. We had an 85 VK Royale, with aussie tags, and no engine number!
VL 5.0L V8s...
I've only ever seen 2 in real life in my 18 months of being into VLs, they don't seem very common, were there many brought into NZ?
What do they go like, they only put out similar power to an RB30, but that extra 2 litres and 2 cylinders must equate to something?
come to chch there are heaps down here lol!!!!! there doesnt seem to be alot of VLs up your way aye from what I seen.....there are heaps of them down here
They are uncommon because they were much more expensive being imported AND were subject to "Big Car Tax". Its a hotly debated topic which one was better, and Im on the 6cyl side, in ULP form the V8 wasn't that hot, It had more torque, but the six cylinder car had less weight, better gearing, the option of a manual box, less weight, and far better fuel economy, as well as a cheaper price. The V8 had 122kw, the 3.0 makes 114kw. The V8's saving grace is that is detuned, therefore if you dump the EGR, a decent cam and some extractors will really wake it up.
why wou say that dave?it is factory welding on the headrests
who cares if it isnt a genuine calais,its got everything calais in it,it just dosnt have the tag
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Originally Posted by NZ_BT1
come to chch there are heaps down here lol!!!!! there doesnt seem to be alot of VLs up your way aye from what I seen.....there are heaps of them down here
Plenty of VLs up in Auckland, especially in Te Atatu North!!
I usually see a couple each time im out in my car, just not V8s
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Originally Posted by calais3L
The V8's saving grace is that is detuned, therefore if you dump the EGR, a decent cam and some extractors will really wake it up.
I'd be keen for a factory VL V8 Calais, do the cam, extractors, a Brock Group A air induction kit/ or cold air tray. And maybe make a HDT LE/ Sport/ SV88 replica, momo stars etc.
It wouldnt be as fast as a VL turbo, but would a little different.
