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Great work with your build. Its refreshing to see someone sharing their assembly process with such detail.

Now when someone has RB26/30 buld questions they can just come to your thread instead of being flamed for not using the search button (which produces more BS than real useful information).

Do you have a purpose in mind for the car? Drag, street, track or all of the above?

Hi, just wondering if you have felt the clutch yet, im looking at having to remove the clutch booster to fit my plenum. Also why did you go for the integra master cylinder instead of the original one?Was it due to the fact the stocker doesn't have provision for a fork?

Hi, just wondering if you have felt the clutch yet, im looking at having to remove the clutch booster to fit my plenum. Also why did you go for the integra master cylinder instead of the original one?Was it due to the fact the stocker doesn't have provision for a fork?

the clutch feels fine..i don't feel a different without the booster

Great work with your build. Its refreshing to see someone sharing their assembly process with such detail.

Now when someone has RB26/30 buld questions they can just come to your thread instead of being flamed for not using the search button (which produces more BS than real useful information).

Do you have a purpose in mind for the car? Drag, street, track or all of the above?

thanks ....

i will keep the updates going ..when i am back in canada..

i am currently traveling around tokyo and HK !

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more updates !

it's finally looking lik a car now!

with fuel system completed !!!

starting from the back

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fuel lines protector guard !

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fuel line holder

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at the front

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dash completed ! glued the back together !

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heat sheild for turbo and down pipe

hand made wrap!

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HKS to4Z turbo bell mouth machined to fit with my T78 greddy turbo

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since the engine is 3inches taller...we made this angle down so i can use my billion rad hose instead of getting soemthing else

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polished PS tank

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so more work done @ Keep Performance Lab today ~

i must say these guys are so Good with Wires !!!

again keeping it clean is always on the top of the minds. so organizing the wires were very important as it is easier to work on as well as it looks alot nicer.

here are some pictures from today

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back of the kill switch mounted where the rear wiper used to be

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attention to details

Keep Performance lab even got the Bolts on a OLD HKS coilover GOLD PLATED

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my external oil pickup as well as both the external head oil drain and turbo oil drain (had to reuse some old fittings as i don't have time to get new one anodize gold)

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