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Merli Grand Master

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I hate you guys.    :spank:

Here is a pic of a car I did a while ago.

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Happy now?

The plot thickens :P

That's the engine bay of my old car you just posted mate... What do you mean "here's a pic of a car I did a while ago?"

G'day, you're on the speaker with Andrew... Adrian I presume? :)

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Great stuff!!! What tyres were you using? Very impressive for a FWD...

Any pics of the whole car?

I was using 22 x 8 x 15 MT's. I don't have any pics of the whole car handy, but it's just a stock looking black EK Civic.

BTW, I edited the post above for your benefit. Hope you like it!

Merli Grand Master

Merli

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I was using 22 x 8 x 15 MT's. I don't have any pics of the whole car handy, but it's just a stock looking black EK Civic.

BTW, I edited the post above for your benefit. Hope you like it!

I thought that was Mark's Civic? I saw it run a few times at EC... The entire crowd loved it... Sleepers like that are the best :)

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The plot thickens :spank:

That's the engine bay of my old car you just posted mate... What do you mean "here's a pic of a car I did a while ago?"

G'day, you're on the speaker with Andrew... Adrian I presume? :)

No, I'ts Mark. I'm the one who did all the work while Adrian drank all of BD4's beer!!! (only joking).

What happened with the car?

Merli Grand Master

Merli

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No, I'ts Mark. I'm the one who did all the work while Adrian drank all of BD4's beer!!!  (only joking).

What happened with the car?

ROFL... Adrian claimed he had done most of the work :)

Well I bought it off Lee about 1.5 years ago, and I sold it about 2 months ago to a bloke down in Wollongong and moved onto a GTR (see avatar)

I did a few more tweaks to the car before selling it, but I never got around to building the engine, so I'm afraid it left my hands running a max of 1.2 bar and making 280rwkw...

Here's the spec sheet whilst I owned it: See if you can pick my additions :spank:

http://www.fortheboyz.com/cars/merli.php

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ROFL... Adrian claimed he had done most of the work :)

Well I bought it off Lee about 1.5 years ago, and I sold it about 2 months ago to a bloke down in Wollongong and moved onto a GTR (see avatar)

I did a few more tweaks to the car before selling it, but I never got around to building the engine, so I'm afraid it left my hands running a max of 1.2 bar and making 280rwkw...

Here's the spec sheet whilst I owned it: See if you can pick my additions :spank:

http://www.fortheboyz.com/cars/merli.php

Trust 10 Row Oil Cooler w/ Oil Filter Relocation Kit

HKS Vernier Cam Gears

NISMO Triple Plate G-Max Clutch

Thats about it engine wise. Did you change the pressure reg? We put an APEX one on it.

Merli Grand Master

Merli

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Kept the APEXi fuel regulator on there... It was doing fine... I wasn't even stressing out the injectors...

I also added the Trust Type-R BOV on there... You guys didn't deem a BOV necessary for a turbo capable of 1.8 bar boost?!??!? What was up with that?

A couple of other additions :)

Blitz SBC-ID Boost Controller

Blitz PowerMeter-ID

APEXi Turbo Timer

Pivot Shift Light

Cusco Carbon Fibre Front Strut Brace

Recaro SR Front Seats

AP Racing 6 Piston Calipers

DBA 332mm 'Kangaroo Paw' Slotted Rotors

BF Goodridge Braided Brake Lines

Ferrodo DS3000 (Track) / DS2500 (Road) Brake Pads

WORK VS-SS 18x8 / 18x9 Wheels

Front Tyre - Falken AZENIS ST-115 (235/45ZR18)

Rear Tyre - Dunlop D01J R-Compound Tyres (265/35ZR18)

R33 GTR 17x9 Wheels

Dunlop D01J R-Compound Tyres (235/45ZR17)

Sony Dumbass Head Unit

Focal Polykevlar 6.5" Components

Focal Polyglass 6.5" Co-Axial Rear Fill

Focal Polykevlar 13" Subwoofer

MTX 4244 - 4 Channel Amplifier

MTX 6500D - MonoBlock Amplifier

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Hey Andrew, I don't suppose you know anyone with a near stock R33 GTS-T?

I'm in the process of making up some cooler/plenum kits for them but the car I've got here has been in an accident and doesn't have a stock A/C fan, making intercooler positioning difficult. If someone is willing to donate their car for a few days they will end up with an extremely nice setup for a very good price :)

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Hey Andrew, I don't suppose you know anyone with a near stock R33 GTS-T?

I'm in the process of making up some cooler/plenum kits for them but the car I've got here has been in an accident and doesn't have a stock A/C fan, making intercooler positioning difficult. If someone is willing to donate their car for a few days they will end up with an extremely nice setup for a very good price  :)

Mark, I'm sure if you started a thread asking for volunteers, you'd have an line 50 people long outside your workshop :spank:

Everyone wants to get rid of the standard plenum... B-Man on these forums took a standard plenum and flow tested it and the results were abysmal!!

I thought there would at least be air guides/fins inside the plenum directing airflow for even distribution, but it's just hollow in there...

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