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overhaulin vl turbo styles

Started by ANK · 4 Apr 2010 · 132 replies

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WeezyArchived member
Good read, spewing i can't veiw the photos here at work but I'll be sure to look once I'm at home.
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MNTVLBArchived member
Impressive work ank Looks a million bucks so far That engine looks mint!
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ANKArchived member
bit of fead back for ya guys NEVER EVER shop anywhere else for stuff apart from vpw ebay and stix or efi hardware i went down to logcar i think its the old pectro jet anyway had a look on there web sit looked like they had all the gear so i grabbed some cash headed down and yeah coorats i did get injecter plugs and a air sensor the injecter plugs did not cme with the rubber cover i asked th bloke on the phone prior to heading down he said "yeah it comes in a kit" fking not imprssed and it was like everything was an effort and the fking tight ass charged me 90.20 didnt let me off 20 sents he went rumajing around the back for 5 mins looking for coins first and last time i will ever give them money
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CRMNLArchived member
Haha yeah, they're idiots. Went there to pick my pump up after they sent me one that was f*cked, they called to say it was in, so I drive in there only to get told I have to drive to ****ing Bosch to pick it up because it hasn't been delivered yet.
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Jet R31Archived member
Looks awesome, this is going to be vl porn by the looks once completed nice work cheers darren
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ANKArchived member
thanks darren ur comments along with wogsta and my old friend zoke are much appreciated makes it worth while!! worst part is a bought another car yesterday so once this one is done its DO it all over again its like yah but nah!! good news for the rotor fans is m and my brother have desidd to put his spare motor in my ke20 im pushing for a epic pp 19b sydney styles Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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UNONT2Archived member
sh*t nice car ank,love the placement of the turbo,sik of seeing turbos parallel with the motor,keep up the good work man.cant wait to see it finished with the welds on it,TUFF!!!!you running thermo fans?
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DEVNT8Archived member
Mmmm most sexy
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PSIWPN NZArchived member
that looks awesome man keep up the good work
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88 ChaserArchived member
Loking good mate. Also try Premier Auto Trade, they are in Morrabbin, they seemed alot more helpful than thoses idiots at petroject, or logicar, what ever it is now.
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ANKArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by UNONT2 [View Post] sh*t nice car ank,love the placement of the turbo,sik of seeing turbos parallel with the motor,keep up the good work man.cant wait to see it finished with the welds on it,TUFF!!!!you running thermo fans? umm i dont no what im running lol
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EVLRB30Archived member
thats looking really good mate top effort i see your taking a few hints off boostn from the zoom mag lol looks 100 times better!
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YEEHAAArchived member
Thats some good progress man well done its turning out mint az!!!
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TomoArchived member
wade cams told me just drive it like a normal person for 2 hours or so, then do what you want. also said some people have some crazy theory you must rev it too 3000rpm for 10mins or something...he said do what you want but all its going to do is annoying people
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ANKArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by EVLRB30 [View Post] thats looking really good mate top effort i see your taking a few hints off boostn from the zoom mag lol looks 100 times better! well my mum was calling me all sorts of names and told me that it was **** so i showed her the +1 vl no beef jim just yeah ur engine bay slaps the livem **** outa evrything ---------- Post added 15-04-10 at 00:41 ---------- as for getting ideas off th fella that sure as hellw as not the case! my first car was a r32 gtr so i have had setups in my head since i was 17 and its nice to finaly paint the piture that has been in my head for you guys guessing what fuel pump it is and calling it the a1000 ur a fair way off..the pump is now availible from vpw here is the link http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=2258 (http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?CatID=6&PrdGrpID=2258) i started the wiring of th mircotech and then chris bbqvle85 poped over for a reach around and to pump some manifold action ill keep photos of that till later as i have HACKED!! it a little and need to give it a flat disk sand but all in due time anyway here is a photo Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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AntranikArchived member
did i miss something :S lol i dont get it. car looks awesome champ!
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WoggsterArchived member
lol did i also miss something ANK? Anyway, the bay looks tuff. The turbz is gonna look insane once its all mounted up keep up the great work Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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zaksvlArchived member
the clear rb26 guard/housing/plate/ whatever is a very nice touch. but can we get a shot of the whole bay with the motor in and not just bits and pieces lol. looks like uve poured some hard hours into ur bay, good on ya! its come up looking awesome.
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ANKArchived member
there are photos of the hole bay and if i didnt put them up woops its sometimes ard to take photos with out standing on the bench when im working with the garage door shut but here you go umm here is one sorry u can see the block lol woops i would take one now but the bay is coverd in fking wires and there is that mad blue tape over all the polished **** sorry mate but its hard when your solo things can sometimes not move a heap quicker when you dont have the apprentise grabing **** off the bench for you like most work shops -Post Edited -Just trying to keep the peace.. -SirGeo ---------- Post added 15-04-10 at 21:49 ---------- here ya go fking spotless lol and pigzy this is for you sorry man my camera is playing up it dropped of me bench and broke the protective lence to the fellas out there that make manifolds for a living and do everything start to finish by them selfs my respect is with you guys what a fking pain in the fking nuts it is god!! big thanks to chris vlt something bbqvlt top bloke and a great help and also pigzy his over the phone advice is priceless so many people i need to thank and i will get to that but atm i just finsihed eating pizza that i got 6 hours ago and left on the floor lol even tho it was in its box its still sorta wrong hopefully the mum brings me some food Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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HYE-GHMArchived member
nice work man ur car as a complete package is unreal. just a quick question, is the motor the 1 u built for ur corrolla? if thats been askd sorry in advance
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