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Was the spigot bearing an original Nissan part? Why did it fail, just through wear and tear?

No Matt, it was a needle roller bearing one, lasted all of 20 mins due to input shaft nicking it when we went to fit gbox. After that, I'm only ever fitting stock bronze one's ;)

Thanks Charlie, it feels good.

Next will be a set of bilstein coilovers :thumbsup:

Thanks Brad! Yours will be a monster!!

Still have not done clutch...had to keep it on the road due to things popping up and arriving short notice :whistling:. Was worth it though!

The clutch is a Nismo gmax twin plate (Brett) , that I got second hand, cleaned, inspected and rebuilt with new clutch discs.

I'm currently half way through getting brembo bits to take the brakes back to something more streetable...

New scuff plates..post-12712-0-88248000-1327199816_thumb.jpgpost-12712-0-09787700-1327199833_thumb.jpg

Nice scuff plates mate.

Want to sell me the stock ones, if they are in good nick? PM me.

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Is going okay Matt, but I always want more....

Have got a couple of things for it recently:

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Some tein bonnet struts.

Also got some bilstein PSS9 coilovers. Only issue is that one of the front coilovers didn't have the fitting kit (nut, spacer, rubber and adjuster knob) with it so I can't use them yet :(

Will have to get that sorted asap.

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Over 2k.... no adjustment spanners, and missing a fitting kit.

Fitted some new tein super streets to Karcher's 450sx. Went in no worries and handles way better and feels great on the road.

Over 2k.... no adjustment spanners, and missing a fitting kit.

damn, sounds like an annoying buy. PSS9's are normally cheap though, there's a set selling atm too!

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/407326-rays-volk-re30s-bilstein-pss9-apexi-pfc-nismo-blitz-etc/

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Over 2K without top hats?

Yep....

The -9's are sold...

So...Stage 2 has begun :D

Consisting of:

tomei 2.8 stroker

GTX2860 turbos, -5 turbine housings.

HPI dump pipes

new nismo Coppermix twin plate clutch and flywheel kit spec c

block partial grout filled decked, torque plate honed etc..

port and clean up head, tomei type b springs.

Ross trigger balancer and kit

And lots of little cool stuff....

such as nismo style tail lights

I aim to get this done and all on the road for SAU nats in November!!!

Pulled engine out today.

Already have a block getting prepped to save time.

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Can't wait to see this done and running!!

Awesome list of parts HPI dumps are awesome and Nismo clutch even better I have both hahaha

You forgot a certain carbon snorkel ;)

That is on the way too!! :)

Nismo snorkel from RHD

Holy shit this is gonna be a big change from the -9's on stock rb26

Goodluck with it mate can't wait to see it all done and out and about !

Thanks!

Shit is getting real!!!

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