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Now that the exhuast is all finished i think ill had a few more mount's to it, aswel as heatwrap the dump pipe and the rear section of the exhuast around the fuel tank.

Im thinking about painitng my intake manifold with some black wrinkle paint

Having just 2 vband clmaps for the exhuast makes removal so easy

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I'v also bought & fitted the extra accessory loom from link, making it so simple to wire in a switch for duel maps, electric fans etc all controlled via the link.

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Loving this exhuast, just wana see the car on the ground :)

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And for the laurel i have an HKS oil cooler kit to go with the HKS intercooler kit.

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The old mans in the middle of susing a Nistune for the 34

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Also my mate phills super clean R32

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  • 2 weeks later...

The subframe is almost ready to go back into the laurel, im just waiting on a few parts, then ill start putting in the new engine.

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This should do for the final exhuast mount

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It's all a very snug fit

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Im thinking about just leaving my plenum as the sand blasted look for now, paint will just get ruined when re-fitting.

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Cut my wheel studs down so now i can run a 20mm spacer with my drift teks

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  • 3 weeks later...

I finally sussed some decent gaskets for the 26's throttlebody's

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And some camber arms for the laurel so i was able to complete the subframe and fit it back under the car and start removing the single banger ;)

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  • 2 months later...

So i finally got the engine back together a few weeks ago.

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You can never have to many RBs ;)

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And finally got her back on the ground

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Xmas present from the misus

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Iv been talking to my tuner and i should be able to take it out to him in the next couple weeks, so iv fitted some 18s to help it clear everything on the dyno

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