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My Dark Blue Calais turbo

Started by trkwpn vbmenu_register("postmenu_2102032", true); · 3 Mar 2009 · 15 replies

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Name: ugur Age: 18 Area: South eastern Subs Car: 1987 Calais turbo Colour: dark blue Body: stock Engine: RB30ET Engine mods:its a converted turbo done by previous owner at pet, all done properly with turbo ecu injectors pistons intake manifold auto (all has been rebuilt @ pet aswell ,Acl Forged Pistons, HPC coated, Shot Peened Rod ,Acl Race Bearings etc) Exhust: 3" from turbo back.hiflow cat and a 4" dump Gearbox: stage 2 shift kit with 3000 stally Diff: 4:11 gear ratio and a mini spool done at preston diff and auto Power: 194rwkws @ 12 psi , can handle more boost Brakes: Upgraded VT brakes Suspension: Compressed springs at rear Wheels: Polished Calais , Vy ss rims and Waiting on my 19inch Sigs Interior: Calais series 2 interior (blue.) with autotechnica Steering Wheel System: sony in dash tv screen 6x9 speakers Future mods: 35/40 , microtech , respray etc.. Heres some pictures Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looking awesome mate! Very similar to mine, looked really good when l met you at the wreckers couple of weeks ago. cheers
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looking good man.... ur interior looks immac.. any engine shots?
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Quote: Originally Posted by BluVLCT looking awesome mate! Very similar to mine, looked really good when l met you at the wreckers couple of weeks ago. cheers thanks dude saw yours the other weeks looks like my twin :P everytime somone sees your car they ring me lol thinking its me change ur colour! haha jks Quote: Originally Posted by patch looking good man.... ur interior looks immac.. any engine shots? thanks bro , i will get some engine bay shots later today i lowered it abit more lastnite , its sitting on my polished calais over the tyre.. baught a MX7 and will be converting it to manual somtime next week Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looks sooo much nicer on calais wheels and with that cooler on it...coming together nicely. Can i ask why you sold your last one?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Katsa looks sooo much nicer on calais wheels and with that cooler on it...coming together nicely. Can i ask why you sold your last one? thanks dude , coolers way better than the old one .. i dont no why i sold it the shell of the car was imac and it was original turbo but the engine and gearbox was about to go.. and at the time i didnt have the funds to fix anything so i decided to sell it i got 7 grand for it and the guy knew it had major problems ..
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[quote=trkwpn]thanks dude saw yours the other weeks looks like my twin :P everytime somone sees your car they ring me lol thinking its me change ur colour! haha jks LOL, @ people ringing you up They even have the same color venetians..hahaha. Put some engine bay pics up bud. cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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any updates mate?? Got huge plans for my car now!
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nah not updates , just getting all the manual converstion parts together im in need of a repsray asap brakes are apprently bigger brakes then standard vlt brakes , not sure what they are... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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better res pics please (L)
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just for you patch Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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lol at tracks leading up to the parked car u getting some plates for it? how long till its back on the road
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Quote: Originally Posted by patch lol at tracks leading up to the parked car u getting some plates for it? how long till its back on the road not my tracks :P yeh im thinking about it , ive got very good ones in my mind but ill need more power for that and monday its getting towed to mechanics ive got all the bits and pieaces for manual converstion sould be done by wednesday and ill a video up then Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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got towed to mechanics , just waiting for everything to be done!! then i have to get everything back to standard for epa argh..
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og exhaust? very nice.
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epa ftw Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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