i thought i would move all the pics from the general section to the correct section
before i pulled it apart
first try at the engine bay
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1
this will be the greatest calais turbo of all time.
Agreed. The amount of work and attention to detail in this thing is amazing.
Always give credit where credits due....... Congrats steve it looks like its coming along nicely........
Attention to detail is beyond words, something you should be proud of...... Just remember you cant build it and not drive it haha
i spose i better write a little story in here, i bought the car vistually as u see in the first few pictures, but whenever i drove it it kinda felt like i was driving someone elses dream, and anyways decided to pull it apart and make it my own, things got kinda carried away..
I started off with smoothing the engine bay and fiilling the unwanted holes, i was pretty unhappy the job that was performed but let it slide, then i had phill from graphic skills racing make my 6 point cage for me, i can not give this guy enough credit awesome fella..
Then i had kyle 6 boost ake my exhaust mani if u want the best exhaust mani made get kyle to do it, if i could chnage anything though i would have had it made in stainless
The one day when i was installing all my new suspension components i looked underneath and it was **** house haha, so i had a good mate off mine make up the stands to turn the car on the side, then it took me roughly 6 months to get underneath to a stage where it was ready to be painted, came out awesome, at the same time i redid the engine bay got rid of all the lumps and bumps totally smotthed the inner guards cut the lip off the firewall etc
The i had CES custom make my exhaust which goes 4" straight off the turbo all the way to the diff, then 3" over the diff, i recessed the floor a little before it was painted to give me better clearance, so the exhaust is all stainless mandrel bent including the screamer pipe
The i had the outside of the car repainted again, its not the same ccolour as it originally was, the colour is a little darker with more metallic, the silver is also darker with more metallic..
thats about it for now
mate like i said in the other thread, this literelly is the reason why i got my vl in same (similar) colour, i fcuking love this machine man and you really know hot to take of the thing.
maybe one day mine can be the berlina version of yours, but only time will tell.
good luck with the car in the near future man, keep up your good work and dont let anything get in the way, in other words, dont sell the thing, or else im gonna have to pay a visit to brisbane lol.
anyways, 1 question, please tell me you WILL finish this car off
Baset.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
I feel sorry for you people who only can see this car from these picture's.
The detail, time and effort put into this car is AMAZING, not only does it captivate with looks and apperance, but the patience steve has had thoughout this build is second to none.
This car is everything you and I would love to do to our own but in doing so it takes alot of commitment.
Well done as far steve'o, I will look forward to helping you finish this project off in the near future.
WHITEY.