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This is what my 1997 Holden Calais used to look like. It ran a 3800 series engine with an Eaton M90 blower and FIT power upgrade package. It had 19" ROH Fury rims bolted in front of a set of VT twinspot brakes and a SS body kit. I built it myself with the help of my mates. The interior has a VS Statesman Dash and Centre console. WH Statesman Velour Seats (Front and rear) and VT Parcel Shelf. The doors skins have had the leather redone to match the dash colour. I installed a pillar mount for my boost and air/fuel gauges which I trimmed to match the rest of the pillars and roof. The engine is installed. We used a VL subframe and engine mounts and the cross member for the Jatco transmission bolted straight up. we used the front half of a VL tailshaft and the rear half of the VS tailshaft. The engine bay was stripped of most unimportant components and the new GReddy manifold was fitted. The ABS unit has been removed and the battery to be moved to the boot. The intercooler has some new heavy duty mounts and the new turbo has been bolted in place. The turbo housing had to be rotated to fit in the bay and a new mount had to be manufactured for the wastegate actuator. The new brake lines have been run as have most of the vacuum lines. The Skyline gear selector has been installed in the cabin. The exhaust has now been finished. 3 Inch mild steel with Race Muffler and Twin Dumper Exhaust Tips. The intercooler plumbing has also been manufactored and has been sent off HPC coating. I have the surge tank for the car now. And have pulled the old looms out of the engine bay ready for the new engine loom. I got a set of HSV Coulson headrests from Ebay and bought some Genuine Trim to match my existing trim. They look pretty good and are comfy too. Fuel system is almost complete, here is a photo of the surge tank and external pump in the boot. Also you can see the fuel reg mounted to the front drivers strut. Fuel tank has also been removed and sprayed black and clean out. I bought some RB26 engine covers which I will get resprayed. I think they will make the bay look a little smoother than the standard covers look. The car cranks over via key now. I wanna get it to a point where it starts so that I can do the brake lines and power steering and other accessories. Installed twin thermo fans. The radiator lines have been run as have the trans cooler lines.I have also run the false floor in the boot to mount the fuel system and start to lay out the sound system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_E7OfFPzE4&feature=channel_page
Above is a short video of the car running at idle to test the fuel system works and make sure it doesn't leak. I have also started to carpet the boot, I have done one half and will try to get the other half carpeted today. But it is looking nice and sounding even better. Car has been lowered a little in the rear, 20 inch Zenetti Heir rims are on and I have been tinkering with the wiring for the headlights and indicators. Started tidying up my wiring so that I can put the dash back in at some point. But I will not be able to put that in until it has been finished either. I have started filling the dash so that is a one peice, and it will be covered in leather and suede. Obviously, I still have alot to do on the drivers side, but the passenger side is looking good.
Had the car out today to get some idle issues sorted out, got a few sensors wired up and It now doesn't hunt to much for idle, but will stall after being revved up, as you can see in the below video. Also, has some flutter so, I may have an issue with the Blitz BOV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqdEXn7BBf4
Trimmed up the dash, which was not as hard as I thought it would be. The leather was easy to wrap and I am really happy with the result. The first photo shows the leather on the top of the dash and the second photo shows the top section all trimmed up. The third photo shows the dash in with the leather trimmed door vents. I still need to get the suede to cover the lower gray plastics, which will make the car look so much nicer.
