g'day
i purchaced this a few weeks ago. it needed a bit of work after having a hit in the front and also a hit in the back which was poorly repaired by a previous owner (read VERY poorly repaired).
the interior is one of the cleanest i have seen in a vl, still has stock steeringwheel, tape deck and speakers!!!
i have now sold my calais (the blue one) and am in the process of transfering the driveline into the wagon.
pulling the motor, box and diff out of the calais today then the diff is off to get rebuilt with a new LSD center to replace the minispool and it will retain the 3.91 diff gears.
Make / Model: 1988 Holden VL Calais A9Y wagon
Colour: Cardinal Red
Body kit: Factory Holden
Engine Type: Rb30det
Engine Mods: rb25det head, gates timing belt, smaller oil restrictors, rb25det oil pump, modified factory airbox. bitches love airboxes
Power: hopefully enough to do single legger lawn digs....in the wet...
Exhaust: 3� turbo back with 3" cat and stock "dummy tip"
Fuel system: Bosch 044, walbro in tank pump, surge tank, SARD fuel reg
Gearbox: r33 5spd with exceedy cushioned brass button clutch, possibly going twin plate soon
Diff: VL turbo disk brake, 28 spline axels, LSD, 3.91 diff gears
Brakes: VT master cylinder, VS booster. Front: 290mm rotors with vt twin spot calipers . Rear: standard disks with bendix ultimate pads
Suspension: lowered springs. all new shocks and bushes going in soon
Wheels/Tyres: polished calais rims
Interior: immaculate grey S2 calais interior with HDT head rests, E-boost 2, Autometer Ultra lite oil pressure and water temp guages, white venetians
Stereo: factory calais tape deck with clarion 6"rears and 4" fronts
Other Mods: intercooler, catch can in fuse box location with -10 baided lines, battery in boot, polished strut caps, hidden engine bay wiring, VL turbo radiator, VT commodore power steering res, fully rebuilt rb25det head with modified oil galery for vct 3 angle valve grind and mild porting,fully rebuilt t66 turbo with 360deg thrust bearing, modified 6boost high mount manifold modified for t4 flange,Tial 44mm waste gate with screamer pipe, greddy copy plenum, 600cc SARD injectors, microtech LT12s ECU, 6x Bosch mec 717 coils hidden under plenum, XF falcon TB, bosch 044, ARP head studs, rb25det oil pump, braided turbo lines, custom smothed vally cover, 00ga earth from battery to block with "CAT" spec isolator
cheers
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
---------- Post added 30-10-11 at 02:04 ----------
Bumpers are still in primer, might just get the whole thing sprayed now. The front got done yesterday and even straight off the gun it looks amazing!!
Spray the whole car jack! Front come up real gd, atleast u won't have to touch the body for years to come, instead of just doing patch ups here and there!
drove it to mandurah and back today, kept having issues with it missing so i put a new set of leads on and gave the engine bay a clean. getting everything ready to drop in asap!
threw a new power steering rack in today and i talked to the pannel beater and he is going to spray the whole car for me aswell as cut out the battery tray and weld up the holes at the back of the engine bay for me.
also orded a few bits of gear for it today.
diff is getting built tomorrow and then motor and box are coming out on friday for the transplant
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
Diff is all sweet. Motor and box are out. Pressure cleaning te engine bay tomorrow and going to start cutting out all the in neasisary stuff as the bay is also getting painted along with the rest of the car next week. Also should hopefully get all the wiring done
Inside the car to put the microtech in
started cleaning the engine bay and pulling the dash appart ready for next week
---------- Post added 05-11-11 at 19:41 ----------
also orded one of these from Red star fabrications the other day
cant wait for it to rock up!
loving this build mate. i'd really love to get into the engine bay of mine the only thing that scares me off is all the holes and smnoothing are not returnable to stock!
loving the engine aswell this will be one hot wagon when done.
who are red star fab's? they advertise on this site? haven't come across (or at least registered) the name before
yeah hes an advertiser on here, used to go by a different name though. http://calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=237932 thats the link.
as for the engine bay,im not going all out with smothing it, just taking out the battery tray, covering the engine loom, aircon and fuse box looms and cutting out the brackets for the wiring, might go as far as welding the little holes but i doubt it as iv only got tomorrow to do it before the car goes for paint
---------- Post added 06-11-11 at 08:47 ----------
here is the sexy new diff cover iv got in it aswell. just a shame i didnt get to give the diff a coat of paint before it went together
i want too but there just isnt time, the panel beater is trying to get it out of the shop asap, the guards still havnt bin rolled and its already in primer ffs. not very happy atm but hopefully it will all be gd in the end
