well boys and girls, this is my vl turbo that ive owned for almost a year and a half. Was resprayed back in 05', and some touch ups since then have been carried out by the boys at bellevue bodyworks. originally a na berlina, but now has calais rear and sides. plan on doing the front conversion sometime in the near future. converted the car to turbo one month after i purchased it, using brand new turbo injectors, vlt ecu etc. Done properly. Current modifications include: ENGINE: - standard t3 turbo - 3 inch exhaust turbo back - front mount intercooler - boost controller - xf throttle body INTERIOR: - vr calais leather front seats - full grey series 1 calais interior - momo steering wheel EXTERIOR: - sprayed in moly orange with a gold pearl, over silver - currently sitting on polished calais wheels - white rear venetians - PSI-30L plates MODS HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS: - microtech lt10s - cpc polished plenum - twin feed fuel rail - custom front mount piping - mild head work - new radiator FUTURE MODS: - calais front - r33 5spd manual gearbox - bulletproof bottom end - respray engine bay in orange (currently black, thats how i bought it, so dont say anything) - bigger turbo and injectors PICS: These are just random pics i have of the car displaying its evolution over the period of my ownership, however they are in no particular order which kind of defeats the purpose. will update pics as the mods are carried out in time. thanks for reading, and give me your opinions on how i can improve it. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

UPDATE: - battery tray removed and bettery in boot - head crack tested and tidied up by proform, now bolted on - rocker cover sprayed in vht orange - radiator fully overhauled - microtech lt10s wired up - cpc plenum and twin feed fuel on - custom frontmount pipework made up

wow dude I'm loving the colour and I wish my engine bay looked as good as yours keep up the good work

nice mate, love the colour

thanks for the kind words boys, ill put up some progress pics up soon

looking really good man! cant wait to see this on the ct cruise

thanks buddy. at this stage not 100% sure if i'll make it. need to get a few things sorted out before friday so that i can take it in for a tune. hope all goes to plan so i can come along though, looks promising

seen this car in person. very very nice looking car. get some more pics up i wanna see the interior

that looks awesome man.. very clean look.. i like how it looks red, but its orange, lol.. love the venetions aswell..

some pics of the fresh head and plenum that went on, sorry quality isnt the greatest as its off my phone. will get better ones of everything on soon Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

oh nice! you have a microtec now aswell?

yeh man microtech, twin feed fuel rail, cpc plenum w xf t/b, orange rocker cover, and new parts here n there.

pic of new bay, car made 175rwkw on 11psi at maatouks dyno, which i was pretty happy with, standard t3 turbo with a **** auto Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks awesome! still got the na bottom end?

thanks. sure does man. just saving up for a new box then i'll see how much the bottem end can take lol

Are you going highmount turbo? Looks weird having a front facing plenum and then no high mount turbo Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

prob looks weird in the pic but in real life it looks good. never been a fan of highmount setups, prefer the lowmount path

some new pics (off my phone) of how the car sits on polished calais rims gonna white wall 'em soon once the tyres wear in Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looking really good man, looks mint on the calais! Love the bay aswell nice and clean