After many years of driving vl’s, from bucket of **** thrash cars to a pretty clean calais 5L, an opportunity came up that I couldn’t miss. Genki posted for sale a freshly resprayed 86 calais rolling shell for the right price. A month or so later, i picked up the car, sold the rat and got started on putting everything together. Back track about 9 months ago and i got the idea of building a 25/30 after reading a heap of threads about blokes that had built 400hp+ motors just from slapping a 25 head of a standard rb30e block. So I brought a 25 head and accumulated a pile of bolt-on’s and am in the process of deciding how I want to build the motor. Make / Model: 1986 Holden VL Calais 5Spd Colour: Mitsubishi 380 electric blue over Asteroid silver Body kit: Factory Holden Engine Type: Rb30det Engine Mods: standard for now Power: unknown atm Exhaust: 3” turbo from turbo back Fuel system: Bosch 044, walbro gss 342, surge tank, sard fuel reg Gearbox: r33 5spd with exceedy cushioned brass button clutch Diff: VL turbo disk brake, 28 spline axels, mini spool, 3.9 diff gears Brakes: VT master cylinder, VS booster. Front: 330mm rotors with gtr 4-pot callipers. Rear: standard disks with bendix ultimate pads Suspension: ultra lows all round, nolathane bushed and k-macs up front Wheels/Tyres: Polished Calais rims Interior: immaculate grey S2 calais interior with HDT head rests brand new weather seals all around, brand new scuff panels, momo steering wheel and venetians (rear and side), a few gauges around the place. Stereo: eclips deck,front: pionere 4" 2 ways. rear: eclips 6" 2ways Other Mods: line locker, intercooler, greddy catch can, surge tank, battery in boot, bonnet struts, polished strut caps, hidden engine bay wiring, VL turbo radiator, VT commodore power steering res. Engine: fully rebuilt rb25det head with modified oil galery for vct,rebuilt t66 turbo with 360deg thrust bearing, 6boost high mount manifold (modified with t4 flange and larger external gate port), greddy copy plenum, 600cc SARD injectors, microtech LT12s ECU, 6x Bosch mec 717 coils hidden under plenum, tial 44mm waste gate, XF falcon TB, bosch 044, ARP head studs, sard fuel reg, turbosmart e-boost 2, full stainless cooler pipeing, genuine nissan head gasket, gates racing timing belt Pics time: (Stolen from Genki’s fb – it’s the best one I have atm) Car hasn’t bin washed for a while  Boot full of parts: D Now: Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

**** yeah!

Cannot wait to see this out and about Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

F$ck jack, we discussed that the thread title would involve something with the words jew or gold in them, did we not? Electric Blue, wtf!

watch the video at the end of my first post.

^^^I did, you're such a F@g jack, nice whip tho! Be good to see it take shape, look forward to updates...

Good stuff Jack! You'll be holding on to this one then?

good stuff kid Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

its defiantly a good looking Calais. looking forward to seeing it run around. did you buy the 25.30 combo Aswell or are you building your own. i wonder how the front shocks will feel on the roads.

Quote: Originally Posted by ink [View Post] ^^^I did, you're such a F@g jack, nice whip tho! Be good to see it take shape, look forward to updates... as far as updates go, i got home today to find a pile of **** i orded on ebay had arived for it, nothing exiting tho - just grommits and ****, which now means i have to take the guards off and hie all the engine bay wiring!! ---------- Post added 21-03-11 at 12:48 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by Oliver [View Post] Good stuff Jack! You'll be holding on to this one then? i hope so, this will be the last build i do for a long time, unless i find somthing special to restore ---------- Post added 21-03-11 at 12:49 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by zaksvl [View Post] its defiantly a good looking Calais. looking forward to seeing it run around. did you buy the 25.30 combo Aswell or are you building your own. i wonder how the front shocks will feel on the roads. iv found a mob that sells pistons, rods etc. as a kit to build a 25/30 so i think il just buy that. i already have a fully rebuilt head with cams and 2 rb30 bottom ends to choose from to build it. but for now im just going to cruise it with the 30et

Also, It's actually "electro blue" ....now get it cleaned up and buffed etc, then get some clean shots of it, wanna see how it looks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thats a **** name for a colour. yeah im going to get it on the road first so i can just drive it to get buffed etc.

Lol looking good dnt do any dodge this one up like the others jack

name one thing dodgy that i have ever done

The rat.

Looks fresh as man, can't wait to see this thing!

thats sweet man motorvation it

Quote: Originally Posted by ink [View Post] You're a f*cking idiot, stop talking sh*t. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

^^ why be a smart ass dude? looks like ur the only one trollolololing here! wat ever that means! so he sells the car and wants to be kept updated on progress, gd on him..

... Quote: Jack Coolstorybro Prince 20 March at 21:09 Report think of somthing witty i can call my build thread