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So after a couple of months of gathering parts and working on the car I have decided to have a crack at getting it over the pits. I feel that I have addressed most of the items on the last pit inspection and it seems to drive pretty nice so if it does fail it shouldn't be for anything too major.

A few pictures to how I got it to this point

Firstly here is a couple more pics to show how much hate this thing has received...key gouges in the paint and drivers window :S

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Finished look of the rust fixed up

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Mate helped me remove all the aftermarket wiring which was a bit of a mess

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Any ideas what this does? Some sort of horn from Japan

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Car had a hesitation at WOT so plasti dipped the coilpacks and rail then cable tied them together. So far a few quick drives and no more hesitation so will see how long that lasts for.

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Bought some interior pieces that had already been painted from a wreck...not really a fan of the red gear boot so will change that down the track.

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Few parts to fix up after its licensed. New door and skirts should cover up the side damage.

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Hoping to get a working sunroof with the parts from both of them

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Let the modding begin! (once its licensed)

PLX wideband and PLX DM-100. Am thinking I might try and fit one in the cluster where the oil pressure gauge is.

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Gizmo boost controller / turbo timer from my old car

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Picked up a turbo back xforce exhaust for $150

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Also have a couple more parts in the post on their way.

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white rocker covers is a bit keen, gl mate hope you have fun with the project.

interested to see how you go.

Haha yeah probably I just wanted to see what it would look like mainly. It probably wouldnt be too hard to clean if it was gloss paint but its matt so the dirt and grease will stick to it a bit more

Great thread.

cheers hopefully it will stay somewhat interesting..

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Bit of an update

I took the car over the pits on Tuesday and to my surprise it passed first go so I was pretty happy with that!

I then took the exhaust off to a shop to get a bung welded in for the 02 sensor and got it priced up to have it fitted but was going to cost more than the exhaust itself so I decided that I will chuck it on myself another day.

Once I got home I started to work on the spare door and side skirts. Unfortunately after closer inspection I found that the door had quite a few rust spots on the inside and it wouldn't be worth fixing up.I have since sourced a set of doors that I plan to pick up on Sunday.

While I was at it I also ran an oil flush through the engine and then added in some more lifter free to the new oil and after running around a little bit it has managed to free up the lifter ticking which has resulted in the engine being nice and quiet so once again I am pretty happy with that.

Overall the car seems to drive pretty nice for the exception of the rotors which appear to be a little warped so I have ordered some RDA dimpled and slotted front rotors so will see if they make a difference. I have also noticed that when running at WOT the car will do a jerk and then push a little harder. I am guessing this is not normal behavior but have read a stock car runs 2 stages of boost so I would like to hook up the boost controller to see what it is running at.

Decided to give it a little wash before the pits...a bit like polishing a turd really

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Sh*****t sonnnn it passed the pits!

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Stupid rust spots on the replacement door

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  • 5 months later...

Been a while since I posted as I have been busy with house renos and lost motivation for a couple of months where it was just sitting in the shed with no doors however I am back on track again and hope to start having a bit of fun with it soon!



Fixed


Replaced the Sunroof which now works


The doors are now purple in colour


Heater core leaked in the car so I have bypassed it for now



Installed


Exhaust


Gizmo EBC


Z32 ECU with Nistune


Just Jap cooler


POD filter


R32GTR seats


Sony head unit


350Z Track V1 wheels


RDA front slotted and dimpled rotors


Bendix Ultimate pads - front



Removed


R32GTR seats – I couldn’t get comfortable in these maybe because I’m too tall for them…either way they wouldn’t be low enough to wear with a helmet being a sunroof model so I decided to swap them for a Turbo setup




Parts purchased pending install


800cc highflowed injectors


Works AFPR


Walbro 255 Fuel Pump


Z32 AFM


RX7 / VL hybrid turbo machined to a T04E – really don’t know a lot about this turbo but it supposedly made 330kw on an rb20.


High mount China Mani


Tial 38mm wastegate


PLX wideband



To do / wish list



Ripped apart a laptop to use as a carputer but ended up buying a cheap acer tablet from Dicksmith which runs windows 8.1 and should do everything i want it to, just need to mount it so it looks decent.



Need to remount the intercooler as some of the piping is a bit wonky and the front bar doesn’t sit nicely



Install Z32 AFM, Walbro, AFPR and fuel injectors.



Fit an oil cooler and catch can setup



Probably not going to use this turbo setup now might try flog it and find something more suitable.



Get the car tuned



Paint everything! The exterior looks pretty horrible especially with the purple doors. Might look into plastidip and I would also like to black the engine bay



Once the engine side of things is done I would like to get a Bilstein / king spring setup installed like the ones Sydney kid used to do.



Take the car to some track days and break things!



Exhaust


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R32 GTR seats I had in for a while


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800cc injectors


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Carputer install which ended up being a waste of time


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Lovely purple doors and passenger side skirt


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Front rotors and pads installed


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350Z Track V1 Rims - These are Rays forged and almost as light as the Te37s


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Made up a gauge holder for the gizmo EBC using an old piece of trim and plastic welder. Still need to bog it up and make it look a little prettier but looks better than the cable ties I had been using.


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Yeah staying with the stock rail. I have read that the stock one is fine but I already have a fuel reg and gauge sitting there from my old car so I figured it wouldn't hurt being able to monitor the fuel pressure on the dyno if I ever needed to.

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  • 1 month later...

Was a bit worried about being cop bait with multi-coloured doors so did a quick rattle can spray on the passenger door which looks pretty average but less obvious from a distance at least.


Also went wreck shopping and picked up the following bits

Side skirts
Rear pods
Replacement bonnet (current one has big rust spots)
White line strut brace, front sway bar, rear camber and toe arms
White gauge with LED kit
Tein super streets with EDFC


Sprayed the strut brace black along with some of the cooler piping and also straightened up the FMIC while I was at it. Im still not all that happy how the front bar sits as it is not all that flush.

Fitted coilovers and edfc which is a pretty cool unit.


Something that had been bugging me was how nuggety this thing looks and with lots of rust spots appearing it would obviously need a fair bit of work getting it to look at least semi decent. The other thing at the back of my mind is that although I only just fit in the car with the sunroof if I want to do track work later on my head is either going to have to be on a massive lean, pop up through the sunroof or I just sit on the floor once the helmet goes on.


Alas another r33 was bought. Although this one is a 94 it appears to be a S1.5 with the series 2 motor. This one was also bought unregistered and barely running however the body and paint is actually pretty straight with only the boot missing some clear coat. Unfortunately the interior leaves a bit to be desired but I can just pilfer what I need from the black one.


Initial diagnosis of the motor is that it is spewing water out the back of the block due to having popped a freeze plug however it will eventually start with much pumping of the gas. I am currently in the process of removing the motor so will hopefully have a better diagnosis by the end of the weekend.


Anyway enough typing...a few pics with more to come.












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Hi Shaun,

Great build thread with the Black car, was very inspiring and I like how you have done the work yourself and dealing with the rust issues head on.

I am pretty inspired actually, I have one of these nuggets in our driveway which I really should do something with. I could sell it to a scrapper for 2K but it is still my pride and joy so reading you doing this is wanting me to bring it back from the dead.

-Jordan

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Hi Jordan,

I'm glad I've managed to inspire someone, although I unfortunately don't know what the future holds for the black car now. I have lots of options and scenarios in play and change my mind daily.

My current line of thinking is to pull the motor, gearbox and all the goodies out of the black one and put them in the white one so I can start enjoying track days etc. If I can manage living with a shell in my shed I will let it sit there and possibly toy around with an engine conversion in the future.

In regards to your car I guess it all comes down to whether you can justify the time, effort and money but I will say it does feel rewarding when yo see the progress and it is something you have accomplished yourself. If you love the car though I would go for it and definitely post up a build thread!

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