Twin cam VLCT -

woops my bad

Yer man, if was a R1 i wouldnt of bothered even when seen was R6 i thought twice but gave it a go, hehe
Here is a shot of the turbo sitting in engine bay. I had to move the housings apart to make it sit for the pics, but measured it up and there is a good couple cm each side when its sitting correctly. The pic is just giving an idea of how big it is in the engine bay... i love it Cant wait to hear it spool ....
Remember that fuse box and all the wiring is now gone. There is nothing on the passengers side of the engine bay. Next on the list over next couple of weeks is batery in boot (i need the weight in the rear for sure!) and remove over flow and washer bottle.

freeeeeeeee bump :P

any more news?

comming off the road in the next few weeks mate. Will just be a slow progress of making manifolds and so forth.
First is pulling out suspension and fixing the dam speedo dont worry mate ill keep it updated

Guys may be looking to sell it if the right offer was there. If your interested PM me with a price. I dint have anything set in stone, just interested in offers.

bump

Noooooooooo............

Just out of interest... whats the price range?

Also being a factory calais turbo i was wondering why it has the n/a brake booster/bracket? Not meaning to pick on the car i just wondered if you had noticed it and maybe knew the story behind it??

Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1

Also being a factory calais turbo i was wondering why it has the n/a brake booster/bracket? Not meaning to pick on the car i just wondered if you had noticed it and maybe knew the story behind it??

Its not a factory Turbo. I thought i was but was wrong .... Done some number crunching and was very dissapointed. Yes should of done it first but i was as excited as a school boy getting my new car so yer ......
Umm Brett as far as a price I really dont have one. I wont take any less than $12000 but I was looking at fitting the turbo and some larger injectors to bring it up to the 320rwkw mark. Ill see what happens at that stage. If there are offers ill consider them. If not, as long as we can afford this wedding ill prob keep it.
Im curious to know what people opinion is on this to.
After finding out it wasnt an original turbo I came up with the selling idea for that very reason. I guess I really want to be able to say its a turbo .. not just a bodgey job. I know that everything (minus brake master cylinder) has been well and truely exceded past factory specs, but it will always be a "converted CT" ..... does it mater ?

Not good, not good at all!!!

Originally Posted by PSIWOG

Im curious to know what people opinion is on this to.
After finding out it wasnt an original turbo I came up with the selling idea for that very reason. I guess I really want to be able to say its a turbo .. not just a bodgey job. I know that everything (minus brake master cylinder) has been well and truely exceded past factory specs, but it will always be a "converted CT" ..... does it mater ?

I think it purely depends on the buyer. I'm of your school of thought, i'd never buy one that wasn't factory turbo although that's for nothing more than the reason you stated above (just 'knowing' it's an original ct means alot to me), the majority of people i'm sure wouldn't care though. 12,000+ doesn't seem to far fetched although people are probably going to want some proof as to it being a 25/30 and not just a straight 25? I'm not sure how you'd go about this? Perhaps show people who come to look at it the engine number?

...or you could just not sell it Then you wouldn't have to worry about any of this!

For sure Kane.... id be more than happy to pop up the engine number. your right. Just knowing it was a Calais Turbo means a lot. Oh well guess at the moment ill have to live with what it is. I made sure i searched high and low for the number when I was under doing the clutch. If anyone is serious, let me know. Im ceartinly not going to put a thread up or anything like that. Thought id just add it to my sig on here. I guess if its meant to be its meant to be

Haha i didn't mean you gotta post it here, i meant just show people when they come to look at it

PS My name's Jack lol i was making fun of Kane in that other thread

All the best with the (possible) sale mate!

Originally Posted by ATMO_BT1

Haha i didn't mean you gotta post it here, i meant just show people when they come to look at it

PS My name's Jack lol i was making fun of Kane in that other thread

All the best with the (possible) sale mate!

haha Sorry Jack !!! grrr im shit with names Its amazing when you speak to somone all the time online and only really know them by screen name Thanks mate. If all goes well ill get to keep it and actualy get my goal - 10s in street strim.

free bump :P

I know its a 25/30 by the big "RB30" stamped on the side of the block.

Sure its not genuine, but its a fantastic car that goes better than a lot thats around.

Thanks snuggle puss yer we made sure of that when we done the clutch. Still can understand people want to know for sure. Its cool Tim ill most pro keep it just to finish off what I set out to do.

hey man, dont worry about it not bein an original CT, youve built an awesome car here, i have an original CT, but really, it means f*ck all to me being an original CT, i mean, if u have a CT then u have a CT wether its original or not, if you love your car, then it shouldnt matter. just my opinion anyway, but if u can afford to keep it then keep it.

Thanks mate if anything makes me feel better. Probably will. Had to sell my other car to get some extra $$$ and some space in the garage for the pool table

Does this mean I have to beat you in pool to get my twin cam head back now?

Your twin cam head is safely sitting in my garage next to the armed guards and german shepards, locked garages and nosey neighbours. You can come get it any time you like
The moment you pick it up you know ill be ridding ya ass (expression only of course) to fit the dam thing.

I wouldnt get too caught up with the word 'factory'. My car started life as a six cylinder... its still a two door monaro with a 500hp chev.
Its not like an old collector is going to walk in and instantly devalue your calais because it didnt come factory with a snail on the side... its a modified VL calais... come on. It is what it is and you cant change it - enjoy it. Most of the original turbo's are flogged out. Not only the engine but the whole driveline, rubbers, bushes, doors etc.

Thanks Brett well put. Guess was more the dissapointment of finding out. Guess now im not really that worried. Dont think it maters when it comes to a HQ coupe... they would still be sex on wheels if it came with a star fire

Star fire? This is pre star fire buddy.

Atleast with your VL theres not a huge money difference between what it came with. A GTS V8 is worth probably around 8-10k more than an LS 6 cylinder from the factory. Matching numbers? Eek... lots more!

Your right ... your cars not worth ANYTING !! now swap me for the calais

Ill swap you the calais and 25 large

ummm after the wedding ....
hahahahaha

Originally Posted by PSIWOG

So that would go something like this?

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/2...af4dd0584e.htm

Just put thread up asking for anyone interested in swapping the R33 5 speed for a well set up auto. Ive always been interested in running numbers in this thing and this that turbo im not going to be able to drive the manual anymore.

God damn you Adz. You know I want that box.