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hey guys, thought now i had the scanner up and running i could put this up. while my car is under construction and not as hot as many others on here i have quite a few dyno results from when i started upgrades so might be a useful threads for people starting out. unfortunately i have a bad habit of taking photos after i finish something and not taking beforehand so bear with me.

bought this car between chrissie and new year at the end of 2003 after realising the sump in my berlina had a big dent and maybe the pickup was broken. i was always interested in skylines and bought a few magazines and decided 33`s had the look i wanted and set out. within a week i had my new car. a 1993 s1 gtst with 70k kilometres on it. it stayed stock 4 a bit and after realising all mags were advertising exhaust for around 2500 i got a quote for 3 inch cat back mild steel with stainless lukey muffler for 750 so i got it. wasnt loud at all. ran this for a bit until the West Coast Nationals were on in Collie. ran it up on the dyno stock apart from exhaust and i pulled out the panel filter for the dyno run.

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Took the car to Collie and entered the 1/8th mile drags. cant remember my times anymore but in the 9`s from memory. went well enough the beat a few V8s mostly from a better start but couldnt keep up with a stockish Rex that was there. anyway about half track on the 5th or 6th run the power backed off and i realised immediately the clutch had gone... i turned off at the end of the strip and putted it home in 3rd.

I got talking with a guy from work the next day who is big into old Falcons and told him what happened and he told me his brother in law had a modified GTR and said Xspeed were the best place to go. i Gave em a call and told them how i used the car and they recommended a cushioned ceramic clutch and exchange flywheel by Xtreme. Jacked the car up in the garage. ripped the box out and took flywheel up to Perth. cost me 600 for the exchange. slammed the box back in when i got home but the input shaft must have picked up the spigot bush on the way in and clutch wasnt releasing all the way and was squealing a little. dropped it out again and sanded the bush a little as i couldnt get one straight away. put it back in and was all good. was heavier but good for a daily driven car.

Few months later i wanted a bit more so i pulled the filter assembly out and took the AFM to work to make up a pod adaptor. found some spare pipe at work and plate and welded it together then oxy`ed out the hole. dropped it back in and seemed better but may have just been the noise. picked up a Turbosmart manual bleed valve and took it to Adrenaline to set the boost as the boost guage in car wasnt the best. manged 236.4 rwhp after turning it up a few pound.

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so the 100k was up i booked it in at Xspeed for timing belt, v-belts to be changed and a HYBRID intercooler kit.

intercooler supplied and fitted was $1450

timing belt $80 plus $210 fitting.

alt and p/s belts $75

took the car back to Adrenaline and was up to 266.9 rwhp and held same figures everytime consistently instead of dying off like before due to crap stock intercooler

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went to the spoiler shop which used to be near Xspeed to get a body kit as the stock front bar was scratched up. i ordered a veilside front bar and 400r side skirts for 800 unpainted.

also got an Autometer air/fuel mixture gauge. post-24655-1286689140_thumb.jpghooked the gauge up and it kind of worked on start up then turned off. i checked all the wiring was ok the put it in my dads fairmont and it worked perfectly. put it back in mine and ordered a new 02 sensor. picked up a universal sensor for about $40 and put it in. the guage worked correctly and fixed up the poor fuel consumption which had recently started. went from 350km a tank back to 500.

ripped the front bar off and had to cut the side skirts off as they were so heavily glued on. cleaned it all up then got bodykit sprayed and fitted up.

photos of the car are poor quality as they were taken from a phone

had the drivers window stop winding for a bit unless holding the button down and hitting the door skin. so i stripped the controller and found a dry solder joint and was all good. nothing much changed for a while until i was on strike for 10 weeks. i went to Bunbury to see a mate then we both went to Collie. we came up to Roelands hill which is quite steep and couple k`s long. we came up to the overtaking lane and started to line up with each other. my mate had an Xr8 ute with a few mods. we smashed the pedals to the floor and he was just pulling away, but about 100m up the hill my car lost all power and was hesitating badly. i hit the clutch and the engine stalled. turned the key while still rolling and it fired back up. off i went again and stalled again. i got it going and took it very easy. found on the way home if i tried to accelerate much it misfired badly so i sat around 100 to get me home. by the time i got there it was running on 5 cylinders. i pulled the plugs out and this is what i found...

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i rang up Xspeed and booked it in for an 040 fuel pump and if that didnt fix it to diagnose for me

  • 1 month later...

took the car to get new 040 fuel pump and decided to wait in the store while they did it...this was where things started to get expensive. i got talking with one of the guys about what order things should be done when upgrading. by the end of the conversation i had booked the car in for a Gcg hi-flow turbo, stainless steel dump pipe, Power FC with hand controller, Blitz DSBC spec s, Turbosmart Dual port Bov.

Dropped car off during the week and came back friday to pick it up.car went on the dyno and Ant came in to see me and said the turbo wasnt responding properly and might take a bit longer. he ripped the inlet off the turbo and found the impeller to be rubbing on the housing. apparently it was caused by insufficient oil able to pass through the cartridge due to poor assembly. another turbo was ordered and i got to borrow Xspeeds Nissan Micra for the weekend :whistling:

As i had planned to drive from Perth to Gold Coast the following week i asked for a safe tune as i wouldnt be able to buy 98 across the nullabor. picked it up following week and was up to 282.9 rwhp @ 12 psi. i was happy but wondering where the missing parts of the spark plugs had gone when detonating and whether this had affected my power now.

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Spent a few months working in Brisvegas before a mate got me doing cashies after work for a Jag repair shop nearby. We struck up a deal where I would help him out then he would re-spray the bonnet as it had bubbles appearing and looked crap. Eventually I decided I wanted the whole car sprayed. So at new year when I couldn’t get holidays I snatched it and planned to rip into it after new year.

At this stage I had my sights set on the pearl blue that holden had only recently released.post-24655-1291037913_thumb.jpg

In the final days I changed my down to the yellow ford was running at the time.post-24655-1291037973_thumb.jpg

For the next 4 weeks I set out ripping it apart and sanding it back. I drove it there each day until it was too far gone. Got quite a few looks each day when it looked this far gone.

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  • 3 months later...

These were taken the next day after putting it back together

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I moved back to WA soon after and gave it a service before back on the dyno to get it re-tuned for 98.

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managed 284.5 rwhp and was told they had changed plugs but had a slight miss and likely coils at fault.

ordered some splitfires and fitted which seemed to fix the missfire which had slightly got worse.

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only 275 this time. not sure why but they never cranked it up and boost was down just a touch but confirmed missfire was completely gone.

She went well for a year then i moved to Japan for 8 months and left her parked up.When i got back just needed a new battery and service and was good to go. Put some new belts on for good measure.

Back into FIFO work and noticed after arriving back one time the temp shot up when i began going home. Turned around back to my mates and threw the hose at it and cooled it down. Was just over 100c. Kept an eye on it but no further problems. 3 months later same thing. Got 2-3 kms from mates and temp went up this time reached 119c. This time appeared to be empty. No further problem. Went to a mates work to book in 4 cooling pressure test etc but while chatting she started dripping and found water pump leaking from tell tale.

Bought a new pump and belt and put it in. Unfortunately when i put the CAS in i mustnt have been concentrating as it went in a tooth out and broke the locator. Lined in up and started ok. No dramas for 6 months or so then one day got back from a drive and 10 seconds after shutting it off it let out a big bang(backfire). Was still running ok. A month later it happened again and began backfiring when decelarating but only slightly. booked it in at Xspeed but couldnt get in for 2 weeks. Kept driving it as i had plans down south. Was good on cruise but now didnt enjoy accel or decel.

3 days before it was due to be checked was going up a long steep hill nearby and it let out a terrible scream. pulled over to find turbo was glowing white and harnesses were melting. YAY. Towed it to Xspeed. Turbine fins were shredded, manifold warped, 8 or 9 ex studs broken, etc etc. Got all the necessary new bits fitted and some troubleshooting to find out the cause was a crack in CAS bracket that was opening up and throwing the timing out.I must have stressed it when i put CAS in previously a tooth out.

While there i also got Z32 AFM, Nismo fuel Reg, Nismo 740cc injectors and new fuel pump.

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was happy with the 308.5 rwhp it now was producing even as the engine was tired and had endure some hard times

Went good for another year but was still using some oil. about 500ml every service. Compression was 125psi cylinders 1-5 and 6 was 120. Finally bought the missus a new car and i had a work car now so i could afford to take it off the road and give it a birthday.

  • 1 month later...

Since i never painted the engine bay when i changed the car colour i was pretty keen to hook into this, didnt take any pics before though, after cleaning it up i hit it with 4 coats of matte black followed by 3 coats of clear to give a bit of gloss

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ended up finding 4 valve stem seals leaking

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5 pistons had broken ringlands and you can see number 6 is missing a piece from the crown

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