My R34 Gtr Front End Stagea Build Thread

[darrinspencer]

hey stageatype S....i was wondering where did you end up buying your front quarter panels on your car from? because i found the masa motorsport R34 conversion, but they dont have your quarter panels.

I order them direct from Masa in Japan.

If you are in OZ, I organised copies to be made. Contact CCubed in Sydney for them, they own the moulds. Aprrox 600-650 pair

Do not buy any of the cheap copies of ebay extra

What other Masa parts have you found, as most of the other bits need are genuine R34 gtr

Since my thread has been bumped, a bit of an update

Currently working on the car every night tring to get it finished for a drag day on the 29th May

I have a list of over 20-25 items still need to be done, some alot bigger then others.

Hopefully get the final engine work done this week, modify exhaust and fmic piping next week and then on the dyno the following week.

Plus supsension and brake work as well.

No pic's, you will have to wait until it is all done

[darrinspencer]

Just bought a dud Rb26 to be stripped down for the Rb30 conversion

Should see it arrive from Japan in approx 8 weeks

[66yostagea]

Will you have the FFP installed? I got my batteries yesterday and am fitting them now. Very happy I did not have to move washer bottle.

[darrinspencer]

Will you have the FFP installed? I got my batteries yesterday and am fitting them now. Very happy I did not have to move washer bottle.

Plenum is bolted up. vac lines done. Still need to throttle body and cable and fit injectors.

A couple pic's of engine and rebuilt rear calipers went on tonight. Will do the front and bleed as well tonight

sorry crappy iphone pic's

[darrinspencer]

All mechanical work is know done with a couple of minor things getting finished off at the tuners. Dropped the car off last Friday after inishing at 2.30am in the morning tring to get it all done, and will be on the rollers tomorrow.

Will be picked up Wednesday arvo if all goes well.

Still have to refit the front guards, bonnet, head lights and front bar before Saturday.

Running it down the strip at Willowbank for a couple of hours to see what it can do.

Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!

[QWK32]

where did you end up taking it to get tuned darrin? hopefully you don't have the same boost creep problem i was having on the gcg dump.

[darrinspencer]

where did you end up taking it to get tuned darrin? hopefully you don't have the same boost creep problem i was having on the gcg dump.

EFI Performance

Not shaw how it will go. I had it at the exhaust shop last Wednesday for 7-8 hours getting the exhuast to fit (it was bent is 3 places) plus intercooler piping changes to suit turbo and inlet plenum.

I ended up with a HKS silent cat back which 3 inch with a canon on the rear and a large centre resinator. The problem with that is the resinator only has approx a 2 1/2 pipe thru the middle, so that may restrict it a little.

Are you free Saturday arvo?

[QWK32]

EFI Performance

Not shaw how it will go. I had it at the exhaust shop last Wednesday for 7-8 hours getting the exhuast to fit (it was bent is 3 places) plus intercooler piping changes to suit turbo and inlet plenum.

I ended up with a HKS silent cat back which 3 inch with a canon on the rear and a large centre resinator. The problem with that is the resinator only has approx a 2 1/2 pipe thru the middle, so that may restrict it a little.

Are you free Saturday arvo?

what power level are you hoping for?

i have a HKS system but the 409 not the silent, i think they are the same just one is shinny stainless. i never looked down the centre muffler, i bet its the same to . though mine seems to flow good enough. i'm blaming the split dump for the creep, i opened up the wastegate pipe entry at the flange and it helped. still get the occasional spike. think i may mod it to be a bellmouth.

yeah i should be free, i haven't made any plans as of yet. why's that?

Edited May 24, 2010 by QWK32

[darrinspencer]

what power level are you hoping for?

i have a HKS system but the 409 not the silent, i think they are the same just one is shinny stainless. i never looked down the centre muffler, i bet its the same to . though mine seems to flow good enough. i'm blaming the split dump for the creep, i opened up the wastegate pipe entry at the flange and it helped. still get the occasional spike. think i may mod it to be a bellmouth.

yeah i should be free, i haven't made any plans as of yet. why's that?

It has enough bolt on's to get to 300rwkw, as long as there is no issues

Will have to wait and see. Will be limited to stock head gasket, so 18-19psi

Sat arvo QLD SAU drag day. I think I get 1 free passenger entry included. My son is going, under 13 are free. Otherwise $20 to watch.

[darrinspencer]

The car is now running and ready to go on the dyno

Has not been run for over 7-8 months

Very excited

[Tangents]

cant wait to see the results Darrin! very nice!

[QWK32]

The car is now running and ready to go on the dyno

Has not been run for over 7-8 months

Very excited

let us know how it goes mate, i'm keen to see the results. i'll let you know if i'm going to head out on saturday, i don't mind paying the spectator fee if i have to. hopefully 2 hours is enough to get a few runs in.

[GoldZilla]

I'm also keen to hear about the results - good luck Darrin!

[sheepus]

heres the wheels i have used on my stag, dont comment on height lol, i kno it needs to be lower, but its for sale so dont think ill bother

cx7 wheels, need massive spacers to get flush, so didnt bother

weds sport wheels, 17x9+18 just sit out of guards

Edited May 25, 2010 by sheepus

[wagzilla]

maybe you can make a video so we can all enjoy your ride!!!!

[darrinspencer]

let us know how it goes mate, i'm keen to see the results. i'll let you know if i'm going to head out on saturday, i don't mind paying the spectator fee if i have to. hopefully 2 hours is enough to get a few runs in.

Should be picking it up this arvo if there are no issues. Not sure if I will get much work done tonight on it, State of Origin is on (Go Queensland)

Will get the full front on Thursday night, drive to it work on Friday, 75km round trip and then race Saturday. Hopefully

Put the new wheels on the other day, 19x9.5 +12 but they are B disk and they clear the r34 calpiers by about 1mm!!!

Grabbed some 3mm spacers yesterday just to be sure.

If it had r33 calipers, they would have not fitted.

[darrinspencer]

Don't use crappy Chinese copy parts!!!!

The hks copy fuel rail is still leaking, now around the fuel entry

They are going to remove it from the car as it is not square on the ends and the screw in fittings are not sealling. Need to mill the end square

First few power runs were seeing over 200rwkw's at 14psi when rail was leaking.

[darrinspencer]

After bagging doggy chinese stuff, I need to kick my own rear end

Due to running out of time getting the piping done, I made a very doggy BOV return line from high pressure PVC pipe to "just get the car going"

The tuner stopped due to worring about it blowing apart on the dyno.

So I will be picking up a new metal pipe from the exhuast shop tonight as well as picking up the car.

Will have to remain as is until next week when I can get it back on the dyno.

Anyway it is making 330rwhp (246rwkw) at only 15psi.

Tuner advised it was still making easy power and should get to the magic 400rwhp figure I want.

[QWK32]

Looks promising Darrin. Did they fix up the fuel rail or just throw the stocker back on? Still going to send it down the strip this weekend?

[66yostagea]

Keep going Darrin. I am still sorting mine, and now am off for a week with some weird infection.