Vl Turbo Conversion

Name: Nathan
Age: 27
Location: Queensland
Car: 1987 VL Commodore
Engine: RB30E Converted to RB30ET(Turbo) All work done Myself and a mate Jason with a lot of swearing, clearance probs and beers drank with help verbally from Nackerz <---cheers bloke
Engine Mods: Cold Air Intake, T04E Turbo Journal Bearing Oil Cooled only on a Highmount Manifold, 3" Dump pipe to Cat, 50mm External Wastegate set at 10.5 psi with screamer plumbed in before cat then 3" Cat Back Mandrel Bent to Stainless 3" Turbo Tip, Front Mount Intercooler 600X300 X 70mm with 2.5" cooler piping, Powdercoated the rocker cover at work Flame Red, with a high gloss finish over top. K&N Panel Filter
Body: Black with Green Fleck (dont know color name or code) De-badged, New Front Lights, VL Brock Grille
Gearbox: Stock Auto Sludgebox Gettin tired Now Ha
Stereo: Pioneer Headunit, Pioneer 6x9 4 ways 450 Watt In rear, 3 way 6" 250 watt Clarion Fronts, 1 Dominator 1000 watt amp, 1 Audioline 600 watt Amp, 2x 12" Subs(Forgot make). and 1 12" Clarion 500 watt sub Caus 2 just aint enough
Interior Mods: Central Locking, Alarm , Aftermarket Steering Wheel, Berlina Dash Cluster, Calibre Boost Gauge, Oil Pressure Gauge and Type R Water Temperature Gauge
wheels: 225/50/R16 All round (somebody help me on make of rims)
Suspension: Lowered 3" approx
Future Mods: 5 Speed Manual, 3" Exhaust Right Through(Done), Fix that crappy Intake for turbo(Done), respray bumpers, Make a Heatshield for turbo,gas struts for bonnet(Done), Turbo ECU(Done), Turbo Injectors Done,28 Spline LSD Diff, Disk Rears(Done), Turbo front callipers + DBA Slotted Rotors Fronts(Done), Oil Catch Can((Done)Up the Boost(Done)
Fix Ups: Bumper where stupid cow kicked it while away shooting, Front trim strip left side under light, Flaking Paint in engine bay and Under bonnet Painted(Done).

Cheers Lads
Nath













Cheers Blokes
Nath

I'm going to take this for a spin one day and show you really how it goes haha!!

nah jokes man. Well hopefully be able to come up and visit when I get my licence back etc

yeah that would be sweet man.
Hurry up then

Yeah, time and money man....cant leave vic atm..

All good man. Always a bed here for u n' Cece when u come up

nice work mate, had any hassles from the boys in blue about the high mount or T04 + external gate? without being a smartarse can I ask what make the turbo is because it kind of looks like an ebay kit?

Haha yeah its an ebay t04 turbo....An no he drives it like a granny HAHA...only jokes with him.......:p

haha u muppet. thanks Nackerz. yeah its a To4E ebay jobby, Been balanced properly unlike some i have read about.
Been giving it hell and still is fine. i dont care if i smash this turbo. ill get a propper one.
Nah no hastles about this setup as well Macca.

Haha no probs man.....

nice vl, looking good mate keep it up

Hey blokes thought i would play with photoshop took about 5 mins. Cheers.

wow that looks pretty good!

good shit now do my car haha

i can do it for u guys just give me 2 pics of the same thing One with bonnet up and one with bonet down... so u need 2 ppl. Bonet up take the shot and stand still dont change angles just leave camera in the same spot now get somebody to drop the bonet and take the 2nd pic..
ill line em up if your a tad off and ill do it if u want

Where do u get that silver piping from bro

im guessing u mean the intercooler piping Jonno?
it is just steel (exhaust shop) and i have sprayed it Silver engine enamel

Oh really, ohk so it's cheap then

sourced it off ebay from some dude up north off his vl turbo.

Who cares if it cheap.. it works

So during the christmas holidays and dodging the mad rain we have had up here i have finally installed my Turbo Injectors and ECU and upped the boost.
Seems all happy ATM anyways..
Cheers guys.
Nate

bout bloody time blue!

haha i know, makes a difference on 10psi now...
ahh getting addicted to boost

I told you man, you should of done it ages ago lol. Bet it goes good now

c how my box holds on

Is the Inbuilt Trans cooler in the rad all that effective or should i get an aftermarket one

Yeah get an external one man and it will last a lot longer man.

When you set it up. Make sure it runs through your radiator first, then to your external cool and then back to your gearbox like that.

Reason why? When it is set up this way, the oil will cool better as the radiator is not heating it up. It still gets heated a little but then cools even more after going through the external one.

Mount it behind your front bar somewhere too. Also don't forget to top up the trans with oil as your making another res sorta thing. It will hold a little more.

Anybody know what hose is Feed and return on the radiator for the trans cooler.
is top the feed and bottom the return.???

Cheers guys