Terminals VP Calais

[Terminal]

Greetings everyone my name is Michael, I’m 19 and I own an empire red 1992 VP Calais.

The eagle eyes will notice that this car is familiar and that’s because it is. This was owned by a member of Just Commodores, thestig who is my brother.
Anyone who followed his ride thread will know that the car was Supercharged with an SC-14 until it blew a head gasket and then fell out of registration during its time off the road.
This then lead to the car sitting around for years getting dirty and ageing.
To cut a long story short I wrote off my car, quite spectacularly I might add in December 2011.
Obviously I was in need of a car and after looking mainly at VX S Pac’s stig said I could buy the Calais off him if I was prepared to get it back on the road.. Which I was .
So 4 new tyres, reco’d steering rack, HD Link Pins and bushes and a Rear right taillight harness later the Calais was registered.

I'll be adding more pics of my interior, stereo install and the car when its clean coz right now it's not .

Below are the details…

Current Spec:
1992 Holden VP Calais (Built Sep 92)
2 Tone Paint, Empire Red/Silver
EFI V6 3.8L (Buick L27 derivative)
POD Filter
Custom Adjustable Coilover Fronts
Bilstein Shocks all around
Adjustable Castor Rods
SuperPro Nolathane Bushes Front
SuperPro 4 Way Adjustable Camber Kit Rear
Strengthened IRS Subframe w/ expander foam
Borg Warner T5 Manual with Spring Loaded Short Shifter
RPM/PBR Heavy Duty Performance Clutch
Pacemaker Competition Headers (PH-5029)
High Flow Catalytic Converter
Single 2.5" Redback Catback Exhaust
AMG Siege 17x8 Alloy Wheels
Heavy Duty Strut to Sway Link Pins
Cruise Control, Electric Windows, Power Mirrors, Air Conditioning, Climate Control, LSD, IRS & ABS
Pioneer DEH-8350SD Head Unit
Pioneer 2x 4way 8" 180W Speakers
Pioneer 12" Championship Series Sub driven by Pioneer GM-D7500M Amp
HSV SV3800 Tune w/Disabled Knock Sensor
KMAC Adjustable Strut Tops


Plans for the future:
VE Caliper Brake Upgrade
LS1 255kw Motor
T56 6-Speed Transmission
Possibly Nolathane bushes throughout.
Yella Terra High Ratio (1.8) Roller Rockers
Respray

SC14 Supercharger running 12-13psi
600x300x75 High Flow Intercooler
Throttle Body in front of blower for increased drivability, power, and stealth factor
Bosch 5 Wire Wideband 0xygen Sensor
Innovate Motorsports LC1 Lamda Controller & SSI-4 Multi Sensor Interface & Data Logger
Innovate Motorsports G3 Precision AFR Gauge
Racetech EGT (Exhaust Gas Temperature) Sensor Probe
Innovate Motorsports TC-4 Thermocouple Amplifier & Data Logger
Customized 2bar tune on Modified 01227808 ECU

Pictures:

When the car arrived at my work

Engine bay when it arrived

HD Link Pins and Bushes

Rack comparison (Pick the new one lol)

No Rack

Pod mount bracket I made

New rubber

New rubber installed

Masking taighlights for black strip mod

Black strip complete

How it sits now

Photoshop of how I want it to sit and look

BEFORE LOWERING

AFTER LOWERING

-Thanks for reading..

 

[thestig]

Awesome! It's great to see the old girl back up and running. Look after her with a bit of TLC and she'll run for ever!

L8r

 

[pjdm1980]

The second best of the Commodore family ever made, the VP Calais! Nice car mate, the first being the two tone VH SLE.
Good luck.

 

[Verynice]

very nice mate! love the vp clalais'. Good to see a decent set of tyres on there! nice work man

 

[Terminal]

some W.I.P. pics of my sub kicker and amp mounting design. Finished product coming soon

 

[bj42turbo]

Awesome! It's great to see the old girl back up and running. Look after her with a bit of TLC and she'll run for ever!

L8r

You sold the VP cus

Dazz

 

[zzxvtx]

sif sell.........

 

[thestig]

Yes I "sold" the VP. Passed it on to someone else who was interested in restoring her to former glory.

L8r

 

[Terminal]

Ok so i've been pretty slack in updating this thread but rest assured work has been carried out on the Calais.

After getting it on the road I had the diff reco'd because its was for lack of a better word ####ed. I also finished my audio install by carpeting the kicker I built for the boot install. Then I just fixed up little bits and pieces here are there not worth mentioning but the biggest modification that was made just a couple of days ago was the new shocks and springs all around. I went with Super Low king springs front and rear with shortened rear shocks.

Anyway they say a picture is worth a thousand words so here you go.

BEFORE LOWERING

AFTER LOWERING

And last but not least this is the photoshop I did when I first got the car notice how damn close I got the height to where I wanted it in the chop

Comments welcome

 

[Sphinx]

nice VP cal. had one exactly like it, 'cept I had a STA centrifugal blower bolted to the side of the old buick. as you can see from my sig, never strayed to far from a calais. haha