Make/Model:Holden VL Series 2 Calais Turbo
Year: 1988
Colour: Single tone Imperial Blue
Mods: TO4 Hiflow, 600x300 chinese cooler w/ gktech piping, , Turbotech Boost controller.
Power: Hasn't been dyno'd
Transmission: 5speed. Mf5 and HD clutch
Exhaust: Custom 3" turbo back exhaust with "hiflow" cat and turbo muffler
Diff: Not sure, 100% single legger at the moment
Brakes: Factory turbo
Suspension: Superlow springs, kmac adjustable strut tops, whiteline adjustable rear upper trailing arms
Wheels: VLC rims and VT internationals.
Future Mods: 910 fuel pump, GTR injectors, Nistune w/ z32 afm, Stage 2 or 3 cam, R33 gbox, puck clutch, minispool. Rear venetians
Special Thanks: Lockie, All the people that I borrowed parts from while defected, Ebay
When I bought this car, it was mostly standard with just a sports exhaust and lowered springs. The car is originally NA, the previous owner dropped in an a8 block and turbo auto. I havent yet checked if the diff is 28spline but im guessing its just an na diff. It ran like a pos, needed a full service, new dizzy and i replaced the leaking injectors. The paint in areas was flaking off due to poor prep work. Had a massive dent in the roof, rusting badly in the boot and front window aswell as the rear wheel arch. Since then all the rust has been deleted, parts of the car resprayed, it's been converted to manual with a few performance upgrades. After cleaning the car up a fair bit its time to start making some reliable power, especially now that AIR (hopefully) will be opening soon.
Pics shortly after I bought it
Recent pics
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Oh yeah, gota love the single tone calais look!
Repaint the side skirts, reposition the side calais badges they are wayyy of and get your hands on some new TYC headlights. Looks mint
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polish up the internationals to match the chrome stripping etc and get some chrome door handles, thatll really set of the colour i reckon lookin good
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Thank you all for the kind words. The inters dont need to be polished they were just dirty this is how they look after a wash, fairly shiney.
Just finished the backyard habibi install of the gktech kit i bought. Heres a pic of putting it back together, drag spec lol. Still need to trim my bar to get it back on, ill do that tomorrow.
It was fun driving around my area with out headlights and no bar, the looks on peoples faces
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Originally Posted by tdoyle88
Howcome the kit didnt fit properly?
are you talking about how its slightly off centre? thats the best i could do by myself with the mounting, ended up being about 1cm to one side. you wont see the cooler with the bar on anyways so its all good.
Ay bro. Now u can flutter, we gotta get a dose pipe made up. Then muzza time on Anzacs for some more flutter wars .
Keep it up man, looks *** tough as!!!!
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