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Sorry about the late reply Tim lol, I've bought some whitline sway bars, 24mm and 22mm (currently in transit)

also picked up some camber rods

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and a new set of rims (9.5" with +18 offset all round)

wrapped in achillies 123s semi's 255's rear 235's front

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and something I've wanted since I played Need for speed lol - a BOV/ diverter valve that is adjustable from within the cabin.

once I installed it I drove down the road laughing my head off.

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litte vid -

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Also in my spare time I bought a front and rear bar which I might install after the next track day just to make it easier to get on and off the trailer.

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(from Viva Garage Melbourne)

Just entered Sandown SAU day on the 30th of Jan, so keen to test out these tyres! from what little time I spent driving home from the tyre shop they gripped up incredibly well!

Also keen to note down some camber settings that people are running?

next to come will be brakes :)

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http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460755-mca-suspension-x-series-race-for-r33-gts-t-review/

This might give some useful ideas on what direction to take with suspension

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and a new set of rims (9.5" with +18 offset all round)

wrapped in achillies 123s semi's 255's rear 235's front

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Awesome wheels mate, great colour too!

Re alignment, I'm currently these settings with stock wheels and 20mm spacers all around:

FRONT L R
Castor 6.48 6.56
Camber -2.05 -2.10
Toe In 0 0
REAR L R
Camber -0.45 -0.45
Toe In +1mm +1mm
Car felt great at Sandown last month, I might see you there on the 30th if I get my rack reco sorted on time..

thanks mate I like the idea of your Toe and camber settings, is it to aggressive for a cruise down the coast on the street? is your car registered?

These are the issues I'm having, I don't mind running aggressive settings to get the most out of my tyres, and then after sandown ill re-vert back to a more street friendly setting.

As my next track day after sandown won't be for another few months. (hopefully will be phillip island)

finished the gear stick surround today, I mounted the GFB adjustable blow off valve controller recessed back into the plastic, looks so neat, I'm really happy with it. Always managed to mount the odd things really well like the GFB boost controller fit perfectly in the space of a air vent :)

finished product -

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thanks mate I like the idea of your Toe and camber settings, is it to aggressive for a cruise down the coast on the street? is your car registered?

These are the issues I'm having, I don't mind running aggressive settings to get the most out of my tyres, and then after sandown ill re-vert back to a more street friendly setting.

As my next track day after sandown won't be for another few months. (hopefully will be phillip island)

Yeah it's registered, with a second set of wheels and semis for the track. These settings are a reasonable compromise between street and track, and tyre wear seems pretty even.

For track only I'd probably run around -3 front and -1 rear camber but that would be tough on the street tyres.

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little update

Just got back from Japan XD what a blast that was!

seen some crazy shit meet the dudes at Tomei, mines, nismo and a few more!

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feedback from Sandown - the 34 had a bit of understeer into corners, not sure if was just coming in too hot or if tyres were wrong, it just felt wrong. so I'll take it to a garage in Melbourne to have it aligned better.

however the Achillies seemed to be ok but ill save my review for after i get the 34 aligned.

I trial fitted the front bar it looks amazing! It'll be getting painted rather soon.

I've had a small change of heart and am now heading in a different direction with power, I'll be changing over turbos and adding an external gate, swell as Cams and split fires.

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however all that shall be put on hold for at least a few months as I just purchased another dirty Nissan (ZX).

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till next time :yucky:

Crazy thread mate. Love the new front bar. Still cant get over the fact that you actually slapped on a PS4 in the 34. Sick af. Hahahahaha. :woot: You can NFS while you NFS.

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little update

Just got back from Japan XD what a blast that was!

seen some crazy shit meet the dudes at Tomei, mines, nismo and a few more!

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feedback from Sandown - the 34 had a bit of understeer into corners, not sure if was just coming in too hot or if tyres were wrong, it just felt wrong. so I'll take it to a garage in Melbourne to have it aligned better.

however the Achillies seemed to be ok but ill save my review for after i get the 34 aligned.

I trial fitted the front bar it looks amazing! It'll be getting painted rather soon.

I've had a small change of heart and am now heading in a different direction with power, I'll be changing over turbos and adding an external gate, swell as Cams and split fires.

...

however all that shall be put on hold for at least a few months as I just purchased another dirty Nissan (ZX).

till next time :yucky:

Good update cheers

Did you check your times at Sandown at all? I had some oversteer at Sandown early last year, adjusted my rear swaybar and put in stiffer springs all around, went back December and it felt great. There's a gazillion ways to address over/understeer behaviour, sounds like alignment will be a good start (with the whole 'change one thing at a time' logic).

Where to next with the turbo? I'm tempted to upgrade to the latest SS2 at some stage on the 34 and go ext gate off the stock manifold, we'll see...

ZX's looking good!

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Good update cheers

Did you check your times at Sandown at all? I had some oversteer at Sandown early last year, adjusted my rear swaybar and put in stiffer springs all around, went back December and it felt great. There's a gazillion ways to address over/understeer behaviour, sounds like alignment will be a good start (with the whole 'change one thing at a time' logic).

Where to next with the turbo? I'm tempted to upgrade to the latest SS2 at some stage on the 34 and go ext gate off the stock manifold, we'll see...

ZX's looking good!

Thanks mate :)

Yes my times did improve dramatically, but thats because I came back with Semi slicks, and sway bars, I dropped down to 1:30. (5 seconds better)

but yes will be starting with a proper alignment, and yeah looking into shock works suspension, but more keen for some decent brakes at this stage (so much moneys!!!)

so currently my exhaust manifold is sitting at Havoc fab where its having the External gate welded on.

I have sold my high flow turbo, and was looking into Hypergears ATR45SAT but I'd like to do a bit more research on Garett, Kinagawa and Borg warner turbos before I make my purchase.

I'm not in any hurry at this stage so will let you know soon as I buy something :)

Cant wait to get my zed!

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Been looking into front bars from viva garage, what the quality like mate? did it fit well?

Looks great

so far so good, I haven't had a chance to test fit the rear bar, but the front bar ligns up well, its made from decent fibre glass and has lots of flex in it too.

The front bar appeared to be too wide at first, but once we flexed it into place and put a screw in it held well.

Viva garage has a lot of good feedback and was recommended to me by someone who is mad keen on that "fresh fitment - hella flush" stuff lol.

so far so good, I haven't had a chance to test fit the rear bar, but the front bar ligns up well, its made from decent fibre glass and has lots of flex in it too.

The front bar appeared to be too wide at first, but once we flexed it into place and put a screw in it held well.

Viva garage has a lot of good feedback and was recommended to me by someone who is mad keen on that "fresh fitment - hella flush" stuff lol.

Thats good to hear haha, is that the bar that requires a GTR bonnet + reo and brackets?

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Just a quickie - Hypergear made up my ATR45SAT today, Getting my external gate thats been welded onto manifold from Havoc tomorrow, and just bought a HDI intercooler.

happy days ahead!

now to eat fried rice and noodles for a few weeks aha

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thanks mate ^ went from fast n furious fanboy to track day and practicality parts in about 6 months. Sound system is long gone now.

Got my exhaust manifold back from havoc after 4 weeks, firstly they told me the manifold I sent them was cracked, so they charged me $70 for a new second hand one, then when I got it back it hadn't been ported and polished like they said, it didn't have the Havic plate welded on - not that it matters but it'd be nice! And then it didn't fit! I had to drill out the holes and attempt to port it myself, needless to say wasn't very impressed, then later realised there were bits missing my from external gate, so yeah that was frustrating but got it on in the end.

HD cooler looks so neat inside I hope it makes a difference.

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All the goodies I have to install :)

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I took of my Tomei FPR and changed it for a turbosmart FPR because Tomei apparently aren't recommended for use with E85

Had to relocate my windscreen wiper bottle to get the new intercooler piping through.

ended up heating up the bottle with heat gun and re-shaping it. Now it looks like an aborted potato.

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Heres my Plenum, its all "Freddy" to be bolted on ;) (see what i did there?)

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unsure about using the throttle body as I've heard I may be better off using the standard one (unsure why will do more research) but this one looks awesome it'd be a shame not to use it.

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I bulk orded a heap of fake Takata harnesses as I am now selling them so hit me up if you want one for $100. they look awesome and are Cams approved :)

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At the weekend just gone I had my Tomei 256 cams installed by a pro mechanic, was also going to get him to instal the Cam gears and clear cam cover,

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however he ran into a problem when the Cam gears didn't actually fit!!! Mega pissed off! then i realised i bought the wrong ones (R34 GTR)

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Turns out R33 gtst, R33 gtt 33 gtr and 34 gtr all share the same part number so i think i had the correct cams just don't know why they didn't fit.

however Cams went in no probs.

Got a Boost gauge connected into the turbo hot side outlet to see just how hard its working, also will be good to see pressure drop across the cooler.

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Thats about all for now, will get the Freddy sand blasted before installing it, and ill hit it with the Die grinder coz its rough as guts.

more soon - Daniel.

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Port and polished the Plenum today, it definitely needed porting there was bits of Aluminium slag all over it, and inside the ports too, nothing the dremel couldn't take care of.

Probably going to regret painting it oneday, but the colours are so shiny!

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