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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

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L2 biarch!

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

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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

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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

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

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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!

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the AFM mounted in its new little home

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

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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.

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

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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.

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cooler brackets....

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

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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

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

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

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starting to come together..

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

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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. :D

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

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

Cheers Waz

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

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.

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got my seats and pimp fur in as well! yay

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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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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just enough room to fit my temp gauge sensor.

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Brake booster stopper....sard 550 injectors

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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

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.

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

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closer look at the finshed hot pipe side.

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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

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