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Hey all, I'm new to this forum and sau.

I joined to attended track day events in the near future when my project cars done. I am currently building a Nissan s14 st20det (I know it's not a skyline ) I am building it for circuit, at this stage I am unsure how to post pictures, when I work it out I will post some

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So I worked it out haha, wasn't that hard in the end,

This is my build, everything single thing done to the car is done at home, including building the motor(other then machining)

Except for the diff witch I thought would be a good idea to send out and get built by a pro,this was the first time I ever went to a mechcanic and it's the last, I got the diff back, checked it and it was completely out of tolerances. Sent it back, still not perfect. Next time il be building the diff my self like I have in the past.

Basically building the car from ground up, every single bush has been replaced. basicaly every single bit in the drive line will be new.

Let me know what you think

Cheers

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I like it. I agree diy for the win. I rarely pay mechanics to do anything either. What size is the turbs is that the arms 7960 or 8270? Did you also remove the vct? What cams?

yeah exactly, I went with the m8270 with pon cams and yeah I removed the vct, I didn't really want to but I didn't want to pay 600 for a new vct gear because my original one was stuffed, and I'm running double row valve springs so I don't think a new vct would last very long, ( I can't stand vct tick even though it's safe, that noise just makes me cringe lol)
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yeah exactly, I went with the m8270 with pon cams and yeah I removed the vct, I didn't really want to but I didn't want to pay 600 for a new vct gear because my original one was stuffed, and I'm running double row valve springs so I don't think a new vct would last very long, ( I can't stand vct tick even though it's safe, that noise just makes me cringe lol)

Fair enough. That should make pretty decent top end power. Good luck with it and hope you get it finished soon. See you on the track[emoji106]
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Cheers mate, it's already taken me a year to get to this point, but I've decided to get my ass into gear and set a goal to have it done for an event in the next few months, not sure witch one yet though. [emoji1305]

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