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Started by BOOSTnWGn · 14 Oct 2004 · 10 replies

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Mod plates says it started life as a white NA auto. Now a purple turbo 5spd Bought it from Sydney around about 1 year ago. Came with the usual mods. Highflow, 3" exhaust, 20thou oversize ACL cast pistons, cooler, XF throttle body, custom plenum. Went pretty hard on around 14psi. Soon enough the clutch was dead. So it was replaced with a 5 puck brassy. Along with the clutch went the Limo. So in went the trusty old Mini spool. Next were new tires obviously. Soon enough it just felt too slow. So I put in some GTR injectors, a bosch 910 fuel pump, and a microtech LTX-8. It was tuned on the chip torque dyno and made 290rwhp on 14psi. Woudln't hold boost and was spiking to over 20psi If I tried to run anymore boost. I then replaced the actuator with a 1 bar item. Went to Dyson Rotary for a retune but it was still spiking. We decided to tune it to 11psi untill I could afford an external gate. It then made 270rwhp@11psi It looked like this after about 1 month of removing the huge stickers it was covered in. I put up with the horrid yellow interior for about 8 months then It was just to much. I am slowing getting rid of it. Had this custom dash made by a local guy in Byron. It is still not finished. The pillars have to be done. Alone with the roof lining, the center consol, and black gearstick + handbrake shrouds. The front bar was damaged in a minor crash and I couldn't be bothered fixing it. I then realised that I hated the body kit and the roster look so I pi55ed it all off. Got some standard bars and a new rio. And after hours of angle grinding I finally got it all to fit. Being too poor to afford to get them sprayed it'll look like this for about another month or so Future plans obviously include painting the bars. An external gate. Wheels. When I get an external gate. I'll chuck in a cam before I retune it and would hope for around 330rwhp@18psi. Will post more pics when I could be bothered Jason Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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unknownArchived member
thats one tuff wagon! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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HDTCALArchived member
Hilly thats awesome dude Welldone Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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vlt-dreamerArchived member
getting rid of the bonnet mate?
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OVL087Archived member
purple is for queers brother i will paint ur bars for you essay i did my new ones and will probably do exchasers looks better with no yellow too Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Series2VLArchived member
interior looks much better now man, but i liked the old kit for some reason. Ive never been one for kits on VL's but i reckon the wagon looked a lot tougher pre-de-kitting(if thats a word) haha
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CalaisRidaArchived member
Love your Dash. Looks freaky as. Glad you got rid of the yellow interior. That would really hurt the eyes! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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david85dcArchived member
hey man whats the diff between cast and forged pistons top car saw it at schoolies 2003 boostin around, looked mad, wasnt into vl's then, otherwise i would of come up and asked u to take me for a thrash go the manuals Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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251NFLArchived member
love it man go the purple sic fully hahaha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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oskArchived member
hmm purple hey,, not bad for a wagon i guess, but the owner has mad cows disease or some **** like that!!
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TempestArchived member
hey, I've seen this car around. does a gay lanky guy drive it and spin out the wet all the time? i think it misses 3rd gear a bit too...
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