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well on my other vs we had a oil leak we couldnt find and got the car up on a hoist and noticed at the back of the sump was covered in oil and crap and noitced that someone done the bolts up to tight which split the gasket and bits of it was pushed out so it wasnt sealing propaly which resulted...

try replacing the sump gasket or the copper washer on the sump plug could be stuffed try replacing that too and try replacing the gasket on the oil pump while ya at it too

love the calais its ne very clean car!

twin love heart tip lol jokes

hope it wont either. if so ill have to put some dump pipes at the end of the mufflers lol

well just an other up date on the calais. got a nolathane camber kit fitted so now i wont have uneven tyre wear and brought my self a full exhaust system which includes pacemaker extractors, and twin cats, and a 2 1/2 inch twin system from the cats back and the best part is tha it only cost me...

paint the whole car mat black the first pic looks like a calais but the last pic has got 50`s coolnes to match the sunviser and the white walls so ya better go with the last colour and paint the door handels white 2

^^^^^ im with him

yea seen a couple more that i like just have to discide which ones i want now... hmmm i hate choseing wheels

thanks! :beer chug:

na not intrested in subs well here are some better pics then i took this morning tell me what yas think

thanks man! still not sitting as good as yours tho! might have to take them rubber things that sit on top of the springs out to make it sit just a little bit lower in the rear

well here are the pics will take better ones once i go to my old mans for a few beers and park the car on a flat serface the drive way dosent do the car much jutice and the car will sit lower once the springs are seated in propaly before AFTER: and i will save up for a set of theses...

well last night when i finnished and drove it home i couldnt go over 40 kph cause the fog was that bad but once the fog cleared and got up to speed the ride qualitey was great! i thought the ride quality would of been crap and felt every bump in the road. so if you got king springs in your...

yea im keen to see the differance between the pics i will post them asap champ

well the "big surprise" was i fitted the suspention in today :yahoo: its got SL in the front with lowered munroe gt sports struts and the rears are SSL in the rear with munroe gt sports shocks just have to drive it a bit so the springs will seat in propaly but apart from that it looks...

take a pic of the whole car so i can see what it is like with the flappers on!

hmmmm... i dont like it but it might grow on me

well if i was you i would just put the shift kit in then drive it, if it shifts fine while driving normal with out any violent gear ghanges then i wouldnt worry bout the corvette servo but if it dose then talk to a trans guy and ask which will be the better corvette servo to use.

thanks man!

yea i can lol :dance: well if it dosnt happen this weekend yas will have ta wait longer lol well ill tell yas this when i put the pics up it might not be that surpriseing to sum just thought i get yas all excited. just thought i do something differant

no didnt get a corvette servos in mine i payed 150 for my trans cooler at supercheap i got it at the start of the year and took me 6 months to fit it lol

**UPDATE** LOL might have some surprise pics up this weekend, depending if it goes to plan. it will be a major differance to the calais... so enough chit chat will leave yas hanging till the weekend lol :hiding:

do it you know you wanna! ive been driving mine now for a while and i will say this IT WILL BE THE BEST MONEY YOU WILL SPEND. but mine was the B&M kit tho...

are you sure there sl springs? looks lower then that. very clean car by the way

cheers mate

yea i wanna get a motor in soon so i know everything will fit propaly so once it gets painted and i go to fit something that every thing will bolt strait up to it with no fuss. wll if its going to take 6 years to get a motor buy the time i get the money to paint it i will be in my 80`s lol.i...

that looks really good looks betta then mine...

looking through the computer today and cam acroos some pics of some parts that i brought for the lx ^^^^^you wouldnt think it but as it sits as it is now i have spent $10,000 on it... just wish i still had my old job still cause ive would of spent alot more and would of ah a motor in it...

thats sitting nice! i take it there sl front and ssl rears?

yea didnt think it would cost a thousend if petrol. would anyone know how much it will cost to ship it here? or get sent to vic to pick it up?

i was just wondering how much it will cost me to get a commodore from qld to tasmania. just wondering if anyone on here has done that or if anyone has travelled from qld to tas how much it will cost in petrol and that? any info will be great cheers patrick :beer chug:

yep im going the normal a9x theme with the black around the doors and the bob tail. and a 500hp 355 stroker fron pavtek th700 box and 9 inch diff i know what you mean about the prices of the real deall toranas. i know two guys that have a l34 and a a9x hatch back that never drive them. th one...

thanks mate. when i get up to the body work stage i will as ya some qustions and see what ya done to yours

no the wheels aint staying on there there just on there it fit the breaks so i can put it back as a roller the interior is staying pretty much stock except of a custom dash with auto meter guages the engine bay is going to be smooth but not going over bord with it like some people underside of...

well recived my a9x body kit dis arvo :yahoo: will look **** hot when fitted tell me what yas think the spoiler is only sitting on there for got to take pic of the bonnet scoop will do tomorrow

if you lower it lower then fe2 then you will need a camber/ toe kit and if you fit fe2 springs in the rear you just need a camber kit. it will help with the uneven tyre wear heaps

do what im doing to mine sl front and ssl rear the same suspention set up as park way drive`s vs then we all can have interceptors and white walls lol

all you need now is a bowls hat on the rear parcel shelf ,walking frame on the back seat and a disabeled sign hanging on the rear view mirror lol

thanks guys