had this car 2 years i bought it with a cam, head work, stage 2 shift kitted trans, 10 bolt open wheeler diff (260 ratio GAY) genie extractors, 2.5 inch exhuast, retrimmed interior, shit stereo and shit suspension,chrome rocker covers and air cleaner and it was defected with 249,500ks . in this time ive had it regency approved, crashed it fixed it, fitted vt clubby wheels, new stereo not to flashy, two way immobiliser, all new front end nolathane bushes and camber adjusters, new pedders springs all round rears stage 1 lowered sports ryders fronts standard height heavy duty springs, new front kyb gas shocks new front end bearings new vl turbo calipers, new vl turbo slotted rotors, rebuilt rochester carby, rebuilt vl turbo 345 ratio lsd diff, a pedders panhard rod, new rear and front pads, brock grille, and some foglights, and painted the mirrors black
so that whats done to it heres what i have planned not sure about the foggies thoe think they ruin the look might have to be removed also it now has 250,000ks on it not bad in my opinion now has trimatic just rebuilt with 2000 higher stall converter and softer servo spring with stage 2 shift kit
FUTURE MODS
- new balanced one piece tailshaft
- 383 stroker
- vortec supercharger
- aluminium race radiator
- wheel tubs
- fuel cell
- duel 2.5 inch stainless exhuast
- dvd player
- bare metal respray
- new pacemaker extractors
- holley blue electric fuel pump
- holley blue fuel regulator
- holley 650 double pumper
- convo pro et rims
- rear lowered shocks
- rear nolathane bushes
- rear slotted rotors
- custom fuel tank to suit duel exhuast pipes from the rear
and more to come that hasnt been thought of yet
Last edited by v8commy; 02-12-2009 at 09:21 PM.
should be goin up in a min
pics are up signature works im happy
Last edited by v8commy; 24-07-2009 at 08:48 PM.
Finally you put your car up, looks great especially the interior (i wish i had that nice material in mine).
HEARRRY, HEV YU HEARD OF REKALL?
wow i like it... got any bay pics?
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nah ill get some and put them up though thanks hey
new pics are up but the dust on the car do the paint no justice usually its sparkles in sunlight give me your opinion on which grille im undecided they change the look of the whole car
Last edited by v8commy; 26-07-2009 at 08:14 PM.
Hey mate, thats a pretty nice VK calais you got there, always wanted this colour VK calais.
personally i like the standard Grill on them. the plans for it sound pretty tuff,whats the go with the T700 inside a trimatic housing??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rute6aV3nN0
Top gear @8500rpm
thanks for that mate well i thought it sounded wierd im gonna call the bloke back and double check with him to make sure that it can be done and the only thing is with the standard grille tho is that it dosent suit the foggies dont you just love the red lines on the back i think they ***n sick
I like the standard grill
with foggies? i dont know hey
yay another vk calais in reynella for mine to play withwe cant take them to the park and watch them run free
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Beware Of Imitations - Not The Latest Thing, But The Genuine Thing
yeh but we gotta pack the picnic basket and and a mat to sit on and some sunscreen so they dont get burnt
this is true, but dont forget to be disexed
Beware Of Imitations - Not The Latest Thing, But The Genuine Thing
yeh dont want them to fall pregnant and have a ve calais
sweet vk man!! love the dash... gettin new or restoring the rear badges?
nah the rear badges are good i need the holden one tho fixed that back strip today aswell looks 100% better thanks for the complement
just thought id update it fixed the battery tray today rust proofed it and painted it something to do meh i dunno
tough as mate
yeh thanks bud
nice m8, i just bought one myself, they are a tuff looking car....
yeh you bought it off my cousin yeh they nice love em you need to get the rear plastics painted on your asap tho
yeh what ya got planned for it?