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1987 VL SL 5spd

Started by nishmix vbmenu_register("postmenu_1067536", true); · 25 July 2006 · 14 replies

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hey guys thought i might chuck this up to get some feedback this is my '87 SL 5spd mods are.... lowered FE2 all round 16" VX series 2 Calais rims 2 1/2" lukey exaust cat back HDT Group A Spoiler and side skirts Sports steering wheel pioneer headunit, comp splits, and 6 x 9s in rear, pioneer 12" sub powerd by 1600 watt BOSS amp and she is now supercharged. running 10 psi. let me know wat you think.
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and the charger Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looks good mate, have you had it on the dyno yet?
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not yet. going to soon, after extractors and hi flow cat go on
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nishmixArchived member
grew up around cars, and i love to work on them, so i just taught myself Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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gavindorifutoArchived member
You sound like my bro. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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DJ_XTASYArchived member
one interesting thing. You blanked out the number plate on all your photos but one. Now the cops are gunna get you for that burnout you did. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
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gavindorifutoArchived member
Yeah I noticed that lol. I was like WTF.
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nishmixArchived member
meh.. private road on dads farm
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dustycArchived member
Nice car mate. I used to have one of those super charger set up on my calais brought it off CRS but had no success with it when i first brought it put it on had no where to put my pwr steer pump. sic. so i rang them up they never answer the phone and then said that you have to make a custom bracket because the vl they tested on had manual rack. any way got the car running after doing head gasket and putting the metal shim in with two head gaskets like they reccomend took it for a drive and it had better torque as i see from your burnouts but i found not much faster than a standard engine i also found the crossover pipe hit the strut tower where the outlet of the sc goes up to the intake.After driving it as well for five minutes the crossover pipe was so hot you could not put your hand any where near it. i dont know about you but by the time i spent close to two grand was not impresed so pulled the whole engine out and sold it for fourteen hundred. then i found out the sc they sell is off a 2 liter six from a toyota there is no way thats going to pump enough air for a 3 litre motor no wonder it did not go any good.after that i went turbo and never looked back. just my two cents.
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HDT-VLCLEArchived member
Hey man, I've been riding around in this car and driven it too for the last few days - goes much better than i expected dan! love the manual, it's the way to go for sure. I'm still at his place his new clutch is going in tommorow, the standard N/A one hasn't lasted but did us proud When the new fuel pump goes in should make a few good changes with the new injectors already - having a bit of ECU trouble his new mapped one isnt doing the job. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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dustycArchived member
thats good as long as your happy mate thats all that counts just take into consideration thats a little sc off a 2 litre and your engine is 3 litre you can improve the set up but i think the performance will be the same no matter what you do. but stick with it if thats what you like.
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E-ZArchived member
whats up with the mapped one?? whats it doin?
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nishmixArchived member
hey, been a while since i looked at this, nah man, ecu is fine, just that the fuel pump cant keep up! Bosch 044 here i come!! and the car is much quicker than stock, ive had a few runs with friends and also on the track and im beating manual N/A's by at least 3-4 lengths
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vlwagzArchived member
any idea on power yet?
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