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The story of Jack's Calais..
Started by ATMO_BT1 vbmenu_register("postmenu_1401021", true); · 10 May 2007 · 201 repliesPreserved from CalaisTurbo (partial recovery). Original authors and dates are shown; archived members are not current Holdcom accounts.
01-12-07, 18:28 GMT+10#162
Ok here's a small update
New rear garnish and tail lights (moulds are crooked cos they are just sitting there) and yes the car is filthy as are the lights and garnish lol
GT3540 (.82), new rocker cover and catch can plumbed up. Waiting on power steering line and new oil feed before it's going again. Oh and the biggest scrub this engine bay has seen yet lol
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01-12-07, 18:32 GMT+10#163
looks nice and neat jack, good work on the " scrub " looks clean
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01-12-07, 18:39 GMT+10#164
no the scrub is coming lol the engine bay is filthy it just looks clean-ish in that photo hehe
Here's an idea of how the car sits...
Hehe i'll wash it when it's running again
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01-12-07, 18:46 GMT+10#165
your right, the back end looks soo much cleaner with the new tail lights and garnish on, is it a spanking new garnish or a restored one?
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01-12-07, 18:48 GMT+10#166
Me and a mate made the garnish i had the stickers made up, we had the bare garnishes painted gloss black with the silver pin striping then bought the badges brand new and fitted it all up. I've got heaps more stickers they cost a fortune but i think they will come in handy maybe people will want to buy some
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01-12-07, 18:51 GMT+10#167
how much are you after for the sticker if you want to you can pm me the price? becuase i like how your's turned out nto too bright like most after market stickers, looks very close to the original good job
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01-12-07, 18:54 GMT+10#168
Sorry man I don't really want to sell the stickers on their own mate we will start selling the garnishes complete soon enough.. and they won't be ridiculously overpriced like most
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07-12-07, 12:53 GMT+10#171
GT3540 is on now made 340rwhp @ 17psi last night on Anthony's dyno... looking for heaps more hoping a cam change and 21psi will solve that.
19s went on today, whitewalls next week maybe tints off this weekend
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07-12-07, 14:39 GMT+10#173
looks great jack... looks good with us fat buggers in there as well!
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07-12-07, 14:45 GMT+10#175
recompressed ultra lows for the win, although nah Nate it's nowhere near as low as yours
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07-12-07, 14:48 GMT+10#176
hows the engine sound jack ?
those rims look good mate well done car looks really good...
xoxo
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07-12-07, 14:50 GMT+10#178
engine sounds alright but blow byes a bit, swapping to Royal Purple over the weekend (still on mineral oil atm) hoping that fixes it...
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Originally Posted by White VLT
are you bring the vl out on the weekend jack?
For a cruise? **** the front bumper is still smashed but why the hell not haha, not a saturday night cruise though..
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08-12-07, 08:42 GMT+10#179
don't mind those wheels on it jack. something different.
how's the 3540 feel on the street compared with the 3040?
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08-12-07, 15:22 GMT+10#180
I honestly can't feel a difference in lag whatsover, if i had my car times 2 (god help us all), one with the 3040 one with the 3540 lag wise i wouldn't have been able to pick it... picking up 20rwhp on the same boost is nice though! I think the clutch is slipping up top though..
Today we put a twin plate in it although we didn't have the right throw out bearing so we used the same one from the old brass button and it was incorrectly sized so now the car won't disengage the clutch fully... so yeah once again it's off the road haha not happy jan!
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