My Red VL Turbo.

[HÝPÕ-5L]

yer i vid will be filmed and yer i prob could use a spacer but ill try the grinder 1st, its cheaper and im a tight ass

 

[VL_5SPEED]

Yeh you need a spacer plate when fitting bigger turbos on stock manifolds. I think its a 50mm plate

 

[cracker]

50mm plate! no no no
rotate the housing might just clear it.
if no use a 10mm plate, gt35 .50 compressor clears with 10mm spacer
got a picture of the turbine side? should make good power pretty aggressive looking compressor wheel, large ish t04b or t66 compressor (stabbing in the dark)

 

[HÝPÕ-5L]

well i got the turbo bolted to the manifold with out using a spacer, i just grinded off that tab and it was fine........

next thing will be to get the dump pipe made but that wont happen till i catch up on some bills, so the vl will be on hold for now.

 

[detox_nath83]

for a rough price bloke i got a dump made in 3" to Cat with a screamer to just b4 the cat and it was $350
thats was in qld

 

[HÝPÕ-5L]

Hey all,

Well I got what I wanted to get done today, diff is out of the VL and Stripped, Diff centre is out of the housing ready to be taken to a diff place to get the spool put in……. the 25 Spline axels are out and 28 Spline axels will be replacing them, I’ll still be running the original diff gears which are 3.45.1………..

Cleaned the inside of the diff to see if there were any metal shavings and all is good……… Still got to wash the diff down so it can get painted and reassembled.

Drum Brakes………… No longer exist on my car……

Drum Brake all Gone….

Idea of the difference between the Axels

Diff is out….

Cleaning up in the Housing…

 

[sssmechanicholdenbrisb]

very nice looks like qaulity work congrats cause i dont say that often and maths for diff gears i evaluated and are correct happy do anything vl very nice!~
just remeber if parts issues r31 components swap nicely!~

 

[NickVR]

Nice work mate. Keep the updates coming.

 

[Red VX-S]

You need a new pair of work boots mate! There's shiny stuff showing...love your work and dedication. You are an inspiration. I hope the job turns out as you have hoped for. I'm sure it will. Looking at thses pics has brought back many fond memories I have of my VL turbo. It was a red 5 speed Berlina which I bought in 1988 and kept for 13 years and 31 days. I put 400K kms on it and it still was going strong when I eventually had to trade it on a VT wagon (growing family). It still had the original clutch and I had to replace very few things on it. I used to love fanging around when the bride and kids weren't on board. I used to get heaps from my mates with 2 baby seats in the back, but what the heck? I'm watching your progress with interest...

 

[HÝPÕ-5L]

hehe thanx man....... always bring a smile to my face knowing that what iv done and what im doing to my car inspire's other car fan's......... its the best feeling.