Great work Jack. Its coming along nicely. Its funny how you're at the beginning of what should be a long and happy relationship with your VL and I am finding that if I get a decent offer on my VL, then it will be sold and my 15 year relationship with owning VL's will be over. I have sort of indulged in thinking of just owning one car for a little while before starting something new in the near future. Your car is looking awesome mate.

no way! 10 sec sleeper that sucks. you just had enough? went and had a look at the clutch lee organised, the big beasty twin plate direct clutch looks pretty cool. pretty much having dreams about this every night, ranging from racing ferraris and winning by heaps (deliusonal, i know) and nightmares where im driving around and its not very fast at all, but the breaks dont work, and the whole car is made of plastic and im about to crash. just want it home so i can rest easy!

lol beating a ferrari isnt delusional...

Quote: Originally Posted by VLT 88 lol beating a ferrari isnt delusional... id be ok loosing to a ferrari as long as my calais isnt made of plastic. seriously, last night i was dreaming i had no breaks but it was really slow, and i hit the side of some random golf club and my intercooler broke off and a tried to put it back on, but instead of an intercooler it really was just the top of a vaccum cleaner (like the plastic bit with the black hairy stuff on them). im not making this up either...

As long as there are no corners....should win. Can't really compare "potential 10-11sec" cars to a supercar that does 11-12's (depending on model). If it's a race on the freeway.....which would be highly illegal...a race to 300km/h (and that supercar could do well over 300km/h) you may struggle Looking forward to see the end of this build. It's been a tough road for you, wanting to sell the car, but you've made the right decision now! goodluck Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah was going to sell it but then i got a girlfriend and got accepted into uni so wont be travelling overseas for five or six years now. So instead i'm doing up the car. And instead of buying presents for the gf i'm buying shiny stuff for the car.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheChad no way! 10 sec sleeper that sucks. you just had enough?... Just go with one car for a little while, then go out and buy a late model and begin a new project. I have been associated with vl's for 15 years and absolutely love the cars and love how relatively cheap and fast they can be. But maybe a change is in the air. I haven't advertised my car online or put up adverts anywhere, or even put for sale stickers on the car purely on the undesirables who would pester me. Im happy to keep if the people who I have made aware of it being for sale don't buy. I have a couple of people who are in two minds at the moment. Also, just referring to my comment of relatively cheap. Where can you buy someone elses money pit for around the 20k mark and go and do a safe and reliable 10sec, whilst enjoying air con and 11lts/100kms fuel economy and be comfortable enough to put 4 or 5 people in it. Building your own vl up is enjoyable and satisfying, but the end result is what we all want. And that is a fast, reliable car with the least amount of hassles. I have had my fun with vl's and if a sale of the vl eventuates, then the new owner will have many years of fun and performance. But if nobody finds the funds to buy it, then I will happily keep it garaged and drive it once or twice a week and keep enjoying.

Quote: Originally Posted by HoldenOn Just go with one car for a little while, then go out and buy a late model and begin a new project. I have been associated with vl's for 15 years and absolutely love the cars and love how relatively cheap and fast they can be. But maybe a change is in the air. I haven't advertised my car online or put up adverts anywhere, or even put for sale stickers on the car purely on the undesirables who would pester me. Im happy to keep if the people who I have made aware of it being for sale don't buy. I have a couple of people who are in two minds at the moment. Also, just referring to my comment of relatively cheap. Where can you buy someone elses money pit for around the 20k mark and go and do a safe and reliable 10sec, whilst enjoying air con and 11lts/100kms fuel economy and be comfortable enough to put 4 or 5 people in it. Building your own vl up is enjoyable and satisfying, but the end result is what we all want. And that is a fast, reliable car with the least amount of hassles. I have had my fun with vl's and if a sale of the vl eventuates, then the new owner will have many years of fun and performance. But if nobody finds the funds to buy it, then I will happily keep it garaged and drive it once or twice a week and keep enjoying. fair point, still rather you keep it though. please show graham the pics, and tell him how it's all going. ill more than likely bring it down to bunbury whilst its on the run in tune, get some k's up and show it to you two first hand.

very nice build you have going on here mate

ok, another small update, i have recieved everything, bought everything i need (apart from a vs brake booster should get one soon though), and am giving it all to lee to let him finish it. finnaly got the radiator from robbert, its not the best, he advertised it as having no filler cap... forgot to mention it also has no inlet or outlet? the welds look very sketchy, like they are big strong welds, but they are all mishapen and ugly. im not even sure how good the tanks are, or if they will leak, time will tell though, be taking the shroud off and having a good look 2moro. thats all for now, maybe be another month or so till it's ready.

TheChad - Bought not Built

Why do you insist on having a problem with everyone on this forum?

How do you figure that? its part in reply to his smartarse comment in another thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by Xibit0r TheChad - Bought not Built least it doesn't look like its come from a wrecker. goodluck with the build thechad, bet you've blown that budget out now!, but will be worth it in the end.

goood work bro!! look f-ing awesome. never wooda picked you to do this after you were trying to sell it a while back to fund that europe trip =) youll love it wen its all done

its alright xibitor, i was only sticking up for another person on the forum, you never have anything constructive to say anyway. i stripped the car down with the help of a few mates and jack from here, i amassed all the parts myself over two years or so, its my plan and it's grown how i wanted it. so what if i pay someone to screw it all together? the only things im getting from lee is a clutch, a computer, and all his fabrication, the rest of the parts i already sourced myself. i dont have the luxury of a huge garage, or one with a decent layout, jack can tell you this. so i took it to a point where i either had to move the car elsewhere where i would pay rent to continue to dot he engine swap, or take it to a pro like lee to finish it off, and have piece of mind that everything will be bolted together correctly. we dont have a welder, or the skill to fabricate like lee does, so why would i bother paying for all that stuff when his pipework and stuff will look the goods in the end. anyway mate, i look forwards to seeing the next for sale thread, where you pick at someones stuff, then try and offer one of your beaten up pieces of unregistered sh*tbox cars as a trade. get a life mate,

Oh snap. Good read Jack, keep up the good work.

Its great you have my comment as your sig now cause its oh so true. What unlicensed beaten up ****box are you referring to?

Quote: Originally Posted by REALIST least it doesn't look like its come from a wrecker. goodluck with the build thechad, bet you've blown that budget out now!, but will be worth it in the end. i forgot the meaning of the word budget a year ago... looks like the radiator i got from rob is completely useless, it was obvious as soon as i got the tape measure out, and now it starts again, i guess ill have to call his mum

just ignore him man but glad to see your coming along with the car nicely