caibs Posted June 24, 2011 Report Posted June 24, 2011 this is my 'good' car. its been a bit neglected since i got my corolla to fix up. infact, i should be pulling my gearbox out right now, but i got called in for work tomorrow so its a no go. 88 vl calais, rb25 conversion. i bought it with the motor already installed, unfortunately the wiring was rooted and a relay was hooked to constant 12v. luckily it was winter and we found it before it burnt to the floor. fixed a few vacuum leaks, the gearbox was f@$ked & it had an open wheeler that i blew shortly after and replaced with a 3.9 lsd. had a few snapped exhaust manifold studs so i pulled replaced them, faced the manifold and put new nissan gaskets in. put on a hiflow but wasnt very happy with it. so on went a hks 2835 (same as a gt3071) now it makes 315rwhp @ 18psi. best 1/4 is a 13.1 @ 110mph on very 205 average chinese tyres. 60' was a 2.2 so that, with the mph, indicates its a mid 12 second car with a good driver. i daily drove this for a good year and a half. it ran 18psi all day every day for about 7 months and is still going strong. i've started an apprenticeship now hence the need for a new daily (my ke38). recently did a comp test and all cylinders came up excellent. stoked. pretty simple mod list; rb25 s1 ems stinger xtreme motorsport clutch hybrid cooler nismo 740cc's walbrahhhh 3.9 lsd the beauty of this turbo, is that it has near factory response so you have such a huge power band. its a bit of a pig to drive, the tune is fairly average but its a menace at roll-ons, i love it. i think it still has another ~35rwhp in it with coil packs, revised intake & a retune. unfortunately, the diff in it is out of a vn (wider) so i can only roll on chasers. i have some gto's for it, just need to get a new diff built. time and money i guess. anywho enough talk here's some pics; and, what showcase of a bogan chariot would be complete without a picture of a skid. Quote
B.L.Z.BUB Posted June 24, 2011 Report Posted June 24, 2011 THUNDER! Na na na nahhhh na na Nah Nah. THUNDER! :D Quote
t18drifts Posted June 24, 2011 Report Posted June 24, 2011 lloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool hell yeah reed nice ride btw caibs Quote
ninja-philbo Posted June 24, 2011 Report Posted June 24, 2011 vl turbo my first car and stil my biggest and fondest love bogan at heart Quote
LXY-642 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 (edited) Miss my old vl's. No doubt I'll end up with another some day Looks good man Edited June 27, 2011 by wpn36 Quote
ninja-philbo Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 oh i know il get anouther will be anouther wagon hopfully an a9y all u vl nuts should kno that code vl calais turbo wagon Quote
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