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You'll have to photoshop some dust in the pic if you want vlad spec quality ! He's quiet today, must be updating information back to the mothership
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Re: Toyota Powered VL Calais

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Looking good :thumbup:
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VL400 wrote:Long long time between updates! Not much happened for awhile, drove the car around enjoying the new delco refinement, continually tweaking the tune, but got bored.

The engine bay needed a freshen up so pulled it all to pieces, which is where it sat for some time. Anyway, its no where even close to vlad status but threw on some new paint and now reassembling it all with lots of new bits :thumbup:
EngineBay.jpg

Wow!

So clean :cash:

Painted it yourself?
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Holden202T wrote:hopefully there is some engine improvements ;)
Of course. Mild stuff though, certainly no 4.7 crank slewinson!
vlad01 wrote:Painted it yourself?
Yep. First attempt at painting, turned out ok but certainly no pro job.


What things looked like before starting to fill in holes...
Before 1.jpg
Filled in the old cold air intake from back when pods were cool.
before 2.jpg
Added a flat response knock sensor while rebuilding the starter motor with the engine out, yes its in a prick of a spot!!
Knock 1.JPG
Glued some bolts together for the knock sensor..
Knock 2.jpg
My favourite connectors, duetsch DTM for these two...
knock 3.jpg
And new fittings are now on the fuel lines so they can be extended up the firewall. The previous owner hack sawed them off...
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Ha! I see you have the same problem adapting the knock sensor as I did.
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VL400 wrote:
Holden202T wrote:hopefully there is some engine improvements ;)
Of course. Mild stuff though, certainly no 4.7 crank slewinson!
Bugger! I must admit I am a huge fan of the Lexus donks having owned a twin turbo soarer in the past. Silky smooth and really punchy. Always thought the 4L was a great motor for a hotrod.

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Looks good mate, great to see your doing it yourself, much more satisfying :)
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wtf is that starter motor in the top of the V ?
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sure is, shit job :thumbdown: we just did one this week at work
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The progress pics of the engine bay work make your first pic look even more impressive :shock:
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