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[macka]

Hi guys

Its been a little while of me being in envy of every1 with their cars while i drive the ole hilux , rebuilding my car.

I decided to go with OEM pistons with a lower compression HKS metal head gasket as i beleive the standards can handle 450HP

What do u guys think ive spent alot of time doing this while i waited for my parts....did the cooler myself with help from mate

cheers

[macka]

New Bits :eek:

[PranK]

Macka, that looks VERY STINKIN' COOL!!

nice work bruv... very nice.

[macka]

Even polished the outlet pipe from turbo what a bast@rd

Just waiting for BOV now just had to plug the hole .

seeyas

[Gradenko]

Nice work. Piping is a little different, which is interesting.

What does the crankcase breather line go to?

[macka]

Piping doesnt have cold air from your cooler go across the front of the engine then 180 degree bend to throttle body.

It looks nasty doesnt it, its only temp, until i get a catch can its just a filter sitting on the end of the pipe

[JiMb0]

Is that the piping that comes with the HKS Type R intercoooler ?

[macka]

Noooooo I made all the piping myself from scratch and didnt copy any ideas that was just exactly the way we wanted it

[JiMb0]

Oh ..... really ?? damn, nice job !!!! You just running the stock bov ?

[macka]

No im not running one at the mo,all my old pipes are gone inc BOV Aluminium pipe. if you look i have a flange plate welded onto a small pipe and have a plate over it until i get my BOV im running a custom one not sure how good it is as havent even seen it...

[adam 32]

mack what about the blue catcher?? thatd look mint:D

so youre using std pistons with HKS head gasket?

or are those OEM thingos rated higher than std?

do we have a power figure from the new engine? must be fairly solid if its fried the clutch

[adam 32]

and what does the apexi sound/filter/perform like??

[macka]

Im saving it for you since you liked it so much

The apexi is quieter...look how small it is !!

HKS one was way more aggressive.

Umm no dont have any power figures it honestly fried the clutch instantly on 10psi and now i cannot drive into possitive boost with out the clutch slipping real bad and revs go up !!

Oh yeah standard nissan pistons

[adam 32]

sweet! let me know when youve finished, i wonah come n have a look!!

so ur not using the blue bottle.......:uh-huh:

[macka]

Im all finished now Adam i just expected the clutch to last longer than 5 minutes

Cheers u can still come over or wait untill mid next week and i will have the clutch done.

BTW Apexi Safc is installed just needs tuning :lol:

[adam 32]

SAFC as well?? ****...

yeh ill wait til its running, i wonah ride in it as well:D

[macka]

Yep did i forgot to tell u.....lol

At least i dont have to spend any more on it except keep it running, thats costing me enough

[Guest sir_GTR]

macka ... once the clutch starts slipping...it will deteriorate very quickly, my stock clutch, i had to rev real bad just to get to 60

[JiMb0]

So'd you'd recommend the Apex Power Filter then Mac ? I've been looking at getting one for a while, in filter comparisons they totally blow the competition away, I was just wondering how the induction noise was in comparison to a HKS pod, is this what you had previously ?

btw. Nice sig, only just noticed it ..... you take the pic ?

[macka]

Yeah Jimbo the APEXi air intake is better overall in my opinion they say it breathes easier as well as good filtering but i think the HKS pod breathes better it is much louder and comparing the two the apexi is half the size as a K&N

I still Have my HKS Pod basically new still with brackets $150

Oh, apexi didnt come with any mounting gear either!

Thats my nephew yep i took the pic in me shed while i was rebuilding the car

PS> Clutch is definately worse as long as i can get to the clutch place in time i should be ok