The B33st Buildup - HKS 3037s.

[B33st]

Got the throttle body in the for sale section of these forums.

[B33st]

Ok time again for an updated picture. I have recently had the cam covers and inlet manifold powdercoated, turned out pretty good i think. The black cover in the middle has still only got a cover of primer on it so it'll look a little better in a few days. I have actually cut out the raised nissan emblem that was in the middle of this and filled it over with fiberglass.

[knore]

Thats sweet, i cant wait to see how this engine performs, ive been saving to do something similar Just need that final kick

[SLY33]

looks great, love the black plenum with red Greddy emblem, will look hot in the car. nice touch with the plug cover, i was wondering where the emblem had gone!

[knore]

hey what did you pay for the 3037 kit? Was it an actuall kit or just the turbo?

nengun dont seem to stock them anymore

[B33st]

The Turbo kit i got i purchased off a fellow forum member, "Steve". It's a HKS 3037 + HKS wastegate but locally made manifold and dump pipe. Think i paid about $4000 for it all including intercooler piping and oil lines.

It was his original forum thread that convinced me that i needed the 3037 and when it came time for me to actually purchase one he was returning his car to stock, so i purchased his complete setup.

[MattSR]

Why did he return the car to stock?!?!?!?!?

[knore]

Ok cheers

Hows progress? Have an expected date for it to be back in and running?

[B33st]

Not too much longer i hope, it has taken me 2 years to get to this stage. Just need to find the time to get the engine back in. Both me and my old man have a couple of weeks off over christmas so hopefully i'll get 99% of it done then.

No idea why steve returned his car back to stock, you'll have to ask him he's still on these forums.

[B33st]

The engine is now back where it belongs, slowly making progress.

Engine Hoist!!!!

Back where it belongs.

[knore]

Sweeet!

[Steve]

Glad to see its coming together, any updates?

[B33st]

I've really only got the intercooler piping left to do. I had been waiting the last month for a trust blow off valve to arrive from nengun and that finally arrived this week. On saturday i'll go see what piping/bends etc that i need and hopefully i can find the time in the next couple of weeks to get that made up.

Edited February 15, 2006 by B33st

[Bobjones]

Nice engine crane

This a very good thread!!!

Will be very interested to have a looksie when its all back together!!!

[knore]

Same, when its done ide love to come have a look if possible

[Steve]

Hows that pipework doing?

[croat]

any dyno graphs or the like? love to see how this turbo performs. What was the ps rating?

[B33st]

Have not had much of a chance to do a whole lot in the past few weeks. The intercooler is mounted and the pipe is all cut to size just need to get it welded up. I also need to get a new hose made up for the air con as it current one fouls on the exhaust manifold.

I'm off to VIC for a couple of weeks from tomorrow (grand prix and fishing trip up the Murray) and then hopefully i can get stuck into the last few things when i get back.

I'll post as soon as some more progress is made.

[Cool Hand Luke]

I went with him as previously i was getting most stuff done by Hardcore at slacks creek and i found out that he was the one that was doing all the headwork / machining for them so pretty much went straight to the source. He's pretty well known in drag racing circles and has been supercomp champion a few times now racing his own cars, you'll see his name across the top of the main stand at willowbank.

HARDCORE "PERFORMANCE"???? *shudder*

Mate, my advise is to stay away from Hardcore, unless you want to buy something like a tacho or a blow off valve. In the few times i've been there where i had a leaking intercooler (which i knew because it was prone to that), and took my car in to fix that and only that. I had a subzero plenum on it, which they tried to tell me the runners werent sealing properly and re-welded without asking, and said it fixed the problem (which it didnt), then got the suprise of having a coke bottle stuck between my intercooler and bumper (which they treid to convince me they didnt put it there), add to that an undone throttle cable which got stuck half open when trying to test to see if my intercooler was fixed, and a fuel rail which wasnt done up and p!ssed fuel everwhere (which they told me it was done up really tight, and must have a problem with the thread!), and luckily enough i was stopped by a pedestrian before i left who pointed the leak out to me.T

The mother of all has to be a squashed by them sump because they thought its a great jacking point... this lead to an oil pickup problem, which subsequently led to a big end gone 5mins after leaving their shop whilst i was going up moss st, testing my to see if my still cracked intercooler was fixed (which you've already figured it wasnt)!

To top it all off, i took the car back and it went up on the hoist, and they found this mysterious crack in the cooler, which they tried to tell me it wasnt there before (even though i only drove the car for 5mins).... If thats not enough, when i told them about the sump, they denied it, even whilst having a squashed pickup in my hand!

This isnt the first story i've heard like that from that hell workshop. Dont say you werent warned about them... they're dodgy as they get, and not worth the money you save by seeing them. Steer clear!

EDIT - they also tried to tell me that they fixed my intercooler leak (which was aparantly pressure tested!), and that the ecu needs to be remapped because it was mapped with a leaking vacuum hose! Its a beyond a joke, and im still rebuilding the engine because of this crap.

Edited March 24, 2006 by Cool Hand Luke

[RNS11Z]

man you got stooged, dont worry, i know of some one else who also got done.