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VL Commodore
MY VL project N/A
Started by Blown Vl# · 17 Apr 2009 · 168 repliesPreserved from CalaisTurbo (partial recovery). Original authors and dates are shown; archived members are not current Holdcom accounts.
30-05-09, 10:04 GMT+10#82
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Originally Posted by Mr_Jox
good but hate those clear lights mate..
everyone says that but i dont care because no one has them so i want my car to be different and not follow the crowd.lol!
LUXJET one word 7ur8O, nuff said
i got 2 words for you P PLATES!
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30-05-09, 10:08 GMT+10#83
its all good to want to be different, but nobody has them tail light for a good reason, cause they look like dog ****! do your 'trying to be different' some other way man!!!
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30-05-09, 12:09 GMT+10#84
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Originally Posted by obsesv
its all good to want to be different, but nobody has them tail light for a good reason, cause they look like dog ****! do your 'trying to be different' some other way man!!!
do your 'trying to be different' some other way man!!!
^
how be different?
im not changing them.
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30-05-09, 12:50 GMT+10#85
change em be different some other way you've put all the tlc into this car and its gonna be let down by some s'hithouse taillights
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30-05-09, 13:58 GMT+10#86
do u have plans for a turbo after your p's mate? seems like alot of engine work just to keep it n/a.
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30-05-09, 14:03 GMT+10#87
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Originally Posted by Blown Vl#
do your 'trying to be different' some other way man!!!
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how be different?
im not changing them.
lol ok, nobody will like them tho man!
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Originally Posted by malpaso
change em be different some other way you've put all the tlc into this car and its gonna be let down by some s'hithouse taillights
exactly!
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30-05-09, 14:53 GMT+10#88
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Originally Posted by malpaso
change em be different some other way you've put all the tlc into this car and its gonna be let down by some s'hithouse taillights
Ah well my ****ty choicethen aye, nothign else to change on exterior cause VL body kits are **** and ugly and its a p plater sleeper so im not doin up body or changing lights.
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Originally Posted by wandin54
do u have plans for a turbo after your p's mate? seems like alot of engine work just to keep it n/a.
i dont think i will have this VL when im 25 and off my P's
thats 8 years away and i dont want turbo i want V8
painted these today, next to be painted is gearbox and crossmember and i might do the back end cause its pretty much out its just shockys holding its there with a chok under the diff to hold it up.
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02-06-09, 13:28 GMT+10#89
purely out of curiousity you have put a lot of time effort and cash into this car making a high power na
since you have already had the engine out have you considered goign DOHC?
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02-06-09, 14:25 GMT+10#90
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Originally Posted by malpaso
purely out of curiousity you have put a lot of time effort and cash into this car making a high power na
since you have already had the engine out have you considered goign DOHC?
yeah man i want RB25 Head (wincam) its DOHC (rb30 head) already i just want it started and running and registered now cause its been on stands for 8months and need it for my formal but i rebuilt my RB30 head: Head gasket and other gaskets,Performance cam,lifters,valve springs,port and polish,adjustable cam gear, head bolts, exhuast studs replaced, acid bath, cracked test, 6 cracks welded up.
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02-06-09, 14:48 GMT+10#92
yeah i only have to put engine back together drop it back in and finish the back suspension cause i just finshed the front suspension then it should be ready.
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02-06-09, 20:25 GMT+10#94
how much did doing up your engine cost man? like the price of parts and machining
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02-06-09, 20:43 GMT+10#95
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Originally Posted by wandin54
8 years on ur p's?
lol woops i ment 3 years LOL! wtf was on (rofl o yeah) ! anyway yeah 3 years is a long time. migth still have this and strip down engine again to build it for a GT47 turbo etc lol.
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02-06-09, 21:05 GMT+10#96
whats it cost u so far roughly and what power u looking at making with it ? good luck with and well done :P
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02-06-09, 21:14 GMT+10#97
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Originally Posted by nicksvl
how much did doing up your engine cost man? like the price of parts and machining
off top of my head:
block bores machined and block acid bathed $50
block painted $20
oil pump $45
sump painted $20
crank,rods acid bathed and crank crack tested and all balanced etc $30
high comp pistons i think were $500-600
rebuilt RB30 head: Head gasket and other gaskets,port and polish, exhuast studs replaced, acid bath, cracked test, 6 cracks welded up $450 (mate works at head shop)
Engine cover $100 painted VE Morpheus purple
Performance cam ($300)
lifters($120)
valve springs($150 i think)
adjustable cam gear($100)
Head bolts $80
main bearings $100
con rod bearings $80
there more cant think of it all
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Originally Posted by QUP.FPV
whats it cost u so far roughly and what power u looking at making with it ? good luck with and well done :P
thanks man when its done hopefully 160-200Kw thats when its finshed with 25 head and couple other little mods. but its still going to dyno on DOHC rb30 head keep that for a while.
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05-06-09, 15:34 GMT+10#98
Bump
Just wondering how long take to bed/wear the enigne in.
i was told put 12 fuel tanks through it and keep revs less then 3000rpm until 12 tanks gone through then it can go to dyno?
is this information right? i have heard there are many different ways people do it.
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05-06-09, 16:01 GMT+10#99
ive heard dont do quicker than 80kmph and ive heard go easy on the engine for about 1-2 thousand k's
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05-06-09, 17:01 GMT+10#100
just dont rev out gears and dont give it a hard time for a few thousand kms
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