Jim originally bought his VL as a bare shell, and thanks to a mate who smashed his car received an AVO kit to enter itself into the modified VLT scene. Jim quickly gave it a fresh coat of paint in heritage green along an Aero Body kit and interior re-trim. Where most of us would be happy with it looking this good and going well, Jim couldn�t help himself. Thanks to his AVO kit stuffing up, and although Jim then hated it, later on he would quote that event as being �were it all started!�. It was quickly sent over to his mate Dominic Rigoli. The new set-up consisted of a Turbonetics T66 turbo bolted to a RB25 Twin Cam head with forged pistons, an Custom exhaust manifold, MSD ignition all being cooled down by a Micks Metalcraft Intercooler and a 3� exhaust. All this was managed through a Microtech MT-12. All this pumped out a very healthy 425hp (317kW), and was put to the ground via a 2 speed power glide with a TCE converter and a shortened Ford 9� (who said ford weren�t good for something) and all pushed out the back via a 3� exhaust. With it�s still new setup he managed to pull out a 10.2@131. Good enough to earn it a spot in the top 10 Street Commodores 2000. But again Jim wanted more� Shortly after getting his 10.2 he sold of the long motor and started again� Heading back to Tony Rigoli Performance (TRP) they worked on the new setup to get BOOSTN moving faster� It�s new setup consists of a RB26/30 combo with a Garrett GT47 and Innovative 51mm wastegate. Inside the motor are TRP billet rods, forged pistons, copper head gasket, head studs, Innovative 51mm wastegate. It has a Microtech X6 ignition system and again all controlled and tuned through a Microtech LT-12s and a Turbosmart eBoost 2 controler. It still uses the same setup up to get the power to the ground (2 speed power glide with a TCE converter and a shortened Ford 9�). But has an 3.5� to help get rid of the increased power of 680hp. A considerable increase over the last motor. With this, Jim went down to the track and managed to shock a few people with a 9.3@147 later on going and dropping that even further with a 9.263@150.31 Since then Jim and the boys and TRP have been working further on the car and have recently managed to squeeze 779hp out of the same setup and plan to drop the time even further. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

wow! Thats fast, tough and looks the goods!

nice car, but when we gonna go cruising down church st??

awesome car. congrats Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

WOW!!!!! congrats on such a great car

WOW!!!!! congrats on such a great car hope to see it go even quicker again Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

tuff looking car , congrats

This is the car to put Sydney on the VLT map.

Quote: Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1 This is the car to put Sydney on the VLT map. yep i agree this is one tuf vl for NSW 2 be proud of

Awesome car Jim, great work. I hope it runs the numbrs you ultimately want

thats insane.

Awesome machine. One of the first VL's to ever sport a twin cam head with RB30. (Was it the first?) Now its just gone to an even further insane level of performance and power.

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jimbo,dont worry more track time will see the car in the 8's then you can take weight out of the car,not many low 9 sec cars weighing 1400kg's...youll show them plus you got dom on the job. -Post Edited -No need to give them free advertising -SirGeo

sound like a bunch of tosser di*kheads

its the people who are jealous of what his built which are the ***ed jim mate great car i seen this car up close and looks awesome nice to see a new quickest vl in sydney and potential to go alot quicker its always great watching this car run cant wait till hopefully see an 8 sec pass of some type Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yep all is good,looking forward to next time out,remeber no one got any where following people!!will do it for nsw,but mostly for myself,never give up!!

u still got the microtech mate? well done. forget about the losers that say sh!t. my engine is almost finished and my bro in law wont let me take my car for a tune to anywhere but u, so ill c u soon good luck, 8;s not far away Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by david85dc u still got the microtech mate? well done. forget about the losers that say sh!t. my engine is almost finished and my bro in law wont let me take my car for a tune to anywhere but u, so ill c u soon good luck, 8;s not far away on my car yes,TRP have always used microtech,they will not touch any thing else,just tell us whan you plan on taking it down! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

jim are u a definate contender at jambo? hope so andrew