91 5ltr vn calais

[kniever]

Name: Ben
Model: 91' S2 VN Calais
Colour: alpine white over silver
Bodykit: none
Engine Type: 5.0ltr V8
Engine Mods: cai with high flow top,lukey hi-flo air filter,70mm throttle body, 10mm leads, msd coil, twin au thermo's, and a couple other bits and pieces replaced
Power: 145rwkw
1/4 mile: 14.6 sec and aiming for better
Exhaust: pacemaker extractors into twin cats into single 3inch exhaust
Gearbox: 5 speed manual
Diff: 3.45 LSD
Brakes: slotted rotors on front with standard on back
Suspension: pedders lowered springs with pedders shortened shockies front and back
Wheels/Tyres: 17x8'' lenso concept 5 rims
Interior: standard calais interior and venetians for the rear window
Stereo: pioneer mp3 player, pioneer front splits and tweeters, pioneer rear 6x9's, bezerk 600w 2ch amp, avalanche 600w 4ch amp, and 12''pioneer sub.


I bought the car with 130,000km on it, was 1 owner and has all service books, it was completely stock and the owner had worked at holden his whole life so i couldnt knock this beauty back.

Interior is immaculate and the outside is in very good condition with a few marks here and there, ive also put in vs door pods which i think matched up nicely with the door inserts.

here are some photo's, they are not the best but when i get a better day i'll take some better shots.

[Cobez]

Sounds good dude, can't wait for some pics!

[calaiscruzer]

Thats a good buy there! Nice to start with something that hasnt been neglected.
Wheels suit well, u guna keep them on it?
Seats must be comfy since they havnt been used much
So got any ideas for engine mods and more power?

[georgeonboost]

nice car mate....wanna sell the venetian?

-George

[kniever]

thanx and nah mate i like the venetian

[kniever]

Thats a good buy there! Nice to start with something that hasnt been neglected.
Wheels suit well, u guna keep them on it?
Seats must be comfy since they havnt been used much
So got any ideas for engine mods and more power?

yeh i'll never buy a done up car cos theres a big chance they've been thrashed, every car ive ever bought has been off an old person so i know they been well cared for.

and yes im gonna keep the wheels on there i like them and i think they suit nice, as for power im gonna chuck on some extractors to start with and i wanna start with doing things like thermo's and electric water pump so i can free up the engine a bit, oh and i gotto get one of foamy's tunes to give it that bit extra boost, but later down the track i will look at cam and stuff but that wont be for a while cos im saving for a house.

[Cobez]

Very nice indeed. Just dump it a few inches in the back, and that's one nice VN Calais. Well, it's nice anyways, but would be even nicer lower

[kniever]

yeh the front is nice but thats what i thought too, the back is still too high, atleast its still not granpa spec hight any more cos that just looked gay

[calaiscruzer]

I heard you can gain like 10kw+ from just removing the metal fan, and putting electric thermo's on instead! Maybe get some vt twin thermo's for it.
Also you could get a cam for like $160 and do it yourself!

[kniever]

ive never done a cam before so im not sure what is involved, do ya have to remove the whole engine?

[kniever]

got a bit bored after work tonight and i thought i'd solder in a blue led into the remote, its a bit bright but i like it better than the red one

[padrickz88]

hey mate nice looking calais, very clean and i like the rims aswell, they sort of remind me of simmons but without the price tag

btw what did you use to hold your venetians in? im putting mine in and done know what to use to hold it there :P

[VZHSV]

white calais with two tone paint is mint! always loved a white and silver calais 5litre
looks real good and clean man good buy

[kniever]

hey mate nice looking calais, very clean and i like the rims aswell, they sort of remind me of simmons but without the price tag

btw what did you use to hold your venetians in? im putting mine in and done know what to use to hold it there :P

the venetians have sorta like sliding prongs on the end and you slide them into the roof and bottom and do the screws up, i can get pics if you need (gives me an excuse to pull the venetians out again to clean the rear window lol)

[kniever]

white calais with two tone paint is mint! always loved a white and silver calais 5litre
looks real good and clean man good buy

thanks mate im the same, love the white over silver

[kniever]

i got my lsd put in today with 3:45 gears and i am wrapped, got a little bit more go off the mark but cant tell yet cos i dont want to drive it to hard yet until its run in.

once again im wrapped, now next is twin thermos and a foamy tune

[vnv8driver]

can you tell me exactly what speed you redline at in first and second gear please knievey, im keen to put some new gears in my car when cash permits me to but toying with the idea of either 3.45 or 3.7.

[kniever]

yeh no worries, i need to get a corrector kit for the speedo 1st tho cos i think its about 15kmh out now, also i went 3.45 cos mine is my daily and i didnt want to affect fuel usage too much

[padrickz88]

the venetians have sorta like sliding prongs on the end and you slide them into the roof and bottom and do the screws up, i can get pics if you need (gives me an excuse to pull the venetians out again to clean the rear window lol)

thanks for the offer mate, but the next day after i posted it i noticed how to do it

i think the 3.45's would make a pretty good difference.... good balance between good highway cruising and off the line :P

[kniever]

i cleaned my engine bay a little bit today, its still not the cleanest but its heaps better.

also gonna paint the engine covers soon but dont know what colour/colours to do them? any ideas?

[RVN 355]

very neat calais,who hacked up the hsv cai looks bad? any way rims suit nicely and low kays always helps. Good calais.

[kniever]

i cut it back, its not the hsv style cai its the normal one with the tiny opening that wouldnt even be able to fit a fly thru so i cut it back to get max air thru and it has made a massive improvement over what it was so im happy, besides i dont really care what it looks like as long as it works

[vnv8driver]

nice job cleaning the bay, were you careful around the igniter, coil/dissy and battery area?

[kniever]

yeh sure was, tried to keep them as dry as possible, i been meaning to do it for a while now cos i did underneath the car when i 1st got it and its still that clean u could almost eat off it

[vnv8driver]

that's alright, ive seen people short out things after they have been to the carwash, drive around for a day then doesn't start....

It makes a big difference in how the cars projected, makes it look like its been taken care of.