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23-04-2008, 07:20 PM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
Posts: 996
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Model: VN Calais
Colour: Maranello red over asteroid silver
Bodykit: Stock
Engine Type: 304 v8
Engine Mods: FOAM VN BASED 304 Tune, Pod With enclosed CAI, fully serviced.
Power: 150rwkw
Exhaust: Stock single 2.25 inch
Gearbox: Stock
Diff: LSD 3.08
Brakes: Bendix pads
Suspension: FE2, Live axle
Wheels/Tyres: 17 inch alloys, 235/45/17's
Interior: Floor mats, GTECH, TOMTOM GPS
Stereo: Pioneer 2007 headunit, 6 inch pioneers high output speakers
Cost including mods: $6000
Future Mods: Corvette servo/shift kit and 3.7 diff gears, aiming for 5.5 0-100!
To date it has 109,000km's on the clock and it shows by the way it drives, handles and looks. I have timed it to run 0-100 in 6.15 seconds flat on the gtech and ran a 14.6 @ 97 MPH... Ive also done a 14.81 down the quarter at willowbank with half a tank of fuel when it had stock tune/tyres.
Last edited by vnv8driver; 20-08-2008 at 10:27 PM.
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23-04-2008, 08:04 PM
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ehhhh
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Ride: VR BERLINA 5L
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: melbourne s.e suburbs
Posts: 171
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nice calais buddy and welcome to the forum..
low kms if i saw right 107xxx ? car looks nice and cleans an a charger as future mod should be sweet let us know how the diff gears turn out .. wanting to hear from some1 from a auto's feedback 
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23-04-2008, 08:15 PM
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So Wet For You!
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Ride: VP Calais International, VP Berlina LX Wagon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SOUTH OZ
Posts: 3,302
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Welcome mate.
Looks in awesome condition.
If your wanting more power, enclose the pod in a box, or go for a standard holden airbox and CAI.
Good time aswell, i thought my stock Calais would be a mid 15, but going by those mods, it'd make a flat 15
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23-04-2008, 09:07 PM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
Posts: 996
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i don't want to go too steep on the gearing, anything between 3.45-3.7 havent made up my mind. even so just driving the car as is is great, when i picked it up it had stock calais mags with new bridgestone 205's, if i booted it off the lights it instantly kicked sideways spinning twins and if i wasn't careful would of done a donut! 235's all round fix the traction problem quite a bit and makes it ride and handle better up front. other than that all i have mod wise is a tune from greenfoam and the pod. ive replaced the entire exhaust sytem to stock spec to keep it quiet and legal, but still used good mufflers, serviced the automatic and the motor. got a pioneer head unit priced at 799 dropped to 388 because it was old stock, also got a set of speakers at a good price. other than that i want to keep it in the condition its in, with only a few good squirts every now and then instead of trashing the crap out of it like i have done to my previous cars.
Last edited by vnv8driver; 07-06-2008 at 10:19 PM.
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23-04-2008, 09:15 PM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
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Originally Posted by STEALTHY
Good time aswell, i thought my stock Calais would be a mid 15, but going by those mods, it'd make a flat 15
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is yours stock like mine? it really comes down to how good a condition your motor and transmission are in, i had a efi 5 litre in a vq before this and the differance between 107000 and 22000 is amazing, but i think it also counts that my car was owned by an 82 year old woman (bought from deceased estate)
i did the time with half a tank of fuel, didnt drop tyre pressures, remove headlight or anythign like that, but it was a pretty cool night
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23-04-2008, 09:34 PM
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So Wet For You!
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Ride: VP Calais International, VP Berlina LX Wagon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SOUTH OZ
Posts: 3,302
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I havn't ran mine, but they are a low 15 stock apparently.
Mine isn't stock anymore, i'd be happy to get a low 145 with the mods i have.
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23-04-2008, 10:03 PM
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Donating Member
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Ride: VT Commodore Exec/5L VP Calais
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Perth
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lol wats an 82 year old women doin with a V8 hahaha nice lookin car man seems like a great buy with such low kms
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23-04-2008, 11:30 PM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
Posts: 996
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who knows, but it was garaged for 10 years apparently
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05-05-2008, 06:45 PM
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Ride: 5ltr VN Calais,VT Berlina
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: greensborough,melb
Posts: 671
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very nice and neat calais mate, i thought i did well with mine but u beat me lol.
the funny thing is i also recently had a VQ with 200,000km's and i have to agree with u 100% that the calais feels and goes soo much better than the VQ even after spending a decent amount of money on it and the calais is untouched.
once again well done
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06-05-2008, 01:33 AM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
Posts: 996
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cheers man, the thing i like about the calais the most is it is live axle : ) makes for serious sideways action (rarely). i really do miss my vq stato though, the interior space, interior/exterior cannot be beaten on looks... im drooling just thinking about it....
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06-05-2008, 02:04 AM
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6L of FUN!
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Ride: VE SS-V M6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 35
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looks mint mate 
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06-05-2008, 01:48 PM
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ehhhh
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Ride: VR BERLINA 5L
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: melbourne s.e suburbs
Posts: 171
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14.8 is pretty good man im hoping to run a 15 lol..
nice car once again
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07-05-2008, 04:30 AM
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Ride: 304 Calais
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Up your mum
Posts: 996
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cheers guys, vr304 if yours is in good nick with a few bolt ons theres no reason why you cant see a 15 flat.
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07-05-2008, 08:24 AM
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Ride: '92 HSV VP GTS
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SE Queensland
Posts: 1,963
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Not a bad looking calais, dont often see the red ones. You need some high quality pics mate. 14.8 at willowbank hey...thats a good time. Are you coming to the drag meet in july that queenslandcommodores are holding?
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