My C33 Laurel

[RBC33]

I ran a bride zeta 3 fixed back in my civic. Apart from under brakes, dont need to brace yourself under cornering conditions. Actually made me take corners harder cause I realised it was me moving around not my car being unstable. Best mod ever

[DannyC33]

exactly why i want a fixed back. the sr3 recaros i have are amazing seats for street use.

but even on a spirited hills run you could feel them allowing you to slide around a bit. im sure once i have the harnesses in itll be not as bad.

[1400r]

harness will make ton's of difference fit them up first and maybe just keep a cheap fixed back

for when you track it

[DannyC33]

yeah thats a good idea actually. might look into that.

also, how much for the 35gtr afm conversion kit?

[RBC33]

Yeah but you'll get hassled for using a harness on the street vs a recaro adr approved fixed back.

Hell my mod plater just out approved type fixed back and traffic branch of qld police pulled me over and didnt say anything once I whipped out my cert

[DannyC33]

Im not fussed about street hassles. Ive not driven it on the street in nearly a year.

[1400r]

yeah thats a good idea actually. might look into that.

also, how much for the 35gtr afm conversion kit?

$200 35 afm pipe and plug good for 300rwkw in the supplied pipe (z32 pipe size)

good for more i.e 400rwkw in a larger pipe size

[DannyC33]

Hmm. Are they genuine nissan? Is there an order delay or do you have them in stock?

[1400r]

gen nissan sensor by itself is something like $200-$350 check ebay if you like

these are a copy sensor not the cheapest ones I could find but way better than Nissan

the sensor's are used in lots of different models in the US so plenty of company doing cheaper than Gen ones to try

I used one is s14 still going fine now 12 months later

I have 2 left in stock in SA

Edited January 5, 2014 by 1400r

[DannyC33]

ah ok cool,

yeah i thought they were a bit cheap for genuine haha.

i've been thinking about going down this path for a while, as im sure the 25 afm is gonna hit its limit pretty much as soon as it gets tuned....

[DannyC33]

Well not a lot has happened recently.
Due to getting rear ended back in december and injuring my back.
Bad enough for me to have lost my job for being off work for so long.

I was finally cleared to work on my own car as therapy, so started doing bits and pieces whilst trying to not hurt my back.

Eventually as of saturday just gone I got the engine together and ready to test fire.

Primed the fuel pump, and this is where it went to shit haha.

Literally as soon as I started to prime the pump luke started yelling at me to turn it off.

That's when I noticed my top feed fuel rail has decided that fuel is better off on the outside.

So with that in mind Alan, Luke and myself just tidied up the engine bay a bit, put the bonnet back on and other little bits.

Currently I just need a longer throttle cable and a battery and then technically the engine bay is done.

I will be ordering a GKTECH fan as soon as I'm back at work, as well as the GKTECH abs removal kit.

I decided to swap my pair of recaro reclinable seats and rails for a velo gp90 and cash my way.

with some random mounts and brackets.

I severely regret this decision. But I did want to go to a pair of fixed backs anyway.

It doesn't fit very well with the mounts I was given with it, so I'm going to have to make something up myself it seems.

This is how it currently looks.

[DannyC33]

Well, some progress.
I've fixed the fuel rail, it no longer leaks.
The velo doesn't fit at all, it's far to wide in the shoulders and hits on the door.

I've sold that to my mate for his silvia, and I'm going to go seat shopping on tuesday.
Probably going to end up with a pair of sparco sprints.

Throttle cable has been swapped out for an s13 one,

still need to swap out the ps pump as it leaks.

and still need to make a battery fit in it.

Need to get a new afm as the standard one is causing issues with the injectors, and I haven't even started the car yet. Haha.

But after the sale of my chaser on friday, I've got a nice cash injection to finish it off.

So assuming I can find some seats and boostworx have some free space It could quite possibly be running by next weekend!

[DannyC33]

So with the cash from the chaser I went out and bought a pair of Velo GPT-2 seats, they are basically the same as a gp90 except narrower across the shoulders and a little bit deeper bolsters.

Mounted the drivers seat in wednesday night.

Excuse the mess.

Needs to be a little bit lower but I'll sort that out eventually.

Bought a z32 afm tuesday night. Wired that up today.

Finally decided I can't be f**ked finding a battery that'll fit where the standard one is now that there is intercooler piping in the way. So I bought a battery relocation kit.

Started doing the wiring for that this morning. Then I got over it. Engine bay side is done. Will do the rest later today/tomorrow.

Bought a GKTech fan as my rb25 fan hits on the alloy rad, even with f**k loads off the fan cut away. Turns out sr20 fan hubs bolt onto rb water pumps, so no need to run the gktech fan adapter.

Other than that, once I get the battery in it'll be ready to get towed to Boostworx for a tune.

[1400r]

booo z32

[DannyC33]

Haha sorry mate, just doing what my tuner recommended.

[DannyC33]

So this happened today.


Off to Boostworx to get it tune.
I've told Shaun not to push it past 220kw. It should make more than that, but that'll be plenty for now.
Once I get it back tomorrow I have to give the suspension the once over and make sure it's all tight. Got to either make up a mount for the passenger velo or bolt the stock passenger seat in.
Then it's just rego and a much needed wash!

Edited June 25, 2014 by DannyC33

[skyline32sup]

How did the tune go? keen to see

[DannyC33]

Had alot of issues at the tuner. Many wiring issues popping fuses. Apparently at some point during the first engine swap I must have caught a wire on a sharp bit of metal and it started to rub through.
This caused it to pop ignition fuses as soon as you hit ignition.
all fixed now though and was tuned yesturday.

Turns out it's not a vg30 turbo at all. It's just neo turbo.
Made 214kw. Makes 15psi by 2600rpm ish, got to confirm that once the car gets here so I can read the dyno printout. (currently on a trailer on it's way).
Bleeds off real quickly though. From 5500rpm it starts dropping right the way down to 10psi. So new turbo will be required soon.

VCT still isn't working as I ran out of time to sort it out.
Now I just need to get mounts made for my velos, wheel alignment and rego.

Will be getting a weld in half cage in the near future.

[1400r]

neo seems to be worth more these days so that's a win vct will make it drive much better

highflow time though

[DannyC33]

Nah I'm probably going to go for something like a td06 or 3076.

I've not driven it yet though haha. Will hopefully rego it this weekend.