Hey guys just a quick question how much of you guy have had cops lookin under you bonnet from having been puled over? i wanted to go turbo before my full license nearly off my p's so ill be on my p twos soon so no p plates. was thinking of having a reasonably small intercooler only running 5-7psi high comp that is.

Up to you, but not really worth it. Might as well wait until full lic. Driving a high powered vehicle without exemption; I believe is 3 point offence and decent fine. You make your decision.

i think better if u wait... save ur money.. do ur research.. n start buying parts to build a sweet motor with forgies n rods n all the fruit... much better that way... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I guess it would pay off by the end but a full year and a bit of waiting i guess i could start thinking about a respray and getting some small tents and a bit of rust out under the windshield. buuut say if my vl looked completely stock like it already is part from the head unit and the 6x9s in the oastel shelf whats the chances of them wanting to look under the hood unless they saw the intercooler which wont be poking out front the bottom and will be painted black and for the sound of the turbo 7psi having the car in low revs when police are around could it be really that easy to hear. then again i did want a original a8 motor in it. as you could probably tell im one of those inpatient ones that think about it to much. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah concentrate on your "tents" for the time being

Best to wait mate. Will be worth it.

i guess thats enough convincing to last a few weeks of not turboing it lol and im sure you knew i was ment to say dents.

mate best thing for u to do is get a book... write down all ur ideas n prices.in n stuff u wanna do to the car n then work out wats more of a priority than others... eg: respray before build motor no point building motor puttin it in n then out again .... just my opinion n how i did my car

have you got a thread on your car? il definitely get myself organized and get serious about this. i just want todo so much lol

Its never ending......

Best to wait for a Turbo Setup mate. VL + Young Lad = Po Po issue defect notice..... Not worth adding a $300 fine to that too. I would be investing my money into finding an A8 Motor, and doing a freshing up. Cheap enough to do, and gives you 12 months to do it properly.

Quote: Originally Posted by un named [View Post] have you got a thread on your car? il definitely get myself organized and get serious about this. i just want todo so much lol nah mate not on here yet..... n i kno how u feel i had so many ideas n stuff itrs not funny n it becomes veryu expensive if u dnt have a set plan.. mayb best way would be to find A8 motor be a good starting point..

since you lads are from sa can any one give me advise on to find one haha are they rare to come across i actually have set my homepage as gumtree with the key work vl and over the past year i have only seen one a8 advertise. im saving for something un car related for the next month and a bit so i would say in 3 months i should have 1500 in the bank to sit on untill somthing comes up. i was told to come here to find stuff to buy from JC.

I think wait it out, im on my P's aswell and its just way to much of a headache knowing that any day you could lose your license for something that you could have prevented. Either build a motor for when you get your license or maybe even save some money and buy somebody else's unfinished project on here? could save your self fair bit of money and head ****s along the way and could end up with something descent.

Maybe consider taking it off the road, cashing in on the rego and getting a cheapo daily. Time will fly and by the time you finish your mods it'll be turbo time.

Or you could save for two years and buy a genuine vl turbo car?

I wouldn't even bother with a A8 motor.. it's just wank factor lol. Get a series 2 non turbo motor and use a 1.8mm cometic head gasket, it will drop the compression to 8:6:1. There's a few guys on here running 9's on standard non turbo bottom ends. If you do break it, who gives a fk.. $150 and get another one. Have a read through this. Quote: Originally Posted by 6BOOST [View Post] If your engine isn't built yet, I'd highly recommend one of my head and cam packages, the cylinder heads flow 213cfm@28" with 1mm oversize stainless intake valves and 3mm oversize exhausts, 235 deg camshaft with suitable springs and collets and a JPC intake manifold, you'll need every bit of help in the airflow department you can get, and these are the highest flowing items on the market. None of this is really a street car though, street to me would be a GT35 with 1.06 rear, rajab intake manifold, 3.5" exhaust, 8.6:1 compression and decent sized cam. You could expect a 7000rpm redline, full boost at 3700rpm, and 440-450rwhp on pump fuel and 23-24psi. It'd run 10's all day, be spastic on teh street, have more power than you could use on anything but slicks, and with race fuel up its tail and slicks, 520-540rwhp and 9.9's on C16 would be very possible. and I would stick with the GT35 with a 1.06 rear, and a rajab intake manifold. We have just stepped up from a GT30 with .82 rear on Andy's car, and also gone from an NA intake to a rajab, and the car has a Keas 3 speed and TCE converter. It has only had a base tune on 10psi, and after his first drive he said it is virtually no different to the GT30, either transbrake or footbrake, and fries the tyres at will. I've done much testing with camhafts and intake manifolds with my packages, and this one continues to be the one that has the best spool, being absolutely ridiculous and almost unusable, and true 9 sec potential on race fuel. We will have dyno results from Andy's car tomorrow night on pump fuel, but I'd expect at least 430-450rwhp on 24psi or less. Its not just a matter of picking the turbo, you need to match it to the intake manifold ans the camshaft, and in this case converter. Get the whole lot right, and while it may only run the same time as tom **** or harry does, when your fishtailing up the road next to them waiting for their lag monster to come on it will be smiles all round;o) And as you have said, "street" is the order of the day. On another note, I highly recommend you get some Spool rods, and he also has a piston and rod package, they are a very good unit, have been tested by LukeVL to meet or exceed the specifications for 4340 chromoly, and are used in some very big hp cars. With the CP pistons in his package, we shave .040" off the head and run a .053 cometic gasket to end up at 8.6:1 compression, another big factor in helping spool and hp. So a list of mods I'd be doing to the ultimate street RB include: 6boost head, 1mm oversize intake, 3mm oversize exhaust valves, 213cfm@28" LukeVL camshaft, 235deg@.050, 520" of lift Rajab Intake VPW fuel rail and injector kit Spool conrods and .020" CP pistons ARP Head and main studs New nissan RB30 oil pump N1 water pump Cometic .053 head gasket 6boost GT35 turbo kit with 1.06 rear Full 3.5" exhaust Keas 3 speed auto with TCE 3300rpm converter I'd expect from a lot of experience around 450rwhp pump fuel 23psi, full boost 3700rpm, transbrake within 2-2.5 seconds, 530-550rwhp on 30-32psi and C16, 10.7@127 in full weight calais pump fuel, 9.90@136 on C16 in full weight calais. 6BOOST

looks like u got alot to think about mate...

Quote: Originally Posted by TURBZ [View Post] I wouldn't even bother with a A8 motor.. it's just wank factor lol. Get a series 2 non turbo motor and use a 1.8mm cometic head gasket, it will drop the compression to 8:6:1. There's a few guys on here running 9's on standard non turbo bottom ends. If you do break it, who gives a fk.. $150 and get another one. Have a read through this. Amen! A8s are only really necessary when trying to keep a genuine factory turbo shell legit.

Even then, it is the exact same thing with a slightly different piston, so who gives a ****! They're VL's, who gives a ****!