Hey everyone, im Daniel and have had this vl for about 2 years. I brought it off an old bloke in sydney for a good price with 120xxxkm. It was a dead stocker og car with 14" wheels and hubcaps, cheapo mudflaps,etc. So far all i have done to it is put chasers on it, lower it on king springs, put on a bigger exhaust and resprayed the boot lid. Any comments and opinions would be appreciated. Make / Model:88 vl executive Colour:maranello red Bodykit: none Engine Type: rb30e Engine Mods:none Power: not enough Exhaust:2 1/4 Gearbox: stock n/a auto Diff:stock single spinner Brakes:stock n/a Suspension:king springs, pedders adjustable panhard rod Wheels/Tyres: 15" chasers with chrome trims Interior: stock Stereo ionner head deck, sony 4" in dash and 6x9 in the back Future mods: full set of white venetians, white walls, 2 12" subs and eventually turbo it. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Little bit of an update Got a full set of venetians for christmas also i dunno if i should white wall the chasers or 14" with hubcaps with whitewalls. i tried some 14"s with my hubcaps the other day and i think looks alright I would like to know what people think would look better. Next to do is find a centre console lid and sunglasses holder and figure out why it doesnt idle when it is cold but runs fine after it has been running for a minute, i have replaced afm and it has had a new cas about 18 months ago.

I reckon it looks good with whitewalls and hubbies.........it looks good in that pic because it's lowered etc..... I found that with mine because it's an auto, a 2.5" exhaust didn't give me more power - quite the opposite actually. Went back to the factory 2" and picked up power again. I don't know if you've lost power when fitting the 2 1/4"?

I think it may have lost a bit of power but i only put on the exhaust so it would have a nicer note.

mint interior man. whitewalls look ok. probably look better with turbo hubbies if you went with them. up to you though. looks good

I would love to get turbo caps but they are just so hard to find and so expensive.

I picked up a complete mf5 conversion on the weekend so it will hopefully go in within the next 2 weeks.

A bit of an update. I have put in the mf5 conversion last week and vl had a blown head gasket so did that also. The conversion went smoothly apart from tring to get the auto spigot bush out, eventually it did with some careful drilling. Feels like a differant car to drive now. I also brought a complete calais turbo for parts with a genuine a8 block that will be rebuilt with forgies, etc. Also has complete vlt brakes but a 25 spline open diff with discs Next on the list of things to do is build a lsd disc diff and install turbo brakes.

very nice mate... we need pictures! take happy snaps at every stage of the build.. itll be worth it when its done and you can look back at and see what youve done. Manuls are good fun with an LSD.. wait until it rains, phew.. hold on keep us updated

Installed the turbo front brakes today. Stops alot better than it did before. Next to do is put an lsd in the disc diff and paint and fit that along with the 1" master cylinder and booster.

Well alot has happened in the past couple of weeks so its time for an update. Since ive had the car every time the tank was filled it smelt like petrol so a couple of weeks ago i pulled the tank out and replaced all the breather lines and painted it silver with black straps. Now boosted too. Fresh repainted rocker cover in original wrinkle red It is running standard t3 turbo, original exhaust manifold, vlt injectors and computer and gk tech front mount intercooler on 7 psi with the engine still hi comp. I started the conversion on thursday night and had the car running again by 1:30 am saturday. it is going really well with no issues and drives really smooth. Now i need to upgrade the drive train starting with the n/a manual gearbox which has lost 5th gear and is quite noisy but still holding on and im looking for a vl 28 spline lsd diff.

How'd you go re-placing the tank? I've heard it's easy to take down but a bit tricky to put back on. I'm thinking of doing the same pretty soon. Rocker cover turned out awesome. Jorge

The tank was fairly easy to put back in, i did it by myself with the help of a trolly jack and has no problems getting it in right. The only trouble was getting the rubber grommet on the filler neck back into place.

dude thats madd nice work with getting the car turbo'd. i sware the last time i saw it it wasnt done. will have to have a geese at it tomorrow night Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah, it wouldnt have been done last cruise or meet. I started the conversion on thursday night after work and had it striped by 10:30. Then i started putting it back together friday night and had it running again by 1:30 am saturday morning.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tic [View Post] Yeah, it wouldnt have been done last cruise or meet. I started the conversion on thursday night after work and had it striped by 10:30. Then i started putting it back together friday night and had it running again by 1:30 am saturday morning. so im guessing no dramas with manifold bolts lol? my last vl daily i turbod i stripped 2 or 3 of em.. was a bitch!! lol

Nah no worries with the studs. I replaced 2 snapped ones back in april when i had the head of it to replace the head gasket so all is good now.

looks nice with the hubbys. gud work champ

I picked up an r33 gtst gearbox last weekend to replace the mf5 box which has lost 5th gear and is makeing some bad noises so hopefully i get the rest of the needed parts and put it in soon. also is back to n/a now due to being on p's and insurance wouldnt cover me in an accident so now i have to wait 18 months till i can turbo it again.

I put in the disc brake diff and vlt booster and master cylinder a couple of weeks ago, it has made a little bit of a differance to stopping but not really noticeable but has lifted the pedal height alot which is what i was after. diff painted before install old drum diff out of car new disc diff in car only problem is i think the diff centre in this diff is more worn than my old one due to the shuddering when coasting in 2nd or 3rd at low revs. Yesterday i finished doing the r33 gtst skyline gearbox conversion. In the conversion i used: lightweight chromoly fly wheel exedy 1250kg pressure plate with standard clutch plate changed the tailshaft slip yoke to vl turbo one brand new nissan speedo drive nissan slave cylinder nismo short shifter The whole change over went pretty smoothly apart from the holes in the sandwich plate being to small for the new starter motor bolts but that was quickly sorted. It is now like driving a new car with no gearbox whine and having 5th gear again and the short shifter is shorter than i imagined but i am getting used to it now. Next on the list of things to do is build up a decent diff and tidy up some more bits and pieces in the interior but it is slowly getting to where i want it.