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Hello all, Because most of the people ignore long posts I'll try to make it as short as possible. I'm Kevin from Belgium, all my life I've been passionate about Japanese cars. This is my first car, the most things I learned about cars is with this car. I swapped it myself from a 4A-FE to a 4AGE 20V https://www.facebook.com/Toyota20vSwap/ 10 years I went for the first time to JAE in the UK and saw a lot of JDM cars that I have never seen before (because Belgium is LHD) I saw a white R33 and it was love on first sight (even tough I was a Toyota enthousiast). Years laters I bought my own white GTST with the 40th Anniversary bodykit, exactly like I wanted it (except the f*cked up front bumper) Unfortunately the previous owner maintained it badly and "upgraded" it with bad parts. Unichip piggybag,cheapass IC installed badly and saw pieces out of the bumper, Greddy boostcontroller with turbopressure that went all over the place. First time I drove it the little tube on the cam covers came of. Not a big problem, I fixed it. Besides that I had the turbo pressure problem so I removed the Unichip and boostcontroller to make as stock as possible. I drove a little bit on wastegate pressure and it drove ok. I only drove it a month and then it went in wintersleep. I bought a house that needed some work so I stayed in hibernate for 2 years. I get it back out, refresh oil and wanted to set it to 0.7bar with a manual boostcontroller. After some pulls the engine went bang, I think I drove it for 1000miles since I bought it. Put it angry back in the garage until a friend took the initiative to help me to remove the engine. I took the opportunity to clean the engine bay. They removed the inner board of the wheel arches for the IC pipe so everything was very dirty. I'm almost half way :-) I also started to disassemble the engine. Long story short: Pistons broke: oil pump: This week everything will be cleaned and measured. What certain needs to be replaced: - Turbo (still original) - Exhaust manifold (cracked) - Pistons obviously - clutch (cheap ass worn in 6-pad) Goal: +-400bhp but most importand fast spool, torque and fun to drive. I'm not a dyno figure kind of guy. ATM I'm thinking about a "oem" like exhaust manifold with a GTX37xx turbo. But all imput is appriciated! Thanks!

R34 Lady in Belgium :D Hey everyone I'm Amber, I hail from Brisbane but live in Belgium and I would like to introduce you all to my baby, my R34 GTT "Nozomi". I found her in 2015 hiding out in someones garage, he had her imported and registered in 2010 - 2011. It was meant to be a 'project' car with his sons but he didn't get much further than reupholstering, getting rid of the limiter and changing the odo over. It has 63000KMs and new coilpacks, got the goodies as well that he already bought but never fitted incl FMIC and HKS hi power exhaust line. The FMIC didn't fit so I sold it and got an autobahn88 one now. The line is so loud and obnoxious even my deaf 92 yr old neighbor hears me leave in the morning. Also changed the filter over to Blitz advantage but for the time being, engine is stock. Last time I took her into the garage, my expert told me that she was Nismo down to the suspension! And rear-right is busted so fantastic! Plans for the year is a new ECU + map, new injectors, pump etc. See how she goes from there. And also paint the covers and maybe chroming the intake. Cheers guys!