another vl

[mav_vlt]

build thread

Make / Model: 1986 Holden VL Calais 5Spd
Colour: Mitsubishi 380 electro blue over Asteroid silver
Body kit: Factory Holden
Engine Type: Rb30et (currently)
Engine Mods: standard for now
Power: 150kw at the flywheel?
Exhaust: 3” turbo back with bashed out cat
Gearbox: r33 5spd with exceedy cushioned brass button clutch
Diff: VL turbo disk brake, 28 spline axels, mini spool, 3.7 diff gears
Brakes: VT master cylinder, VS booster. Front: 330mm rotors with gtr 4-pot callipers. Rear: standard disks with bendix ultimate pads
Suspension: front: coil over’s with 90/10 shocks. Rear: super low springs, new shocks going in soon
Wheels/Tyres: VE SSV 19’s machined to fit VL hubs
Interior: immaculate grey S2 calais interior with HDT head rests brand new weather seals all around, brand new scuff panels, momo steering wheel and venetians (rear and side), a few gauges around the place, working aircon!!!
Stereo: probably alpine or something when I get around to buying it

Other Mods: line locker, intercooler, greddy catch can, surge tank, battery in boot, bonnet struts, polished strut caps, hidden engine bay wiring, VL turbo radiator, VT commodore power steering res, turbosmart E-boost 2

Future mods: build an off tits (figuratively speaking) rb30det. Parts I have already; t66 turbo, high mount manifold, greddy plenum, 600cc SARD injectors, microtech LT12s ECU, 6x Bosch mec 717 coils, tial 42mm waste gate, XF falcon TB.
Parts i still need to buy; fuel pumps, hand controller, pistons and what not
Plan is to build a full forged 25/30 and have some fun with it :) and probably fit some more street friendly suspension for when it’s not going to the track.

Pics time:
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/calais.jpg
(Stolen from Genki’s fb – it’s the best one I have atm)
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/11032011283.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/19022011279.jpg
Car hasn’t bin washed for a while 
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_1400.jpg
Boot full of parts: D
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_1403.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_1408.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_1455.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/20042011296.jpg
i got the car as a rolling shell with the interior thrown in and no windows off a mate and over the last few weeks i have chaced up the parts i needed put it all together, cleaned all the interior, fitted brakes and the rb30et and r33 box i had sitting in the shed. car hasnt bin washed since it was sprayed about 4 years ago as the front and rear windows wernt put back in after


Cheers

[xr6tego]

:)

[magic1]

Fuck man, this is a hell of a build thread. I cant believe how much you've done since it was started.
The pics dont do it justice

lol, am i missing something...........like a build?

[5ltrs of fun]

Fuck man, this is a hell of a build thread. I cant believe how much you've done since it was started.
The pics dont do it justice

Bahahahahaha fucking gold

[DJ84WA]

Prehaps typing alittle bit more info.
Even some build pics?
Specs of build? Engine,drivetrain etc etc?

[xr6tego]

For fucks sake Magic1, there's a pic of the car and a steering wheel off eGay, what else do you want in a fucking build thread? *shakes head*

[wormbo2]

Edit:
this should be a pretty nice build actually.
i have a soft spot for the VL calais'.

good to see so far there's no white leather interior, A+.

[SK]

nice to see you on here jack :)

there actually is a build to go with this but he must have forgotten to put it in the original post lol!

[Susstt]

Fuck man, this is a hell of a build thread. I cant believe how much you've done since it was started.
The pics dont do it justice

You've really got to learn to use italics. Will stop the confusion.

But.....I do agree with what you said, great build thread!

[Miggy]

Love the windows, great job so far.

[mav_vlt]

updated first post

[Milhouse]

much better :D makes more sense now haha.

good work with the build !

[ED40]

Sexy car mate, big fan of VLT's. Yours is tops.

[mav_vlt]

its still not running as iv still got to fit the exhaust and sort out some issues with the body loom but it should be on the road this week

[Fukushima]

lolol trolled hard with first post then ninja edit to turn into proper build thread

kudos :)

[Miggy]

Very nice should paint some good lines when it's finished.

[mav_vlt]

thats the idea mate. mini spooled vlt diff is replacing the standard one as soon as its running

[mav_vlt]

just got the car started using another body loom. exhaust dumped off the turbo FTW

[Passage GT]

welcome to antilag, take everything with a pinch of salt and a sense of humour and you'll be fine:)

[jesse-92]

Nice vl man hope you can get this one finnished unlike mine which has been sitting in the shed for 4 years now un touched lol. love that blue ayy.

[TheChad]

all vl turbos are slow and boring. you should sell this and buy a jzx100 chaser or something. just make sure its an auto for super fastness

[87VLC26]

verry nice, love the boot full of gear, thats how all vl projects come.

[inks]

Hey jack, what up? I still hate you for posting those doppelganger flicks on CT! haha

Get it running and we'll go dose and get kebabs

[Phyber]

I really like that blue and silver combo. Good thing I never got into VLT's or I might not have bought my Ford, hahaha. Do enjoy seeing nice straight examples of these around, look after your cult car man!

[1JZVL]

all vl turbos are slow and boring. you should sell this and buy a jzx100 chaser or something. just make sure its an auto for super fastness

pingpingpingping!

[mav_vlt]

Hey jack, what up? I still hate you for posting those doppelganger flicks on CT! haha

Get it running and we'll go dose and get kebabs

mad pics hey!

yeah it should be on the road tomorrow. and iv got cooler pipeing now so we car cruise around eating kebabs and doseing everyone and be the sickest pingpingpingpings out............. no homo

[mav_vlt]

update:

got a bit of work done thisarvo. dizzy was out a tooth but now its sweet, figured out how to hook up the calais front end to an sl loom, made sure all the lights work on the car, finished hooking up power steering, connected up the exhaust.

just got to finish the exhaust tomorrow and then the mini spooled vlt diff is going in

[mav_vlt]

car is finaly on the road!!! drives alright and sounds awsome with the exhaust dumped at the diff lol

[mav_vlt]

update:

this is just about ready to go in
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/d43062e5.jpg
rb30det. just need to assemble it and put it in then its off to PRT to get finished off

[clint0991]

ahh looks awesome bro!! always been a big fan of VL's. exited to see whats next!

[kurbn]

fuck yeh! winning!

[rat]

What sort of power are you looking for from the 30det? Is that a 35/40?

[kalais6]

Well done mate, looks a tidy package too.

[TheChad]

What sort of power are you looking for from the 30det? Is that a 35/40?

im sure if it makes more power than mine he will be happy, and i think its a t66 isnt it?

[SK]

goooooooooo jack!

[mav_vlt]

its a t66 on a 6boost manifold. bottom end is just a na rb30 bottom end with 150xxxkm, an rb25det oil pump, oil restrictors fitted and a few other little mods to get everything to fit.

other people have gotten 400hp at the treads out of smaller 25/30 setups than this ( again using non rebuilt bottom ends).

if it blows the bottom end its no big deal, i have 2 spare ones sitting at home anyway

[rat]

Standard n/a bottom ends ftw :)

[caibs]

fucken oath! when you reckon it'll be running?

[mav_vlt]

just need to drill and tap the vct oil return, bolt on the head and sump on and sort out the throttle body and its ready to drop in prety much


Standard n/a bottom ends ftw :)
plenty of blokes have made decent power with them so iv got relatively high hopes for it

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/da710ff4.jpg

[Yakky Bear]

saw this at prt the other day looks clean :)

[mav_vlt]

haha it would have bin filthy as when you saw it, it hasnt had a wash in over a month. getting one after uni tomorrow arvo so i can go cruising on the weekend

[mav_vlt]

25/30 is all together. Just need to set the timing and it is getting droped in next weekend and off to PRT in canningvale to get finished off. Pretty stoked atm

[mav_vlt]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/db16c864.jpg
vvt oil return
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/c25fb9aa.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/64debf3f.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/eddcd25f.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/38d62355.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/c1ebba35.jpg

getting droped in on sat. cant decide if i should stay with the greddy copy plenum or buy my mates JD Customs one. oppinions?

[lysdexia]

JD will probably be better, it'll use the factory runners so it'll be torquier

[mav_vlt]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/4b53649e.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/6e9e64a0.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/747dd2c9.jpg

motor is now in!!

picked up the jd custom plenum last night and il throw it on on thursday.

the turbo i picked up:

was packed full of greese not to stop oil coming out like i first throught but to hide the huge amounts of shaft play it had so its gone in to be rebuilt now.

hopefully have the car going in about 3-4 weeks

[Token]

last photo = wining.

always liked the vl turbo..

[mav_vlt]

because i like pictures:
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/82360fce.jpg
had 2 bosses welded under the plenum to bolt the coil packs to.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/5f03d767.jpg
modified the plenum so i can use an XF throttle body.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/c661d3c4.jpg
modified VCT return line

[mav_vlt]

update:
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/76c33777.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/9d1bcfa9.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/ae0c4125.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_0262.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/IMG_0260.jpg
just about there now

[_oz]

great work mate, i hope you can put the power to the ground in at least 1 gear haha im sure it will be lots of fun :)

[mav_vlt]

il be prety happy with 300hp at the treads, its only an na bottom end after all, got to make it last till i can build a forged one for it!

[mav_vlt]

got a call thismorning - car is running, just need to sort out a few little issues and its time for a tune

[mav_vlt]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/71e2e3bd.jpg
New whip. White venetians going on tomorrow

[DanWA]

nice daily, genuine calais?

[mav_vlt]

Yeah man genuine Calais, wouldn't have brought it if it wasn't.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l86/vlwagonit/8aeecf12.jpg
Painted the venetians today and put them in.