Supercharged VK Calais

[Wrayza]

Body: 1985 VK Calais
Engine: EFI GM 3.3L (202ci) OHV inline 6 cylinder (black motor)
Supercharger: SC14 with a custom machined 7psi V-belt pulley
Intercooler: Cooling Pro 600x300x76mm with 3" outlets
Power: 145.9rwkw/394Nm 6-7psi 14/04/08 ----------- 97.8rwkw/240Nm 0psi 25/09/07
Cooling: 16" thermo fan, controlled by Microtech Aux (on @ 98deg)
Engine management: Microtech MT-8 with 4 line controller
Exhaust: mandrel-bent 2 1/4" stainless straight through exhaust system (high-flow muffler up front, hotdog down the back) out through a chrome dumper.
Clutch: Exedy Extreme Cushioned button clutch
Gearbox: Supra W58 5spd with steel sandwich plate
Differential: Rebuilt and tightened Borg Warner VL Turbo 28 spline, 4 pinion, LSD and 3.45:1 ratio.
Wheels: 19" Senator Signatures
Tyres: Nexen Silica, 235/35/19's
Suspension: Gabriel shocks and King Superlow springs, fully adjustable pan hard rod and standard sway bars. Nolathane bushes throughout the entire car.
Brakes: V8 1" Master cylinder and brake booster, VS calipers and rotors on the front, standard rear disc brakes. Ferodo pads.

Extras:
Series II VK Calais leather interior, Calais digital dash, power mirrors, power windows, power steering, cruise control, remote central locking, alarm, immobiliser, power antenna, tinted windows, upgraded headlights on relays and battery relocated to the boot. Full two tone HDT kit, mix of group A and 3. Stainless steel cooler piping, dual plumb back bypass valve setup.

--- 14/04/08 ---

Had the car on the dyno at Maztech today, managed to make 145.9rwkw/394Nm 6-7psi. In the future a new motor might be seeing 11psi with hopes to break into the 200's.

[Boonz]

sounds nice man, got any pics??? also keep the 2 tone paint job, it lookls sexy with bronze and silver

[Wrayza]

Pictures taken up at sugaloaf dam, the pther VK belongs to GREENVK.

[Boonz]

neat as man where abouts you from??? that other vk looks farmiliar...

[Wrayza]

Eastern suburbs of Melbourne mate.

[1991_Vn2nV]

Nice VK Calais mate, the wheels suit it too

[SUSPECT]

mint vk's there mate when clean they sure do look good

[Goon]

She looks very clean mate, looks nice ! sounds like a beast!

I like the interior to...very clean, looks classic

Any pics of under the hood?

[CALAIS 6]

looks very tuff dude both of them look awesome

[Wrayza]

Cheers for the comments guys. Heres an old picture of the bay Goon, before the battery went to the boot. And just for kicks, heres one of GREENVK's aswell

[Boonz]

wow they are both pretty clean cars! how does your mates turbo go??

[Wrayza]

Haha the turbo 202? It's a very spastic car to drive in! Still running maps we tuned ourselves, and the clutch is giving up at 3500. After a proper dyno tune and a new heavy duty clutch I can't imagine how quick it will be.

If you want to read up on its history check out his site, http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/greenvk/

[Boonz]

lol....pretty dangerous combo dude....especially under high compression but ill check it out

[Goon]

Wicked engines mate very clean ! i like the greens CAI job f sweet!

Keep the mods rolling mate, its great when they work out

Go the 202's!

[NOT.BT1]

sweet vk mate you gotta love old school commodores keep up the good work also love the choice of wheels they realy suit the old school commodores

[phat_com]

sho us the bay without the battery, does it look heaps better?

[SUSPECT]

lol i thought i had seen that vk b4 the vid of it drifting is what reminded me tuff as and different love it!

[Tekka]

Jeez those cars are Sh!t hot mate, awesome and tidy good stuff!!!!!!

[lukemorrison]

nice car,wish my calais was that nice

[Wrayza]

Thanks guys!. Phat_com, I still have to get around to removing the old battery tray (spot welds and a pain in the arse to drill out) and then i'll repaint a few sections. Its ordinary now but after that yep, they look tidy as without the battery

[AttaBoy]

Man.... thats one sexy car. Im normally not a fan of VK's but after this one man I'm loving it. They look best with those mags you've got on. By the way how the hell did you keep that engine bay so clean??? Tried to do in my VS but no good!!

[CycoSS]

Nice Ride. Love those wheels on the VK's. They look tough. Well Done Dude

[Wrayza]

Intake ready for the microtech. Thanks to Liam for doing the MIG welding!

[V-ahhh]

looking good mate, nice example of a vk calais

[Wrayza]

Well the Mictrotech is finally in and I'm bloody happy with the results!

So far I'm averaging 13.something litres to 100km around town, and thats with heavy take off's all around the place. Consumption on the freeway is 6L to 100km going with the wind but usuall 7L, travelling at 100km/h.

Still can't beleive it, when I bought the car it was getting 23L to 100km on a good run. Since then I've slowly improved it with a lot of little mods and some major ones, 5spd gearbox replaced the 3spd auto, electric thermo fan, spark plugs and injectors done, new 3.45 ratio lsd diff, cold air intake, all fluids changed and recently the Microtech.

A good friend has tuned it to run pretty smooth now, still some small idle issues when cold and starting issues. These could be linked to the alternator needing a larger pulley or a new unit altogether, starter might be on its way out aswell.

Heres a picture from the night we finished, really have to fibreglass bog and respray the bay when I get the chance! The ecu is hidden within the original vk efi case and the hand controller resides in the glovebox for now.