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Very nice build up mate. Keep up the good work.

I have the ARC system and it works very well. However with the current exchange it's probably best to get your fabricator to make up a bleed system similar to the ARC whilst the car is at their shop.

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Thankyou for giving me a bit more inspiration to get back into my build :cool:

i've been so lazy without having a motor to go in but i guess there is still work that can be done!!

yours is coming along great!

Thanks Guys

Did you find a buyer for your OS box Andrew? It was teasing me everytime I saw you sig and now it's gone.

Thanks Guys

Did you find a buyer for your OS box Andrew? It was teasing me everytime I saw you sig and now it's gone.

Hey,

Yeah sold it a couple of weeks ago.. found out it wasn't a 5 speed either :cool: a bit of a refund is on the way to him..

Hey Coop,

Awesome stuff mate, great work! Can't wait to see it in the flesh, hopefully at a track real soon....

I've been having a few chats with Ryan & I may well be coming up to Townsville in June with the Evo, so hopefully see you then mate!

Cheers Cam

Thanks for the encouragement Cam. Be good to see you up this way to.

Got the intercooler piping made up during the week. Turned out really well i think. Still need to find clamps and 1 more silicon hose. Kinda shit photos cause the sun was so bright but gives an idea. Got it made out of alluminum instead of stainless to match the rest of the GReddy kit and for better heat dispersion.

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Just like everyone else does with HICAS, I had ditched it, except for the duel set up on the power steering pump. So i pulled it apart and removed the impeller and fitted a banjo blank. But looking at it while it was apart i think I have developed a better and neater way.

I spent a few hours on the lathe and milling machine today and came up with this. It's the factory set up but with the Hicas pump removed completly. I shortened the internal shaft, Machined new bearing surfaces, milled the rear cover to fit in the mounting, Modified the T piece to a single entry, Installed a new bearing and shorter bolts effectivly halfing the physical size and weight of the unit and it now looks far neater overall.

here's some pics of todays handy work and also 1 of the blow off valve fitted up.

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Thanks Guys. I'll let you know if it works. Russ, I wasn't sure about the pump being interchangable with the 33 as I thought the balancers were different. Maybe just the pullies then? More so just an excersize of my own with a bit of spare time at work to see if it could've been done.

There's been a bit of action in the shed of late but work comitments have slowed progress a bit all i have is a couple of the pics of the areo catches installed. Used some of Marlin's pics as a how to and got it done. Thanks Ben.

Also, the rest of the fuel system, airation tank and a couple of defi advance guages showed up so a bit to do over the comming week to install them.

Note. ARC airation tank kits for r32s only fit r32s with standard radiators and standard intercooler piping. Mods required. :cool:

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Ok time for an update. There's not alot left to do now. I had to take some pics for its CAMS rally car log book so we pushed it out of the shed and gave it a tub. The dry sump is all plumbed up with the exception of a few fittings that needed to be back ordered from SpeedFlow and all that remains is a bit of electrical work for fuel pumps and map sensors, run some fuel lines and give it all a general tidy up and with any luck we should see it on the dyno in the next couple of weeks.

Here's some pics. Let me know what ya reckon.

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Nice looking very good! i was thinking of a similar setup for the hicas pump too, but my friend gave me another nissan pump.. which is single stage..

before i jump into it could the second stage be used for say gearbox cooler?? or does it need to be the same type of oil going thru it?

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