Hey guys, this is my long awaited VL Calais Aero. it's been a while since i started it, and now it's nearly finished, i thought id share it with you guys. hope you like what you see. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Kind of reminds me of the old ETHNIC. With more balls. Whats the mods in it? How much power?

its getting tuned at the moment for running in, everything has been modified in it, the entire driveline is new, and its manual

that bay looks mental. nice car mate

That is ****in' epic. More pics! Trim, bay... I have to see more!

i will post more pictures when i get it back and the whole interior is in. ive got the standard red trim in it for now, with a full retrim with coulsons later down the track once all the mechanical has been sorted out.

What are the actual mods though? Saying everything is modified doesnt tell us much? Diff? Gearbox? What turbo's are you running? Who's tuning it?

Rebuilt R33 Skyline gearbox, Custom Jim Berry clutch, 3 inch 2 piece tailshaft with 21R Uni joints(biggest you can get for VLs), Diff Technics built the diff with Moser Billet 28 spline axles, 3.9 gears and tightened LSD, the turbos are Garrett GT3040 with .62 rears sitting on Stainless HKS manifolds and 2 50mm waste gates. there will be a list of the modifications for the motor once i sit down with my engine builder and figure what we did, i just kept changing my mind about the extent of the work. it is however still a 3l bottom end, not bored out. major headwork with porting and polishing, oversized valves, 280 cams with 11.2 lift, titanium retainers, bronze guides, JUN parts in most of the head. Autronic SM4 computer with M&W CDI, Twin Bosch 044 outside and a single high volume pump inside, Sard 1000cc injectors with Sard Large pressure regulator. All lines inside the engine bay are braided rubber or braided Teflon with Dash fittings everywhere. Silverwater Automotive Services are doing the tuning, Heasman Steering will be setting up the suspension with Bilstein Shocks and all the adjustable and necessary components. should be good when its finished, but better when im driving it.

jeeez I was looking at it in the first pic yeah nice car once the body is finished, then scrolled down to the engine bay shot and went holy fuk.

reminds me of my old aero , engine package is wild thou Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Awesome, very nice. I'm going to ask the question that everyone is thinking - are there two pods in the passenger wheel arch? Or do they go elsewhere?

u mean pod filters?

amazing man!! so the catch can is that split into 2? also does the car already have rego ?

the catch can side also has the breather/overflow tank and power steering reservoir. very neat work on that side of the engine bay. no rego yet

Yeah, I mean pod filters. Edit: Oh, I just realised they dont go into the wheel arch at all. Oops. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

that big aluminium box infront of the turbos is the airbox under which the pods are installed

very nice mate good to see sumthing different

Hi Guys, thought id quickly post an update on my car. i picked it up on wednesday and its driveable. just have to finalise few things in the engine bay and interior. im leaving the bodykit unpainted until i have tidied the car up and put some kms on it.