Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • 2 weeks later...

Yeah mate that's for sure with a 31 if you smash it just buy another cheap and go again bit like a s13 in japan worth nothing there and can go crazy and not care.

Just waiting on a few more parts and it will be going back together for a run down the strip then the auto is comin out ready for some sliding

  • 3 weeks later...

Keep going with the updates mate!

I just bought mine for $600 with:

220 000km

5 speed

every bush replaced with nolathan polyurethane

munro gt gas shocks

HD king springs

series III

4 wheel discs.

so i rekon i got a pretty good deal .

My diff is bit 'clunky' .. how is yours mate?

  • 1 month later...

Car is now running with the new cam and big 1000cc injectors waiting for me to get it onto the dyno, sounds nice and lump with the new cam, here is the first startup video and some current build pics and some progress build pics

IMG_1143.jpg

IMG_1141.jpg

IMG_1139.jpg

IMG_1137.jpg

IMG_1135.jpg

IMG_1114.jpg

IMG_1008.jpg

IMG_1006.jpg

IMG_1005.jpg

IMG_1004.jpg

  • 2 months later...

Finally found some time to get it on the dyno and tune it. At 19psi just topping 300rwkw the old Turbosmart boost tee is getting a bit sad and wouldn't let me keep going past 19 it's been in a few of my cars over the years.

11046ef7.jpg

  • 1 month later...
  • 2 months later...

Haven't updated this in a long time. Found out the engine that was in it wasn't the ordinal and nether was the cluster that said 230,000 found out the engine had done upwards of 350,000 and had a turbo on it before.

Story is on some testing it run number 6 bearing with 300rwkw on tear down all the bearings were pretty worn out.

So engine is apart getting machined for forged pistons and going 25 head this time with the fuel system all setup for jungle juice e85

  • 4 months later...

0c013185.jpg

31a93354.jpg

Haven't updated in a while engine is all in and ready to hit the dyno again.

Got a few little things to finish before taking it to the summer matsuri and give it a good test out

  • 1 month later...
  • 1 year later...

Been a long time since I did an update. Entered the car in this years wtac. We had some bumps along the way had to do a rebuild the weekend before so was some late nights leading up to loading it on the trailer and heading to Sydney.

With no testing I wasn't expecting much but got over a few little issues that would have been sorted with testing and finally on the Saturday got some good hot laps and was starting to bring the lap times down. I struggled all weekend with rear end again not having done any testing did not have the rear any where near it needed to be so that's on the list to tune and get some more grip. The front end felt great an had some good turn in and response. With the rear end not helping had terrible oversteer so couldn't get the power down early enough to get good drive out of the corners. With the car a little more sorted I can see it getting a low 1:40 or high 1:30 around eastern creek I would be real happy with that.

null_zpsfc9660ae.png

null_zpsa9754b09.jpg

null_zpse5c20a7e.jpg

null_zps0f465354.jpg

null_zpsedda8313.jpg

null_zps7046b195.jpg

null_zpsf4dc07e5.jpg

null_zps48d132f1.jpg

null_zps63af0092.jpg

null_zpse12ce712.jpg

null_zpsfcb23fe7.jpg

null_zps7fe8a1ee.jpg

null_zps5cfea4d6.jpg

null_zps5a97c301.jpg

null_zps5e72c0b3.jpg

null_zps2ce503ec.jpg

null_zps3203427f.jpg

null_zpsb400506c.jpg

null_zpsaa68a2ad.jpg

null_zps31eb0f23.jpg

null_zps18c7cb0a.jpg

null_zpsdea40fc0.jpg

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Nah. Was just wondering if you were having a small stroke or if there was some slur/gaf/inside joke that I wasn't aware of.
    • That was a fark up, it's Salamanca Place I was thinking of. And now I'm curious as to what potential slur/gaf I have caused with Salamander Road, ha ha!
    • Actually everyone on the roads was really well behaved. The only person that did any minor tailgating was a local hoon in a Turbo Focus. Unfortunately we weren't going the same way so there was no grand initial D touge battle. Lots of people pulled over and let me through. The amount of "Hey man nice car, omg skyline, nice 34 man woo" was suprising. Like really suprising. Like almost annoying. My partner was obviously surprised, she'd never seen anyone in the real world point out the car/like the car/want to chat about the car before, so to have like 3 people per day mention it was notable, I could finally say SEE? SOMEONE THINKS THEY'RE COOL. Everyone was also pretty suprised about the weather. Every day was dry and about ~13-14C. Mount Wellington had a sign that said they close the gates at 9pm and I was heading up there at about ~7:30. It was VERY apparent that conditions were getting significantly worse by the minute on the way up and down. The road on the mountain was terrible though, it's no driving road. I have various suspension related questions now. Luckily it was only about 20 minutes from where we were staying to the top of the mountain as said Google maps. We only had the 2 nights in Hobart. We went to the Farm Gate Market though which was really good - And went down to the Hastings Thermal springs/caves down there during the day. I'd definitely be up for going back again, so luckily there's a few more sights yet to see. Didn't get to do the west coast/queenstown/cradle mountain so this was supposed to be a 'scouting' trip anyway of sorts if I were to one day do/take part in/organize a more car-focused trip. As for the boat, it wasn't bad. Well it was bad, but not in the way you're thinking. We did the night trip which leaves at 6:45 (though you have to be there ~2 hours earlier) and arrives the next morning at about 6am. There is nothing to do on the ship. If you plan accordingly and bring a book/tablet/show to watch/charger you can just chill out, take some Travacalm and just sleep through it. The food there is an extremely basic buffet that costs $32 a plate, or $14 for a $3 pizza. The way back we had a travel kettle and a few different types of cup noodles and made our own tea/coffee in the room. This was a far superior way to do it. At the very least book one of the rooms with beds. I guess as we were in the off season we didn't have room mates. You get an option for rooms with 4 beds (2x bunks) or a room with just the two bottom beds. There's also some option for a deluxe queen bed but it's much pricer. We've been on sleeper trains in Asia before so we figured this is similar (and it was)
    • You just gotta be really, really, really clear and decisive with what you want your end product to be. 99% of people who want this conversion aren't "I want to run a 295 front tyre!" so they don't really need the widebody. They just want the OEM body to look a little less dumpy, so bonnet, bar, skirts job done with some camber, stretch, slam. It's when you want that, but then decide to pivot later you get big problems. See also if you're willing to get an all in one fibreglass bar, and you're willing to accept fibreglass problems like cracking the entire item on a driveway, instead of just a piece attached to the bottom, etc etc etc. Decide this all before buyin'.
×
×
  • Create New...