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Pulled the gearbox apart and what a mess! That's what 'clicking 3rd' with hot 295 AO50's will do to a 33 gearbox!  With some bits purchased from another donor box and help from Donny at For

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Clean and up in the air. Final bits of work required to hit the track in November.

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Wow. Yeah it has been a long time since an update in this thread. It's been laid up for a while. Sitting on stands and collecting dust. The last 2 years of my life has been a case of home renovation

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Great weeks work by ACE Workshop and it's now ready to race.

After all the tuning we've discovered that the intercooler has been a limitation and 'only' pushing around 250rwkw's. Still way more than I'm used to and heaps more torque over the old setup.

It's very drivable for the short amount I've driven it on the street.

Custom clutch pivot bracket by ACE as the original was bending.

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You may also notice the wing is now on :ph34r:

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Sunday I'm going to sandown for the first outing. Can't wait!!!

All stickered up.

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You may notice a sticker on the boot. It's a crossed out GTR badge. I'm sick of getting confused for a GTR. It's understandable now with the GTR front but I used to get it with the GTSt front?! Just to confirm this is NOT a GTR haha. GTR

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Thanks guys.

We had our first outing at sandown today. Went really well. The car was pretty much flawless with the new setup. Only issue I had was brake fluid in one session. Quick bleed and I went out again. I did a 1:24.09 which is my new PB. Not bad for a setup that I'm still getting used to and running lower power output still. It shows the build quality and pride that the guys at Ace put into their work :yes: I'm lovin it!

I'm still running second hand RE55's that are at least a year old and I found it hard to trust them in the wet. They came good in the afternoon but there would be more time on newer tyres of course. I'm loving the power delivery and I'm adapting to the changes quick enough. Next weekend I'm hoping to do philip island and test out the wing on the fast corners there.

Thanks to Ace workshop guys and pit crew that helped today :) Good times...

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Good to hear the car ran well. Ryan said it seemed to be working ok.

I was running 4 year old RE55s the other week at Winton, I dont think they lose a lot of time provided they have been stored right. The other week when I was at Sandown, where I got kicked off for noise in the first session....I only did two half spirited laps to see if the brakes were bedded and working ok...and I did a 1:25 flat. So obviously the tires still had some pace in them to do that time without really trying.

What speeds were you hitting down the straight? Ryan tells me you were only running about 250rwks, so thats a great time considering you only had 15rwkws more then the RB20 setup and probably more lag.

Real keen to see how you go at PI. Sux that I am not entering. Common sense prevailed with me and going to leave it parked since I am off OS next week doing car stuff. Good luck at PI and keep me posted with sms :)

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Yeah I think the main problem is getting heat into the tyres more than the age. I'm going to find it hard with the cold temeratures to generate grip. Might possibly run softs instead of mediums. Not generating heat into a 265 tyres with the weight of my car could mean slow times. More downforce is the key... That's a work in process :)

I don't think we overlayed the dyno graphs but I reckon there isn't much more lag than the old setup. My 20 had low compression coz of the 1.2mm Tomei head gasket so it was laggy until boost came on so there was a fair bit of time waiting for boost even between gear changes. The 25 was nothing like that, always making power. I found the 25 power delivery was amazing. It pulled like a train all the way to redline.

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Absolutely love this build. Your my inspiration :)

Now i simply need a bigger shed and some $$ so i can start a project of my own. Ahhhh one day :(

Looking forward to seeing this beast on track, defiantly post some more videos :)

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