88 VL Berlina Turbo
After months of hunting around for a half decent vl that hasnt been ****** around with and that wasnt a ridiculous price i eventually found a genuine maunal berlina turbo
She started of her life as a sgio insurance excutives car and was orignally brought new from brian gardner holden dealer ship and had full log book history until it was sold.
I picked her up early this year being the fourth owner it had fair bit of ks on the clock, the paint was pretty **** aswell as the ass end smash and the driveline wise it was in good condition
Mods that had been done:
dodgy cooler piping
ba xr6 cooler
manual boost controller
grouse 4" zorst tip
calais tail lights
15" ceptors
cross drilled rda gold rotors
ecu tune [apparently]
turbo timer
alarm system
old school cd player
6x9 [rear] 6x6 [front]
resprayed white with blue pearl over metallic siver
pod filter
Mods so far:
gktech no holes piping n china spec cooler 600x300x76
polished calais mags
went throught plenty of beer
battery in boot
Bosch 044 fuel pump
The car made 249.1Hp at the rear treads on 14psi
on bp ultimate
Few pics of her
here a few i went and looked at
let me know what you reckon
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
A genuine 5spd Berlina? Nice buy, I reckon the rims would look better without the mirror look, if they were mine I would put them on the back, jack the car and let the wheels turn while holding some 1200 to dull them.
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Originally Posted by leb vlt
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looks gd man, get rid of those taillights n put a set of berlina ones on, set of pursuties an vlt hubbies and it would look ace!
cheers mate ive got chasers and berlina tail lights just waiting till i paint it , you know any one with a spare set of turbo hubbys? you fuel tank worked a treat too
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Originally Posted by Boyracer
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A genuine 5spd Berlina? Nice buy, I reckon the rims would look better without the mirror look, if they were mine I would put them on the back, jack the car and let the wheels turn while holding some 1200 to dull them.
yeah mate geuine 5 speed, lol to much effort put into them to do that
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Originally Posted by vlbt88
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cheers mate ive got chasers and berlina tail lights just waiting till i paint it , you know any one with a spare set of turbo hubbys? you fuel tank worked a treat too
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yeah mate geuine 5 speed, lol to much effort put into them to do that
gd to hear the tank worked mate, na man i dont, i sold a set a lil while back, regretting it now har to come buy ai.. wanna sell me ur calais wheels? pm me a price?
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Originally Posted by malpaso
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man i was chasin a 5 spd og berlina turbo couldnt find one
good luck with keep cleaning it up!
i was hunting around for six months for it hey most of the vls i came across were converts , you should keep your calais btw man!!
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Originally Posted by ink
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Good to see another VL write up, hope to see it out and about on future CT cruises!
Thanks alex hopefully i get to get a few more cruises out of her before i say goodbye to my license
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
A few updates ladies n fellas
after being constantly high from petrol vapours i decide to rip my fuel tank
out n have a look
That explains my poor fuel economy
While the tank was out i painted it 2pack gmh gloss black
and my pursuit's 2pack asteroid gloss silver
i then replaced all the fuel lines, filter, lift pump, sender gasket,breather lines, filler neck rubber and joiner
for the gates fuel lines i got them all from hosemart in wangara if you live in perth
breathers 3/16"
overflow5/8"
the internal lift pump was still factory so i replaced it with a peirburg i got off *Sticks* top bloke
after changing all this s*** i get good economy and shes alot more responsive.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.