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  • 6 months later...

Been pretty lazy with this.

Car is currently on Jack stands getting the brakes powder coated and rebuild.

While I can't drive it I've gone on a bit of a restoration spree.

New front emblem

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Had to sort out some braid rubbing on my intercooler. Not happy with how it was installed so ripped the whole front end apart to fix the lines.

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I have this waiting to go on my car to finally complete the exhaust to go 3"-3.5".

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Also my mines exhaust was getting a bit tired so it got replaced with a HKS Super turbo. Really nice sounding exhaust but nowhere near as nice as my mines was. It shoots bigger flames though.

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Lastly anyone know of a side skirt fs in mnp in good condition? I hit a bit of timber on the freeway a while ago and it literally took a chunk out of it! :(

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Much better condition steering wheel. Put the standard gauges back in, but still keeping water temp and AFR.

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Deep cleaned the interior

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Painted windshield wiper arms, they were getting tired. Also put the new design wiper on the car. Hope that stops it hopping around.

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Look at this mess

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And now its just sitting here waiting or is it flying? haha

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Oh and whoever said you can't get a screw driver through a oil filter on a RB26 is joking himself. I had to resort to that because a certain mechanic has the grip strength of 20 Thors and then calls me weak.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Look what I picked up today

Looks like I have a weekend of brake fluid ahead :S, I dont like brake fluid, why do they make so toxic and virtually a paint stripper?!

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Cheeky little test fit. I know, I know, boring colour. But I like the stealth look.

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On the street the brakes do not fade. It is street driving after all.

At wakefield the brakes did great. I was running Nulon super dot 4 and QFM A1RM pads on the front at the time. I could do about 5/6 hot laps before the brakes got a bit spungy. Both times I went it was 30+ on the day which sucked. Got a 1.08 at wakey.

By this time I must have proper cooked the brakes because they were all squeely and shit driving back to gosford, so I pulled them out and slapped in a set of Intima pads. I think they were the SR pads. Now for me personally they were shit, I had brake fade within 2 laps of the first session at eastern creek south circuit and they didnt have the same stopping power as the QFM's and I destroyed the pads at one outing on the track. Even though I was not impressed with the brakes I still pulled a 1.04 at SMSP south circuit for my first time there.

The real guru to speak to standard brakes vs bbk is fatz. Look at his thread he will tell you what is what.

Pleasure.

So brakes are on. New brake pads are in but not without some elbow grease.

The front brakes didn't fit width wise in the caliper. So out comes the file and file 1mm off each brake pad. Thanks powder coating and your thicknessness.

Rears had no problem. Fit like a glove.

That's it for tonight. Tomorrow is brake fluid day. Yay my favourite.

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