Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller to do - fit turbo inlet manifold and fuel rail why would u put a turbo manifold on? from what ive heard the N/A one's flow better.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bealzy why would u put a turbo manifold on? from what ive heard the N/A one's flow better. 2 reasons. 1. turbo manifolds take up less room and in my opinion look better 2. eventually i want a pretty stock A8 or A8 replica engine. plus the flow loss is pretty minimal like 2% who cares? i am not chasing 8 second passes. by the time my turbo is all hooked up i recon i will be old enough to be happy with 150 - 200kw

Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller 2 reasons. 1. turbo manifolds take up less room and in my opinion look better 2. eventually i want a pretty stock A8 or A8 replica engine. plus the flow loss is pretty minimal like 2% who cares? i am not chasing 8 second passes. by the time my turbo is all hooked up i recon i will be old enough to be happy with 150 - 200kw should get a turbo badge, they add 15kw.

really? is red better or the silver?

engine bay is lookin sweet as man. show us pics of the vk boot peice when its done. also id ditch the white walkies to

Quote: Originally Posted by Calais_Nv engine bay is lookin sweet as man. show us pics of the vk boot peice when its done. also id ditch the white walkies to cheers man! always good to get some support. i went to easternats on saturda and was inspired to finish off all the painting i had (rear garnish, vkc bootmould, door mould,) so i went and bought a new bumper mould and some more grey primer and hit it! only i hit some snags this arvo, ran out of wax and grease remover so i went and got some but a different brand. - problem... it stripped the gloss black off of my garnish and i think i might have to start again. second problem - i went and got some asteroid touch up paint to paint lines on the garnish and bootmould and screwed up the bootmould when my phone rang... i was so concentrated i was scared by my mobile and spilt paint on the bootmould so i think i wil be rubbing that back and starting again aswell. on the upside, the holden badge for the calais rear looks schmick as do the taillamp surrrounds which have been treated to a few clearcoats and silver striping where the VKC red would be. on another happy note my shed is very very clean a the moment and i scored a bumper end and a vl 5 speed gearknob in a beige that matches my interior (that came from a skyline) so there is something to aspire to (5 spd gearbox whoo!) - mitcham

ahh sucks about the garnish , musta been pretty strong stuff to strip the shine! shore it wasnt paint thinners lol

either way i won't be using it again past the primer stage... just went and had a look, what a shame i am very dissapointed.

bought a new garnish sticker from beazley on saturday, 3 days ago, coming back from his house ny car backfired and wouldn't idle, seems it has blown a lycra cover that covers holes in the crossover so 1 the engine wasn't getting enough gas from the mixer and 2 the afm wasn't reading much airflow. the lycra is cable tied on for the moment.

its looking good mitch, i'm liking where its going. The walkys are nice, something a bit different for a change. Oh and i saw you out at the shell servo on the orner of warrigul road maybe 2~3 weekends ago? I waved but I don't think you saw me.

hey kyle! great to see people still read this, i was begining to wonder! yeah shell servo is a regular for me, im at work saturday 9am so i like to have an early one and stay away from grog and floosies, hence the highway is a good option. cheers for the feedback, let me know when its all systems go on the vlt and i will come over with a fist full of wet and dry and help rub it down - Mitch Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller hey kyle! great to see people still read this, i was begining to wonder! yeah shell servo is a regular for me, im at work saturday 9am so i like to have an early one and stay away from grog and floosies, hence the highway is a good option. cheers for the feedback, let me know when its all systems go on the vlt and i will come over with a fist full of wet and dry and help rub it down - Mitch picked up VH SL/E headrests today for the rear seat, $15 each and they are beige so i have a dodgy attempt at s2 headests for the moment. they will go in with my front seats or some retrimming by steve at pro stich when i get around to doing the interior

Man take it back to stock spec no more crackhead instalations with vk/vb/whatever parts. KEEP IT SIMPLE.

hey guys i just bought myself a wreck, check it! - http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=134513 (note link is to the members area, only members will be able to access it) raptor - yeah mate im thinking i'll drop the vkc rear end i'll wait til its painted then consider it. also i'd love to change the front seats back to standard but i'v been minored twice for them, so hopefully in time i will find an answer to that, the best choice would be walky or scheel seats retrimmed by steve. also i just bought vhsle rear headrests that means they are solid! i will also be looking at getting these trimmed by steve but have to pay for my wreck first. so atm its just the vn seats and the vs doorpods, and the pods are there to stay! need to carpet them though

paid in full for my wreck last night, fuel tank and some other bits are already out

went to the wreckers again today, got a set of extractors also a bracket for a 8/vlt booster, (i didn't get one when i bought the booster and master cylinder. also grabbed a few bits and pieces to sell.

hey guys my wreck is now sitting at my uncles place in carrum and has been since sunday arvo, lots of parts sitting inm my shed just need to get the engine and box out hopefully that will be done on sunday.

Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller hey guys my wreck is now sitting at my uncles place in carrum and has been since sunday arvo, lots of parts sitting inm my shed just need to get the engine and box out hopefully that will be done on sunday. engine and box out as planned on sunday. cheers for the help tim and chris! just one issue 1 gearbox bolt has been rounded and i wasn't able to therefore seperate the box and engine. heaps of parts are up f.s. and i also removed the power steering rack. um... thats about it for the moment. essentially lots of parts and no changes to the car itself. oh and getting the car is a story in itself, i bought the wreck from da reeper and planned to have it gutted in a few days work with all my mates and a bunch of tools, (because i live next to my landlord and the lease says no cars are to be worked on on the property what a joke) so anyway i payed a deposit and made an agreement that i will be able to strip the car on his fathers property sunday in two weeks (due to uni and work comitments i had no time until then) so the story goes that later that week he (da reeper) asked when he could expecty the rest of the dosh as he needed to pay his reo the next day, fair enough i thought i put him out by making him wait 2 weeks so i paid the rest of the monies owed. thats when my problems started we agreed that i would come down to his father's place and start taking some small stuff that wednesday come wednesday morning i woke up early loaded the car up with tools axle stands everything to strip a car and when i rang to confirm i was on the way, he said "something came up, my dad and i are really busy, we will just have to do it sunday as planned" i was pretty cut i couldn't come play with my car (fuly paid it was mine) but as coming wednesday wasn't part of the original deal i let it go. come saturday night and my dad and uncle are i shepparto working their guts off to get the taillight wiring on our trailer fixed while yet again i pull out my rear seat and load th car up with tools, also i ring 3 mates and they are in for stripping the car. 8.30 i get a phone call and its da reeper, i cant come until later in the afternoon because somethings come up. wtf i think? i have paid for the car, i have come through with my end of the deal everything is go money has changed hands, the car is ready to be stripped and i had even organised the shell to be picked up a few days afterwards by a scrap metaller. anyway we went back and forth and eventually by the end of the night we were hanging out waiting for a call tommorow to see if i could still come. he rings me at 8am ish and tells me i can come later that afternoon, great i reply, i will aim for 1 as originally agreed as my old man and uncle and mates will be at mine at 12 to start heading down. when he found out i planned to remove the engine that day the **** hit the fan, the message was (and i quote straight from my mobile inbox) "LOOK MAN ME AND MY OLD MAN ARE TO BUSY TODAY. AND AS I WASNT INFORMD THAT U WNTD THE MOTOR OUT TODAY I CNT CHANGE MY DAY AT THE LAST MIN." pretty pi$$ed i replied "look 'man', i have paid the cash and organised pickup, also i have all my mates coming to help me as planned. it is you who ae changing at the last minute and you who are breaking the original deal is the car accesable or the doors locked? i will be there with a car trailer at 2 and take the car and i will be expecting any removed parts within the next week - Mitch" so anyway i ended up with the car but only after much stress and BS. once the cash was paid da reeper forgot any duty to fulfill the contract he had made with me, $hitty experience and i won't be dealing with him again unless it is a straight swap of cash for parts. he doesn't have any understanding of other peoples lives and that once he makes a deal he must fulfil it otherwise he hasn't earned his money. absolute pain in the A. [/ end rant]

fitted in new front seats (vs ss) and some new floor mats on sunday. also the engine and box have arrived at my old man's shed in shepparton so over the holidays i will have something to play with. did a couple of little things, tidied up the engine bay, polished the lip on my walky rims, fitted my drivers side doorpod (and in doing so managed to drill half of my finger off) and retuned the doof. all looking pretty nice and clean.

Good to see you f@#cked off that homo "VL Car Club" sticker..... it was kinda gay :P Woot first post for me in your thread.... will write one up for mine soon.... when it grows a snail.

well guys lots of news at my place this week. i traded a spare starter motor for beige air vent surrounds (series 2 calais) and also installed them i dynamatted the bootlid, garnish support things.... and the number plate. i now need to stop my bumper bar wobbling, it squeaks like a mouse. apart from that i have a panhard rod sitting in my shed. also got a few things in the traps including rear seat cover and headrests (series 1 red calais) also a stage 1 cam (might go get it this week we will see) and a complete s1 red interior i have my eye on. apart from that a problem has emerged which is either starter motor or crank angle sensor the car wont start when hot, quite often needs 10 minutes to cool down. cheers for reading guys!