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might be worth looking in to what would you roughly be looking for them to bend up a basic cage if they are not to expensive

thanks tim

A 6 point bolt in cage with harness bar for a S13 Silvia was $1050. Add $240 for side intrusion bars. I imagine an R33 would be slightly more due to the extra size but shouldn't be a great deal more.

They charge over a $1000 to install though, so would be best to do this yourself or get someone to do it for you which is what I am looking at doing.

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A 6 point bolt in cage with harness bar for a S13 Silvia was $1050. Add $240 for side intrusion bars. I imagine an R33 would be slightly more due to the extra size but shouldn't be a great deal more.

They charge over a $1000 to install though, so would be best to do this yourself or get someone to do it for you which is what I am looking at doing.

thanks for that it might be worth looking into ill deferntly weld it in my self witch eva way i decide to go

thanks tim

thats all good i like a challenge thats why i want to build the whole cage not shaw if ill bend it up my self or not yet but ill have at least a month to decide

and also every time some else works on my car they stuff it up thats why the plan is for this car to do evry thing my self decides machineing of the the motor

a bit of a update while iam waiting to get my engine crane back me and a mate decided to start on the manifold on my other car so there will still be some process this week

the manifold will be made out of 1.5 inch steam pipe with 500 mm runners

here is the progress

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i ordered most of the parts for the motor today

i ordered

cp 20 thou over bore pistons

argo rods

arp main caps

arp head studs

tomie type b valve springs

tomie 270 by 10.3 cams

bronze valve guides

acl race series bearing mains and bigends

i will order 1mm oversize valves soon

along

and will be starting to port the head soon

still undecided on alot of things

like is it worth buying a front lsd

or should i changed the rear diff from active lsd to 2 way lsd

or if i should go dry sump this time

Great build so far!

I am interested in how you go with the rear diff, I was hell-bent on getting rid of my A-LSD on my Vspec but recently I have changed my opinion on it. I got in contact with a guy from the States and he uses it on track spec GTR's over there. There is a sticky in the Drivetrain section on A-LSD maintenance which I am keen to try.

If I were going to get a LSD from the front I would look at the Quaife option.

Anyway, good luck.

Mike

Great build so far!

I am interested in how you go with the rear diff, I was hell-bent on getting rid of my A-LSD on my Vspec but recently I have changed my opinion on it. I got in contact with a guy from the States and he uses it on track spec GTR's over there. There is a sticky in the Drivetrain section on A-LSD maintenance which I am keen to try.

If I were going to get a LSD from the front I would look at the Quaife option.

Anyway, good luck.

Mike

i originally wanted to keep my active lsd with my old car so i got it rebuilt and it was good again for about 4 track days but last time i went out it was strarting to single spin again thats why ive been considering changing it but i might have to look in the drive train section thank for the help

as for the quaife lsd that would be the one i got three of my mates have them and any lsd that has a lifetime warranty sounds good to me but so far quaife havent helpied to my emails so i might have to try looking some where else to get one

Sorry this might be off topic but if you wouldnt mind letting me know what you had done in rebuilding the A-LSD, you can PM if you like.

I think Just Jap have the Quaife LSD's for sale, but I would buy direct from them if you can (make sure you get that warranty).

Mike

Sorry this might be off topic but if you wouldnt mind letting me know what you had done in rebuilding the A-LSD, you can PM if you like.

I think Just Jap have the Quaife LSD's for sale, but I would buy direct from them if you can (make sure you get that warranty).

Mike

it was ment to have a new pinion and crown wheel and was reshimed and a whole lot of other crap but to be onest im not shaw what was done and i wasnt happy with any of the work that the work shop done since then ive done every thing my self and will do as much as i can on this one

sorry i couldnt help more

dude this thing is gonna be nuts!! good stuff! ill be checkin for more!

thanks mate i hope it will be

a bit of a update i ordered n1 water and oil pump today and adjustable cam gears ill get photos when i get some good progress or parts start turning up

and also the car is completely stripped minus the dash and the doors and suspention and im about to start seam welding it

what im wondering is it better to stich weld it or completely seam weld it

ive herd good and bad about both stiles any imput would be appreciated thanks tim

ok any reason why you say no to the n1 pump

A disproportional number of them seem to fail. I don't know the technical reason or if there even is a technical reason - i've just seen and heard about a very high number of N1 oil pumps failing compared to tomei. Perhaps someone wiser can enlighten us.

A disproportional number of them seem to fail. I don't know the technical reason or if there even is a technical reason - i've just seen and heard about a very high number of N1 oil pumps failing compared to tomei. Perhaps someone wiser can enlighten us.

ok thanks ill defernetly look in to the tomei pump then hopefully they will cancel my order for the n1 pump

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