Nocturnal

After some long waiting and about 2 years in the making, finally got the car in one piece and drove it to a show. Was a great day out, the only thing was the sky decide to rain, then shine, then rain, then shine again.... Which mean it was hard to keep the window (or the car) clean... Done alot to the car, but if anyone got suggestion on what to improve, I will listen. Overall though, I think this is where I want the car to stay, just hope nothing blows up now... My car on its own.... :smoker: . . The Sun Really Brings out the Carbon on this pics. . . The Lambo Grey looks very different when there are light and when it is dark. . . Very Colourful Engine Bay - With a big snail... :dogpile: . . Lots of Pivot Gauge... Looks great in the dark also!!! The F1 Tacho with Seq. Shift Light ROCK!!! . . A Pair of NISMO Seat!!! Ultra Rare and Great Match to the Interior. Very Comfortable too... Really can't beat NISMO quality. . . D2 Racing Sports 356mm 8Pot Front Brake and 6Pot Rear Brake. Behind the 100 Set Limited ASSO Interspeed Center Lock Wheel. . . . . . Just a few other shots that I took while the sun is out. . . . Couple more pictures from my mate who have a real camera and knows how to take pictures. On the Move And One More Hum... Nismo... So Shiny.. Hope you guys like the car as much as me.

After a nice "hard" and long drive last night, all I can say is that the turbo isn't that bad. Missing about 1000rpm worth of response compare to modern equal, but once on boost the response is not bad at all. If you are in the 5000rpm range, rapid on off boost is very responsive... But since we don't cruise at 5000rpm range... I am seriously looking into a GT4088R.

Thanks guys.. Well, good news and bad news... Bad news is the car didn't make it on the dyno today. Good news is that we will get the car on the dyno with a full remap about 3 weeks time. I'll get some better pics once I get the car clean up.

Those are the Yanack GT Fender, +25mm on front, +30mm on rear. PAIN in the bum to put on...!!! But yes, it is a bit of an extreme look and some people like it, some hate it. I personally love it, just can't wait to get it all clean and set up for a drive. Car off to Dyno now... Fringers cross that I will have 6 pistons in the block when it comes back.

Yep Chris, I think me and you must be the only 2 person in the world using this dino... Well, you were using the dino... Other than us, its a load of RX-7, and the old HKS R32 ZeroR which has probably dissolved in the rain by now. So far it makes 1bar (14.5psi) about 4500rpm, and should see 1.5bar at about 5200rpm, have not check it yet. Over all, it is streetable... It is a normal NA RB26 when you drive it (no fast or torque by the way), but once that turbo get going, you are GONE!!! You have to hold on to everything and tense your muscle in the neck up other wise your neck will snap or you will leave through the rear wind screen. Will get it dyno today, I hope to make as near to 600 wheel bhp as possible, but might be wishful thinking. Here is what my car looks like now, not the best picture since I used my phone. Needs a clean for sure... hopefully everything goes well today.

The Apexi ATS made a difference for sure. You can talk with it in, you cannot think with it out. When it is on boost, all valve open, and screamer pipe on full chat, its fine. It is when you are driving normal speed at 120km/h that it really kills you. I'll get it on a dyno and see how it goes. The 115mm bung was able to flow the same horsepower on a 300hp BCNR33 GTR, so it isn't that restrictive... Dyno show no difference around 300bhp as confirm by the American magazine dyno But it is a big difference when you are talking about double of that power.

Car is running nice now that it is finally on the road. But the exhaust noise that it makes are un-bare-able. How do you guys get along with a car that is louder then mine is beyond me, I got an headache after just 30 minute of driving...slowly... MUST BE OLD AGE KICKING IN!!! Anyways, to "supress" the noise as my neightbors wouldn't like it much either, I have got myself an Apexi ATS (Active Tail Silencer). I didn't go for the butterfly valve one is because I want something that is automatic, and I heard that the electronic version of the butterfly valve can go wrong and not open when they are suppose to. So full boost + close butterfly valve = Turbo in the Bin... Saying that, the ATS silencer does open up on high load, but I am not sure how much it restricts the flow still. Right now I am limiting boost to 1.3Bar because of the restriction worries. The same setting on the boost controller without the exhaust bung will give a 1.35Bar boost. I just want someone a bit more technical to confirm me that it is safe to run high boost (aiming for 1.6bar) with that bung. If it isn't safe, then what should be the limit. The exhaust is a 90mm exhaust with no center silencer, the ATS is a 115mm one. The turbo is an HKS TA45S Turbo so most of its power will be from 5K-8K. It also run a screamer pipe so it will ease the exhaust flow a bit when it is on full boost. Thanks for the help. I am enjoying every minutes of it (finally!!!)

Well, just took it out for a drive (finally!!!) And a lag-monster it is. Nothing below 1 bar (4500rpm), then it is rocket boost to 7K It is also a top mount using a HKS T04R manifold. Why the jap guy use such an old Turbo is still a mystery for me... Why did the last owner in UK decide to rebuild the turbo and to change for a new one is also a mystery for me.... Either way, the car does drive nice-ish...Can't wait to get more out of it on the dyno

Thats the sad part at the moment. Really have no budget (as in no money left). Just got the car, just got it out of the body shop, finish the interior and suspension. I do want something more modern, but I am just trying to decide if I can live with this turbo on a road driven basis. I will have it properly set it up and hope it does what I want it to do. If the turbo is "acceptable" when compare to modern equalivent, then I might just leave it the way it is. However, if say a GT4088R with a .82AR is going to be FAR FAR better then what I got now, then it might be worth it to change. Another thing I do worry about is the fuel pump. I am asking for 650hp crank, and I am running light blue injectors (be is HKS 680cc, DENSO 700cc, SARD 720cc), I am not worry about the injectors. But I think it might only have a HKS 280l/h fuel pump, and I am worry that at the top end it will run out of poof and drop the fuel pressure... That is NOT a good thing. I am getting the car on the dyno Wednesday to check the AF over, hope it doesn't go bang...

Hum...using a RB26 mean I will loose out some response.... I guess given the specs, It should be safe to run 1.6 bar the long as the exhaust gas temp don't go too hot. AFR is around 11.5 - 12 so I am playing it quite safe...

I am pretty sure it won't be that big. It has a .72 AR comp and about a .9 A/R Turbine... The turbo base on some of the specs I found (as it was use in the HKS ZeroR), was right between a T04S and a T04R, so I assume about 650hp or so. Again, since no one have tried it in the UK, no one know. I saw Signal old R32 Demo use the HKS T45S (should be the same), and it made 710ps at 1.8bar (which is more boost then I would like on pump fuel) I am runing 272 cam and it has forge piston and H-section con rod. Not sure about the crank, but with a Trust extended sump, Trust oil cooler, and oil pressure over 7bar when cold, I doubt it have a standard oil pump in there either.

Hello there, New guy on the forum, from over the UK. I know you guys have better idea on old age turbo because you guy are more willing to try new things then people in the UK. I got myself a car and after long research, I think it is an HKS TA45S turbo. I can't find much info on it, other than it is OLD... Does anyone have any details on this turbo that they can share? IE what are the expected output at what boost? Right now it is not setup properly, but it looks like it can do 1 Bar at 4500rpm, and looks like a healthy 1.4 - 1.5 bar at 5200rpm or so (Not sure if that is the case as the car on the dyno provided stop boosting at 1.2 bar) I am not too sure if that is good or bad, anyone with single turbo can compare? I know it is no match for modern turbo (T04Z, GT4088R, etc...) Just an idea on what I got and any ideas for improvement would be nice. Swapping the Turbo may not be an option at the moment as it is running HKS F-Con V Pro 3.0 (yes, old age again), and therefore I can't have it reflash and remap, as I am pretty sure it will be locked. Thanks for the help guys... I'll post pics of my car when I get it out of the body shop.