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Hi Guys i am quite new to the car scene i recently just purchased a 180 shell which i overpaid for quite a lot for since i didn't really know anything about cars. Previously i owned a honda integra dc5 type S which was both my daily and weekender toy. I have currently purchased over 10 grand in second hand parts which have not even been installed yet. The shell has a fair bit of rust when i purchased the shell as did not check under it as i was suggested to buy this shell by my best mate who owns a black s2k . I'm planning on paying for a 3 grand respray which includes dent repair and rust repair. There is a hole caused by the rust underneath the chassis but i was told that a plate is going to be welded to it so it should be fine. So far i have spent 12k on the car and it is still not running right to the way i want as it is in need of an oxy sensor and afm.

I am only a P plate driver so i want to keep the car P plate legal. I want the car to make at least 250kw at the rears and i am willing to pay for parts needed. I was told sr20de engines easily make 400kw. I was told of several places that can do this is Garage worx, Edge motorworks, Jak motorworks and Chasers Motorworks as these shops are considered nissan specialist and can dyno tune my car for 250kw.

i don't really trust jak and chasers so i won't take my car to them. I would like your thoughts on Garage worx and edge motorworks.

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Leroy Peterson Grand Master

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If you run space savers on the rears it will feel like it makes 250kw.

But seriously its not worth the time or buckets of money to get that kind of power from NA. Buy turbo bits then wait till youre old enough. A $3k respray is going to be fairly shit, and thats not even including dint or rust repair.

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SR20DETs can make 400kW. SR20DEs, you'll be spending a lot of money to make 200kW. A "T" makes a big difference.

Now, I'm from a small set of islands far off the East coast of Aussie, but from what I understand "over 10 grand in second hand parts" and "P plate legal" don't really go hand-in-hand, unless maybe that's all stereo gear or a very, very fancy set of wheels that will go missing in about 4 weeks' time. I thought engine mods were pretty much a no-no?

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OP, you're getting "told" a lot of things and spending money on hearsay. Stop listening to friends and start reading or asking professionals.

Agree with above; cut your losses any way you can. Accept you made a mistake and move on. Dreams take time and you're rushing in gung-ho. Buy a decent n/a car for your P plates and then sell it. Then buy a decent turbo car. Do nothing but this.

3k with dent removal will be a shit job unless part of the deal is you're doing the spraying yourself...in which case it will be a shit job.

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Thanks for the advice guys...

I have contacted Garage worx and they told me not to give up hope on the car. They told me i can still be restored and since I've already spent so much on it i shouldn't really cut my losses just yet. Garage worx told me to proceed with the 3k respray and repair as they told me it's a really good quote so i will be getting the car resprayed next week.

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Sweet.

Post pics please. Before and after the plate gets welded over the chassis rust.

Is the shell rego able?

i'll try to get some photos in

i think the shell is able to be regoed, when it was a det, it was once regoed so i'm pretty sure it can be regoed

Hertz Donut Proficient

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Oh lawd. Stop. Stop stop stop stop stop.

Stop.

"I think" doesn't cut it when it comes to rego, unless you intend to keep it off the street, permanently. Find out FOR SURE if it's still able to be rego'd before doing ANYTHING else. There's no need to rush through this, you'll only get further in the hole.

I really hope this works out for you, but you need to step back and do some due diligence before carrying on.

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