no worries scotty anytime mate not long now cant fcukin wait. this things gonna rip Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thanks Johnny im looking forward to it being finished. Haha thanks Ryan, i think its gonna be a handful lol got stuck into the pistons tonight, so much carbon and only 33,000 k's on her. Came up good though, just going to sand the block a bit to make it flat again wanted to put the head back on but no real point til i get the cam gears, hope they hurry up. ---------- Post added 04-07-11 at 10:52 ---------- new plates, what yas think lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Turbo'd the misses VL Calais last week after a month of prepping and painting everything. Very glad i got a new timing belt kit for it :O stripped Front of motor stripped new timing belt kit, Cam seal and water pump turbo restored and ready to go on intercooler mounted turbo manifold, turbo and all lines hooked up custom oil return, proflow 45, -12 400 series hose in black resprayed the rear boot strip before the turbo badge went on almost all togethor Taaddaaaaaaaa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

great stuff mate. love the quality of the work you do. keep it up

thats bloody awesome work scott....how does it go ?? i just did the turbo conversion on my calais aswell.. Larry

Quote: Originally Posted by Lazza78 [View Post] thats bloody awesome work scott....how does it go ?? i just did the turbo conversion on my calais aswell.. Larry Goes pretty good hey, she loves how it doesnt struggle going up hills now LOL now has pidgeon attached and all heatsheilds lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

clean work champ.

whats the trick when doing a timimng belt ?

u got a turbo ecu n injectors in it ?? btw i was the guy with ben a few weeks ago at ur work askin about the rocker cover fittings

what intercooler and piping package is that and what brands and colours are the paint on the exhaust mani and heat shield. looks clean as.

Oh yeah I remember. Nah not 3TA just 3EA and flow tested brown tops It's all vht on the manifold, cast iron flame proof and cast aluminum on the heat shields ---------- Post added 15-07-11 at 09:20 ---------- Oh the cooler kit is a monza aswell, made by autotechnica. Put the cometic and headstuds on lastnight. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

bought some of that vht cast iron paint looks as good as in your pic. any big updates coming up??

Nice car man love the engine **** the people that don't like it as long as you do is the main thing. I have to give u credit also doing everything with one arm.

Haha cheers guys Well i finished the X6 loom for the coils tonight. We've had the motor in and the engine mounts and 2 Speed mount is done and ready to go. Custom plenum got finished tonight with 80mm throttle body. Pretty much finished the LT16 loom aswell just gotta tape up the injector plugs and mount it all under the dash and connect it to the appropriate existing vl loom wires. Waiting on the exhaust manifold from Sydney, the fu ckwit wont get back to me, i bought it over a week ago Wastgate will be here tomoz. hopefully get the B&M pro ratchet mounted tomoz aswell getting there. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

uno what would be full mad? put a xr6 turbo interior in it. with the logos still on the seats

LoL Seats in without the ford logo yes all retrimed

any updates

wat turbo did u use on ur mrs calais?? lovin ur car and the work u do mate, top effort

stock vlt T3. thanks everyone for the positive comments. -12 weldon goes on the sump in the morning and then the motor n box go in for good pics tomorrow night. ---------- Post added 03-08-11 at 10:47 ---------- 4.0 equipped Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

You and graham should sell those engine mounts homo, be worth putting to production. Looks good scotto, love it