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Nothing I can remember from memory goes there. Just holes for grab handle. Maybe there for left/right hand drive same section for manufacturing to be easier.

I did a pretty ruthless clean up before I left townsville. If it wasn't a part to suit a car I currently have it was sold or binned. I have all my stuff organised in big tubs with lids that stack from supercheap and bunnings depending on who was cheaper at the time. Parts were sorted by either chasis/motor/Fabrication/general/electrical. I have a mezzanine that's 7mx2.3m and all lives up there. Easy to access when needed and out of the way. I also have the issue of selling and dealing with scumplace/marketbook was actually going to list stuff today but couldn't be bothered as been stuffed around too much. I generally let a few people know I want to off load stuff and people pass it on to others to contact me, generally easy sale and I'm never looking to make big dollars. Rather it gets used than go in the bin. Next clean up will be around Xmas and if doesn't go on the s15 it's going bar 2 sets of wheels.

What are you doing with the car? street car or race car? People get hung up on the squat of the s/r chassis rears. There is positives to the squat if a car is setup and driven correctly for it (correct ride height, spring rate, alignment, damper valving). Generally just lengthen the rear traction arm by 5-10mm and that will help the squat and bump steer too. You are also correct with the roll centre too. This too also needs to be adjustable if you start messing with suspension geometry. Having done quiet a bit of testing on race cars this year in regards to rear squat, I've seen some big positives from it in regards to drive off corners and traction.

to be serious there is plenty of good racing out there and is generally shown on Blendline TV https://youtube.com/@blendlinetv?si=IVqWM4QFdqRsG12S The speed series was alright at QR a few weeks ago. The production car enduro and TA2 were good to watch.

Maybe use the dash unlike the the mustangs coreflute one. I know our cars only use the mirrors and door handles from production car everything else is modified or replaced with a few components.

Looking like they will have a 1:1 scale model at Bathurst from reports. Hopefully more manufacturers join now too and bring some fresh dollars to teams. I know a team that could use it 😅

Good news for the series, now everyone is running on the same chassis and suspension saves $$$ on development and setups will carry over. Hopefully they make the engine sound better than the lexus gt3 v8. Biggest issue will be panel damage as guard is part of the bonnet and be hard to make a nice looking part line to separate it all.

Diff arrived from Japan last week. Nismo gt pro 1.5way for gtr. Still deciding whether to use 4.11 or 3.9 gears before installing. Spent some time yesterday going over what's needed to finish engine bay fuel lines. Got a list so will order soon. Played with radiator placement and decided on stock location with bottom spaced a bit for a small amount of angle. So ordered standard mounts and rubbers. Reason for this is the 180sx was a pain to work on any of the coolers and was also going to take longer to fabricate mounts. Today made a bracket to mount the dbw throttle pedal. Factory location wasn't great to work with the pedal box. Luckily there's a rail that pedal box mounts too so did some measuring, drew up a design and got stuck in. It's made of 3mm aluminium and has a lot of strength just need some bolts, washers and nuts to finish up. If I get time tomorrow I'll pull the front bar and lights to start intercooler mounting, it will be flipped under the rad support which will require some trimming.

Great write up. Always good to record everything to look back in the future and reminisce. How good is the motorsport community with helping out when needed. Should be pretty proud of the result you achieved for the little amount of laps you've done there. Also good you have the drive to do better too ,I'm sure a 1.29 will happen next year. You thought about a front end upgrade? New upright and arms with better geometry also allow a better bearing your not replacing every time.

MAP/Pressure sensor for a gauge

You want the 5x1 bolt axels or convert to 350z 6x1 (or 300zx TT 6X1 axels)bolt axels with new flanges welded to stubs from leeson engineering or get a nismo gt pro "gtr" centre or find a gtr factory centre and swap that in to current diff with the new axels.

I got shiny stuff (radiator and intercooler) from pwr about 5 weeks ago. Did all new bolts and orings on inlet manifold, bolted it on and started planning engine bay fuel lines. Test fitted 350z dbw pedal, need to make a bracket to sit better with pedals. Ordered a nismo diff through streeter and waiting on it arrive. Hardly have any time to work on it as work is crazy busy and needs a fair bit of commitment to do well and its proved with past few rounds with a few 10 tops and a win in Tasmania. I have also stopped and reassessed what I want to do with the car too. I was trying to get it to fit wtac clubsprint rules as only needs a few bits changed that are bolt on but not worth the effort so just having a good think about it. Working with some very experienced race car builders and engineers has definitely changed the way I want to put it together as well. Some pics of test fitting rad and cooler Work things And also fresh turf to finish my backyard

what are you wanting? drive in/drive out? built engine? just ecu and tune? 101 motorsport, gt auto garage, ak racing are a few high quality shops. They don't stuff around, do it once and do it right.

Look at FIA rated/certified ones. 5/6 point, cam lock and good buckles. I've used sparco, MVP/Raceworks, velo. Also look at Hans specific 2 to 3 inch belts if using a Hans. Raceworks will do fancy colours too

if wanting reliability and that level of performance a dry sump is mandatory for circuit stuff as you'll just be filling the head with oil. easy and reliable setup with potential for more later Hypergear bolt on turbo or a g30-660 with T3 rear housing .92 external gate mod to factory exhaust manifold with 45mm waste gate plazmaman/pwr intercooler oil cooler 1200cc injectors 460 TI/walbro with upgrade relay and wiring/pwm control turbosmart fuel reg Link g4x plug in ecu with knock, oil, fuel pressure sensors, 3 port mac valve, DBW conversion Quality clutch kit- NPC is what I've used for a long time READ THE WHOLE OIL CONTROL THREAD Could do major service while there and maybe headgasket, studs and valve springs. as soon as you whack a massive turbo and short runner intake on a street car they are useless and not practical the above will be a fun and reliable 400-430hp on E85 all day with correct maintenance and mechanical sympathy.

I've looked at some oval stuff but still deciding what material to use for the back half to the muffler. Yeah I do all my own stuff with ecu setup and have it sorted before generally paying someone (my old work) to do base runs and a few power runs then I'll do anything else myself at track or after review data. It's hard to find a dyno owner these days that will hire out to random.

I was using Realdash App on my entertainment unit in the sil80. Can connect over USB/bluetooth, can set up warnings and is discreet and doesn't stand out bonus was using android auto so had maps and music still going. Put the dollars saved from a screen into decent ecu, sensors and other upgrades.

Have made a start on the dump pipe. Ordered a few 3.5 inch bends and pie cuts. To make fit up and tacking a bit easier cut some slots in an old t bolt clamp. It's been a tight fit but managedto get it down under the car but still sits about 5-6mm below the chassis rail. Have started to weld it out but not had much time. Also got new orings and gasket so intake and injectors are back in with all the water bypass done. Another box arrived with bits for making a swirl pot off the upper coolant neck. PWR are still waiting to make my intercooler and radiator but should be ready in 2 weeks. Slowly making a plan for a few suspension arm upgrades for when all engine/driveline is done. Got a busy period for work ext few weeks so not much will happen on the car.

I've had this happen with some cheaper kits and found the efihardware ones don't do this. I would go be pwm the pump no way need it at 100% all the time.

That's a neat unit, was looking at running the traditional setup for the race car but will look at using these now.

Big thing is available inputs for sensors and not having to run multiple expander boxes and software packages for different things why motec is up there. The link ecu and an aim pdm32 was a combination I looked at early on so get ecu, dash and pdm in one go. Aim logging software is pretty good and has all the tracks I will ever drive. Having logging setup with tracks already available is a big thing for myself so can click drop down and go. Thing that I keep seeing is the support what's needed and having a package that people in the know are familiar with as learning a new platform is time consuming. Got a few boxes that arrived with bits while I was away so hopefully will fit a few sensors and make a start on the dump pipe today. Going to be interesting fitting a 3.5 inch exhaust on this and keeping it above the chassis rails.

I was actually going to send you a message about motec and how you found its traction control. Emtron is also being considered but looking for a decent ecu then add a pdm later. Wanting to have software that has timing system and track maps for everywhere too. The link g5 pro is same price as m150 too

Been ages since I did anything on the s15 but got some time and motivation over the weekend. Brakes are now fitted with fresh seals, hardware and pads. Bolted up with the alpha omega brackets, just waiting on 2 fittings and sensors to Bleed them. With that done moved onto the fuel system. The injectors have been cleaned ,flow tested, new filters and orings. Made a bracket to hold the surge tank with surge tank and pumps mounted then plumbed. Roll-over valve done too. Need to make a new loom and add individual relays for it all. Had new flange welded on inlet manifold for a bosch 74mm DBW throttle body. Coolant bypass hose done with some fittings welded on now then soda blasted. Waiting on sensors to arrive to install and pwr for radiator and intercooler still. Getting to point of buying an ECU and looking like may be going something else as link doesn't have enough inputs. Work has been awesome with first trip to Perth and now on the way to Darwin looking for a good result there.

Mate runs his na+T auto no issues. Has a shift kit and torque converter from I think mv automatics. Good service, trans cooler and not too much power (235kw) thing is reliable

What are you doing with the car? Drags, sprints, racing? A decent upgrade of dba 4000 rotors, good quality pads (endless, project mu, intima are all I have used), quality fluid and braided lines. All have held up to multiple big track days and street duties. No need for big fancy kits as some also require significant energy to come upto operating temp. Look at 350z caliper and rotor upgrade too. @Dose Pipe Sutututu comment on them and did a good write up.