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By the sound of it Ben our car's will be hitting the road about the same time, Sweet!

Be good to see your car on the black stuff again Ray, i know its been a while between drives for me :D

Thinking about pulling the 25 head off and fitting a 26.

i know you have probably already decided to go for it but the 26 head would be a far better option. the sound of the 6 throttles is nice to.

could you please PM me a price for the Greddy manifold throttle body and possibly tomei cams? for a friend that is.

thanks damo

Thought I would update:

New Tyres, 30mm spacers on the back :down: Straight as body and new paint!

Will add some progress pics! Ignore the unwashed tyres, need to get some tyre shine onto em. Its getting buffed tomorrow :P

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The for sale picture on the car before I got it.

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JIC Coilovers, 19" wheels, Tinted windows, Stero system added

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Damage that was on the car when I got it

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Damage. The front left guard was also buggered and got replaced before the respray

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Tinted taillights, damage repaired. Front and rar guards rolled. Rear guards flared a smidge, and also the line that usually sits around the arch taken out. (Still in the front guards)

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Car being stripped and preped

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Bars and sideskirts painted and in the sun

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Car as it sits before buff

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Car as it sits before buff

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Car as it sits before buff

  • 2 weeks later...

well, after examining the exhaust manifold on the weekend i noticed 2 snapped studs on cyl 6 so decided to take the whole manifold off.. in the end 3 more studs snapped :) so have a total of 5 snapped studs and 7 in ok condition. Will be getting a local guy to drill/ease out the snapped ones and get new studs and gasket in :down:

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also have my gtr injectors in, z32 ready to go in too :D just need to sort out PFC now.

Need to sell off my old RB25 stuff to make wat for the new setup. Make some offers.

Greddy plenum,

80mm hypertune throttlebody,

Custom twin feed fuel rail suit top feeds

HKS bov x2,

6boost manifold,

Garrett T51r turbo,

turbosmart 60mm gate

Ported RB25 head with Tomei cams, cam gears, polished cam covers and splitfire coils

well, after examining the exhaust manifold on the weekend i noticed 2 snapped studs on cyl 6 so decided to take the whole manifold off.. in the end 3 more studs snapped :D so have a total of 5 snapped studs and 7 in ok condition. Will be getting a local guy to drill/ease out the snapped ones and get new studs and gasket in :D

Make sure you change the remaining seven studs, there would be nothing worse than breaking one on assembly (can happen) or poping one a couple of weeks later :)

name='Funz' date='7 Apr 2009, 12:46 PM' post='4522249']

well, after examining the exhaust manifold on the weekend i noticed 2 snapped studs on cyl 6 so decided to take the whole manifold off.. in the end 3 more studs snapped :D so have a total of 5 snapped studs and 7 in ok condition. Will be getting a local guy to drill/ease out the snapped ones and get new studs and gasket in :D

Make sure you change the remaining seven studs, there would be nothing worse than breaking one on assembly (can happen) or poping one a couple of weeks later :)

yup, sure do plan on replacing them all :)

yup, sure do plan on replacing them all :D

Where are you getting your bits from? The best place I found was Nissan, I brought new studs, nuts and gasket when I did mine. The manifold studs are an odd length and nissan appears to be the only place that has the right length. :D

Where are you getting your bits from? The best place I found was Nissan, I brought new studs, nuts and gasket when I did mine. The manifold studs are an odd length and nissan appears to be the only place that has the right length. :D

yeah, am going genuine nissan, gasket is like 108, studs and nuts are like 20ish.

  • 2 weeks later...

Well, over the last few weeks after my ding I have been searching and acquiring replacement parts to fix my car up. Things are going well and smoothly, and am fixing up all issues associated while its off the road :-)

Chris from southern thread repair arrived today to fix the broken studs and replace them , all done and now it's time to bolt it all together!!!!

currently have the following ordered ready to install :-)

exhaust gasket

exhaust studs and nuts

turbo studs and nuts

radiator hosing

timing belt

p/steer belt

alternator belt

water pump

headlights

Motul oil

lots of coolant

power steering fluid

brake fluid

oil cooler and relocation kit

z32 wiring cleaned up

finish off injector power wiring

gauge wiring

new front mount core

reo bar

radiator

also need to bolt manifold back on, turbo, and exhaust and intake piping :) gonna be a busy weekend lol.

well, new exhaust manifold studs in, gasket on, manifold bolted on, turbo studs in, turbo bolted on as well as exhaust to turbo. Inlet pipes all back on. Have a mate coming down this weekend to change timing belt to my new gates belt and also water pump and throw on my new p/steer belt and alternator belt :P

z32 all wired up and plugged in, injectors resistor back all wired in!

all needed now is my radiator support bar bent back into shape and i can start bolting radiator, fmic, headlights and bonnet mount back on. waiting on some replacement pins to mod my pfc up then do fluid flush and the car is ready for tuning :)

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