Mackay, Qld, Australia

[89CAL]

The amount of boxes that arrives at our house every week, most people must think we do this shit for a living, lol just a weekend hobbie.

Wish i had a month off again to, keep chipping away at it Cal, it will look like a million bucks soon enough, it's hard to make a RB25 look nice.

We cant all have 26's

My little 25 does the job

Fritz: Didn't realise you said "your" fuse cover, Might be interested in that....

anyway, heres the options I've thought of and had a quick play in photoshop with:

Silver

Blue

Black

Kinda like black but think it wont look as good when its done

Who thinks what?

[Nur33]

With the amount of blue in the engine bay, like a silicon lines, strut bar, etc. I would probably go blue and try match it in with the other blues, plus the mixture of chrome plenum, stainless turbo piping and every time else plain alloy alot of mixtures of silvers looks a bit yuck, sorry for my f**k up opinions Cal ignore me lol. Good looking engine bays have to stick to a basic colour scheme very few colour my favourite black and chrome. but blue and silver is good, my 33 got to the point where the was to many colours in the engine bay so i painted everything to match. With the Z i was gonna go black, yellow and silver, when i get to it all the black will be carbon, yellow silicon lines and the plenum will be polished should look good hopefully. Depends on how hardcore you go Cal, you can spend $$$ on making it look good but alot of maintenance to keep it that way

My R33 had heaps of colours, looked ok but everything has to be shiny, strut bar made this pic:

Where as the R32 has only a couple of colours:

[89CAL]

I'm getting rid of the red fuel lines very soon, they were just all I had when I put the plenum on. Thinking of going with black actually cause I'm getting anodized blue bolts everywhere pretty much, then making a stainless heat shield for the exhaust manifold. So everything will be blue black or silver

Next year the engine bay might get a bit of a spray while the engine is out and everything that goes back in will get a refurb I think so hopefully it will look new.

Don't worry Ben, that's why I put them up. Need people's opinion. So anyway. ATM leaning towards black engine (basically like 3rd photo) with blue fixtures, polished manifold, heatshield and piping, blue vac hoses and black fuel lines.

Don't worry either, I haven't gone completely cosmetic with my mods now. More power coming soon

[skitzs rb26 gtst]

I dont mind the blue if you could get it to sorta match the hoses and stuff. yeah to easy just give me a yell if you want it cal.

[89CAL]

Yeh but I think the blue would be a bit hit or miss. Black is safe lol. I might stop by on the way home this arvo?

[skitzs rb26 gtst]

Yeah true. to easy ill be home all day

[KING87]

I'd go with a metalic black Cal keeps it all simple. Geez photoshop make life easier lol..

Yeah Benny can't wait to see Richy T's Supra all finnished and get mine under way again lol. back to bris again haha. Poor old Hilux

[89CAL]

Yeah I'm thinking a dark gunmetal metallic, or something along those lines, will see what I can find

[KING87]

Yeah defenantly need a metalic or something if goin black or similar even similar to the Z tune style would look great

[89CAL]

Hard to explain the colour I want. Dad has a selection so I'll see what I like best lol.

Anyone keen for a meetup this weekend?

[KING87]

Once again work i almost live there.. i work this weekend and have the next 2 off

[Nur33]

Crackle paint is the go e.g Z tune or R1 Engines, looks good and its not up all in your face like chrome. Chrome is for show ponies lol and very high maintenance, when i turbo my Z i want to paint the front timing cover and tapet cover in Crackle paint like the Mines VQ38 and probably just have the plenum polished... and yes before you ask i am putting a turbo on the Z not gonna reveal anything yet until i hear back from a guy may have it in a few weeks, all i can say is i'm going with my Favourite Brand HKS.....YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!

[FineLine]

Chrome is for show ponies lol and very high maintenance,

Not true Ben, Having a mix of chrome and polished alloy under the bonnet I can tell you chrome is 10 times easier to maintain than polish.

[Nur33]

Chrome cost big $$$ to get, our cam covers were already chrome when we bought it, yes chrome is easy to keep clean and polished is shit but either way still have to clean it all the time.

[89CAL]

Ive picked my colour

Evoke Metallic (holden colour) with a clear coat for extra shine, should look alright

[dysonest]

dark colour for sure.... if ur worried about blue hoses and joiners looking out of place then REPLACE THEM with black ones ?

[89CAL]

Im not worried lol

Just the red fuel hose has got to go

[89CAL]

New ignitor and coil cover bolts

[Nur33]

Looking good Cal the bolts look awesome gonna have to get some purple ones for the R32

Just bought a Brand New HKS GT3037 Single Turbo Kit for the 350Z really hard to get now as they have been discontinued, won the auction on ebay. Since the GTR is getting sold i don't want Kingy's GTR and Richo Supra kicking my arse all the time so its time to crank this shit up. Its in Sydney so i should have it in a week, can't wait to start this project . The 3037 is rated to 450-480HP have done some research and i will be selling the 3037 and buying the biggest T25 flange turbo i can fit which will be a HKS GT3240 rated at 580HP. That will give the little Z plenty of poke with bugger all lag compared to a RB engine. Now i just have to save for the rest of the parts i need. The list I'm thinking about goes something like this, parts subject to change.

Basic Parts list so far:

-Cosworth Pistons and Rods 8.9 to 1 Compression.

-Cosworth Camshafts.

-Cosworth Intake Manifold.

-Stillen Pulley Kit

-Koyo Radiator

-NPC Clutch

-Vipec V88 ECU

-ID 1000cc Injectors

-Nismo intank pump

-Nismo Thermostat

-Greddy Oil Cooler Kit

-Nismo 1.5way Diff

-Cosworth Fuel Rail Kit

-Maybe a 150HP Shot of Nitrous

+Much More still researching.

Didn't take me long to get bored with the 350Z N/A power hehehe!!!!!!! If anyone wants a HKS GT3037 turbo let me know.

[KING87]

was only a matter of time haha