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My VL Calais [JET-086]

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

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why is it pinging at 8psi? people with na converts can run a heap more than that and yours is an a8 isnt it?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Vilo3t i found the best thing to do re loui is to compress the standard springs, its a better ride, the king srings etc are a thicker steal which will perform stiffness. either way u dont treat the car as a track car and go around bends at 180km. so if i were u since the streets here is sydney (kingsgrove rd, Parra rd lol) u need the nice ride. doing mine soon.. try do kingsgroove road on bump stops front and back and tell me how you feel Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by 7FOUR7 why is it pinging at 8psi? people with na converts can run a heap more than that and yours is an a8 isnt it? nah, it's a6 high comp, we think the head had been decked too many times and the comp is higher than a standard a6 OR it could be the camshaft, it might be too big, so we are going to try an adjustable cam gear Quote: Originally Posted by vr_stato car looks mad mate well done with it thanks mate Quote: Originally Posted by mR_Sam loui your not a real lebo unless you take your back springs out cuz LOL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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whys the back of the tyres white walled also lol
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lol previous owner of the wheels had them whitewalled and he swapped the tyres for some reason
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looks the goods lou! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Thanks bro! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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you prob should have put a decomp plate while u had the engine out.... too late now though..
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high comp setups ftw if he wanted to decomp it he could have put turbo pistons in when the motor was out lol
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I was think of doing it but never did lol, i wont bother changing headgaskets now (unless it blows), i'd put all my money towards a forged bottom end
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Quote: Originally Posted by CI-1968 try do kingsgroove road on bump stops front and back and tell me how you feel i drove on that road once and once only lol never again in the calais lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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hahaha worst road ever
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Quote: Originally Posted by THC high comp setups ftw if he wanted to decomp it he could have put turbo pistons in when the motor was out lol yeh but its easier to pull the head off and put decomp rather than pull head off and bottom end to put pistons in...
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I started doing my brakes today New slotted discs all round Reconditioned front & rear calipers Upgraded front to turbo calipers new 1 inch master cylinder and reconditioned 512 booster Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Boza !!
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louie ur car seems to be a very big attraction to ct, i wonder if i should do the same thing bout edz747....oh well ill let you be in the spotlight my dear lil child, have it as long as u can cause ur dead mate cars nice bro put a 10sec pakage instead of rims das all u need u got everything else at least mike understands, hes stepn up on life wats that louie? u pinging i cant hear u over the PINGING????? put a fuelsetup in it if it dusnt hav..it myt help THE PINGING dam rattler oh and vt calipers are like 70bux each 2nd hand dey wulda looked beta at d front cuz Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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lmao its got a fuel setup, i'll leave the pinging issue for anth to sort out. I'll do bigger mods all in good time its just my everyday car for now Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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I finished off installing my brakes Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looks good as man im hopeing to get sum slotted ones im the next few month what brand are these ???
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Thanks mate, Protex.
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