My Injected 355 VL

[VL 355]

Heres my ride factory V8 was carb now injected
im in the middle of painting it at the moment some barsted KEYED it
will post more an better pics in coming days/weeks


Name: Brendan
Model: VL Berlina
Colour: Morning Blue metallic, will be with a slight blue pearl when painted
Bodykit: No way
Engine Type: Injected 5ltr Stroked to 355
Engine Mods:Just a quick run down Harrop 355 stroker crank, X- rods ACL Race series hypertectic pistons moly rings,ACL Race series bearings,fully port&polished heads flowed 550 custom grind cam custom chip
STD manifold and throttle body
Power: 196.7rwkw or 263.5rwhp
Exhaust:5700 paceys Hi flow cats 3in out the ass
Gearbox: T700 stage 2 kit 2500 stall
Diff: LSD
Brakes: Sloted alround
Suspension: Lowered needs to be lowered more tho
Wheels/Tyres: Hsv vy gts 19s
Interior: Standed berlina trim for now
Other Mods:
Stereo: Cd player
Build Period: 3 Months
Cost: never ends does it
Future Mods: Custom Interior with 4 bucket set up Twin throttle bodies & supercharger sometime this year

Diff gears in a few weeks

anyways tell me what you guys/girls think

Cheers

[VL Berlina 5speed]

you bugger you stole my project
nah nice vl mate exactly what im looking at doing except 5spd,
how well do you pull down the 1/4 mile or are you yet to test?
car looks very clean and the mags suit fine, keep up the great work

[VL 355]

hehe lol thanks m8
Still yet to test but it should be in the mid 12s

[Boonz]

what diff gears are going in???

[Static_scc]

like the colour and the rims suit it, just ditch the mud flaps and drop it on its ass lol

[VL 355]

Im thinkin 3.7s or 3.9s mite even just go 3.45s its got 3.08 in it atm
but im unsure what revs it will do at 100 clicks with the 3.7s/3.9s

[VL 355]

like the colour and the rims suit it, just ditch the mud flaps and drop it on its ass lol

thanks I live on a dirt road only reason there on but there off now
for good and its getting dropped after its freshly painted

[Boonz]

ive got a 304 auto with 2800stall, 3.45 diff gears and at 100 k's in 4th lockup clutch its sitting on about 2500rpm 110k's is 2600rpm
do you live in the country or city??? 3.9's in the city is good as you rarely get over 80k's but i wouldnt go any higher than 3.55 for country

[VL 355]

yeh i thort that just wasnt 100% sure 3.45 it is
cos i do live in country area

cheers thanks m8

[1991_Vn2nV]

Nice VL mate, very classy and clean... Very nasty too

[Charg'd]

hehehe, i like it, i seen a red VL in vic with the same engine, thats a neat VL too

[Lumps of cheese]

Very nice and tidy, great job.

[Wrayza]

Very nice mate!

Tell me is that a plastic cover over your top radiator support? Where would I look for one of those? I'd love one to cover up some damage from a previous owners crash!

[AirStrike]

How long you had the plates egg? Will have to catch up again sometime........
Dave

[VL 355]

WRAYZA thanks m8 that plastic cover your talking bout is part of the
VL calais front im guessing you could probe make somthing to suit it ??

Airstrike Daveo how are ya buddy?
Yeh had them for a few months now they
where on springnats weekend kim got them for me
yeh we will have to catch up soon will come down for a cruz
when my car is all painted

[AirStrike]

WRAYZA thanks m8 that plastic cover your talking bout is part of the
VL calais front im guessing you could probe make somthing to suit it ??

Airstrike Daveo how are ya buddy?
Yeh had them for a few months now they
where on springnats weekend kim got them for me
yeh we will have to catch up soon will come down for a cruz
when my car is all painted

Kool mate. If ya not doing anything on Sunday the 28th there is a dyno day in sunbury.
Dave

[Christina]

very nice. i friggen hate people who key cars, kill them all.

[VL 355]

hey dave yeh no worries m8 i going to the swap meet in the
moring mite head down after that how many cars will be there?

Christina thanks i agree with you 110%

cheers

[AirStrike]

hey dave yeh no worries m8 i going to the swap meet in the
moring mite head down after that how many cars will be there?

Christina thanks i agree with you 110%

cheers

Around 20+ that I know of for sure.

[walesy]

hey nice vl... im doing the same thing but mines a wagon... havnt got exhaust yet... are your extractors custom or are they off the shelf 5ltr ones?? i was told they had to be custom to fit in the engine bay and now that my engine is in with headers on there really is not alot of room there

[VL 355]

hey nice vl... im doing the same thing but mines a wagon... havnt got exhaust yet... are your extractors custom or are they off the shelf 5ltr ones?? i was told they had to be custom to fit in the engine bay and now that my engine is in with headers on there really is not alot of room there

Hey thanks m8 we just bout to buy a vl calais wagon original 5ltr will be do the same to that to once mine is finished
The headers i used for mine are pacemaker 5700 for the stroker they will fit with the right streeing rack (well thats what i was told) anyways i had to heat mine up an make a little more clearance under the rack so they would fit without hitting anything if yours is not a stroker then use the 5600 for the standed 5ltr
cheers m8 hope this helps
p.s good luck with ya project its well worth it

[walesy]

ok thanks, mines not a stroker... yet, i would love to stroke it eventually, with my driving style i like a tourqey engine, down low... genuine calais wagon...nice, ive heard of them but have never seen one

[VL 355]

ok thanks, mines not a stroker... yet, i would love to stroke it eventually, with my driving style i like a tourqey engine, down low... genuine calais wagon...nice, ive heard of them but have never seen one

yeh a stroker will give you plenty of torque rigth the way through your rev
range yeh went down an look at the wagon very clean on original

cheers m8

[VL 355]

little update its now in undercoat

[AirStrike]

little update its now in undercoat

What colour egg?