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1 hour ago, trel said:

Absolutely would working with a friend on his car previous owner has really butchered this thing...

ok, I'll shoot grab some pics of it tomorrow morning! 

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I have those, it's the lines from the bottom of the canister I'm trying to find in FAST as well. Thanks dudes. ? Sorry for hijacking your thread mate! The lines are re-routed they've put a canister under the driver side guard. Has anyone ever seen this? I don't understand the purpose of doing this.

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On 8/14/2020 at 11:47 PM, trel said:

I have those, it's the lines from the bottom of the canister I'm trying to find in FAST as well. Thanks dudes. ? Sorry for hijacking your thread mate! The lines are re-routed they've put a canister under the driver side guard. Has anyone ever seen this? I don't understand the purpose of doing this.

 

Probably just because it's ugly. 

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On 7/27/2020 at 4:40 PM, PLYNX said:

That's an exceptional price for that front quarter cut ! 

Even here in Aus you couldn't get it for that price !

 

And that front bar will transform the front of the car.

Took me a while but I did it all myself, and I've never done any sort of body work. It's not perfect. I'll definitely be redoing it when it gets a little cooler outside. But here it is! 

Also, going to have to trim the turn signal housings a bit, they won't fit in the bumper/bar because of my FMIC. That's a project for another week. 

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Well done on that front bar ! 

You'll have to eventually fill in the cut outs where that center cross bar used to be as it will a flex point when you hit those over sized speed humps and parking bollards local councils put in.

I to start practicing your plastic welding skills via YouTube on the interweb ! ! !

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13 hours ago, trel said:

That looks great mate. Makes me miss my 95 I had years ago. Nice Shepherd in the background there. Great protection. ?

Thank! I actually have a German Shepherd and a Beligian Malinois, definitely a safe home!

9 hours ago, trel said:

Forgot to ask, did you repair and paint yourself?

Yes, I'd never done it before so it's not perfect but neither is the rest of the car so it kind of fits? lol. Need to wetsand it. Eventually I'll have the whole car repainted in QM1 again but that's after the go fast bits :)

11 hours ago, PLYNX said:

Well done on that front bar ! 

You'll have to eventually fill in the cut outs where that center cross bar used to be as it will a flex point when you hit those over sized speed humps and parking bollards local councils put in.

I to start practicing your plastic welding skills via YouTube on the interweb ! ! !

I was actually going to do that but I ran out of time, big care show this weekend that I needed to have the bumper finished for. Thanks! 

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Got the Haltech setup (platinum pro, wideband, boost solenoid), 750cc injectors, AEM 340lph fuel pump all installed. Started tuning and at around 4000RPM the clutch started slipping badly. Was making around 275HP when it started slipping. The OSGiken twin that came with the car probably took a lot of abuse in Japan, which explains why it was so hard for me to get use to. I've driven twin and triple plates before and never had an issue.

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New XClutch twin plate rated for 850ft/lbs is being put in tomorrow, and we will resume tuning on Tuesday. Should be plenty for my plans with the car. Will update with tuning results. Probably 290-310?

Plan for early March 2021 or so is to go with a Precision 6062, 4inch stainless from turbo back. Hopefully live around 400-425HP for a bit and then late 2021 do metal head gasket and arp head studs.

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Been a while since I've updated, made some changes recently and have some new parts on the way!

New wheels: SSR GTX04 in 18x9.5 +22 all around w/ Continental Extreme Contact in 255/35.

Also installed the Nismo shaded side winkers, Nismo door handle protectors, Nismo old logo carbon fiber shift knob. Tinted the car as well, CPX 18% on sides and back and 40% on front.

Full turbo back 3 inch stainless straight pipe, with screamer. 

NEW PARTS COMING:
Pulsar GTX3076R Gen 2
CXRacing thick wall top mount manifold
Tial 38mm wastegate

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On 4/12/2022 at 8:59 AM, Milkmun said:

Looks the goods mate, is the turbo hitting the valve cover? 

It's about 2-3mm off, so VERY close. Can't clock the turbo anymore without the bolts touching. 

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Lots of delays and incorrect parts shipped. But now she has a Radium fuel rail and 750cc Bosch injectors, so it's almost time to tune. Getting the downpipe fabricated the first weekend or May. 

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A LOT has happened since my last update.

Got the car back together in May of 22. Took it to get tuned, one of the injectors got stuck open at some point during a pull. Rather than see what may have happened for the tune to suddenly become rich between pulls, the tuner starts cutting fuel until he leans out the other 5 cylinders. Went ahead and did another pull and went to 22 psi on pump gas, cracked ringlands in 4 of 6 pistons and all of them except for the one with the stuck injector had detonation marks all over them. I found all this out after the fact. Tuner shut his shop down soon after, and blew a few other motors that same month.

 

SO... tore it down in June. Ordered new CP 9:1 pistons, Manley H beam rods, ID1050x injectors. Sent the crank off to Countersteer to have it polished, balanced and have a crank collar put on. Upgraded to PRP crank collar and PRP oil pump gears. Had the head decked and refreshed. Repaired/Replaced strut towers, and painted the bay. Now we're just waiting for the block to get back from being honed, decked and cleaned, and then we can start putting her back together. I'm curious of what it will make now though...

PSR GTX3076R Gen2 w/ 0.82 hot side
CxRacing thick wall manifold
CP 9:1 Pistons
Manley H beam rods
HPI FMIC
Cut and shut manifold
ID1050x Injectors
AEM 340LPH pump
GM flex fuel sensor
Haltech Platinum pro

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