My 2012 R32 Project

[skinnynphats200]

Well.......I bought this off Jay & Bob after Punchestown 11. It was a pretty standard car that was stripped out and had the following bits on it;

Bolt in cage, seat, hydro, front mount, fuel pump, Coilovers, a welder and custom turbo back exhaust courtesy of jay and bob. It is a good straight car with a healthy heart!

Here are a few starter pics of how the car sits at the moment

Looking sorry fot itself in the garage
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I came a bit too close one too many times :-( big thanks to Gem for sorting it after the third time! The whole quarter was demolished after the last tap of the tyre bales in Mondello and he managed to get it straight again and put the original shape back into it.
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Here are a few pictures of the suspension parts that I put into the car back in August....S13 subframe, solid alloy mounts, polybush drop links, adjustable rear toe, camber and traction arms
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The inside of the car as it is at the moment
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On the way;
Rebuilt HKS 2535 thanks to drift escort (deposit paid tonight, collecting next week)
Uprated Copper Mani to Turbo Gasket & Turbo to Elbow Gasket
Oil Feed & return washer and gasket
Malpassi Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator with Adaptor and Gauge
Walbro 255 Pump
New Exhaust Manifold Stud & Nut kit
replacement Hks Filter
New stainless steel bolt and washer kit to replace valve cover grommets and screws with
New upper and lower Injector seals and Sard 550's
Rocker Cover Gaskets
MLS Manifold Gasket
Pink label RB25 afm

Next on the list

Weld in cage
Alloy rad
tein rods and ends
tension rods
modified hubs or have been thinking I might go for driftworks knuckles too
camber arms front
modified S14 lca's
Nistune

Plans

Fit all of the above parts once they arrive and give the car a good service. I then want to remove all the sound deadening and paint interior.
When I have all that sorted I would like to get some 50mm wings and overfenders, some sort of a kit, a full respray.
My main focus at the moment is on handling and performance and once I have the car setup properly I will look in to getting the car resprayed and if funds allow some nice jap dishu rims.

It is inevitable that my plans will change as I progress with the build though so nothing is set in stone as of yet

Thanks for looking I will keep the thread updated as often as I can

[Diesel-Dick]

sounds good! good luck next season lad! :)

[skinnynphats200]

Not much to update yet unfortunately....:o
I got the injectors flow tested during the week and they are spot on.....McNamaras in Dublin if ya need your injectors cleaned and flow tested..... Sound lads to deal with and and were good price too
I picked up some new 20 or 25mm ( I cant remember now) spacers a little while ago aswell

Some pics of the new Turbo and spacers
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Need some help too....I want to get rid of as much weight as possible so I am thinking about cutting out the boot floor completely and getting rid of the standard tank(because there crap :p) and fitting a fuel cell. I think having the fuel cell stting over the subframe will benefit handling also by reducing that pendulum effect on the rear and make for a much better handling car. Whats peoples views on this and reasons why? because I know a lot of people have different opinions on this and I would like to get as much info on it as possible before I go cutting

Also i'm going to replace all the windows with polycarbonate ones aswell and cut out the doors

I know this list is going to just keep getting bigger the more time I have to think about it......:o

[si_berry]

Good man Kyle, another money pit :)

I'll be doing the same, cutting the boot out for a cell. I'd imagine as low in the back as possible, easier to fence off then aswell and it can only be good for handling keeping it low.

Good job on the rear quarter, it's mint!

[180sxbreaker]

best of luck with the build lad..is it fair to ask how much it was to get the injecters done

[sil8094]

best of look with the build man

[skinnynphats200]

Good man Kyle, another money pit :)

I'll be doing the same, cutting the boot out for a cell. I'd imagine as low in the back as possible, easier to fence off then aswell and it can only be good for handling keeping it low.

Good job on the rear quarter, it's mint!

Yeah was thinking having it lower would be better alright but on transition having all that weight behind the rear subframe will create a pendulum effect and make for worse handling?


best of luck with the build lad..is it fair to ask how much it was to get the injecters done

Yeah no worries man, cost me €107.50 iirc for the 6 injectors inc. vat


best of look with the build man

Cheers dude

[skinnynphats200]

@180sxbreaker - Sorry just checked there. It cost me €102.15 inc. vat for the 6 injectors to be done - works out at €17 per injector!

[git]

best of luck with the car kyleo !!

[johns13silvia]

Best of luck with the build lad;)

[driftescort]

Nothing wrong with the standard tank man.

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Best of luck with the build man, 32 for life :)

[S13..KEV]

Nothing wrong with the standard tank man.

true.my ps is the same place.driven cars with ali tanks nearly between the two towers never noticed any differance

[skinnynphats200]

Nothing wrong with the standard tank man.

What about fuel cut unless the tank is more than 3/4 full. Happens me all the time?


true.my ps is the same place.driven cars with ali tanks nearly between the two towers never noticed any differance

Thanks for input. As above fuel cut is an issue, and having the tank full all the time is a good bit of extra weight too?

[skinnynphats200]

Have been considering this - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1930745 - but is it to good and expensive for the track use incase of damage?

[driftescort]

Cool kit but I think it can be found cheaper than that. Also the most expensive part is nearly the R34 headlights. They go for lots of money! You will also need some BIG wheels to fill the arches.

[Diesel-Dick]

Have been considering this - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1930745 - but is it to good and expensive for the track use incase of damage?

yes! :o

[skinnynphats200]

Cool kit but I think it can be found cheaper than that. Also the most expensive part is nearly the R34 headlights. They go for lots of money! You will also need some BIG wheels to fill the arches.

You know where Billy?! :p 10Jet12 with a decent spacer would do it I reckon?


yes! :o

Yeah reading it now bit of a stupid question, my bad :o

[skinnynphats200]

Have been quite lazy lately and haven't got as much as I should done on this over the last couple weeks, an update none the less! :D

All the bits I had on order arrived so I got cracking taking everything out and fitting the new stuff. Got tein tension rods from driftescort which I have to say are mint! cheers dude. And got all the braided lines and fittings from murrays, which are really good quality but were €200 at "trade" apparently, not happy :mad:
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Started with turbo, injectors, replacing rocker cover gaskets and all screws and rubber gromits with the stainless bolt and washer kit I got. Everything out and 1 rocker cover done
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Went at replacing all the head studs as 1 had snapped and to no surprise another 2 snapped off when taking them out! :mad: After 2 hours of cursing they eventually came out....Can I just say that easy outs suck!!!!!! big time! Was also surprised how clean it was when I took off the rocker covers too, which is unusual for a 20+yr engine, normally you find a bit of gunk in there at least!

Made this for the turbo as the fitting is different
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Have everything back in now and am just waiting on new injector plugs to arrive so I can put them back in and fit new fuel reg as the rb20 ones don't fit the sard's
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Have the inside of car stripped too. I removed all excess wiring from the looms, removed all the windows, cut out the doors, cut out the rear parcel shelf/panel that is in the 14's and 32's and have most of the sound deadening off.
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After talking with a few people I have decided to run with the standard tank and scrap the fuel cell idea for now and just run a swirl pot and external pump with the standard tank.

I'm hoping to have all suspension and steering stuff...extra lock etc sorted before xmas and have the polycarb windows in too so I can get it mapped and start driving again and then put the cage in, work on the bodywork and paint it at a later date because I am going to need seat time to get better if I want to do PD 12....Hoping to be out on track before the end of Jan......Hope everything goes as planned! Peace!

[skinnynphats200]

New bits.....:D:cool:

Picked up this OS Giken triple plate clutch and flywheel
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[skinnynphats200]

Should be getting the extra lock sorted next week so I'm in need of front camber arms and some tein rods and ends asap if anybody has some in good condition???

[Micko]

Nice work man!

What power you hoping for?

Triple plate may be too severe for the box though, Exedy 3-puk paddles are great job for the monies and good up to 400 odd brake!

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Nice work man!

What power you hoping for?

Triple plate may be too severe for the box though, Exedy 3-puk paddles are great job for the monies and good up to 400 odd brake!
the white r32 had the triple hks bro, should be fine serious bite

goin well for ya man, what power you heading for x2?

[skinnynphats200]

Nice work man!

What power you hoping for?

Triple plate may be too severe for the box though, Exedy 3-puk paddles are great job for the monies and good up to 400 odd brake!

Cheers man. Yeah i'm gonna try it with the 20 box and have a 25 spare sitting there in case it gives way :D I paid the near enough the same moneys for this as a exedy 3 puk without the flywheel ;)


the white r32 had the triple hks bro, should be fine serious bite

goin well for ya man, what power you heading for x2?

Thanks man.

I'm hoping it gets just under the 400 hundred mark lads and it'll have the right bits if I want to slap on a bigger turbo and go for more.
Hoping to have it out in January for a shakedown so I can have a couple of months to get it set up right and most importantly get used to it because I haven't drifted with anything near this power before :o

[driftescort]

Good progress dude! I can't wait to see what that turbo makes on a RB20!

Don't suppose you fancy swapping your headlights for a pair of mint GTR Projector type headlights I have?

[skinnynphats200]

Good progress dude! I can't wait to see what that turbo makes on a RB20!

Don't suppose you fancy swapping your headlights for a pair of mint GTR Projector type headlights I have?

Cheers Billy. Well i'm hoping to get 360/70+ anyway Billy.......we'll see in January! Why do you want to swap out the projector headlights Billy?

[driftescort]

Cheers Billy. Well i'm hoping to get 360/70+ anyway Billy.......we'll see in January! Why do you want to swap out the projector headlights Billy?

Just that I have the type of headlight fitted to your car in my R32 and it would handy to have a spare pair and I have a mint pair of projectors out of the R32 I am breaking so was just wondering if you would be up for a swap? No worries if you don't :D

[skinnynphats200]

Just that I have the type of headlight fitted to your car in my R32 and it would handy to have a spare pair and I have a mint pair of projectors out of the R32 I am breaking so was just wondering if you would be up for a swap? No worries if you don't :D

Ah right I see.....gonna stay with what I have Billy, I like the standard glass headlights! Sorry about that mate :p

[driftescort]

Ah right I see.....gonna stay with what I have Billy, I like the standard glass headlights! Sorry about that mate :p

No worries at all lad!

[skinnynphats200]

Small update.......been busy the last while trying to source everything I need as cheap as I can and have convinced all the family to buy me parts I need for xmas since I lost my job. yeeeeeoow! happy out :cool:
So I have the following on the way and should all arrive in the next week or 2:

Front camber arms, Bosch 044 inline pump, Swirl pot, gauges, polycarbonate window kit, CDS 25mm weld in seat mounting kit x 2, alloy rad

I also picked up a JPerformance turbo elbow with screamer pipe, carbon fibre bonnet and some R33 lca's from slithertooth couple days ago, bonnet needs a good compound and polish but is in good condition so happy out

[skinnynphats200]

The polycarbonate sheets, weld in seat mounting kit, swirl pot, braided fuel lines and fittings and all my gauges arrived on Wednesday :D

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Just waiting on alloy rad to arrive, modify screamer pipe and get the gasket made up for the turbo-elbow then its cage, paint and map! So nearly all sorted under here :afro:

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[damo86]

how much and where you get the sheets of polycarbonate

[si_berry]

how much and where you get the sheets of polycarbonate

Think it was

http://www.grp4fabrications.com/product_info.php?products_id=759 in Galway

[damo86]

cheers dude

[skinnynphats200]

how much and where you get the sheets of polycarbonate


Think it was

http://www.grp4fabrications.com/product_info.php?products_id=759 in Galway

Yeah it was grp4 man. Think it was 111 euro for a sheet 2 and half meter by 1 and half meter, you can also get tinted sheets too if you want

[skinnynphats200]

Small update....made up these mounts today for all my gauges

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tacked in place checking line of sight

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Welded it up then on the back of the bracket. I took a close up of my weld (my 3rd time ever using a welder so think its not too bad)
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This was my second attempt at welding, bit snotty ha. Exhaust had corroded and snapped at the box on a punto
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Finished piece, for water temp, oil temp and oil pressure
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Then made this for the boost gauge
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[skinnynphats200]

Few more bits arrived that I has been waiting on

Front camber arms, bosch 044 inline pump, blitz 1.3 bar rad cap
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52mm aluminium rad
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Ultralite 25mm spacers
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HKS EVC 5 Boost controller
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New release bearing and sleeve from Nissan needed to fit new clutch
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Water temp and oil temp and pressure senders
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[skinnynphats200]

I converted my pool table into a workbench :cool:
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And so I finished of stripping and tidying up the dash and interior loom and this is what i'm left with
Dash
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Interior
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Lets hope it starts :eek: lol

[Kruizer]

Great progress mate, coming along nicely now...

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Savage man this is great progress and loadz of bits for the car, must be courier at your house everyday :) glad to see the build is really going places for ya now mate keep her lit!!!

[skinnynphats200]

Cheers lads. Ye you could say that :D, Fastway driver Colm knows me quite well at this stage!

Hoping to have everything fitted and wired back up and be starting it for the first time on Sunday! Aiming to get out to Mondello for the 12th for some testing

[garyae86]

cool stuff lad is that the sub frame out off my old 200 in the 32 ??

[skinnynphats200]

cool stuff lad is that the sub frame out off my old 200 in the 32 ??

Cheers Gary, yeah I swapped it out and switched over the 5 stud hub and bearing units into the S13 knuckles so I could use the 32 diff and shafts.

Something I have been meaning to ask you actually.
Did you weld up the diff in that 200 or was it already done when you got it? Just there is a 3:9 diff in it and AFAIK the UK S13 200's came with a 4.3 diff. Trying to find out what it cam out of instead of having to open it up and see whats in there

[celicacrasher]

cool build best of luck with it

[garyae86]

Cheers Gary, yeah I swapped it out and switched over the 5 stud hub and bearing units into the S13 knuckles so I could use the 32 diff and shafts.

Something I have been meaning to ask you actually.
Did you weld up the diff in that 200 or was it already done when you got it? Just there is a 3:9 diff in it and AFAIK the UK S13 200's came with a 4.3 diff. Trying to find out what it cam out of instead of having to open it up and see whats in there

cool lad there s nice bit off gear in the back off that 200
no lad i didn't the lad before me did all the work never did a hands turn with it

[skinnynphats200]

cool lad there s nice bit off gear in the back off that 200
no lad i didn't the lad before me did all the work never did a hands turn with it

Yeah great suspension setup in it alright! I may open it up and find out so! For some reason I have a funny feeling im going to get a nice surprise when I open it up! Fingers crossed :cool:

[driftescort]

Cheers Gary, yeah I swapped it out and switched over the 5 stud hub and bearing units into the S13 knuckles so I could use the 32 diff and shafts.

Something I have been meaning to ask you actually.
Did you weld up the diff in that 200 or was it already done when you got it? Just there is a 3:9 diff in it and AFAIK the UK S13 200's came with a 4.3 diff. Trying to find out what it cam out of instead of having to open it up and see whats in there

UK S13s came with a 3.9:1.

[skinnynphats200]

UK S13s came with a 3.9:1.

I have been provided with the wrong information so if they came with a 3.9, Cheers Billy, had my hopes up there for a minute

[skinnynphats200]

cool build best of luck with it

Cheers mate

[skinnynphats200]

Things haven't gone exactly the way I would have liked with this over the last while so I still haven't got it started yet for the first time, always the way!!!! However, its starting to come together now and i'm getting excited, so I should have a nice update to post up on Saturday

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Things haven't gone exactly the way I would have liked with this over the last while so I still haven't got it started yet for the first time, always the way!!!! However, its starting to come together now and i'm getting excited, so I should have a nice update to post up on Saturday
Keep the faith bro, as you said its always the way, theres always hurdles but your on the good side of things rather than the bad side nearly there now!! :)

[skinnynphats200]

Keep the faith bro, as you said its always the way, theres always hurdles but your on the good side of things rather than the bad side nearly there now!! :)

nearly there, here is the progress.

I'll let the pictures do the talking as I don't have much time on my hands

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bob welded this bracket I made up for the pump
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Putting looms back in car now

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Jay welding in the driver side seat mount

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I'm really happy with the seat mount, the mount itself gives left to right adjustment of the seat and the rail and seat will provide forward and backward and up and down so will be easily adjusted to suit any height, passenger side still to do.

This is where the seat should be positioned

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Money shot, think it looks bad ass with no panels, would love to run it like this for the year :cool: The pic gives an idea of the track width of the front end. The front lock/suspension setup is not finished yet though. It will probably end up fractionally wider than in the pic

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9946/imag0470x.jpg


Thats all for now

[slithertooth]

Last pic??? savage

[skinnynphats200]

Some more of the update........

Dash back in and wired up
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Trailing wheel as the lock is at the moment on the car with minimal work, waiting on some parts to arrive for it to be finished and then will have to be setup, will be another 5+ degrees more on this when finished, couldn't be happier with the lock so far though, its savage
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Leading...
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Rad out
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New rad in
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Random pic
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Boost controller in
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Gearbox in Vice
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Jay cut the spig shaft of a broken box for me so the triple plate clutch will be easier to align
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Will post the rest later or tomorrow, its ready for mapping once the clutch goes in

[driftescort]

Lock looks goon man! Any pics of the hubs?

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) that lock is chronic!! no problem correcting a mistake with that, savage loving it

PS love the halford advanced set too :) :) :)

[si_berry]

Fairplay lads.. Great work! Hopefully it fits on the trailer with that track :) :) :)

[tommiii]

looking well mate keep up the good work:)

[skinnynphats200]

Lock looks goon man! Any pics of the hubs?

Cheers Billy. Will get some later, was just a few quick pics to throw something up on the thread


NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) that lock is chronic!! no problem correcting a mistake with that, savage loving it

PS love the halford advanced set too :) :) :)

Cheers Niall. And still a little bit more to go. Halfrods advanced set, best set ever made for the money :cool:


Fairplay lads.. Great work! Hopefully it fits on the trailer with that track :) :) :)

I reckon it won't was fairly tight before any work was done


looking well mate keep up the good work:)

Cheers Buddy

[skinnynphats200]

Last pic??? savage

Cheers Rory. What about the last pic? Or is it meant to be exclamation marks?

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Cheers Niall. And still a little bit more to go. Halfrods advanced set, best set ever made for the money :cool:



I reckon it won't was fairly tight before any work was done



Cheers Buddy
well done man your goin well. haha eagle eye here has the set too, dead right life time garuntee will not get better, only bought the 12piece rachet spanner set for 49 yo yo's were wud ya be goin savage deals :)

[slithertooth]

Cheers Rory. What about the last pic? Or is it meant to be exclamation marks?

?? Get your wheels off for the lads :p , as billy said show us your hubs

[skinnynphats200]

well done man your goin well. haha eagle eye here has the set too, dead right life time garuntee will not get better, only bought the 12piece rachet spanner set for 49 yo yo's were wud ya be goin savage deals :)

Mondello Sunday???

[skinnynphats200]

?? Get your wheels off for the lads :p , as billy said show us your hubs

haha, all in good time I will have them up shortly

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Mondello Sunday???
aw stop dont be breaking the baba's heart haha that is a no unfortunately cant even make it down for a look hope it goes sweet for ya man full of the pipe!!
Mapping 2moro id say your jizzing yourself :) fair play Kyle!

[skinnynphats200]

aw stop dont be breaking the baba's heart haha that is a no unfortunately cant even make it down for a look hope it goes sweet for ya man full of the pipe!!
Mapping 2moro id say your jizzing yourself :) fair play Kyle!

Yep, only a couple of hours to go :cool: Ah shit one, I should have a vid or two of my shockingly bad driving to post up :o Can't blame the car now ha

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Yep, only a couple of hours to go :cool: Ah shit one, I should have a vid or two of my shockingly bad driving to post up :o Can't blame the car now ha
No sleeping for you Sat night haha ah Id love it man itching to get the other yoke out!!when the time is right I guess. Kyle I dont do negative vibes haha, 4-5 laps if even and ul be smoking the place up, remember its easier now :) wait till ya see the extra lock some job and you have crazy lock! start realising why the big boys only spin once in blue moon, can save yourself loads now with it. will be savage day for ya :) :)

[skinnynphats200]

Update time!

I sent the car to TDP on Friday morning for mapping thinking great everything is going to be great and I will have it out on Sunday......how I was wrong :( So I got a call from Robbie at around 2 letting me know that the injectors had shorted due to badly insulated wiring causing them to touch and cause a whole host of other problems.....the ecu was running in limp mode, it had caused a problem with wiring or something iirc, with the alternator causing it not to charge, blew all the fuses for the lights in dash.
Not good news for Robbie or me at this stage, but they persisted and fixed all the problems and got it ready for mapping.

Then, the worst happened.............was checking if everything was ok before going on the Dyno and the release bearing started screeching and the clutch seizing, this was at 4.45pm!!! So they then took the box out and the release bearing was on the wrong way around, schoolboy error on my part I have to admit :o very embarrassing, but hey i'm not a mechanic, just learning as I go, and its the 3rd clutch I have ever changed, luckily they managed to save the pressure plate and fitted a new release bearing and sleeve.

Anyway Robbie worked until half 10 Friday night and then mapped the car on Saturday evening for me after he came back from Mondello to get the car finished for me in time.

And the all important mapping results. Mapped on a Nistune board the car made 410hp and 375ft/lb of torque @ 1.25 bar and 375hp and 333 lb/ft of torque @ 1.08 bar. Delighted. Car is running brilliant. Is really responsive, spool is very quick and little or no lag.

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Update time!

I sent the car to TDP on Friday morning for mapping thinking great everything is going to be great and I will have it out on Sunday......how I was wrong :( So I got a call from Robbie at around 2 letting me know that the injectors had shorted due to badly insulated wiring causing them to touch and cause a whole host of other problems.....the ecu was running in limp mode, it had caused a problem with wiring or something iirc, with the alternator causing it not to charge, blew all the fuses for the lights in dash.
Not good news for Robbie or me at this stage, but they persisted and fixed all the problems and got it ready for mapping.

Then, the worst happened.............was checking if everything was ok before going on the Dyno and the release bearing started screeching and the clutch seizing, this was at 4.45pm!!! So they then took the box out and the release bearing was on the wrong way around, schoolboy error on my part I have to admit :o very embarrassing, but hey i'm not a mechanic, just learning as I go, and its the 3rd clutch I have ever changed, luckily they managed to save the pressure plate and fitted a new release bearing and sleeve.

Anyway Robbie worked until half 10 Friday night and then mapped the car on Saturday evening for me after he came back from Mondello to get the car finished for me in time.

And the all important mapping results. Mapped on a Nistune board the car made 410hp and 375ft/lb of torque @ 1.25 bar and 375hp and 333 lb/ft of torque @ 1.08 bar. Delighted. Car is running brilliant. Is really responsive, spool is very quick and little or no lag.
wow that is a horror story, are you sure ur name is not niall greally haha. ah fair play to him alot lads tell ya to fuck off. that is savage bro I remember clearly only 2-3weeks ago u were loosing faith, if I was ta ask you now how are u feeling??? ha I know the answer! best of luck with it now for the future, hope get out few times together, act the magget :)

[danny-s15]

serious build lad lookin good

[skinnynphats200]

wow that is a horror story, are you sure ur name is not niall greally haha. ah fair play to him alot lads tell ya to fuck off. that is savage bro I remember clearly only 2-3weeks ago u were loosing faith, if I was ta ask you now how are u feeling??? ha I know the answer! best of luck with it now for the future, hope get out few times together, act the magget :)

I'll expect to see ya at the next Mondello day!


serious build lad lookin good

Cheers dude

[Micko]

Great results man, wouldn't expect anything less from Tdp.

Also nice driving Sunday car/driver were flying:)

[skinnynphats200]

Great results man, wouldn't expect anything less from Tdp.

Also nice driving Sunday car/driver were flying:)

Cheers man

[skinnynphats200]

Here's some pics of making the windows, very hard to shape coz ya have to go really slow with them, takes on average 3 - 4 hours with a heat gun and at that they are not perfect

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6222/imag0519p.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/839/imag0518lw.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3239/imag0517h.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1494/imag0516e.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5715/imag0515t.jpg

[skinnynphats200]

Getting the new OS Giken triple plate clutch and flywheel fitted...

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2392/imag0499a.jpg
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6798/imag0511hn.jpg

Picked these up off Rory for the rear 18 x 9.5 et12

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3828/imag0501q.jpg
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7665/imag0502gt.jpg

Some Random pics because I just like looking at it! All I need now is a good camera!

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3747/imag0508o.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8766/imag0503t.jpg

Think this negative thing is pretty cool
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/197/imag0505y.jpg

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Savage man ur going all out now uv got the bug, cant stop!! :) triple plate class job iv the same 1 6years now betwwen road car and then when it went in track car 3years ish ago still goin strong some bite and take off with them! that negative photo is cool :)

[skinnynphats200]

These should be arriving in the next few weeks, Dmax fronts in 30mm.....:-) Not coming from Ep racing, just robbed the images from their website
http://www.epracing.co.uk/uploads/img_p_large/2836-Skyline%20R32%20GTS%20%20DM-Style%20Front%20Wider%20Vented%20Fender%20+30mm%20 (5).JPG
And Dmax in 40mm for the rear
http://www.epracing.co.uk/uploads/images_products_large/2600.jpg

[driftescort]

Where are you getting the front wings from Kyle?

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

savage kyler will ya calm down haha there be no room left in shed for ur car with all the parts :) see mondello next date is out gonna try get down but theres that much stuff2 b done god knows were the car will be or how many pieces it will be in

[skinnynphats200]

savage kyler will ya calm down haha there be no room left in shed for ur car with all the parts :) see mondello next date is out gonna try get down but theres that much stuff2 b done god knows were the car will be or how many pieces it will be in

Yeah i'm deffo in for it. What have ya got to do to get the car running?

[skinnynphats200]

Where are you getting the front wings from Kyle?

Brian is making the rears, and is buying the front Dmax wings and making moulds. I am taking the genuine ones, but he will making front wings for the 32 for now on when he does the moulds so I'd say you can get set off him

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Yeah i'm deffo in for it. What have ya got to do to get the car running?
ah there aint much that was nothing really air in brakes causing hydro stayed locked might be small leak, re route 1of oil lines to cooler not happy with it but their all small. its roll cage im bit concerned bout and other bits so have sacrifice not gettin out for havin car ready for loggin not sure yet we see

[skinnynphats200]

ah there aint much that was nothing really air in brakes causing hydro stayed locked might be small leak, re route 1of oil lines to cooler not happy with it but their all small. its roll cage im bit concerned bout and other bits so have sacrifice not gettin out for havin car ready for loggin not sure yet we see

Ah sure that's feck all Niall, an hour or 2 have ya sorted. And whats wrong with the cage??

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

Ah sure that's feck all Niall, an hour or 2 have ya sorted. And whats wrong with the cage??
i know bro was saying that end of things ar fairly gud half day wud sort out them change oil & other bits aint worried bout that. eh the cage il know better in wk or so getting top fabricator to look, so yea if it does need 1 will cost few pound and1r2 other bits wanna do so bill gets higher. i tel ya wen ya havnt wrked in a gud while hard to find that kinda dollar now ar ya feeling the vibes so nowere near easy,never has been :(
oh do uv cage sorted, who done it? thanks in advance

[skinnynphats200]

i know bro was saying that end of things ar fairly gud half day wud sort out them change oil & other bits aint worried bout that. eh the cage il know better in wk or so getting top fabricator to look, so yea if it does need 1 wat bout grand and1r2 other bits wanna do 1500+ not alot considering wat has gone in but i tel ya wen ya havnt wrked in a gud while hard to find that kinda dollar now ar ya feeling the vibes so nowere near easy,never has been :(
oh do uv cage sorted, who done it? thanks in advance

I have mine sorted, not in yet, but pm on the way for lad who's doing mine, still have good bit to do to mine too for logging. I understand ya man ;)

[skinnynphats200]

Have some progress to report on this

First off thanks to both Jay & Bob @ DI motorsport for helping me out bigtime this year with the fabrication work and steering and suspension setup.

Rear fenders taped on to give an idea of the size and fitment, the fitment is perfect. Thanks to Brian @ driftkits.eu

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7734/imag0548j.jpg

Arches aren't cut yet and is just lightly taped on so is a bit of level but you get the idea

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1825/imag0549gl.jpg

9j et 30 rim with a 25mm spacer on here. And I Will be running a 9.5j et12

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/324/imag0550o.jpg

Bob made up the firewall and made a really great job of it too. Very happy with it the contours and shape and the joints were done extremely well leaving a perfect joint and nearly no gapping around the edges at all. Just have to run sealer along the joints which will be done shortly to get it air tight and finish it off

Cutting templates for firewall

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9223/imag0552o.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3893/imag0553.jpg

Finished piece

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6559/imag0554px.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3649/imag0555s.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2729/imag0556i.jpg

The weld in passenger seat rails and the window frames should be finished tonight all going to plan.

Its nearing the end now and i'm really starting to see what the finished piece is going to look like so it is giving me some motivation to get it finished.

More to come soon!

[Kruizer]

Thats the job fella :)

[skinnynphats200]

Cheers man!

[skinnynphats200]

We made good progress last night. We just have some small bits to tidy up tonight and the car will be pretty much finished then bar the cage, body work and paint.

The car will be going to get the cage in next week and I will have it out for mondello on the 19th all going to plan.

Arches cut out, tacked, and excess chopped off

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7199/imag0558j.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6371/imag0557e.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6443/imag0563j.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/6733/imag0562x.jpg
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2502/imag0561bn.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1356/imag0566x.jpg

Bobs handy work on the window frames

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1341/imag0559z.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7308/imag0560j.jpg

This is how it looks, we just have to bolt on the window and trim and sand the edges. Very happy with how it turned out. Looks very neat

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7582/imag0564.jpg

And we got the passenger seat rails welded in to, its not great pic will try get better ones tonight

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7946/imag0565r.jpg


Have to finish tidying the windows, and seal the firewall and the arches tonight.

Thats all for now :cool:

[Kruizer]

Lovin the build mate....

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

full of win Kyle good work out of ya's!! love it too
chat soon :)

[slithertooth]

Looking good man, highly likely i'll be creepin around it on the 19th

[skinnynphats200]

Lovin the build mate....


full of win Kyle good work out of ya's!! love it too
chat soon :)


Looking good man, highly likely i'll be creepin around it on the 19th

Thanks folks, all the late nights are starting to pay off :D

So we got some more done tonight too. I'm just in the door half hour!
Bob finished off the windows which was very tricky but they turned out well, and I sealed up the firewall and the arches, and put the boot on pins and latches. Hopefully I will have some pics up tomorrow eve.

Next up, cage and paint. Yeeeeooooow :afro:

[skinnynphats200]

So we headed off to tullow yesterday for some saturday skids and a bit of crack. It was my first time down there and it won't be my last. I will be back again to give them concrete walls a rematch

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/422656_198981353540503_100002859195766_305236_1807 265797_n.jpg

They got the better of me this time!!!

[PeterT]

uh ooooooooh! thats a hefty smack!

[Mabbit]

Concrete 1 point / Kyle 0 points..... Ya suld no the wall always wins haha

[Kruizer]

Ouch lad, get her up on a jig...

[Simon]

Dont loose faith dude... ya were flying all day.. get that straightened out and get back on that horse..

[Greg]

You gave it a good old clatter, top work. :)

[skinnynphats200]

I'm still wallowing in my own self pity....first I was told to change my tyres a they were well and truly f*****, and I didn't listen, then I was advised not to do another run, but I persisted.......:rolleyes::o
On the bright side, it will be back together fairly soon and will be even better than it was before the smack...should be some weight reduction too :cool: All in a day :rolleyes:

[garyae86]

ouch tidy smack alright but fair play dude cut the back end off now :cool:

[decobyrne106]

ouch! they say you can hardly crash up there atleast theres proof. she took some square off the wall smack! hope she comes back easy

[skinnynphats200]

ouch! they say you can hardly crash up there atleast theres proof. she took some square off the wall smack! hope she comes back easy

Yeah would be hard enough crash in second gear doing figure eights......I was flat in 3rd going for big entry with delaminated tyres......stupidity really!

[gem-s13]

few pics of the back end,


http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/76c75baa.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/fc247de4.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/cf5d512a.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/bd479eba.jpg

small bit of pulling

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/2fefc757.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/15ac6636.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/06c5265e.jpg

new pannls fitted

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/527161e8.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/85aa9e9d.jpg

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/mark-synnott/ac98bab3.jpg

[Kruizer]

Good lad Gem...

[Cooldrft]

Savage job Gem :cool:

[ste]

Gem u will be gettin my car WHEN I make proper shite of it

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

good to see her back together Kyle :)

good job Gem, no messin with u's boys!!

[skinnynphats200]

Sound out Gem!!!!!!

Cheers Niall

[skinnynphats200]

[First off myself and a friend of mine, who is also a member on here (Si_berry) and nearing completion too with his SR23 monster are teaming up this year and running 2 team cars. We will have some great news to post up that we received recently for the year ahead very soon!. Watch this space!!!!!!!

I have been very preoccupied lately with other stuff so I haven't had much of a chance to work on the car or get much done with it, however I still have good progress to report and I am moving along slowly but surely.

I got the car back form Gem last Thursday, as you can see from the pics i'm happy with the job he done considering the extent of the damage.
While it was up there getting fixed I decided to do something which I have wanted to do since I started the build; fit a fuel cell! So I had Gem cut out the boot floor and fit it for me, I just have to pick up some fittings for the new Bosch 909 lift pump to feed the swirl pot and plumb in the swirl pot and 2 pumps.

[B]I then stripped out the inside again when I got it back and sent it off to Portlaoise on Friday to Shane Bradley to have the cage fitted.

And in the meantime (over the last few weeks) some parts I have been waiting on for a while landed; my front over-fenders and side skirts, japspeed inner tie rod ends, and grp4 fabrications rose jointed tie rod ends.
The rod ends don't match the thread on the tie rod so I sent them off yesterday to have new pieces made up. I am also looking for a 100mm long 1/2 unf bolt if anybody knows where I can pick this up???????

I am hoping to get the car back tomorrow or Friday and then plumb in the fuel system, fit the 4 new gauges, new oil cooler, new over-fenders and wings and some other bits that need tidying before logging on Sunday in the hopes there will be practice also.

All that's left on the list then is to take it all apart for paint and then put it back together again :cool:

[skinnynphats200]

Yo!

Its nearly a month since my last update so I wont bore anyone and i'll let the pictures do the talking

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3651/imag0661g.jpg
close up of some welds
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/69/imag0659a.jpg
Sorry about this pic, bit blurry but you get the jist, very tidy
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/954/imag0660r.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3089/imag0662n.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4563/imag0663f.jpg

Then i stripped backed everything unnecessary to start prepping for paint.
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7975/imag0664c.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5889/imag0665l.jpg

If all goes to plan the inside should be painted and the car back together and driving before the weeks end. We'll see lol :o:afro:

[garyae86]

nice work kyle who done the cage what color you going for the out side

[skinnynphats200]

Shane Bradley in Portlaoise done the cage Gary.
I'm delighted with it man, its a very tidy job, the cage is tight to all the pillars and roof skin all around, his welding is top drawer and is a sound out lad to deal with most of all man. I'll send you on his number there now.

Colour will be revealed when the 2 cars are finished. I wanted to go mad and make it as different as I could but funds won't allow for it now, however we do have a pretty cool theme chosen! I'm very excited to see it finished!

[garyae86]

cheers lad the car is down there already with him :o looks a relay good job

whats the story on your trailer have you still got it ???

[skinnynphats200]

cheers lad the car is down there already with him :o looks a relay good job

whats the story on your trailer have you still got it ???

Ah right I see, a i member now your getting the front legs changed isn't it. Your out for round 2 then yeah?

[garyae86]

Ah right I see, a i member now your getting the front legs changed isn't it. Your out for round 2 then yeah?

yea ment to be alright didnt get much seat time in the car at all at all but ill chance it how much did your complete fuel cell set you back dude ??

[skinnynphats200]

yea ment to be alright didnt get much seat time in the car at all at all but ill chance it how much did your complete fuel cell set you back dude ??

Same here, not much seat time either but gonna chance it too. Still working on tweeking the car to the exact way I want it.

It depends really on what size of a fuel cell you are running. My fuel cell is 12 litres now I think so i'm thinking about ditching the swirl pot and second pump altogether because its so small but if you are running a larger fuel cell, the swirl pot and second pump would be needed so the price depends on what you want to run. For a decent sized cell, swirl pot, bosch 044 & 909 pumps and braided lines and fittings you are looking around €600 + unless you get a full setup cheaper second hand

[Spartacus]

Starting to take shape now, nice lick of paint would do wonders.

Very impressed by the cage, welding looks extremely good. How does he fair out on price? Would you mind PMing on his number please?

[skinnynphats200]

Starting to take shape now, nice lick of paint would do wonders.

Very impressed by the cage, welding looks extremely good. How does he fair out on price? Would you mind PMing on his number please?

Like anything it depends really on what you are looking for, whether its a basic PD spec cage or something a little more elaborate, he will work with you and your budget.

Thanks dude. Yes can't wait for paint!

PM on the way

[skinnynphats200]

Update time.

Interior and cage have been painted and I put everything back together on the inside too. I chopped out the centre console altogether and am mounting a switch panel which I have losely mocked up. I then cut a panel for the boot to mount the fuel cell swirl pot and pumps and fitted everything in place

What i'm most happy with is the custom made rosejointed tie rods ends with fully adjustable bump steer correction that I had made up. They are adjustable from 5mm - 30mm from the hub mounting point and are made from en24t high tensile steel with Aurora AM10 T rose joints. I will have pics of these up shortly!

It might not look like it but there is still a lot to do to have it ready for punch (saying that, I do know of builds much further behind than this lol)

A few pictures of the progress. The colour is much more flourescent in person. (Love it!) Pictures don't show it great.

Boot painted
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6343/imag0670a.jpg
Cage painted
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5383/imag0671d.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3333/imag0672b.jpg
Inside primed and painted
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4149/imag0676qn.jpg
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2986/imag0677h.jpg

End results
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3121/imag0679v.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8683/imag0681n.jpg

Coming together
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3492/imag0682x.jpg
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4402/imag0684v.jpg

Thanks for reading

Kyle

[Kruizer]

Awesome Kyle, she is really coming along now !

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

savage savage :)
doin well bro

[skinnynphats200]

Awesome Kyle, she is really coming along now !


savage savage :)
doin well bro

Thanks lads. Update on the way. Car is pretty much finished

[skinnynphats200]

Having a problem with photobucket and can't get the pics the right size. My imageshack account is max'd so can't use it.

First off I have to give a big thanks to the people that have helped me out with building the car for this year, It is mostly completed bar one or 2 small things that need to be finished.

Firstly Jay and Bob at DI motorsport who have helped me out in massive amounts with steering setup, suspension setup, fabrication and wiring and i'm sure there is more I can't remember too!
Much appreciated lads, can't say thanks enough to yas!

Shane Bradley / Bradley Custom Fabrication for part sponsorship on the cage for myself and Simon this year

Tyresdublin.ie / Squarefit Ltd / Tyreandservicesuperstores.com for tyre sponsoprship this year.

And last but not least Karl Maher and Jonny McCormick for pulling all the late nights and all nighters with me thoughout the year and to anyone else who has helped me throughout the year.

I'm hoping that I can start focusing on seat time now and getting used to the car and getting it setup right and improving on my driving.

Here is some pictures of the final stages and the finished car.

Thanks for following the thread

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0689-2.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0690-2.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0691-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0692-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0693-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0694-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0695-1.jpg

Some of the old stickers showed up when we were sanding @ Brian Campbell
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0698-1.jpg
Ready for some paint
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0699-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0700-1.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/IMAG0701-1.jpg

[slithertooth]

Teaser, sort the pics man

[skinnynphats200]

using the direct link off photbucket and this is the size they are coming out

[Herculeez]

Not much to update yet unfortunately....:o
I got the injectors flow tested during the week and they are spot on.....McNamaras in Dublin if ya need your injectors cleaned and flow tested..... Sound lads to deal with and and were good price too
I picked up some new 20 or 25mm ( I cant remember now) spacers a little while ago aswell

Some pics of the new Turbo and spacers
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7548/kylesphotos163.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6322/kylesphotos162.jpg
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7326/kylesphotos165.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/108/kylesphotos164.jpg

Need some help too....I want to get rid of as much weight as possible so I am thinking about cutting out the boot floor completely and getting rid of the standard tank(because there crap :p) and fitting a fuel cell. I think having the fuel cell stting over the subframe will benefit handling also by reducing that pendulum effect on the rear and make for a much better handling car. Whats peoples views on this and reasons why? because I know a lot of people have different opinions on this and I would like to get as much info on it as possible before I go cutting

Also i'm going to replace all the windows with polycarbonate ones aswell and cut out the doors

I know this list is going to just keep getting bigger the more time I have to think about it......:o



I was thinkin of doing something like this also but wouldnt it affect the cars rigidity?? therefore its handling?

[skinnynphats200]

I ended up going ahead with this. Got rid of the tank cut out the boot floor and fitted a 20 litre cell as close to the subframe and between the towers as possible. It does not affect the rigiditly of the car and makes it lighter on the rear end and improves handling. Check out near the end of the thread and you will see

[skinnynphats200]

Pics sorted now too

[Herculeez]

oh nice.. N is your kit riveted on or glued?

[Herculeez]

Cuz someone was sayin if rivets are used they start to crack from the rivets if anything bumps it a little

[skinnynphats200]

Fenders and arches are done with rivets. Haven hear of anybody glueing them on before. Cant imagine them fitting if you were to use glue to be honest, they require a bit of stretching and messing around with to get them perfect. Its a drift car its going to get a bump and crack anyway. Just dont be hitting off it and it won't crack

[slithertooth]

I ended up going ahead with this. Got rid of the tank cut out the boot floor and fitted a 20 litre cell as close to the subframe and between the towers as possible. It does not affect the rigiditly of the car and makes it lighter on the rear end and improves handling. Check out near the end of the thread and you will see

Hmm still think the only way to lighten the back end is like how we done the white one!!!
Looks great kyle , when will ye get it out next?
Had those arches bolted down to a s13 before , some cracks alright but minor, just put bigger washers on

[skinnynphats200]

Very true. next on the list!lol
No cracks on mine yet but sure wouldn't bother me anyway! As soon as possible Rory funds depending

[skinnynphats200]

I haven't posted anything up here in a while so a little update. I got out for punchestown and a half day in mondello since I have it finished but my driving hasn't been great. I'm finding a little hard to get use to the car and setup. It has been setup with lots of grip on the rear on the last alignment which is just how I wanted it but I reckon i'm going to have to scale it back and then dial it in slowly and ease myself into it. And the tap in tullow put the s**** up me a bit I think!
Anyway here is some pics of the bump steer correction tie rod ends I had made up to fit with the Japspeed tie rods. Bump steer correction is adjustable in 5mm increments up to 30mm.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/DSC_0049.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/DSC_00521.jpg
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae106/Daddeekyle/DSC_0053.jpg

This has reduced the lock somewhat as the tie rod ends are now reaching the lower arm sooner because of their increased size and length.
I will be looking at getting something done with the lower arms shortly to eliminate this

[skinnynphats200]

Nice day so got a couple pic's! https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427299_394861427234384_2066465215_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/547334_394862740567586_131777156_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/539148_394863113900882_446870197_n.jpg

[skinnynphats200]

Car is off getting some tlc before the weekend over at DI motorsport.

New gearbox in, new floor pans getting installed, rear wheels getting spaced out to try and fill the arches along with some changes to the suspension and steering setup, polycarb windows removed and sealed (didn't get around to doing them the first time in the rush), removing a few other parts and cleaning them up and painting them (also didn't get done previously in the rush for completion).
Have a Dmax spoiler waiting to go on too so should be looking a bit more aggressive now with a few small changes :afro:

[KerryKid1JZ]

Car is off getting some tlc before the weekend over at DI motorsport.

New gearbox in, new floor pans getting installed, rear wheels getting spaced out to try and fill the arches along with some changes to the suspension and steering setup, polycarb windows removed and sealed (didn't get around to doing them the first time in the rush), removing a few other parts and cleaning them up and painting them (also didn't get done previously in the rush for completion).
Have a Dmax spoiler waiting to go on too so should be looking a bit more aggressive now with a few small changes :afro:
She will look well after them changes. It looks great now but that spoiler is doing nothing for it :p

[skinnynphats200]

She will look well after them changes. It looks great now but that spoiler is doing nothing for it :p

Thanks lad. Just needs to be tilted forward a bit to make it sit better ;) Never adjusted when I got it just stuck it on!

[skinnynphats200]

Haven't posted here in a while

Car has had a remap and a few exterior changes since I last posted up here. pics below

I also picked up a japspeed engine damper of slithrtooth yesterday and some new front and rear polyurethane anti roll bar bushings to complete the arb as it has the drop links already. Hopefully be fitting them in the next couple days.

Doesn't look like it will sell this side of xmas so I want to get out for one more practise day and then start stripping for the winter rebuild. Will be getting proper paint job this time round hopefully!

Thats all for now :cool:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/522448_550720794954173_283431169_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/581451_541725805840751_500824971_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197156_458843934165899_261873758_n.jpg

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

She's well diff to the rest, I like that!!
fair play Kyle & hope everything works out for you :)

[skinnynphats200]

Cheers bud. Yeah should do. Could be leaving these shores soon, fingers crossed!

[skinnynphats200]

My first time on here in over a year....
I bought this back a couple of months ago. Rear end is in very rough shape and engine needs building. Going to be getting full engine build.
I'm unsure whether to chop the rear end off completely and tube it or do a re shell.
Anyway will be slow progress as I haven't went near it since I got it back
Will update when I get going on it :-)