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DBLDOSE

30-11-2010, 10:19 PM

Hey guys.

Thought I might chuck up a thread about my VL.

Brought it in May this year.
Was pretty much bog stock, only had a couple of mods.

* Whiteline Panhard rod.
* Slightly lowered, enough to make it illegal.
* Hectik BOV on the stock crossover pipe, and a boost gauge.

I originally brought it with plans to keep it fairly stockish, drive it while at uni, and then have something to work with once I had finished in 4 years. Oh how things changed...

I deferred uni for 6 months, and decided to start working the VL that could double as a smoke machine thanks to some top quality 270,00km old turbo seals, and the original goal became to have a 10/11 second car before I head back to uni.

Starting collecting parts in June, and started piecing everything together as I got them.

Current mods are:

Rajab Plenum on N/A runners.
ITS 60-1 Turbo rated at 600hp on a hi-mount manifold.
Turbo Smart 48mm external waste gate.
Turbo Smart Pro Fuel Regulator.
3" Turboback exhaust with a high-flow cat.
630cc Injectors on an a alloy rail.
Crane Hi6 Ignition system with lx92 coil.
Microtech LT-10s.
Bosch 044 External Pump mounted in boot with an alloy surge tank.
R33 5 Speed and reconditioned tailshaft.
Jim Berry Full Monty clutch
B-Boss 20" Eleanors with 225/30's all round.
600*300*76 FMIC.
Battery relocated to boot.
Screamer pipe with a flange to allow plumb-back.

Few things left to do, gauges to install, turbo timer to wire up, tacho to fix.
Also went and ordered my plates, whether they get approved is a different story, trying to get 'VAFANCULO' :P

I originally wanted to run a Jatco 3 speed, figured I would enjoy a 5 speed more.

Its currently only has a light loads tune, waiting for Rotomotions dyno to get fixed before I take it down and push an 18 pound tune aiming for 350hp with the stock bottom end.

Hope to have saved enough cash for a complete rebuild in January/February and then push for 400+, and then maybe a paint later in the year, and maybe chuck a calais front end, door moulds and taillights on aswell.

Worked fucking hard to pay for this since July, glad to finally have it running :) Here are some pics.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs521.ash1/30674_1382220529214_1642986087_895621_6654290_n.jp g
As I bought it.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs106.ash2/38619_1465981943197_1642986087_1089359_5847298_n.j pg
Stock bay, shit photo sorry.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs149.ash2/40787_1487983893232_1642986087_1150185_773569_n.jp g
Some build pics.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs206.ash2/46907_1502589098353_1642986087_1182870_805575_n.jp g
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs204.ash2/46744_1506347872320_1642986087_1189502_1680737_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs206.ash2/46907_1502589178355_1642986087_1182872_2358942_n.j pg
Fucking hate electrics...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs728.snc4/64835_1535963332688_1642986087_1253944_1213933_n.j pg
Wreck I bought to get manual parts from.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs581.ash2/150308_1579762307635_1642986087_1334975_8121534_n. jpg
Cooler piping done.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1146.snc4/148848_1579953432413_1642986087_1335268_6313305_n. jpg
Finished bay.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs472.ash2/74505_1579953872424_1642986087_1335270_4954358_n.j pg
Another bay shot.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs894.snc4/72739_1580964057678_1642986087_1336745_4726412_n.j pg
Trying to get the bar on.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs256.snc4/40117_1561644294696_1642986087_1299736_3719822_n.j pg
20's.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs614.ash2/156622_1607338557024_1642986087_1382772_7186106_n. jpg
How it sits on 20's.

Cheers,
Matt.

1cut808

30-11-2010, 10:24 PM

Looks pretty tidy for old stocker VL ;P

Nice work man...

Miggy

30-11-2010, 10:32 PM

Very nice! Should look awesome when you get the calais front end and new paint job.

Not getting a 25/26 head?

VT SS

30-11-2010, 11:53 PM

decent i like it :)

Scaf

01-12-2010, 06:08 AM

Dude I'm pretty sure we go to the same gym? Saw this parked outside Vibrant health and fitness lastnight?
Had a good look as I left.

VAFUNCOLO Plates would be HAARRDDDD!
Ive seen STUCAZZO getting around.

dose_it

01-12-2010, 06:39 AM

Interested in selling?

DCEVO

01-12-2010, 07:43 AM

Nice one mate
That 30 will handle 400 with a stock bottom end
Give it 26 pound man Do eet !!

Marti

01-12-2010, 07:51 AM

Very nice looking vl

rstay

01-12-2010, 09:36 AM

Why the bov

Needs to dose uleh!

Big fan of Berlinas/Calais'. Had a stocker RB30E in a Berlina with an LSD + 5MT. ALOT of (cheap fun)

rat

01-12-2010, 10:07 AM

Nice work man, you have spent money on all the right gear! How will a vl t5 hold up with 350hp?

01-12-2010, 10:39 AM

Why is it that no one seems to fit a cooler behind the front bar of a VL properly?

jEstEr?

01-12-2010, 10:47 AM

^ like.

DBLDOSE

01-12-2010, 11:23 AM

Very nice! Should look awesome when you get the calais front end and new paint job.

Not getting a 25/26 head?

If budget allowed I would, just a bit of stretch for me at the moment.

Dude I'm pretty sure we go to the same gym? Saw this parked outside Vibrant health and fitness lastnight?
Had a good look as I left.

VAFUNCOLO Plates would be HAARRDDDD!
Ive seen STUCAZZO getting around.

Yeh, started on Monday, mate got me into it, except its embarrassing, his lifting like twice as much as me haha.
Wanted VAFFANCULO, because according to nonna thats the correct spelling, but wonder whether licensing will let me have it.

Nice one mate
That 30 will handle 400 with a stock bottom end
Give it 26 pound man Do eet !!

Thats what I've been told, but block has seen about 280 thousand now, and its pretty much a daily drive at the moment, rebuild might be worth it in the long run. But 26 pound does sound nice :)

Why the bov

Needs to dose uleh!

Big fan of Berlinas/Calais'. Had a stocker RB30E in a Berlina with an LSD + 5MT. ALOT of (cheap fun)

BOV is wound up heaps tight, so you never know what you will get, sometimes dose, sometimes vents, sometimes both :P

Why is it that no one seems to fit a cooler behind the front bar of a VL properly?

Cooler hanging out the front is the best look you can get, thats why haha

DanWA

01-12-2010, 11:37 AM

There is a shorter cooler around but people usually just grab the generic sized ones.

Looks good DBLOSE... good to see another CT member here.

1JZVL

01-12-2010, 11:53 AM

evlgurl

01-12-2010, 11:57 AM

I love the look of the cooler hanging down. Makes it look tough.
Makes me miss my old one. :(

DanWA

01-12-2010, 12:00 PM

Because they want it to look like that? Same could be said about RX3s, RX2s etc...The VL front bumper looks "bare" without the intercooler hanging down ;)

Yeah always thought RX2's and RX3's etc looked stupid with 90% cooler hanging out

1JZNOSHIT

01-12-2010, 12:44 PM

you cannot fit a 600x300x76 cooler behind the front bar of a VL, properly, without it hanging below the bar.

Nice build, reminds me of my Calais. Should go hard!

keep it SOHC 3.0 too :)

rat

01-12-2010, 12:45 PM

Cooler looks tough as dardy bait spec, should work pretty effective though lol

ED40

01-12-2010, 04:00 PM

Rat its running an r33 5spd.. not a t5
Cool build.. i love Vlt's.. was this one on a trailer towed by a statesman the other day??

DBLDOSE

02-12-2010, 10:44 PM

Should go alright! ;)

Looks good with those rims. Suit it, unlike many other Holdens :(

350rwhp should be okay, but dunno how long the bottom end would last with more boost....but meh...if this bottom end dies just get an N/A bottom end ;p

ALSO, what's been done to the head any big cam of some kind? Lumpy RB30et idle is the best :)

Because they want it to look like that? Same could be said about RX3s, RX2s etc...The VL front bumper looks "bare" without the intercooler hanging down ;)

Yeh, dont trust the 280k old block, got a N/A sitting in the shed that I will build I think. Hasn't got a cam, that and diff gears are next on the list.

Rat its running an r33 5spd.. not a t5
Cool build.. i love Vlt's.. was this one on a trailer towed by a statesman the other day??

Nah, just got it back from Rotomotion on monday.

Bit of bad news. Managed to drive it less then 4 days and get it stickered. Got done for no plumb-back on BOV, screamer and rims... Just wait till the see my battery relocation :/

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs970.snc4/76379_1617749217284_1642986087_1401003_1668025_n.j pg

So, anyone selling some pursuits with legal tread?

Aristoman

03-12-2010, 05:12 AM

Hand the plates....you've a tough time ahead to get the passed in that state.

rat

03-12-2010, 03:12 PM

Sorry mate I may have jinxed you when I called it bait!
Yeah may be easier to chuck all that nice gear into another vl?

Mad_Aussie

03-12-2010, 03:26 PM

Big fan of 30et's :) Absolutely not a fan of uleh-spec 20's.

87VLC26

03-12-2010, 03:29 PM

dig the car looked real clean,

got stockies, and a rego'd rolling unbutcherd calais shell if ur looking at relocating ur donk.

kurbn

03-12-2010, 08:51 PM

shame about the yellow, kinda expected tho driving around with intercooler that fills the whole front end of the car and massive rims.. these days you got to keep the attention away where you can..

the work in the bay is really good!

1JZVL

04-12-2010, 04:27 AM

Provided the actual shell of the car is clean...

If you can be bothered just see how you go taking it over the pits as is, with "legal" wheels, put the screamer back into the exhaust (+flange, so u can easily make it vent out again when necessary) etc.

If that fails, which it probably will (lol) - I guess you can buy a spare RB30e for a couple hundred and keep it for pit-duties :p

DBLDOSE

09-12-2010, 10:05 AM

Took the car to Welshpool pits today.

Wasn't as bad as I thought. Got done for parking lights, demisters not working, too low and handbrake needing adjustment >.>

But, had an inspector that is a fucking idiot, who thought my dose was a BOV making the noise.

Sticker got extended to the 22nd at least, need to pay rego, fix all the small things, and the bloke reckons I should be able to get it extended for a while because I need to wait for my mods to be approved.

Also had the plates get refused, apparently VAFANCULO has 'Offensive connotations to a minority of residents'

2JZA70

09-12-2010, 10:12 AM

hahaha had the same issue with a mates car at welshpool who said dose was blow off valve in the end told use to put on a plumb back lol

rstay

09-12-2010, 09:00 PM

Saw you at Welshpool pits today. Thought it was you.

That cooler is fucking blatant man, hahahaha!

Best of luck getting rid of the canary mate.

180SXTCY

09-12-2010, 09:08 PM

[VAFANCULO]

lol

DBLDOSE

26-03-2011, 11:05 AM

This car is now a rolling shell.
Parting out most of the driveline, keeping the shell and box for when I finish uni and have cash again. Bought something a bit newer and safer to keep my occupied till I finish uni.