My 1995 GTR project thread.

[collector240sx]

Hi,

Autosol, use to be available at Canadian Tire around my place about 4-5 years ago, really great stuff.
I should really get my hand on some more.

Nice jobs man, really liking this tread.

Keep up the good work.

[JosiahP]

looks great man! cant wait to see this beast finished

[cortexx]

Youd think so - but top mount turbos raise the center of gravity of the car (not by much but it does a bit) and also brings them into the realm of melting my hood and other various things , i'm also not the botherd , theyll be plenty of other eye casndy to look at and its the performance that counts

Oh, by the way. Are those turbos not perfectly made for a top mount kit? Absolute shame to hide them in the OEM position.

[cobrAA]

I can make it happen

HAHA! I will keep that in mind!

[cortexx]

Tonights installment of "f-ing around with my car" is brought to you by 4 cans of grolsch lager , a bag of peanuts and a pack of chicken jerky !

So novelty of staring at the turbos has worn off and i cant install the suction kit yet because im waiting on my billet flange ...... or can I ?

I thought i'd start by cleaning up the old pieces that Greddy decided they didnt need to replace , the 2 castings that bolt onto the suction and compression of the rear turbo , and the compression outlet of the front turbo .

The sand blaster was loaded with a mix of walnut shell and crushed glass , just the ticket for cleaning up 15 year old aluminium castings ....



after not particulary close inspection it was apparent that the finish looked like sh1t and needed a bit of a buff , it also had a butt ugly casting line down it's length that corresponding Greddy pipes did not . After some careful consideration the grolsch suggested i should do something about it .

Sooo i spent about and hour sanding it down by hand but i was already down to me second out of only 4 cans of lager so i decided to break out the orbital sander and finish it of in about 5 minutes with 150 grit paper ...



notice the crappy cast marks ? i turned it into this ....



at this point it became obvious that the thickness of the pipe was deteriorating very fast and that further sanding might end up in the need for a replace ment so i decided to stop here and break out the die grinder with a 4 inch buffing wheel and a black bar of abrasive paste .... after 10 minutes of BrrrrrBrrrrrrrBRrrrrrbrbrrrrrrrrrr i ended up with this ..



switched the wheel and repolished using the jewellers rouge polish to end up with this



Many years ago ( about 30 actually ) my father used to insist i polished the spokes on the basket rims on his Austin healy sprite with a german product called salvol autosol. I had a friend go to there this year and bought me back a tube . This stuff turns any dull metal into a gleaming finish and i have never seen anything work so well and so fast since , i used it on the pipe to finish it off , this was after 2 minutes of hand polishing it :



The really cool thing about this stuff is that it cleans out the metal grain and makes even pitted uneven surfaces look new and attractive. It also leaves a residue on the metal that helps it resist oxidization and dulling I'm not sure if you can buy this stuff here .

After the 3rd can and a marked decrease in mental judgement i figured i'd rough fit the suction kit to ge an idea of what it would look like and also to see if the rest of it fitted without the need to have more parts made. this is what it looked like :





althought the silicon couplings are on no clamps are because i had to take it apart again to finish installing the water pipes , and also because now on my fourth can of lager i coulnd rememeber which direction tightens or loosens the clamps .

Just as i left the workshop i took a few shots fo the hood closed , you can see how well this fits , the hatch mechanism had to be spaced back about 1/8th of an inch . The hood fits very snugly and i dont think ill be using pins with it ..





cant wait to get the front bumper and jun front lip mounted

updates soon !

[Ignitecgy]

Oh, by the way. Are those turbos not perfectly made for a top mount kit? Absolute shame to hide them in the OEM position.

[cortexx]

Frankies build thread is one of the most inspiring threads in these forums , an absolute wealth of tips and info

wow that turbo kit is legit! i always love your write ups! i think your passing frankiman's build thread in my eyes since he rarely updates now!! keep up the good work

[cortexx]

Hey Matty , im shooting for the skymeet in July although im out of the country next week for a week.

I probably wont have all the parts installed when i come , just the parts to make it run . I have a long path to take to get it all installed and running properly.

Looks great Paul. I really can't wait to see your car when it is done.
What's the ETA? Will it be on the road this summer?

[gtrjon]

wow that turbo kit is legit! i always love your write ups! i think your passing frankiman's build thread in my eyes since he rarely updates now!! keep up the good work

[Matty]

Looks great Paul. I really can't wait to see your car when it is done.
What's the ETA? Will it be on the road this summer?

[quadracer111]

Friggin delicious!

[ColinR33]

Damn son.

That is turning into a work of art.

Me gusta.

[cschepp]

Great job man. All I have to say is moar, moar moar!

[cortexx]

I can make it happen

[cobrAA]

Man, I would love to detail to perfection one of those midnight purple!!