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So a little bit more progress over the weekend. Was mainly to do with the heater hose plumbing and retaining the oil heater. The end result is much tidier, however I just need to get a hold of a 19mm to 13mm reducing tee for one side of the oil heater. It appears this fitting is not common.. Once I have that last fitting it will complete the plumbing. I will be ordering tomorrow all the Haltech sensors and new terminated engine harness, so will hopefully get this plenum installed soon.

Minor Progress: I have been chipping away the last couple of nights to get the alternator done and the thermostat housing installed: I have never done either before, however, without the manifold on I feel like it’s much easier.. The alternator kit doesn’t fit the stock belt length, so need a new belt now. I also got a new heater hose fitting that goes to the block, which will help tidy things up a bit. I now have most things to complete the cold side, excluding a couple of AN fuel fittings.

Thanks NZ is a bit cooler, so I will look to try keep it then. I’ll come up with a bit of a plan to try tidy it up a bit.

So today I got stuck into removing the plenum. What a crappy job that is, definitely not suited to my ogre sized hands.. I tried removing all in one go, but in the end removed the top plenum first. Before After while the plenum is off, I want to renew some of the plumbing/hardware beneath it. One thing I’m not sure about is whether or not I keep the oil heater? I know you can direct mount the filter to the block or get a taarks style fitting adaptor. Is it best to keep the oil heater for street driving? while the plenum is off I will also upgrade to an LS alternator.

Haha, I’ll just have to do both… I’ll be upgrading the Skoda Kodiaq work car eventually..

Bugger! just realised you were (NZ) based after reading your thread again and seeing the number plate.. good luck with your move!

So about 10 years ago, i bought a brand new Greddy FFP (a legit one), which i have always wanted to put on. Now i know there is no real performance gain, however i have always been a fan of how much it simplifies the engine bay and makes servicing that much easier. The reason i never got round to installing it is that it just seemed more trouble than its worth for basically a stock car.. All mods to date are more suspension/handling/drivetrain, so today i made the decision to start with the more serious (and expensive) part of the mods, the engine hardware.. Today i purchased: Xspurt 1000cc injectors (1/2 height) EFI Hardware fuel rail GFB FX-R fuel pressure regulator necessary fittings to direct mount regulator to rail NZ Wiring trigger kit 82mm Bosch DBW throttle body Taarks 82mm DBW to 3" hose clamp adaptor Outsider Garage 350z pedal kit Franklin Performance R35 GTR coil kit There is still a bit of time before this will make its way into the car, as i want to have a complete cold side assembly, with a sub-harness all good to go. As a note, i have heard the the 82mm Bosch DBW throttle unit is basically a direct bolt on with some very slight mods to the plenum, so will be testing this out.

Hi All I’m Rene, based in Hamilton NZ and am the owner of a silver 1996 R33 coupe. I bought the car in August 2009 and I am the first owner in NZ. When I first purchased the car, it was a bone stock gts25t automatic with approximately 75,000kms on the clock. From memory I paid about $8,600 from the dealer: Mod History So over the years I have done a few modifications. The first real mod I did was wheels (on stock shocks) and tints: Now this was done prior to finding out about SAU/SDU, meaning I had no understanding about things like fitment, so was rolling round in 4x4 spec for some time.. Eventually I became a bit more educated (thanks to the forums) and started to do things a bit better. Rather than write a novel of the last 13 years of ownership, I thought I’d just add the list of mods: Exedy lightweight flywheel Exedy full face organic clutch Braided clutch line Adjustable whiteline swaybars (front and rear) Znoelli dimple drilled and slotted brakes with performance pads (front and rear) Braided brake lines (front and rear) BC Gold adjustable suspension Hicas lock bar Tomei upgraded fuel pump Genuine Greddy front mount intercooler kit 3” exhaust from turbo back, with 3” bellmouth dump R34 OP6 turbo Mishimoto aluminium radiator ATP catch can and speedflow fittings 17x10r and 17x9f wheels with Falken fk452 all round Innovate mtx range gauges (oil, wideband and boost) Funnily enough, this list was actually composed to add to the classified to sell it, however I just can’t bring myself to do it. Did you say M3 @Dose Pipe Sutututu? Anyway, this brings us to the current day The car now has 105,000ks and is barely used as I just don’t have time and it doesn’t really suit being my daily (as I need something more suitable to visit construction sites). I don’t think I have even driven it in the past 12 months.. Build Direction The plan here is to go for a bit of an OEM+ type vibe, so nothing too extreme. I am also planning to modernise a lot of the vehicle with things like new ECU (decided on Haltech), DBW, cruise control etc. The power will eventually get increased with an end goal of around 280-330kw. I am keen to get a bit more motivation and actually get this car build back up and going again. It may not be the fastest build, but I’ll get there eventually! And then I’m less likely to try sell it..

May as well considering the $$ already spent on the box.. gktech do a R33 specific one. i live in Hamilton but commute to Cambridge for work.

Not a pro, but my braided clutch line doesn’t feel too different to std. For me it was more a matter of peace of mind replacing a 20+ year old line. are you based in Hamilton?

Legend. Thanks

Hi Johnny, Love the build, it gives me the much motivation needed to get into my 33.. I am really keen to know more about the details of your PWM setup, any chance you are you able to provide a wiring diagram on how you set yours up? Size of wiring and fuses etc? There so much conflicting info on the interwebs, however, it seems like you have refined the setup nicely. Cheers

a couple of shots from my Holiday:

Any way to post pics from 500px? It doesn't want to let me.

That photo was taken using an old 50mm F1.4 super taumar lens, no editing was done on the canon to make it look like that.

Some pics from a recent Sydney visit: And my first attempt of light painting: I have now built myself a decent PC/Hackintosh so i can use multiple images and combine them together.

Top pic looks like Whangamomona?You based in NZ?

Cheers, it was taken at Ahipara, which is on 90 mile beach near the very top of NZ

Just recently got into photography, here's a couple of pics:

Cheers17x10 + 15 rear with 255/40/17 FK452 17x9 +15 front with 235/40/17 FK452 Wheels are lenso D1R

do you have a link to buy the r33 dress up bolt kit for the engine bay?