[1MMACUL8] 1995 VS Calais - L67

[sycosystem]

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[cxcxcxvcvcvc]

Looks very nice mate and the VC looks smicko too
The L67 are tough little motors mate, must have felt good after the conversion

[GAMBLR]

fark that is low k's for one of them. looks beatiful mate, really clean and tidy. well done

[ozyprd]

hey mate just wondering how did u do the l67 conversion do u just do the top end on to the stocker or was it full engine swap

[VZHSV]

sweet vs man i like it
some ve ssv wheels will look killer on it

[Dan VS 231]

How are those 3.7s going for you? I was speaking to a mate of mine about getting an L67 for my S1 Calais and he mentioned this sweet white Calais that was at his work for some diff gears.

Im pretty much looking to do the same thing as yours (hopefully) after seeing Darryl's S2 in action and your car in the build.

[sycosystem]

Looks very nice mate and the VC looks smicko too. The L67 are tough little motors mate, must have felt good after the conversion

Cheers mate, the brown Commodore is a VB not a VC lol.

fark that is low k's for one of them. looks beatiful mate, really clean and tidy. well done

Thanks for the nice comments mate, it was parked up in a shed for a long time before i bought it.

hey mate just wondering how did u do the l67 conversion do u just do the top end on to the stocker or was it full engine swap

I would strongly advise against swapping the top end over, its certainly possible but the L67's main strength is it bottom end, where it is suited to forced induction by way of lower compression pistons. I did a full engine swap from a S3 Statesman.

sweet vs man i like it some ve ssv wheels will look killer on it

Yeah i recon, those mods will be on hold for a little while but im certainly keen to score some VE SS-V's as soon as i can.

How are those 3.7s going for you? I was speaking to a mate of mine about getting an L67 for my S1 Calais and he mentioned this sweet white Calais that was at his work for some diff gears. Im pretty much looking to do the same thing as yours (hopefully) after seeing Darryl's S2 in action and your car in the build.

Yeah it was at Wangara Automatics last week getting the LSD and 3.7 gears, I like Gary, he always does the right thing by me so i will always take my cars to him. Does your mate work there? Im loving the gears, by far the best performance mod ive done to the car so far.

I was up in Kalgoorlie 2 week ends ago, i took Darryl's for a drive to see what the 3.45 gears were like with a mini-spool. He let me lighten the rear rubber abit also Top bloke, always keen to help out.

[Dan VS 231]

Yeah a guy named Luke. Pretty sure thats where he works. Now to keep saving and start searching for a Statesman or even Calais wreck to get an L67 from. Id like to have it done before Powercruise but that might be me getting way ahead of myself. :P

[betts]

Have seen you out and about cruising quite a few times now, you must live up in the northern suburbs somewhere huh? Lovely car anyway mate, the plates definately make the car.

[sycosystem]

Have seen you out and about cruising quite a few times now, you must live up in the northern suburbs somewhere huh? Lovely car anyway mate, the plates definately make the car.

Yep, im NOR, theres heaps of Super6's up this side of the river.

Here are some photos i took throughout the conversion.


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-08-24


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-08-24


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 500 at 2008-09-08


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 500 at 2008-09-08


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-10-26


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-10-26


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-11-10


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-11-10


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-11-10


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-11-10


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-11-10


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 50 at 2008-12-03

[sycosystem]

The entire conversion was completed in one day. I started 6am Sunday and it started first time at 9pm that night.

I must thank my old man Joe, his mate Jim and Justin(Astro) for giving me a hand at different times throughout the day.

This is the video of its first startup, i forgot to connect a vacuum line on the rear of the drivers side head so it sounds cammed. lol

YouTube - Car

The following video is the dyno run when it was an N/A ECOTEC L36

YouTube - VS Calais

The following is the dyno run once the Supercharged ECOTEC L67 was installed

YouTube - MVI_7047.avi

[crewsy]

Good too see you on JC as well mate haha

[sycosystem]

Good too see you on JC as well mate haha

hahahaha, yeah time to branch out lol. Cheers

[VSSECO]

Very clean car mate, i'm impressed. Can I ask what power your car run in n/a form? And how much the power increased with stock L67?

[sycosystem]

Very clean car mate, i'm impressed. Can I ask what power your car run in n/a form? And how much the power increased with stock L67?

Power output is listed in the first post.

Power:
L36 = 154.6rwhp
L67 = 210.6rwhp (Before intake was done)

Torque was the biggest improvement with the L67, Pete ran an 11.9 second 1/4 mile with roughly 290rwhp. Dyno figures are not as good as track times

[crewsy]

hey mate, what rpm does your car do at 100 with the 3.7's in?
I just had mine fitted and I swear theres like no change

[sycosystem]

hey mate, what rpm does your car do at 100 with the 3.7's in?
I just had mine fitted and I swear theres like no change

Hey mate, yeah there should be a difference.

3.08 doing 100km/h - 1750rpm
3.7 doing 100km/h - 2100rpm

Before i put my speedo correction kit in the speedo was doing 127km/h when the sat nav was reading 100km/h. So maybe your gauge is saying 100km/h when your actually doing 80km/h. The diff gears will make you speedo read much higher.

[crewsy]

Hey mate, yeah there should be a difference.

3.08 doing 100km/h - 1750rpm
3.7 doing 100km/h - 2100rpm

Before i put my speedo correction kit in the speedo was doing 127km/h when the sat nav was reading 100km/h. So maybe your gauge is saying 100km/h when your actually doing 80km/h. The diff gears will make you speedo read much higher.

yeh man hahaha I tested it last night on the freeway after I put it in but no one was on it so I couldnt judge, but I was doing 100 today and everyone was flying past me and I was like wtf?? lol. What wire did u splice the speedo corrector into? im so confused on which wire it is.

[sycosystem]

yeh man hahaha I tested it last night on the freeway after I put it in but no one was on it so I couldnt judge, but I was doing 100 today and everyone was flying past me and I was like wtf?? lol. What wire did u splice the speedo corrector into? im so confused on which wire it is.

There is a violet/white wire running from PCM to speedo (C5 on the wiring diagram). You simply cut it and wire it into the correction kit, then give it 12V & Ground, then follow the tuning instructions that come with the kit. To easy, however i strongly recommend reading the PM i just sent you, they list possible variations in speed sensors.

[crewsy]

There is a violet/white wire running from PCM to speedo (C5 on the wiring diagram). You simply cut it and wire it into the correction kit, then give it 12V & Ground, then follow the tuning instructions that come with the kit. To easy, however i strongly recommend reading the PM i just sent you, they list possible variations in speed sensors.

thanks for that info mate. im gonna have another crack at it tomorrow!

[sycosystem]

thanks for that info mate. im gonna have another crack at it tomorrow!

Here is a picture of the speedo correction kit when i had finished soldering it together and wired it into the car.

$54.95, much better than $220, $295 & $350 that i was quoted to supply & install a correction kit from performance shops.


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 500 at 2009-05-28

[sycosystem]

A few friends said they were going down to the last Woop Ass Wednesday yesterday so i decided to go and have some fun. Although deciding to go down at lunch on the day never works ay, i would have really liked to siphon some fuel out (i had a full tank) and remove my stereo. It weighed in at 1550kg ffs (without me), a friends S2 VS Calais was 1540kg (with him sitting in the car).

Plus there were way to many people there, i only got 3 runs in. First two runs were really shit, the last run i had it worked out and ran a 14.2, with a 2.0 60'. Still lacking some top end, needs a cam

14.691@93.16mph - 2.165 (60ft) Winner vs Casper
YouTube - Woop ass wednesday 28th May 2009

14.650@93.45mph - 2.159 (60ft) Winner vs R33 GTR (he couldnt drive for shit im assuming)
YouTube - Me vs R33 GTR

14.278@94.93mph - 2.056 (60ft) Winner vs Subaru WRX
YouTube - Me vs Subaru WRX

I worked it out on the last run, i stalled it up properly, the others i wasnt stalling it very much if any(concentrating on to many things lol).

[cxcxcxvcvcvc]

Not a bad run man
Im workin hard to try & save up for my L67 @ the moment, cant wait Any idea on what cam you want to run? also the diff gears your running they would be more for acceleration i gather? you can see the cars quick off the mark, just have to get the legs in the top end now

[sycosystem]

Not a bad run man
Im workin hard to try & save up for my L67 @ the moment, cant wait Any idea on what cam you want to run? also the diff gears your running they would be more for acceleration i gather? you can see the cars quick off the mark, just have to get the legs in the top end now

Cheers cxcx,

Ive already decided on the XP-Hot Cam from ZZP, its basically the best performing cam without any headwork, or so im told. My 60' times of 2 seconds are pretty good, they seem pretty dominant over 60'. Although i havent seen a Evo or STI's 60' times.

It certainly lacks top end, more boost and cam will fix that

[crewsy]

Here is a picture of the speedo correction kit when i had finished soldering it together and wired it into the car.

$54.95, much better than $220, $295 & $350 that i was quoted to supply & install a correction kit from performance shops.


By upeted1, shot with Canon DIGITAL IXUS 500 at 2009-05-28

yeh mate Ive got the exact same kit. probly the the cheapest most effective way to go. Soldered mine up like 3 months ago in perparation and now ive gotta just get in there and wire it up