New Drift One8 For 08

[warwick]

Hey all thought i'd throw up some pic's of my one8 i'm trying to get together for the 08 vicdrift series.

Turbo is trust TD06 L2

stock donk

solid urethane mounts

trust sump

blah blah wank wank heres the pic's

red one8

L2 biarch!

intake pipe.....probably could have done a few cuts to make it look more "custom fabed" but i'm a lazy sod!

I mounted the cooler and rad behind the rad support to decrease piping lengtht and prevent damage to those systems in the event of a little "nudge" lol

I also mounted the AFM (GTR nismo) in the throttle body side of the piping so it dosn't get affected by the remission "flutter" that would normally blow back past it on closed throttle. and because BEN told me to put it there.....lol

i was quite nervous taking apart the nismo AFM......put it still works fine. yay!

[warwick]

from the front...you can see the brackets that hold the intercooler up level with the top of the rad.this setup also makes for easy ducting!

the AFM mounted in its new little home

the piping on the hot side shal be a bit easier.......once again my lazyness playing a part here..

gunna need to weld a bend onto the turbo.....will look neater and wont "pop off" under hard boost and high temps.....as they like to do.

wasn't real keen taking a hack saw to my NEW trust L2 either!

but it worked out ok.........if you do this remember to let it cool down very slowly.....i rapped it in a blanket straight after welding.

[warwick]

cooler brackets....

rusty bit of angle iron for the rad support underneath....

Because the rad is now so close to the motor i need to make the rad piping to suit......actually i should say "we"...my house mate is the welder.....i just cut and tell him what i want...lol

just to confuse you here's the gearbox mount.......didn't see that coming did ya?

gotta silicon the AFM top back on to keep out the nasties..

starting to come together..

[warwick]

The rad piping.....like all drifters/home owners i'm broke so am to "tight" to buy pretty silicon for the rad...

the bottom line proved to be more of a head ache to make than its worth........but i had already cut up the original to join the top line.

this bit= not worth the pain! keep your stock one or if you must upgrade buy a silicon one!

I'll prob put up some more pic's later......so check back

Cheers Waz

[Craved]

Looks great Warwick.

is that a Cast elbow welded onto the compressor housing? where from?

love builds like this over the normal bolt on style stuff, so much more rewarding.

only thing i would have done different is have the AFM box under the pipe - or is it too close to the fan ?

edit : few days on a polishing wheel and the will look amazing

[warwick]

yeah the fan is close.....but so is the bonnet when shut either way if you were gunna do this be sure to check clearences first.

If ya look close in this one you can see the engine mounts....solid as a rock....stearing wheel vibrates a little.....just adds to the feel.

got my seats and pimp fur in as well! yay

this is the car before i bought it....a long time ago.......Trents old car i believe....It has street cred as it has be thrashed by a D1 driver.... lol

I still have to make a custom oil catch can and a rad over flow bottle...coming soon

[warwick]

oh yeah the weld on cast bend was from AVO(advanced operations)(or something like that) in morrabin, melb. they have all sizes in stock. i used 2.25 to 2.5 inch 90 deg.

[Craved]

sweet cheers -

not 100% on the leopard skin though

[warwick]

spaced the bonnet up as i'm a tight ass and cant afford a vented fibre glass one.

close up of the bend and hot pipe.....i cut down the bend and the turbo housing to make the bend look tighter.

[warwick]

The radiator i bought from JUST JAP leaked like a cive! from around the cap fitting so i ripped it off and welded on a speedflow item! much better.

Finished piping pic...still need overflow and catch can....

just enough room to fit my temp gauge sensor.

Brake booster stopper....sard 550 injectors

[warwick]

check the camber in that last pic! lol.......can you say bad straight line stopping....

[Craved]

looks good

how long has it taken to fab up all this gear?

[warwick]

looks good

how long has it taken to fab up all this gear?

about a week but thats with my house mate doing it after work on week days

for the fab work then i just plot along during the day

[Craved]

im not sure how the sr20's are in this area, but the step down on the oil breather i would avoid - reduce anychance of a restriction pressurising the motor -

rb25's dont like too small piping on the breathers

[warwick]

yeah its just so i can run it for now........just drove it round the block.

i'll get new hosing when i make the catch can and overflow bottle.

[warwick]

I have fitted a power bond under size harmonic balancer to reduce cavitation in the water pump and powerstearing issue's. I also fitted a Trust sump for extra oil cappacity.

sparco wheel and pedals, cusco hand brake grip, water temp,oil pressure and boost gauge fitted.

closer look at the finshed hot pipe side.

[warwick]

The powerbond harmonic balancer

relocated the looms above the front wheels......tucked them up the very top of the guard.

tried to take a better pic of the engine mount and sump.

[dori34]

nice work man, any more updates?

[SmashBoxx]

might want some new tread too

[The BOP]

Nice work on the pipes bit late know but for next time try useing spun donut's for those really tight rad's save doing all tose lobster back joint and welds if you need to know were to get them pm me back and I'll send you in right direction