Midnight Purple R33 GTR EFR8374 Build

[Bruizer]

nice manifold! not full race but I'm sure theyr'e much cheaper

[Black BNR32]

Just an FYI; raw brokerage says their standard manifold is NLA. Their billet manifold is the replacement. Both are on their site.

[sb119]

Quick update. Still waiting on engine parts so I've been working on other projects.
Sold my old winter beater




Picked up my new winter beater from Calgary



Had to fix a few things but its running good now and way more fun than the Delica haha




Tools I ordered to build my fuel system with all stainless steel hardlines are slowly coming in




Took my headlights apart to paint the chrome part black



Put them in the oven at 300 for 10 minutes and they pry apart pretty easy. Just one small screw to take out on the backside at the outer corner.






Once they're opened up theres a few more screws to take out to disassemble them and then tape them off for paint.











I need new lenses, theres all these hairline cracks so they still look cloudy even after polishing them up




Took my cailipers off too to refinish them but thats still a work in progress

[LuckyGTR]

nice , sweet ride , just get the full race ., **** the rest

i run a HKS t4 manifold , old u would say ya but amazing , sucks they dont make NON wastegate one

good luck on the rest of the build

y u dont work at VEX no more?

is it a good shop?

[quadracer111]

That GC is a sweet pickup. I miss mine a bunch.

If you're ever interested. We're a pretty friendly bunch (check latest post in thread always for location, we change it up a lot)

http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=28085.0

[sb119]

nice , sweet ride , just get the full race ., **** the rest

i run a HKS t4 manifold , old u would say ya but amazing , sucks they dont make NON wastegate one

good luck on the rest of the build

y u dont work at VEX no more?

is it a good shop?

Thanks. I'm still holding out for the custom built manifold. If it ever gets done will be 321 stainless and way lighter than the full race. I don't work at Vex anymore because I moved to SK but its an awesome shop. Nothing but good things to say about about them.

[sb119]

That GC is a sweet pickup. I miss mine a bunch.

If you're ever interested. We're a pretty friendly bunch (check latest post in thread always for location, we change it up a lot)
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf...?topic=28085.0

Yeah they're a lot of fun. Version 5's were always my favorite looks-wise so its cool to finally own one. I haven't been on WSC forever but I'll have to check out the meets, thanks for the offer man!

[PurpleStreak]

Did you ever get this EFR on? I'm thinking about the same turbo and would love to switch if it still has the same boost threshold as my PT6262 but can flow way more!

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[sb119]

Did you ever get this EFR on? I'm thinking about the same turbo and would love to switch if it still has the same boost threshold as my PT6262 but can flow way more!

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Unfortunately I took on way too many projects this summer and the gtr didn't get touched. I'm still waiting for my manifold to get fabricated but other than that I've got almost all the parts to get it back together. I've started a few things but I keep running into dead ends where I need parts to go any further.

I'm planning to get the bottom end back together this weekend and then start the fuel system next week. Hopefully I'll have cylinder head parts by middle of October. Still need a clutch and a few bits and pieces too. I'll do a proper update soon

[sb119]

Mini picture "update"


Project Datsuns / part of the reason why the GTR gets ignored




The parts 240z and the sad state of my GTR




The "good" 240z





Projects





Stripped everything out of the trunk of my GTR and started mocking up the fuel system.





Swapped in a Nismo cluster to raise my top speed from 180 to 320 kph




59,983 original km. Not bad for a 20 year old car





Now only 2567 km but I lost half a tank of fuel






Took all my valves out






Found out why I had a few leaking valve stem seals. Guy who built the engine broke pieces off half the guides so oil could leak under the seals. So unimpressed with the builder of this engine. Especially considering it was built by a GTRC member and then sold to another member (before the car was sold to me). So many things were done wrong. Its one thing if its your own engine but if you're claiming to be an "engine builder" and making a profit off selling engines you better know what the f**k you're doing.

On the bright side it ran for 6000km without blowing up and I only tore it apart because it was burning oil. All the machining work seems to have been done properly.

Pic of the offending valve guides:

[leung23c]

It's good that the valve guides were broken on top not the bottom. Otherwise the broken pieces would be dropped in the combustion chamber and BANG!!!

I wonder how loud the fuel pump would be. I saw some supra people got their hands on "Bugatti Veyron fuel pump" which is very quiet and reliably supporting 1000hp (obviously). It probably pump as much fuel as two 044 put together. Tempted to try it myself haha (when the time comes)

[NismoS-tune]

Aren't you a mechanic? How come you didn't rebuild your own engine instead of buying the usual pos canadian RB?

[sb119]

It's good that the valve guides were broken on top not the bottom. Otherwise the broken pieces would be dropped in the combustion chamber and BANG!!!

I wonder how loud the fuel pump would be. I saw some supra people got their hands on "Bugatti Veyron fuel pump" which is very quiet and reliably supporting 1000hp (obviously). It probably pump as much fuel as two 044 put together. Tempted to try it myself haha (when the time comes)

Yeah I got very lucky that this engine didn't blow up already.

I actually bought a Radium Engineering surge tank with dual internal Walbro 400 pumps to replace the 044's to cut down on noise. A lot of people don't like Walbro pumps but I've had good luck in the past with them and since its my own car and not a customer's I'm ok with testing some parts I wouldn't normally use in a build. I've heard good thing about the Veyron pumps but haven't had a chance to test one myself.

[sb119]

Aren't you a mechanic? How come you didn't rebuild your own engine instead of buying the usual pos canadian RB?

Read through the thread bud. Was in the car when I bought it

[sb119]

Been getting some work done on this lately. Here's a quick teaser of what I've been up to. Proper update coming after Christmas. Please excuse the picture quality...