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So the weld in cage idea is on hiatus at the moment. Legality issues would prompt me to remove it upon sight, and since i removed the tints, it's going to pose a problem.
On another note, our carbon door sills are almost done! No logo yet, but i'm debating on a GTR or Skyline logo for them..
Battery relocation kits are in the works, as well as oil catch cans.
Was supposed to go Mexico next week, but i've decided to stick around and try to get my car and this overwhelming work load complete! Haven't yet posted a GB or FS add and business has been great thanks to you all! Big props to the GTRC community for that!
Would REALLY love to get my headstuds, but i have absolutely no idea where they are and i'm becoming incredibly impatient. The car needs to be running and 99% done by March 15th.
Turbo ships out Tuesday. Should have that back the following week. If the studs are here by then, i'll have my motor reassembled and back in the car the same day! Then all that's left is to route my new oil cooler lines and fittings, place, cut and weld my intercooler pipes up to my front facing plenum, lengthen my throttle cable (or s13 cable apparently works), fashion a hard-pipe kit for the intake and change my rear pads!
Going to order a new rad, either koyo or mishimoto and may run e-fans, but that can wait til the car is back together.
And.... Upper control arms for the rear, because my camber is out of control. This is a BIG maybe, but i've been looking at modifying the stock RUCAS with adjustment tabs.. I feel that it'll cost more than ordering the AMS kit so i may just finish my suspension off completely and order everything from them..
Then... Run an inline fuel filter, 40 microns or so.. Allows me to clean it rather than swap out the OEM every 20,000 km's, not that its a big deal, but i'll extend the line so that its easier to access. OEM placement is a bit of a pain with the lower hose.
Oh and then fit my AN valve cover fittings and run - lines off that to my catch can setup, atmospheric, since i didnt want to re-tap my plenum for the PCV valve. Tune will rid of this demon. As long as the lines are sufficient in size (-10 min), then breather problems are not an issue. I've had my fair share of experience with smaller diameter hose..
What else.. I think that's actually it. I feel like i've spent HOURS working on my car and it hasn't gone anywhere, it's incredibly discouraging lol. I'm sure it will pay off come dyno day; hopefully the first week of April if i'm lucky!
After countless hours spent reading about turbos and such, as well as nice article from Skym, i've finally decided on a specific setup. Will cost a bit more than i would have liked, but it's going to produce quite a bit more midrange, and still see full boost in the same area, i hope.
It's going to be a hi-flowed RB25, that's for certain. I wont go into details now..
The only issue with response is my large RB26 intercooler, but i think that, coupled with 2.5" pipes throughout, front facing plenum (kills at least 4 feet of piping), and my head work as well as all the gasket matching and etc, i should still see low rpm spool.
Running High rpm won't pose too much of a threat since the pistons/rods/bearings and etc aren't stock/old, and i am running an oil cooler. But i'd still like to keep the band within the 3000-7500 rpm range for reliability.
Made 281 whp (at 18 degrees) with a stock turbo/motor at about 15 psi.. With this new setup and turbo, i'm actually thinking i'll see more than my expected goal of 320-340. At 18 psi i should hope to see 360 and perhaps more.
The transmission has been rebuilt, bearings and etc. We'll see if it's still noisy. I'm not worried about breaking the gearset. The final our projected weight of the car is what i'm hoping to be 300kg less than stock, which means 300kg less work on the drivetrain. In theory, the proportion of weight to power in which gearsets break will be nearly equivalent to this new power/weight, which means it should be fine. Only other factor is friction (tires). However, again, its reduced weight should help warrant any problems.
I guess we'll see!!
On another note, our carbon door sills are almost done! No logo yet, but i'm debating on a GTR or Skyline logo for them..
Battery relocation kits are in the works, as well as oil catch cans.
Was supposed to go Mexico next week, but i've decided to stick around and try to get my car and this overwhelming work load complete! Haven't yet posted a GB or FS add and business has been great thanks to you all! Big props to the GTRC community for that!
Would REALLY love to get my headstuds, but i have absolutely no idea where they are and i'm becoming incredibly impatient. The car needs to be running and 99% done by March 15th.
Turbo ships out Tuesday. Should have that back the following week. If the studs are here by then, i'll have my motor reassembled and back in the car the same day! Then all that's left is to route my new oil cooler lines and fittings, place, cut and weld my intercooler pipes up to my front facing plenum, lengthen my throttle cable (or s13 cable apparently works), fashion a hard-pipe kit for the intake and change my rear pads!
Going to order a new rad, either koyo or mishimoto and may run e-fans, but that can wait til the car is back together.
And.... Upper control arms for the rear, because my camber is out of control. This is a BIG maybe, but i've been looking at modifying the stock RUCAS with adjustment tabs.. I feel that it'll cost more than ordering the AMS kit so i may just finish my suspension off completely and order everything from them..
Then... Run an inline fuel filter, 40 microns or so.. Allows me to clean it rather than swap out the OEM every 20,000 km's, not that its a big deal, but i'll extend the line so that its easier to access. OEM placement is a bit of a pain with the lower hose.
Oh and then fit my AN valve cover fittings and run - lines off that to my catch can setup, atmospheric, since i didnt want to re-tap my plenum for the PCV valve. Tune will rid of this demon. As long as the lines are sufficient in size (-10 min), then breather problems are not an issue. I've had my fair share of experience with smaller diameter hose..
What else.. I think that's actually it. I feel like i've spent HOURS working on my car and it hasn't gone anywhere, it's incredibly discouraging lol. I'm sure it will pay off come dyno day; hopefully the first week of April if i'm lucky!
After countless hours spent reading about turbos and such, as well as nice article from Skym, i've finally decided on a specific setup. Will cost a bit more than i would have liked, but it's going to produce quite a bit more midrange, and still see full boost in the same area, i hope.
It's going to be a hi-flowed RB25, that's for certain. I wont go into details now..
The only issue with response is my large RB26 intercooler, but i think that, coupled with 2.5" pipes throughout, front facing plenum (kills at least 4 feet of piping), and my head work as well as all the gasket matching and etc, i should still see low rpm spool.
Running High rpm won't pose too much of a threat since the pistons/rods/bearings and etc aren't stock/old, and i am running an oil cooler. But i'd still like to keep the band within the 3000-7500 rpm range for reliability.
Made 281 whp (at 18 degrees) with a stock turbo/motor at about 15 psi.. With this new setup and turbo, i'm actually thinking i'll see more than my expected goal of 320-340. At 18 psi i should hope to see 360 and perhaps more.
The transmission has been rebuilt, bearings and etc. We'll see if it's still noisy. I'm not worried about breaking the gearset. The final our projected weight of the car is what i'm hoping to be 300kg less than stock, which means 300kg less work on the drivetrain. In theory, the proportion of weight to power in which gearsets break will be nearly equivalent to this new power/weight, which means it should be fine. Only other factor is friction (tires). However, again, its reduced weight should help warrant any problems.
I guess we'll see!!
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