Make / Model: 86 Calais, Colour: Ice BLue Engine Type: Rb30et Engine Mods: none Power: less than stock Exhaust: non exixtant Full 3inch Gearbox: turbo auto built by rvo automatics (aparently) 4 spd Jatco, Built by rvo (Definantly) Diff: stock Brakes: stock Suspension: stock Wheels/Tyres: ****ters VL Calais soon to be polished Interior: Calais Stereo: None Very basic pioneer Head unit, Clarion 2 ways, kicker amp and sony sub, (thanks to ally mt friends for the donations) Other Mods: none Future mods: where to start,, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- so after a prick of a drive home with this thing on the car trailer, finally had it home,, shes abit rough but definantly a keeper, this is going to be a long term project and ill update as im going, so far ive only done a few things as follows, Replace Calais front (witch was aparently stolen) droped the oil and replaced witch ill do again soon allong with a full service plugs, leads all fluids, ect,, changed the cam seal that was more space than seal, and replaced the timing belt and reset factory timing as when i got it timing was way out and i got no idea how old the timing belt is,, oh and added a boost gauge cos i suspected there was a vac leak, (there was) Running stock boost atm even tho theres the fmic, gotta pull the thing down and inspect the internals b4 i try and go higher. "Hres me car bro omg zututut tell me wat uz thnk!!!!!" Thanks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

20 thou up acl race series pistons new head stud bolt kit genuine nissan headgasket t3 turbo new seals pacemaker 3 inch dump/front pipe new wheel bearings new brake pads and rotors to come, 044, surge tank, pressure reg, 500-- injectors err,,, Rwc. new fmic and better piping, nice engine bay cleanup also,

so for anyone folowing the story, ive had an issue with the rear passanger door not opening, the good news is i was able to remove the doortrim and acces the locking mechinism with minimal damage to the door trim i also replaced a sticky throttle cable added bonnet struts and rear venitions, Brett

Exhaust is on, grill is in, fixed the missifing issue, just need to sort out hte idle and will be running sweet,

need more pics Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

got the engine bay clean'd up in the prosecc of getting a RWC, and personally i thin it looks neater, still need to sort out my leads also got some calais rims(eventually to be polished) due to a tyre issue and have gotten allthe missing parts from the front end, also i will be getting an actual camera too soon so expect a picture quality upgrade, Comment Rate Subscribe <3 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good so far just needs some paint and more cleaning and she'll be sweet Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

More Progress today and a better camera :0\ Still needs paint real bad Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

wow that engine bay looks really neat all the black parts are really black. camera makes a big difference.

oh i still have allot more "neatening" to do but its getting there slowly, im just 5mm of legal height to now,

needs a silver rear turbo badge, silver lower half, n polished calais wheels n she'll be rockin mate!

Quote: Originally Posted by leb vlt [View Post] needs a silver rear turbo badge, silver lower half, n polished calais wheels n she'll be rockin mate! cheers for the input, all on the to do list Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Keep it monotone FTW! And get an exhaust manifold heat shield. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah exhaust shield is in the works but kinda getting mucked about abit, but my old vl was over silver and id like to relive the 2 tone, ill think about it

leave it as is, keep it all one colour, just polish up the wheels engine bay coming up nicely Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Got my Stock Calais Wheel today, Pics soon

all the hard work has payed off, Shortest RWC list ever, Tailshaft uni, powersteering rack and sort out my tail lights, ( only one goes on at a time) Winn,, everything is booked should be on the road by the end of next week,

i did a quick paint up of the front and roof yesterday, color is abit off but it looks better than it did, ugh pic soon as my mate gives me back my usb cable ---------- Post added 27-03-11 at 16:45 ---------- like i said, Color is off but imo it looks better than it did, will be getting a full respray soon (where its parked is where we painted it, started masking at like 3:30pm and i drove it home at 6 LOL) made a new parcel tray too cos i was bored, Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking better man nice parcel tray too Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i take that back, monotone looks really nice