Derek's GTR build

[derk]

Yup! used, but practically brand new from the looks of it, all the fins are mint, no shaft play at all, they were such an unbelieveable deal, i couldnt pass them up

power-wise, they should be on the same level as 2530's/2860-5's except it uses a 360 degre floating bearing like NismoS-tune said, they also have a 15 degree cut back on the turbine wheel which is pretty neat, wonder why turbos now days dont use cutback wheels...

these turbos are pretty much perfect for my current motor, ill be going to a pair of 2860-5's when i build the new forged motor this summer.

...now i just gotta get off my ass and finish porting out those manifolds so i can put these bitches on

[Godz1llaGTR]

Nice choice on the turbos

[derk]

another small update!

the final parts are starting to get ordered, and this bitch should be running and tuned by May.

i've decided to paint my valve covers and intake plenum wrinkle red, been one of my favorite colours on engines ever since.. ever.

so i did my friend's SR valve cover first as a guinea pig, turned out real nice! ..cant really tell in the pics though, stupid shitty iphone.. it looks orange in the pics, but its red.

Stripping the valve cover:


Stripped:


After:


Close up of the wrinkle

[Oakville]

very nice derek, how do you keep the lettering clear of paint?

[derk]

you paint over them, and sand off the letters after

[M13]

Tal strip... mmm good stuff.


Where did you get the wrinkle paint Derek?
Looks good! Must be hard to clean

[GTR-guy]

Looks good! But it might be a bit difficult to crew the oil filler cap back in!

[derk]

sooo ive been slacking with the updates, but w/e. heres a couple:



and..



MEEEEEAT!

new 285/30/18 A048's on the P1's

just a teaser for now

car is almost done!

[flipridah17]

Thanks for doing a such quality build man!

Keep up the good work! Hope to see some updates soon!

[Oakville]

you paint over them, and sand off the letters after

ahh that makes sense

those tires look godly! how much did they set you back?

[DJ]

selling that seat rail by any chance?

[GTR--J]

sooo ive been slacking with the updates, but w/e. heres a couple:



and..



MEEEEEAT!

new 285/30/18 A048's on the P1's

just a teaser for now

car is almost done!

More please! It's so nice to see other people put on quality balla parts

[derk]

haha, Jason, i think your manifold single handedly epic wins over my entire build... lol.

heres a couple more though, should be done polishing the HKS ic pipes today, but im still waiting for the PTD -12AN valve cover breather fittings before i can assemble everything.. heres how it sits at the moment.





i had the valve covers/ intake manifold powder coated because i couldnt fit them inside my oven and so i couldnt use the wrinkle paint like i did on my friends SR valve cover..

it turned out alright, wasnt exactly what i was hoping for, i wanted a flat, deep red with a grainy wrinkle like the ITR/Ferrari/Nismo valve covers.. this is a much brighter and slightly glossy red, but whatever. thats what happens when you get other people to do the work for you....... |:

HKS2530's on ported stock manifolds, Trust turbo extension pipes (down pipe/ dump pipes built into one, smoothest flow possible, with really long divided wastegate tubes), 3" resonated test pipe, to 90mm ARC Ti catback.









thats all you get for now.

...cuz thats all i got for now. lol

[archaeic_bloke]

thats coming along quite nicely!

[Oakville]

thats beautiful derek! but...wheels! specs and pics pls! i wanna know about these tires