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Jarrods '87 VL SL

Started by FLY-03L · 18 May 2010 · 215 replies

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FLY-03LArchived member
Fabricated and assembled most of the box today. Decided to use 12mm ply, MDF is rubbish.. corners blow out and it falls apart. Fits pretty well, ill finish it off tomorrow and get it mounted. Once its fixed in i can work around the box and get everything made up and get it in Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by FLY-03L [View Post] Fabricated and assembled most of the box today. Decided to use 12mm ply, MDF is rubbish.. corners blow out and it falls apart. Fits pretty well, ill finish it off tomorrow and get it mounted. Once its fixed in i can work around the box and get everything made up and get it in dude ill have to have a geese at this tomorrow night, looks like ur doing ur homework on it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Did a bit more work on the sub box, starting to come together Also did a skidpan day at eastern creek on the weekend... sick fun! Im not sure if you'll be able to see this video cause youre not friends with me on facebook.. ill upload it to youtube later http://www.facebook.com/video/video....19442&comments (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150190843819442&comments) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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patchArchived member
you might split the wood with the hole being there. seems a bit too close to the edge. I did a boot install on my one, its in the tech articles if your looking for other ideas
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FLY-03LArchived member
Yeah i know.. i unfortunately i ran out of room and it was a squeeze. Ill have another look at it. If not ill cut some plate steel to brace it from behind it. PS patch i expect to see you at the next vl meet, check my thread in the nsw section.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Going for a bit of a slide.. Keep it off the streets kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ZRHPN21xo
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FLY-03LArchived member
Updates Went shopping Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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VlDUBCArchived member
Great thread... If your gunna go turbz etc etc...just make sure you have a secure place to keep your car... I got some yellow top GTR injectors from a r34 for sale with VL rail if your interested...260 posted...
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FLY-03LArchived member
Thanks for the reply mate, its come a long way. Yea thats true.. the car gets locked up and and parked in behind gates at night and has a top range alarm/immobilizer/central locking in it. It should be at the top of the list of any modified car imo... Ill pm you about the injectors, cheers.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by FLY-03L [View Post] Thanks for the reply mate, its come a long way. Yea thats true.. the car gets locked up and and parked in behind gates at night and has a top range alarm/immobilizer/central locking in it. It should be at the top of the list of any modified car imo... Ill pm you about the injectors, cheers. ay bud, get some piccies up of ur rims on the car if u have em on. wont be able to make the meet this tues...
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FLY-03LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by Andy-30L [View Post] ay bud, get some piccies up of ur rims on the car if u have em on. wont be able to make the meet this tues... theyre not on yet mate, still gotta get my guards rolled and get some duct tape to use as tyres. Will hopefully get pics up by the weekend! keen Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by FLY-03L [View Post] theyre not on yet mate, still gotta get my guards rolled and get some duct tape to use as tyres. Will hopefully get pics up by the weekend! keen duct tape ay... lol jus smash a few rolls round ur new rims lol!! its guna look rad but hope the popo dont like it too much too Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
What i do on long weekends The car is filthy at the moment, the back trim still isnt on yet and it needs to be a touch lower in the back but itll have to do for now Opinions? Im very happy with it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
i reckon that red pinstripe moulding would look awsome on this thing man. would break up the grey and white really well an give it some extra colour Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
just chillin killin drug dealin Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Im working on the boot layout at the moment.. tricky ****, update pics soon. Itll look trick when its done, ive got a few little surprises. After that im going to get a 3.5inch dump exhaust tip and autometer gauge the sun glass holder. After that, ill start buying turbo parts. Only a year and a half til my full licence.......... I want around 250rwkw. My plan is to get a r33 manual and vlt diff in the car as i get them and run it n/a and build a s2 block on the side ready for fulls. Somethin like a 35/40, de comp, cammed, microthec on a standard bottom end on around 10-15psi. That will keep me happy for quiet a while, after that ill forge the bottom end and crank up the boost
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xAsh-Archived member
guarantee you will get bored of 10-15psi within the first 2 weeks, dont ya'll know the 35's efficiency range only starts at 15psi? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
hmm, true man. might run a to4e or t70 now, ill 35 it when i rebuild the engine one day, one day. pic Havnt done anything on the car cause ive been working 6 days a week Needa finish the boot and get some guages in the sun glass holder. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Its been raining latley so that my new excuse for not doing anything on my car lol. My short list of what to do next: new exhuast tip, quarter venetions, white walls (maybe), red berlina pin (maybe), lower the back a bit more, autometer guages Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Whats going in my sunglass holder. Boost gauge in a NA, yes (lol) Im just gonna hook it up to the vaccum for a laugh.. Ill be making a plywood plate for them to sit in, and dont want to have to re do it later on when i turbo just to put a boost guage in it so ill just put it in now.. some story for wiring it up etc. I was going to carpet the ply wood plate with some blue carpet offcuts i had from my door pods, but i thought of getting an old dash or glove box lid or even door trim vinyl from a wrecked VL, and use that as a veneer on the plate and it'll all look factory. Factory autometer gauges, you know My other bright idea was one of these.. A self contained shift light (ie no tacho to run off.. adjustable rpm dial on the back) And mount this inside the air con vent just above the head deck. Hidden/sleeper spec out of sight until hits the rpm and goes off.. sneaky sneaky Bit wankerish.. Keen to hear feedback! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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