Sea Change Project

[Risking]

Recently I parted with my GTR which i was racing and moved into a neat R32 GTR roady but it wasnt the same. I have my sports sedan project but its consuming far too much money currently so the solution was to buy another car which is cheaper to build and I can spread to cost of the R34 out over a longer time frame.

So looking for something a little different I decided the GTiR pulsar was the go. I couldnt find anything that was up to scratch as a race car so I bit the bullet and bought a perfect condition road going car from brissy.

Bought it off ebay from the photos, so driving it back was a bit stressful but it went fine and got back in one piece.

It was apparently making 240Kw with a built engine ( I now have the dyno sheets to back it up) and had a few dollars already spent on it in the way of turbo, ecu, injectors, etc etc. Suspension had been fiddled with and sway bars fitted.

After driving it home its very apparent the box is straight cut 1st-4th, and the diffs are not factory.

What they are I wont know till something breaks and im forced to pull it down.

First thing was to get it into the yard as I use the garage for other things.

Its now been completely gutted and the engine bay has been stripped of all the useless crap that was spread everywhere.

With everything thrown back in the car which will be staying (dash pad, seat, console, pedals etc) and 55Kg worth of weight to simulate the roll cage it weighs in at a measly 1085Kg's still with original panels, shocks and a full tank.

So the plan is to build a good cage and penetrate the fire wall. Im tossing up doing it in 4130 but not sure if ill bother yet.

The job list is a long one but only the bare essentials will go back into it.

So far a Tilton pedal box ( 3 pedal floor mount)

Cobra sebring seat

Motec M600 and data logger

Proflex shocks

Willwood pro lite callipers all round

Dry sump the little SR20 (over kill but hell I have the spares laying around so why not)

A heap of wiring and other goodies ive accumulated.

There is nothing decent available panel wise for these things so a mate of mine who does sprint car panels is going to do a simple over lay of the original bonnet in carbon which ill secure with pins. Thin and light is the plan. Doors will have all the crap taken out and the intrusions removed.

With some more steel removed and the exhaust gone I cant see why it wont get below the 1000Kg mark complete or very close to it.

Its not really a budget project, im building with the best parts I can get a hold of but time is the killer with some many other cars to finish as well.

If people want to see the car progress ill keep the thread updated as things happen. Other wise it'll be seen on a circuit very soon.

[Bunta]

nice! I never knew they were so light, did you weigh it before you stripped all that stuff out?

[ezy_09s]

Is that a factory RB model risking..it has the homologation front bar.

Does it have no rear wiper & standard pulsar seats ?...also the rb model had a closer box ratio.

Edited September 20, 2010 by ezy_09s

[Risking]

It is an rb version so I'm lead to beleive, one of apparently 600 homologation cars. (vin number fits the "suposed" homologation range) Had no aircon, or aircon button, but did have power windows which I'm told was an option.

Trim was base model n14 LX pulsar. It has had a rear ender at some stage which was noticable when stripping it. The hatch has a rear wiper but there is no wiring to it and no rear wiper control on the stalk.

There is a few extra factory bracings around the car, as well a a factory looking gear box oil cooler.

The car only weighed 1193kg when I started so I haven't really taken that much out of it once the cage is permanently fitted ( 50-65kgs) I substituted 55kg for the cage ad haven't taken any sound deadening out as yet either ( has stuff all in it anyways)

[ezy_09s]

What brake setup are you going with on this ?..because as im sure you would know stock brakes are absolute shite.

I recently finished doing the brake conversion on my brothers gtir using Evo 8 brembos & rotors front and rear with endless mx72 pads ..jeez what a difference

that made.

Look forward to the evolution of your gtir..Btw what turbo are you using on it at the moment.

[Risking]

I've planned to use a pair of wilwood pro lite 6 spot front and super lite 4 spot rears, I'll probably use some alcon rotors latter but will mock it all up with gtr sizes first to keep it simple

thr pedals and booster are gone too. Tilton box is the only way I'd ever go.

How were the evo calipers with the gtir master or did you change it?

The old owner didn't know what the turbo was but since removing everything it is a GTRS, which is in pretty average condition so I'll bin it and buy something else

[drag-on silvia]

Interesting project. Not a fan of the gtir shape but despite that with awd and so light should be a weapon

[ezy_09s]

I used an R34 gtr BM50 master cylinder which is the same bore size as the stock evo's and is a dierct bolt up to the booster..just pulled the plastic reservoir off the gtir and swapped it onto the BM50.

[Risking]

Lost some valuable parts but gained some others for the little car

[NA_Goodness]

Awesome project, mate! I'll be keeping a close eye on this one, love these little cars

[zebra]

Looks like a neat little car, Will be good to see it when its done.

Oh and if you are going to bin the GTRS ill take it...got a nice little collection of turbos going at the moment so can always add more

[bigmikespec]

What is a VW beetle doing in your garage Brad?

[Risking]

I'll let you know what I decide with the turbo.

It completly gutted now and all the sound deadening and crap is cleaned off the floor.

The thing is so light. It's sub 1000kg now and will stay that way with another 22kg of bonnet to go, doors, tailgate etc.

The little beetle is lisa's car mike. It was down in the corner of the garage under a cover when you were last up here. She drives the r32 daily now so we'll restore the beetle eventually. It's moved out cause I put the pulsar out the back ( took the garage wall down and moved the car out) then put the r34 GTR down the back of the garage where the beetle was. And the rest of the garage is now free.

It's a pain moving shit out the back all the time but there is a heap of room and it's all enclosed so it works.

[zebra]

Give us more Brad!!@!

[Risking]

It's caged, or half caged atm.

Spent a lot of time making this cage stupidly tight on the body. I bought a new bender and several mandrel sets with different radius' to make sure I could do it the way I wanted.

I'll take a few photos tomorrow of it

[Risking]

Your old r33 now has an rb25 neo and is almost up and running too

[zebra]

Oh nice, what did you do with the 25 that was in it?

[dank]

will be following this one looks like its heading in the right direction.

more pics!

[Risking]

[NXTIME]

I take it that this thing won't be street registered