B3ND3R's VS Acclaim, MANUAL!!!

[B3ND3R]

Hey guys just thought i'd start a thread on my car so people can keep tabs on it.

1996 VS Acclaim 3.8Ltr ecotec

Exterior:
Alaskan white
Colour coded door handles, side mirrors, bumper strips, tail light strip, and side moldings removed
De-badged except for front and rear lion logo & repositioned acclaim badge
VT clear side indicators
17x8" VY SS Rims, Silverstone EvolVIII 235/45r17
Coming soon: Calais chrome window trims, Re-tinting darkest legal

Interior:
VR Calais leather/velour seats
Black carpets
Alpine CDE-9874E H/U
MB Quart 6" splits F+R, all under stock grills
Coming soon: Electric windows, VR Calais door trims

Mechanical:
Manual conversion to T5
3.73 IRS Diff, EF Falcon LS center, Speedo corrector box
VT front brakes, slotted rotors, police-spec pads
Lowered, King Springs F, Pedders R, Monroe shocks all round
Rear camber kit
Whiteline F+R sway bars
Whiteline strut brace
Coming soon: Larger master cylinder/booster, Upgraded rear brakes, Rear brace of sorts

Engine:
L67 cold air intake
K&N panel filter
Removed MAF screen
Mace intake manifold insulator
Mace 1.98 ratio rockers & lightweight pushrods
FIT lhs exhaust heat shield
Pacemaker extractors
Redback 2.5" exhaust
MSD coil packs
Top Gun 10mm leads
NGK iridium spark plugs
Walbro 255L/min fuel pump
Customized mem-cal
Coming soon: Mace 74mm MAF sensor, Mace 69mm throttle body, Custom mem-cal (new tune), Dyno run/fine tuning.


Any comments/suggestions welcome. The plan for this is to keep it a n/a V6 and get as much power as i can without major engine mods.

[nathg]

sounds pretty sweet, got and pics?

[B3ND3R]

updates info and added a pic.
gotta take a few new pics, but cbf washing it :-P

[TUF UTE]

looks clean mate.. schlamm it !@

[mking]

looks like mine a bit dude, drop it

[B3ND3R]

nah i like the ride hight, it handles good so don't wanna mess that up.
having said that, it is already on super lows...

[mking]

on superlows in that pic? are you sure dude mines on sl's and it looks a tonne lower

[B3ND3R]

yeah in the pic it looks a little high- i had just jacked it up so the springs hadn't setted. probably sits about an inch above the tyres.

[TA 91 WA]

Another L plater with a white commy <3

Welcome to the club

[B3ND3R]

haha yeah mate, ****ing vic roads and their 3 month wait. i have a few p-plate id's that suffice if the need is there.
bought a set of seats with a temp probation lisence and a stat dec in the rear pocket, ****ing score!

[B3ND3R]

ported MAF and recalibrated mem-cal is in, wating on a ported throttle body, having issues with the cable connecting plate.