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Hey All,

My names Michael and I used to own a maroon R33 GTST 5 years ago and be fairly active on the forum. I used to attend the meets up on the central coast at maccas all those years ago!

Have recently purchased a black R33 GTST S1. Got it for an absolute steal and its fairly standard and neat and tidy. I plan to modify it slowly over the coming months and keep everyone informed with a few pictures and updates :)

Hope to get involved again in this forum and get out and meet a few more SAU-ers.

Thanks!

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This morning I pulled out the coil packs and did the old tape job to stop misfire in high rpm.

I also discovered a manual boost controller hidden below the air box! The standard solenoid was still int eh engine bay with tubing connected going no where.. So that's a score!

I wound down the boost from 13psi to 10psi and I am getting a much cleaner run through the entire rev range now with no misfires or jerkiness.

Next plans are to re-connect the audio system up and replace the rear speakers that are fu$&ed.

  • 2 weeks later...

Remember the common issues and fix them :)

- replace coils with OEM or Splitfires

- Replace exhaust manifold studs with uprated toyota ones/oem

- rocker cover gaskets and half moons

- clean your aac and cold start valve

Thanks for the tips.. Actually in the process of buying splitfire coil packs now. 2 out of 6 of my oem coil packs have 1 stripped bolt each so they will be a bitch to get out :(

Also just updating a few other bits:

# replaced the rear speakers that were all cracked, rewired all speakers and head unit/DVD player that was in the car so everything now works.

#bought a second hand 4 ch kicker amp to run all speakers, much better sound now, worth the $50 :D

# found my old his type 1 turbo timer and installed that.. Works perfect, If anyone needs the wiring colour code to the ignition let me know :)

That's about it for now...

I will be doing a full service of all liquids and oils and filters and replacing my coil packs with split fires next weekend :D

Yepo gota love the design of the tail lights...

Installed my apexi el II boost gauge and controller tonight. It is all lit up and working with the controller just need to run the sensor wire through my firewall back to the controller. Boost line is already taped.

Few pictures of my gauge install and my turbo timer install a couple of days ago.. Plus my head unit "tidy up" in the background!

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  • 3 weeks later...

welcome back.

loving the progress reports.

Thanks Luke!

Well I swapped over my coil packs... Seems that the coil pack in cylinder 2 had been swimming in coolant at some point in its life. As you can see in the picture by the white crust, there is no evidence now of any coolant leaks after running my car for 1000km then checking on my new yellow jackets.

Its amazing the difference that yellow jackets have made right across the rev range, everything seems so much smoother now and no more misses at any rpm!

In the mean time I also managed to pick up an 18" set of used rims and wheel package! 2 of the rims had some decent gutter rash but was able to sand them back and spray with matt black paint and they look fine now. All 4 have 90% Bridgetsone tyre left on them and they cost me only $200. Bargain....

Pictures:

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  • 1 month later...

Had a weekend off work so I took the time to install some of the mods I have had siting in my garage for a while Pictures are attached of the various mods, worth noting I installed everything myself with a mixture of my own knowledge and Google/this forum

· FMIC Kit

· Drivers side seat upgrade

· Conversion Speedo/Cluster kit

· HID low beam and HID Hi beam (8000k colour temp)

· Complete LED conversion of all exterior globs (parkers, all indicator globes, reverse lights, number plate lights etc)

· LED conversion to interior dome light and map lights + I have a blue conversion kit for my Aircon buttons still to be installed.

I took a fair few pictures while installing a lot of these mods which I am happy to do a write up and post for anyone who wants it

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the following mods:

· Converting the clock plus aircon displays to blue (using acrylic gel) plus replacing the aircon buttons to blue LED

· Interior blue lighting in foot wells when doors open (courtesy lights)

· Installation of new LED indicator units

· Engine bay tidy up with new blue colour hosing and conduit..

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