AntsR33GTR

You sure about that? Most I have seen end 15mm or so before the edge of the bonnet...

Originally I was going stay with the twin setup and upgrade them but everyone seems to be going the single turbo route these days so decided to jump on that bandwagon. The plan is start with keeping the engine internals stock and just doing the basic external bits needed to make a nice semi quick street car. I wanted to ditch the old school power fc and went with a Link as I think they are pretty good value for money. The car will have some basic engine protection added around fuel pressure and oil pressure sensors along with AFR input via an innovate MTX-L wideband. Turbo wise I would love to have gone for a BW EFR 8374 as the results guys are getting on these turbos on stock 26s looks great. However dude to budget limitations I have decided to try the EFRs poor little brother, the BW SX-E 8376 with a .92A/R TS rear housing. These are a journal based turbo that incorporate some of the EFRs newer tech like the billet compressor wheel. Supra and LS guys in the states seem to like the BW SX-E stuff so thought I would give one a try. Started to order a few parts to get started. Borg Warner S300 SX-E 8376 Link G4+ and Siemens 875CC injectors Sinco T4 TS Exhaust manifold Turbosmart 60mm gate NZEFI R35 Coil kit Platinum Racing Crank Trigger kit Franklin Engineering CAS Trigger Kit Fuel rail and Walbro 460

Painted up engine covers as they were looking pretty shit.

Couple of old Datsuns

The OEM front lip had seen better days and needed some repairs. I opted to go with a Aliexpress carbon (one thin layer of carbon and some fiberglass behind it) front lip lovingly made by a 9 year old in Vietnam. I also ordered some other completely useless carbon bits while on the Ali website. The quality is not to bad as long as you are prepared to spend a bit of time to make things fit nicely. Not for everyone but suited the look I was after. Removal of OEM lip "Carbon" lip installed Also got this "N1" bonnet lip for the sweet aero effects... It needed quite a bit of work to get it to sit nice and flush but got there eventually. Rear wing blade also went on, fit was surprisingly good. Jsai Aero side skirt extensions, rear caps and "N1" front bumper ducts also. Painted up the end caps in the garage, they didnt come out to bad and the fit is good. Side skirt extensions fitted. Last was the installation of the carbon front bumper ducts. That finished off the exterior stuff and Im happy with how it looks. Next step is some work on the engine.

Thought I would throw up a build of my R33 GTR. I managed to find a nice tidy example which had a few basic mods done. It had a set of Rota Grid 18x10 +15, and BC coil overs (which were wound down stupidly low). The exhaust was an aftermaket Y pipe and unbranded 3.5 system that was beaten to death thanks to the low ride height. Engine wise it is sock other than a set of Apexi filters and a Power FC. The car came with a dyno chart saying it made around 240KW on 12ish PSI. I wanted to change a few things on the car to suit my taste and looks wise then chase a little more power. I started with the wheels as the Rotas were a bit tired and weren't for me. I ordered a set of Work D9Rs from Work NZ in gloss black, 18x10.5 +15. A test fit showed fitment was solid which was good. For tyres i went with Achilles 123S 265x35, the internet told me they were OK and it knows whats up. I also raised the height up on the BCs as it was dumb low. The exhaust that came with the car has seen much better days... I fitted a new HKS 3.5" (sadly necking down to 3") cat back setup along with a new front pipe and made up a decat pipe with O2 bung for wideband. Unfortunately the new front pipe (random China brand) sat pretty low and the exhaust was too quiet for my liking. So I made up a new straight through center pipe in 3.5" and modified the front pipe so that it sat higher for better clearance.