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Well its a bit quiet and boring in here.. so i thought I'd post some random pictures of the conversion of my car as I go.. Started Sunday afternoon, so not doing too bad so far..

Before.. one still working, but slightly overheating and slow rb20 .. Lets get rid of that for the sake of it..

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look! its a floating car..

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So far got most of the dash apart, to get things ready to start wiring the RB25 engine loom into the body loom when the engine is in.. and also to get the old RB20 loom out.. Nice and messy.. I've done this before in the old r33, so believe it or not, it all goes back together pretty easily, as long as you remember where everything went.

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Hmmm, something is missing??

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looking kinda empty here... post-1332-1140085777.jpg

oh.. there it is.. auto is great :mellow:

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wood is good too...

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If a hammer is not used.. its not a back yard job.. seen here is the lovely hand of my assistant mark :P (syphon).

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Radiator is out and pipework, etc things are gone... still have to remove a few more things next few days.. so engine is ready to be lifted..

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Well there we go.. progress so far..

:P

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Cool,

Hey where did you get that intercooler piping done in the first pic? That is a far more sensible route for the pipes than the usual setup where the cool side of the pipes run over the radiator.

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I basically bought it from another forum member over in WA.. it's a custom job though. The only real disadvantage seems to be the heat is transferred to the engine bay a bit more, rather than just the intercooler.. but post cooler seems pretty damn cold.

Hopefully the RB25 allow me to use the same piping, or I guess its time to get some more made up... Thinking 3" may be better with some more power so will see how it goes.

car conversions are fun. good to see yours is comin along gordo

*trip down memory lane*

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devil engine, not even worth a clear photo...

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oooh yer

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cue giant wiring diagram and repairs to find out why the hell half the electrics didnt work.

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nearly done, only one thing left to do..

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have fun!

anyway gordo, looks good, keep us updated mate, :D

nice james... always fun to pull the car apart and work out how the hell to put it back together afterwards. Wiring will be fun too.

Just waiting on the clutch and a few other tiny parts now to do much more on mine.. thats the crappy part of the conversion so far, just waiting on things!

Hey Gordo....

Mate went past your place on Tuesday and noticed that you had some one over with a ladder and i saw you talking out the front... I beeped and i wanted to drop in but my gf was driving her s15 and she could not wait to get to harbour town...

Sorry dude...

I will catch up with ya soon...

Mate went past your place on Tuesday and noticed that you had some one over with a ladder and i saw you talking out the front... I beeped and i wanted to drop in but my gf was driving her s15 and she could not wait to get to harbour town...

um.. yeah, i moved to arundel :) so you probably just confused the heck out of him.. hehe.

Well I got the clutch the other day. Going for a Cushioned Ceramic and see how that stacks up... Thats pretty much the last piece of the parts puzzle.

If anybody needs to know the number for a distributor of the Xtreme clutches on the goldcoast btw, send us a PM.

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