R33 Wannabe Drift Car/pig Build To Decent Street Car

[Gcjosh]

Right so here goes,

(I've built plenty of cars over my years but have never documented it)

So I swapped a car for this white R33, some of you may have seen it before, most of you probably not.

Swapped it very late at night so I didn't really get a good look at it, it's not a bad base though just there is a lot of missing/not working parts.

And because it has no mufflers it's damn loud! So I got home about 1am and not wanting to wake the neighbors I reversed it down my driveway and opened the door to push it, as I was very tired and not looking this happened

The door got caught on my bobber frame

Anyway I'm not a big fan of cheaper parts, they have there place though, so the plan and list of changes are long..

Firstly I already have a new front bar to replace the cracked one that was on there (thanks Corey)

And also replaced the boot with drag wing with a gtr one and stupid me shut it before I changed the lock now I can't open it as the boot release doesn't work

And new wheels to replace the standard s14 wheels that were on it lol

It has a microtech ltx12 which is kind of wired in correctly, no hand controller so got a new one of those, and will be going right through the wiring when I get time.

Scored a eboost2 cheap of a friend as the car had no working boost gauge or controller.

I have purchased a atr43sat turbo from hypergear gear, getting a 6boost manifold and 50mm turbosmart gate to go with it.

Aiming for around 450+ hp as it is a neo motor.

Few other simple things that need fixing, only one speaker worked so I pulled apart all the doors etc and it was just a broken wire or unplugged wire, and my lucky day it has some very nice, but old alpine speakers with tweeters and cross overs, hooked up my new alpine mech free Bluetooth headunit and it sounds quite nice.

Things that need fixing, tacho doesn't work properly, I suspect it just needs to pins bent a bit.

Oil temp is not connected, nor water but that you can see through the microtech.

Pcv valve not connected, needs some rear seatbelts, windscreen wipers, washer bottle etc

Once all parts arrive and are fitted it will be off to the muffler shop for a high flow cat and rear muffler and a 2" screamer pipe with a cat and muffler also 5 inch muffler all up should be enough.

Then off for a tune , I'll post some more pics as I go and feel free to ask any questions etc

Edited August 7, 2015 by Gcjosh

[Gcjosh]

So working away certainly has some bonuses, just got back and have a garage full of presents [emoji16]

6boost manifold

50mm progate

Plazaman fuel rail

18x10 p45r2

Hankook ventus rs3

4 port eboost 2 solenoid

Fresh gaskets

And still waiting for my 460L walbro fuel pump, aeroflow oil cooler setup, and my hypergear atr43g4 sat turbo.

Damn it's going to be a busy week off [emoji6]

Anyone wanna come round drink beers and help out? Lol

[Gcjosh]

So.... I pulled of the rocker covers today to paint them and found

Oh well, read a bit about it, not looked further but the pcv valve has be blocked off/not connected which that and the fact the guy I got the car from took it for a handful + of quick test drives probably added to it.

Happy days though, gives me a reason to take the head off!! Metal head gasket and arp studs then I guess [emoji16]

Might rip the motor out while I'm at it, new bearings and rings etc.. At least I know the motor will be fresh and handle the power I want [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

[Gcjosh]

Been lazy with updates so here goes

New wheels and tyres fitted

New air box thanks to sau member, changed it a bit, added a nice stainless air cleaner as well and mounted my power steering and catch can.

Put in arp head studs today and painted valve covers, trying to look as standard as possible and painted inlet manifold to suit.

And some more goodies so I can start to redo my cooler pipes, as the "shop" that made them did a terrible job and the shops got a good name....

Eboost 2 mounted and wired up

Fittings for turbo water lines as the dipshit that built the car before removed them for god knows why as the old turbo was water and oil..

A few busy days ahead and I'm throwing out the microtech and replacing with a haltech [emoji41]

Oh and scored a nice cheap runabout

Not bad for 6 notes [emoji16]

Catch ya

[Gcjosh]

Test fitted my exhaust manifold and turbo today, need a few 90o fittings but looks great

[Gcjosh]

After much cutting of both metal and bumper finally got this to fit nice, new 100mm thick cooler didn't help but all good now, not bolted in yet just test fit [emoji41]

Edited October 24, 2015 by Gcjosh

[Bronno!]

Good to see you turning it back into a streeter

Curious as to where you got the airbox from and how much the rims set you back? That airbox is awesome!

Cheers,

Bronson.

[Gcjosh]

http://www.rotawheels.com.au/wheels/rota-p45r2

Wheels are from here and they have just put the price up a bit.

Rear tyres I got from Taleb tyres on sau, great price and delivered real quick.l to the Gold Coast .

The air box I got from a sau member but I've changed it a bit and mounted my power steering to and my catch can.

I'm happy to pull it out and make a template for you , fits perfect but it has a 100mm intake so you might want to make that a bit smaller, and I'm running a proflow stainless air filter on the inside . It makes the engine bay nice and tidy and looks very professional.

Turbo and inlet manifold test fitted to run new intercooler pipes.

Removed about a meter from original setup

[Bronno!]

Thanks for the offer but I'm not to confident at fabricatingthings just yet, I'll definitely keep a picture for when I get a bit more experience at custom making things.

I'll keep an eye on your thread, the engine bay is coming along really nicely!