White Calais 5-Speed

[seans VL Calais]

Name: Sean
Age: 17
Location: Adelaide, down south
Car: Holden
Model: VL Calais
Year: March 1987
Colour: Alpine white

Body kit: Stock Calais skirts
Engine: RB30E, 3 Litre
Engine mods: 8mm high tension leads, Custom intake pipe
Exhaust: Extractors, high flow cat, Custom 2.1/2'' system with 3'' tip
Trans: Converted, MX7 5-Speed
Diff: Stock, reconditioned 6 months ago
Brakes: Stock, Discs all round
Suspension: Lowered when I bought it, not sure what
Wheels: Polished Calais mags

Sound system:
Head unit - Pioneer DEH-P5950IB
Front speakers - Pioneer 4''
Rear speakers - Pioneer 350watt 3-way 6x9's

Build Period: On going
Cost: Around $3000 so far

Other mods:
- Window Tint 35%
- Gear Leather and knob
- Monster Tacho Removed
- Viper alarm system

Future Mods:
- New mags, some sort of holden 18''s or 19''s
- Cold Air Intake
- New Steering Wheel Done
- Bonnet struts Done
- Lowered more Done
- New Front & Rear bumpers
- Rear & Side white venetions Done
- Clean up engine bay
- Fix Rear window channel rust
- Turbo conversion (eventually)

[dijm8]

nice car m8, not into vl's myself as u wud knw but its coming along nicely m8 get 19" sigs they wud look gd

[seans VL Calais]

First post updated with new wheel, and bonnet struts.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

very clean calais mate
i should of started with a calais
the intake pipe and the rocker cover dont clash too much colour wise, driven it since you fitted it?

[seans VL Calais]

very clean calais mate
i should of started with a calais
the intake pipe and the rocker cover dont clash too much colour wise, driven it since you fitted it?

haha yeah but they have their issues, yeah well ive got my old one so im gonna have a go at painting that white and see what that looks like, yeah took it for a drive yesterday actually go so much harder than it use to but i think thats got alot to do with this engine compared to the old one lol

[dijm8]

lol yeh ur old enigne was gay, though it did smoke it up plus the manual makes it go alot better

[seans VL Calais]

lol yeh ur old enigne was gay, though it did smoke it up plus the manual makes it go alot better

lol i think that might of been the reason it decided to die.. smokin it up after work to much lol ay dij....

[dijm8]

yehh, ah those where good times, luvd friday nites afta work

so wots next for this beast m8

[seans VL Calais]

well im consitering turbo conversion... its tax time soon so ill have a bit of spare dosh, and ill be getting some money soon from my accident so im still thinkin of what to do depending oh how much I end up with. but either way will just be saving up money for awhile now.

[seans VL Calais]

bit of an update, finaly got car to idle right, rego next week then take it into work to replace fuel pump and CAS, then should hopefully run sweet. also picked up new gear shifter from u pull it so now shifter doesnt hit handbrake when in second and shifts alot nicer.

[seans VL Calais]

got a few bits and pieces done, got calais rear garnish to replace full black one, slammed it on its ass, new radiator, fixed calais pop ups so now they work

[dijm8]

looks gd sean.....u done the fronts yet? now u just need a set of 20"s

[kulais]

white vl calais look sik, I suggest putting inters on it

[seans VL Calais]

I had it on inters for awhile and I personaly like the calais mags better.
Got a few things rear and side venetions, picked them up today for $250


Got new suspension consists of pedders comfort gas front and rear short stroke shocks, and sports rider springs all round, hopefully putting it in tomorro so will try get some good pics.

Next up is calais mags polished up and get white walls. need to do timing belt and brake pads all round soon to, then ill be thinking of more things to do

[seans VL Calais]

got springs and shocks in finaly looks mad but my rear tyres are scrubing when I go over any decent bumps. recon i might get some different springs for the rear, but heres some pics anyway

[Jo3_Blo]

Pretty neat Calais mate. I like it.

[seans VL Calais]

thanks mate, not alot has happened since last update except car ran out of rego so decided to leave it off the road for a little while why i replace thermostat and housing also top radiator hose housing as they were leaking, also doing timing belt as i dunno if it has been done before, at the moment got housings and thermostat out also have timing belt off, found out it was out 1 tooth, so could be a bit of an answer for why my timing was hard to get right. should be all finished soon.

[seans VL Calais]

car has been sold

[VL_5SPEED]

that sucks. what did ya down grade to?

[seans VL Calais]

just got the bike at the moment (CBR250RR), will be in the market soon for a vlt or skyline cant decide lol

[VL Berlina 5speed]

r32 with rb30/25 best of both worlds