[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

What carbon canister are you using? I used the stock VT-VZ style mounted where you have your fuel filter.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Cheers RayRay07. They are a great diff, weight and power consumption wise, and can take some punishment unlike the 10 bolts. It doesn’t take much for the whine to kick in.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

VRSenator065 wrote:

Nice work, so whats the go from here, any more mods on the cards or just enjoy it for a while?

Have a 4000rpm lockup stall waiting on the shelf along with a new steering rack. Want to fit a baby cam while replacing the lifters which are starting to rattle when cold, something with lift in the 21′-22′ range. Just enough to take out the factory lag in response without being an all out ball tearer. It is my daily and does plenty of 500km+ trips, so need to act my age 

Here is my last cam:

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[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

It has been in an insurance claim, full comprehensively insured, rego papers have the engine number and capacity, full blue slip carried out, covered under the VSI regs when done. No worries in the slightest here ;)

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Looks great ;) Nice package..

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Heron SSV wrote:

I love how clean this is. Wonder if you could stick an L98 in one under the same regs…. they would fall within the 20% capacity requirements, just.

A guy up that way is currently doing an LS3 conversion into a VH, but the engineer will be involved.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Mags finally sorted after sourcing new bolts. Looks great on a VK but not quite fitting into the Calais look lol.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Damn, you have dug in deep. It looks restorable from current condition. 12 weeks is a fair wait for a blaster if left unless between jobs. Will be a good investment if it pans out ok. A mate restored 2 but his wife took off in one and become a groupy for Indy bands. Still seems to be going lol..

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Had a nine inch before and not a fan. The centre felt as heavy as the VLT diff sitting nearby. A BW78 4 pinion will be the next upgrade if any change is made.

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VRSenator065 wrote:

^I got tired just reading that!! look fwd to the pics.

Lol, for some reason, the formatting was playing up overnight and it wouldn’t split paragraphs. Kept getting <p>’s all through the comment. Tried to fix it 3 times and gave up. Fixed it a minute ago 

Edit: Ahh, just got what you were referencing to lol..

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[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

<p>Looks great ;)</p>

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

All 1.9’s. Need to adjust the rear brakes as it was breaking traction very low in the rev range. Not too stressed as it was more of a base line for future mods and working out what needs improvement. A high 11 is all I am after, any more than that and it goes from a daily/sleeper to lost in a crowd of modded Commodores lol ;)

Pics of the Simmons should be up this week. Finally got some time for reassembly but wasn’t expecting it to be so labour intensive   Stripping old silicon off 4 inners and outers, cleaning 80 nuts and bolts, wax and grease remover everywhere, setting up a clean spot to reassemble, applying new silicon in a way is doesn’t leak of lift, then loctiting and torquing bolts…. After 6hrs, I have two rims fully assembled and two requiring the last 16 bolts each. Once that’s done and valve seals are replaced, the tyres will be refitted and a final polish done so pics can be taken 

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[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Ran at the street meets at Sydney Dragway lastnight but couldn’t better the 12.8 lol. Ran a few 13.0/12.9’s.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Nice and clean ;)

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

cava454 wrote:

You won’t be getting engineering with a 232/238 cam, or any thing aftermarket for that matter.

It slipped in under a blue slip in 2012 as it lies now within the 20% power and capacity rules of the VSI at that time. Most of my mates in the game won’t bother worrying about a small cam during a pink slip as long as the external factory emissions are in place. I don’t drive it to attract attention and it hasn’t so far lol.

The cam has been sold, looking for something a bit bigger but not aggressive. The exhaust is quiet but a lump in the idle can’t be hidden. I want to push it into the 11s and not any further as it is a daily.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

That is an option as well. Both require an engineer lol.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Sydney Powercruise come up a week after and my brother was camping up the back. It was only an extra $100 or so over a season pass to enter the car on the Friday, so I thought I’d take the option over walking the kilometre from his tent to the stands lol. Couldn’t tell you what it pulled down the main straight as the electronic speedo tops out at 192 :p The suspension was still buggered at that stage so the little 40-50kmh rolling skids it could muster only sent it off to the right instead of where I wanted it :(

 

 

There are a few other mods piling up:

-TCI 4000rpm stall with lockup

-232/238 Comp Cam (was lying around but want something in the 222/228 range or similar for dailying)

-Reco 241 heads with PAC springs

 

Other than that, all that needs doing is some good lifters, clean up the body and go a better diff as the 10 bolt is starting to suffer.

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Also had a set of 16×8 Simmons V5’s that were bought for my SLE, so I split them up and got them off to a Powdercoater and polisher, hopefully they will be reassembled this week if the back holds up. All up with buying them and refurb, I should be able to get out of it for under $1000

 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

Also trying to keep as much as possible to “period correct” mods. Added plate covers once a set of 5 figure ones were found in an old school AutoPro. The plates would have looked better in silver on black IMO

 

 

Whilst scouring eBay on the weekend before Powercruise for tidy up bits a new carpet popped up nearby for $100 which was too good to let pass. a few hours were spent cutting holes and trimming excess, not a bad result ;)

Only pain now is the seats look like crap, so off to hunt down an upholstery cleaner.

 

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

A late update. I have owned it for just over 3 months and have done a few mods while doing about 6500km at the same time, so will do my best to add it all now.

-First job is to re bush the rear of the car, on take off under WOT the rear was loose and all over the place, lane changing didn’t require an indicator, when it changed to 2nd but went right hard. I had a VB 355 which had a lot more poke that was always as straight as a die and went wherever it was pointed, so the goal was to get as close as possible as that on the factory wheel/tyre combo. All the parts were in the shed including solid upper rear control arms and braced lower. I’d say the 235’s on the factory 15’s weren’t helping either.

 

Suspension mods as follows:

-Change worn Pedders shocks for new Koni adjustables

-All bushes upgraded to Nolathane

-Factory upper rear control arms changed to solid Pedders

-Factory lower control arms changed to Lowe Fabrications boxed and trimmed

-Swaybar now and adjustable type with curve for exhaust clearance

-All springs upgraded to Kings Low with a slightly softer rate up front a less weight

-K frame notched and powdercoated gloss black at Narellan Powdercoating

-Whole front powdercoated with new ball joints

-New rubber spring pads from Rare Spares South Brisbane (mate works there)

-New rotors, pads and rebuilt calipers

-K-Mac adjustable strut tops

-New steering rack and tierods next as there is a slow leak

 

The car handles a lot better, more direct and readable. Makes it great as a daily

 

Some of the parts were “borrowed” from my VH SL/E resto lol

[TUFGMHParticipant SydneyVH SL/E & VK Calais LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 96]

Cheers mate. Would love to mount a turbo under the airbox in the inner guard later to keep with the theme, will make it a reality a bit down the track ;)

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