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As mentioned, pressure test.

The compressor housing of an RB25 turbo is stamped with 45v1, 45v2, 45v3 or 45v4 and 21u on the rear housing

Mmm gearbox porn...been following on Facebook as well, liking the updates. What's your thoughts on the new DCA series, planning on competing?

Not a great deal of progress lately, I'm still waiting for the mod plate. I hear it could be a 4 to 6 week wait for the engineers report to be processed, and I don't even know if the engineer has submitted it yet Oh well, not much I can do. There are a few little things to do, so I've been pacing myself so I don't run out of things to do and get bored haha. The engineer confirmed my suspicion that I would have to fit the climate control module to pass the roadworthy (when I get to that stage), which makes sense. It meant I had to re-design the centre console/gauge fascia, I thought it would be a good opportunity to fit the plastic console surround to neaten things up a little and design the new gauge fascia to suit, and this was the result... I've still got to fit the black plastic surround, this will probably mean I'll have to modify the fascia slightly around where the 12v socket/ashtray is. I have a new one on the way from Amayama as the one I had broke in the crash, and no-one in Tassie likes selling their spare R32 parts ha (I should know, I have stockpile of parts I "might need one day"). I also ordered the 'pocket' which goes below the radio, not sure if I'll fit it yet or put in a radio. I'd like to return the centre console back to standard look, including the standard radio, but then I don't know where I'd put the gauges. A new cat back exhaust popped up for sale locally for a reasonable price so I bought it. I've bought it for three reasons, 1) the current X-Force exhaust is slightly bent and putting a lot of tension on the dump, 2) the new one should sit higher so I will have more ground clearance, the rear muffler is currently the lowest point by a fair bit and 3) I want it louder ha. It also came with removable baffles, it will be interesting to see how much difference they make I helped a mate out on the weekend who was running his FD RX7 for the first time in the Tas Super Series Sports GT category at Baskerville and had a ball. It has put bad ideas in my head (or good ideas, not sure yet). I've always liked taking the car to the track and I'd love to cage it and compete, but then I remember how much effort I've gone into to get the car road legal. I might run it on the road for a year or two then consider it again.

Nah turbo won't go on until after its registered and I've driven it for a while. Hopefully the cops will just see it mod plated for the engine and not know any better about the turbo, it will be low mounted on the standard manifold and keeping it internally gated so it won't be obvious.

The seat itself bolts straight up but you will need to use your R32 seatbelt buckles

Thanks fellas! Although I'm ultimately doing the work to make myself happy, it does feel good when others appreciate what you've done I ended up getting the panels back from the painter at 1pm on Friday, he lost a lot of sleep in order to stick to his word and get them back to me in time so big thanks goes out to him! A nice change from what I'm used to. The panels went on as soon as I got home then it was driven down to the local Beaurepairs on day rego. for a wheel alignment, for some reason they didn't have me booked in but still managed to get it done for me. It was raining so that made the drive pretty interesting After I got back I had to replace the indicator fuse which blew, then the below modifications to the coilovers to keep the engineer happy (i.e. no longer height adjustable below the legal limit ) And this morning I took it to the engineer and he was happy with everything, so now I just need to wait for him to submit his report and hopefully the mod plate will be issued by transport. From driving it today I noted it hits full boost by 2200rpm, so pretty happy, the new intake setup seems to have made a bigger difference then I thought, and it seems it must have had a boost leak when I was driving it at the track as I suspected. To get it ready for the road worthy, once the mod plate has been issued, I have to fit the climate control, new front tyres and fix a small oil leak from the turbo oil feed line, I should have a few weeks to do this though so plenty of time. And lastly here's some photo's of how the car sits now:

So as I predicted its been a fun week ha. Almost everything has come together and I may just make my deadline. Prepare for a photo overload. I started on Sunday with installing the Gktech rear camber arms, the plan was to also install the rear toe arms but in a dumb moment I overlooked the bit that said "not compatible with HICAS rear subframes", I also believe this makes adjustable rear toe arms redundant as the tie rod ends on the HICAS lock bar can be used to adjust rear toe? Anyway, so the toe arms are up for sale. Rear camber arms (they make everything else look so dirty!) On Monday I got the manifold back from being surfaced, and picked up the new drivers seatbelt buckle, Nissan surprise me sometimes only $36! I got stuck into fitting the manifold Monday night, a fair bit of time was spent cleaning it/removing burs, then fitting and sealing the water pipes/air regulator, AAC, throttle body, fuel rail/injectors, injector loom and brass barbed fittings for various vac hoses. When I got around to fitting it I stripped one of the nuts, which then stripped the stud, I've got no idea how I managed this as I hadn't even started torquing it down when it happened, anyway that created an hour long headache to remove the nut (it was not very accessible), so I called it a night as I didn't have a spare stud. Tuesday I got a the call saying my coilovers had arrived at Tas Mobile Mechanics so I skipped the last few uni lectures and left to get a new stud/nut and to pick up the coilovers. The illusive projector bulb clip also turned up, thanks to Kane (Kane_R32) for getting it to me in time. I finished putting the manifold on that night, bled up the cooling system and started it up without any major problems. I'm pretty happy I took the oportunity to hide the wiring I think it looks much better, I didn't even have to lengthen any plugs (apart from the injector loom). I also had time to install the rear coilovers. Wednesday after uni I fitted the front coilovers, I also had to finish cleaning up some rust where the spot welds from the engine bay had burnt through the paint in the wheel well (not a fun job). I then set the ground clearance to the legal height to keep the engineer happy. And lastly I fitted the standard front and rear seat, I quite like the uniform look of having all the standard seats (well they're actually R33 seats but you can hardly tell the difference). It turns out I don't have to fit the standard steering wheel for the inspection. I bled the power steering and brakes today and took it for a quick drive, it hits full boost much sooner/harder now, I believe this is because there was always a crack around the AAC valve flange which I didn't pick up on until the welder pointed it out to me (I had seen it previously but I didn't identify it as a crack). So everything is done, apart from the bonnet and front guards, I'm still waiting on the painter, I spoke to him the other day and he assured me I would have them back by tomorrow morning at the latest so I'm waiting anxiously as the car is booked in for a wheel alignment at 3:30pm tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have some more positive updates on Saturday!

Done an awesome job mate, well done!

So as I mentioned in the last post I'm trying to get the car ready for rego. I decided to put the pressure on myself and have it booked in for the 22nd March for the engineers inspection (for mod plate), unfortunately this relies on other people getting work done/parts turning up so we'll see what happens. I've been running around trying to get little things organised, like the seat belt buckle and bulb clip from the last post, surprising I had a lot of trouble tracking them down locally, so I ended up getting the buckle from Nissan and the bulb clip is coming from an SAU member on the mainland The silicon heater hoses turned up last week so I fitted them straight away, I think it looks much tidier now (you can see the old heater hoses on the windscreen). I got the inlet manifold back yesterday but the face needs surfacing as its bowed from the welding, so I dropped it off at the machinist today who assures me I'll have it back by Monday (fingers crossed). As I think I mentioned I want to run the injector loom under the manifold so I started lengthening the plugs last night and finished it off today, pretty happy with how it turned out. Where I plan to run the loom: First plug done: The final product! Jobs left to do are... - Fit inlet manifold - Fit coilovers (when they turn up!) - Fit drivers seat and buckle - Fit rear seat - Fit standard steering wheel - Fit standard wheels/tyres - Fit headlight bulb clip - Bleed power steering - Bleed brakes - Fill/bleed coolant - Get wheel alignment - Fit front guards/bonnet (when I get them back from painter) It's all pretty straight forward but potentially time consuming, and it depends on when work gets done/parts turn up, should be a fun week!

Good work Pete! Still keen on TSS?

Ahh that sucks man, I feel for you! What changes did you make to the front end that made it too stiff? I can't remember what you changed.

Pictures didn't work, this is the bulb clip I'm after:

I'll have a few more updates soon, but in the meantime can anyone help with the below? I'm trying to get the car ready for rego

Needed Urgently: - R32 GTST standard drivers seat belt buckle (for Jap seatbelts) - R32 GTST headlight projector globe clip (this holds the bulb and attaches to the headlight via a circlip type clip that then connects to the headlight loom). Located Hobart but will pay for express postage. Needed by end of next week. Contact via PM

Needed Urgently: - R32 GTST standard drivers seat belt buckle (I would consider whole drivers seat if not willing to separate). - R32 GTST headlight projector globe clip (this holds the globe and attaches to the headlight via a circlip type clip that then connects to the headlight loom). Located Hobart but happy to pay for postage, or travel. PM or 0439182091

Because the latches are hard mounted it would be difficult to get the spacing between the latch and catch right so that it's neither too tight or loose when latched, having the adjustable latch would mean you can fine tune it and wouldn't have to get the spacing spot on. Love what you're doing by the way, will be watching with interest

I love getting car parts in the mail ha. Got a link to that exhaust guard, been looking for one for a while

Made a little more progress today, I got hold of, cleaned up and installed a new thermostat housing, the old one had a water temp sensor tapped into it which I wasn't using and fouled on the manifold when I was removing it, so I figured now was a good time to replace it. And I started tucking the wiring under the manifold, I thought it would be a good idea to use up my remaining roll of heat reflective tape and wrapped the loom where it runs against the block, this stuff wasn't suitable for the rear bar but should be sufficient for this job, I like it a lot it's so easy to apply and has good adhesion. It looks like I will only need to extend two of the plugs slightly, at worst. I think I'll also need to extend the injector plugs in order to run the injector loom under the manifold, I'll suss that out when I get the manifold back though. The heater core hoses will run over the top of the loom, I've got some new black silicon ones on the way.

Nice! A set of Brides is definitely on the wish list for me

Great! Thank you

This is amazing mate! Any chance you could get a photo of how the quik-latch is mounted (with bumper off)?

Open it.

Small update. I finished installing the power steering cooler on Sunday, fairly happy with how it turned out, sits nicely behind the opening in the front bar, I might need to add some black mesh to help protect it though as the fins are very exposed and therefore quite fragile. How the car sits at the moment, the panels are off to be painted (once the painter replies to my messages!) No news on the inlet manifold, although I don't expect anything until next week at the earliest. Next job is to starting tidying up the wiring in preparation to run under the manifold.

Yeah my bet is on small air leak.