New VL Factory 5 Litre Shell with 308 Carby

[Nackerz]

Name: Cece (Nackerz Fiance)
Model: Holden VL 5 Litre Commodore SL
Colour: White over Silver
Bodykit: None, Calais Mock up
Engine Type: 308 Carby
Power: When dyno'd before exhaust system 122.5 rwkw at 126kph
Exhaust: 2 1/2
Gearbox: Trimatic
Diff: 3.08 ratio v8 diff single pegger
Brakes: VL Turbo brakes all round
Suspension: Super Lows in the arse with pedders shocks, Front New lovel super low springs with new garbel shocks, K-Mac adjustable strut tops
Wheels/Tyres: 19"
Interior: Stock with autotechnica front racing seats
Stereo: None atm
Build Period: Starts NOW LOL :P
Cost: Straight Swap for the VR, I will show you a pic


Motor:

Worked 308, Rebulit rings and main crank shaft bearings, New gaskets 8000 km's ago everything cleaned and checked.
Mods to motor is a 2 stage cam and lifters, Port 'n' polished heads, 8mm top gun leads. Got a nice 135 kws at the wheels not bad for a black 308 which came out with 122 kws at flywheel.

Exhaust:

Genie extractors with a 2 1/2inch new red back exhaust sounds good!

Transmission & diff:

Is a rebuilt 3 speed trimatic 8,000 kms just had a service 250 km's. Shifts so smooth. Diff is a good no noise 3:08 ratio solid no knocks.

Suspenstion:

Super lows at back with pedders shocks and front is brand new lovel super low springs with new garbel shocks.


Ok Pictures

First is VR that we swapped for the VL




Ok heres the BEAST!!!

[Nackerz]

Alrighty guys, for the last 24hours have gone right over the car just to see what it needed for a RWC........ OH BOY!!!! Surprised we made it home!!!! the front left strut fell out on me when i was moving it out of the shed!!!! The steering seems a bit loose need to have a look at what would be causing it. the guy had put STANDARD shocks in the arse with lowered springs so atm its raised on stock springs all round until we buy a spring compressor and lowered shocks for the arse.

Pulled the dash out so i could work out all the wiring cause i noticed that it was a real mess!!! I'M SURPRISED ANYTHING IS ACTUALLY WORKING!!! the ******** had painted the dash and looks like that he couldn't be bothered wiring everything back up!!! so while the dash is out gunna paint it black. The missus isn't too keen on the colour of the interior thats in it atm.

So far have figured out for a RWC it needs:

- Number Plate light
- Rear tail light globes
- Rear parcel shelf welded back up cause it was cut
- Sunvisor Clips.

Also just installed a full Nothlane Suspension Bush Kit, front and rear.

The missus has decided that she wants to turn it into a full calais mock up so we are gunna start collecting the parts that I don't have for it. Gotta try and find a genunie calais front as the one thats on it is only a fibreglass front.

She has some ideas on what colour she wants to paint it but any suggestions would be appreciated!!!

[v6vpute]

Looks like an awesome project Nackerz ill be keeping my eye on this

[Nackerz]

Cheers man!! Yer the missus is pretty excited about it!!! should be a good one!!! Looking forward to it!! The missus was over driving around 6's and she wanted an 8 so she jumped on this one!!!

[nasty1]

put the walky kit on this one and mock the other up asa calais.

i was looking at swaping my blue exec turbo for that vl you brought.

if its the factory motor its a 304

[Nackerz]

Hey man, Nah dont wanna swap the kit over lol

Yeah we swapped for it for our old vr

Its not the factory motor in it, so yeah its a 308 :P

[Nackerz]

Alrighty guys for the last 2 days cece and I have been really busy!!!! Cece has resprayed a majority of the interior, that will be finished tomorrow. I've installed her head unit, fixed some rust in the boot, wired up a number plate light, wired up a push button start switch, cleaned up all the wiring in the engine bay an under the dash and removed the old alarm system. Tomorrow cece is going to finish the interior ( will post up pictures ) I'm going to wire in a kill switch, weld the parcel shelf ( ******** had cut it ) and weld up the spare tyre well where rust has eaten through. She's coming to shape slowly and hopefully in the next week or two we'll be able to go and get her registered!!!!

[detox_nath83]

Madness man.... gonna be a good project,,,,,
the other vl would smash it LOL

[Nackerz]

Ok guys, Cece has finished the interior and as promised heres some photos of her handy work
















Have fixed up the rust in the boot and fixed the parcel shelf. Started putting in her stereo. Its slowly getting there

[Nackerz]

[VL_5SPEED]

Painted interior looks so dodgey bro

[Nackerz]

Well it was painted when she got it and it was a yuck brown colour so she wanted to get rid of it. She likes it thats all that matters.

[detox_nath83]

lookin good....
whats wrong with painted interior i dont mind it?
Each to their own i guess
Good Luck u 2

[Panama]

interior looks ok but good luck keeping the white clean bro

[v6vpute]

i realy like the interior good job

[Nackerz]

lookin good....
whats wrong with painted interior i dont mind it?
Each to their own i guess
Good Luck u 2

Cheers dude. Cece Loves it as shes really impressed with herself lol!!! at least most of the yucky brown is gone!!!! Even her mum likes it lol

[Nackerz]

interior looks ok but good luck keeping the white clean bro

Its the misses car so she will keep it clean - Trust me

[Nackerz]

i realy like the interior good job

Cheers mate, Yer she's really happy with it. Its better than the brown that was in there. If it was the interior wasn't already painted then she probably wouldn't have painted it. She's gunna get some pictures of the door trims now that they are in with the speakers

[Nackerz]

Well looks like things ae going to be slowing down a little bit with this project....... Just found out Cece is pregnant so looks like the main thing at the moment will be to just get this thing onto the road for now.

[Panama]

congrats mate. no more vl's for you though i guess :-(

[Nackerz]

Cheers man. Ummmm I'll Have plenty to do with the 2 VL's that we have already. Plus also got her VN that we still need to finish. So all is good

[Nackerz]

Well we've had a bit of an interesting last week!!! We went and got a RWC for it so Cece can get it registered in Victoria, on the way to where we were going the car decides to stall and not start. no light nothing!!!!! too make things worse before we left home the bonnet cable decided to play up and we couldn't get the bonnet open!!! one of our mates came and helped us on the side of the road...... the problem..... a wire to the battery!!! the ******** before hand had just joined the two wires and tape them up...... so that problem fixed!!!! Passed the RWC no problems..... On the way home....... once again it decides to die on us!!!!! NOT HAPPY JAN!! Car decides that it won't turn over...... NO SPARK!!!! So got it towed away to the nearest town and had to leave it there over night... worst night sleep ever!!! Get there the next day... bought a brand new ignition module..... NOPE ....... Bought a brand new coil ..... nope ...... bought a brand new electric dizzy...... so over $300 dollars later and she starts. Have now also replaced the regulator..... Not happy!!! so she shouldn't break down any time soon!!!

But on a better note..... picked up a 650 holley double pumper for her

[Nackerz]

Well cece got a custom sticker made for the 308:




Bit of a story behind it..... when we went and had a look at the car to begin with the guy was still on his p's. He had a Aussie Pride sticker on the back window and had removed the A and replaced it with his P plate... cece and I had a bit of a laugh and since then decided that it suited the car so she went and got one made up

[Nackerz]

Alright.... Well needing some ideas now on what the missus can do to her next. Not quite sure on what we can do!!!! I've just put a gilmer belt drive in and its sounding good!!!! but ideas on what to do next would be awsome!!!

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Nice car mate, we have a VL Calais BT1 that we are doing as a burnout car for my partner. Full Group A body kit too.

One thing I would change though, the engine is a 304 not a 308. Pedantic I know, but you want to be accurate in your description.