DLP_HCR32

No yet, i'm looking for an affordable mig welder in order to do the job by myself. Also i was busy installing an external wastegate because i was getting boost creep with the internal setup

thinking about modify and use this veilside wing... I don't like the long side legs, maybe cutting them can get a nice regulable wing

Well, in every street/track project, comes the time when we have to decide between street usability vs performance. This is specialy evident when we think in aero mods. I'm thinking in how to generate more downforce, and for the rear i have a big wing... Others options to me are: gtr32 oem wing, or something like this... http://cdn.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/uploads/post-23724-1250751159.jpg http://cdn.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/uploads/post-23724-1250751103.jpg but i don't think downforce on this last ones be enough... ? For the front spliter, i'm looking for honeycomb centre aluminium panels, but it seems to be hard to find here... So i'm thinking to make it from plywood (easy way) or aluminium sheet core (1mm or so) with fibreglass layers, but i can't find anyone did it in this way and i'm a really noob in fiberglass... I've found other aluminium composites here, like with polyethylene, but density is so high that i think this can be too much weight to get similar properties as plywood or honeycomb panels... Anyway i'll do some experiments with aluminium and FRP to see how they behave together. And try to figure out how much overhang can go unsupported before it start to flex... Any input will be very welcome...

First Start!!

finally opted for custom pipes in 2.5" all the way woth outs for an old school Blitz BOV and the idle air... good alignment Bov fitted... Almost ready for the first start... Gearbox mount ready...

Re-routing the water to bypass the heater... In every forum i've seen, ppl just eliminate the heater making a bypass between the two hoses that go through the firewall. But in that way, the water will pass through it and not through the cooler (the easiest way). I think forcing the water pass only through the oil cooler is a better way and more similar to the oem flow design. Another wired idea: reusing the oem cross pipe with the front face intake :-| just cuting and rotating should be ok...isn't? fmic... Most of work done... Need to finish the inyectors harness and transmision mount...

about a month ago i blew my rb20, so... rb25det swap FTW! i bought a 25 S2 from a local JDM importer shop. Local but still thousands of miles from me... so,...big was my surprise when i take the gearbox apart and saw this... Front face intake plenum installation.... So far so looking good I will reuse from rb20 the ecu (nistuned), harness (except injectors). and spark coils / ignitor...

Thanks Bodgeneering, very interesting doc! BTW... this are...swap times...

some goodies and work done...

Thanks mate! Yes, very unsafe, without the bar it flex a lot, i think in a crash will oppose force at all. So you are right, the cage (with lateral bars) is a must, but here is not too easy to find a P&P one (if not impossible), and cage makers are barely existent (and good)... this is a small country too far from the rest of the world ! but i'm on that... I have not had a chance to weigh it up yet, but i think that will be close to 10Kg with the polycarbonate. BTW, this are spare doors, so i will keep the originals intact ;-)

OMG! 37Kg each door... ... a grinder please !!!

About two month after rising boost up to 1 bar (knowing the possible consequences), i get blue smoke everywhere... So, looking here and there for best turbo upgrade option (here don't have many), finally i bought a Garrett GT2860RS with ATP T3 exhaust housing (which have 5-bolt ford pattern flange) and an adapter 5-bolt -> V-Band with internal wastegate port. This way i can keep the exhaust manifold and just fabricate the downpipe. But in the future i'm thinking run an external wg setup. Then i reuse the original wastegate valve... Bought a whater&oil line kit for this turbo & RB20 And the downpipe fabrication... I can provide any details (or more pics) about this upgrade, just ask

A litle bit of fresh air...