Diarmuid's 180sx project :)

[rob_180sx]

Lovely looking car, pity you got messed around with the painting though! But your plan sounds good, get those power mods in and enjoy it!

In relation to turbo, there was a Garrett gt2860r in my 180 and id highly recommend it, it made 276bhp on wcp's dyno and it wasnt mapped at that stage running 0.9 bar boost. I had injectors, pfc, z32 afm and all there ready to go in but i sold the car before getting around to it. Would love to have finished it off and mapped it

[DSlide93]

Lovely looking car, pity you got messed around with the painting though! But your plan sounds good, get those power mods in and enjoy it!

In relation to turbo, there was a Garrett gt2860r in my 180 and id highly recommend it, it made 276bhp on wcp's dyno and it wasnt mapped at that stage running 0.9 bar boost. I had injectors, pfc, z32 afm and all there ready to go in but i sold the car before getting around to it. Would love to have finished it off and mapped it

Cheers man
Yeah what are the chances of being let down twice lol has cost me a small fortune at this stage. So yeah I'm gonna get the power mods done and enjoy it for a while and sort paint out later on.

Did the turbo spool up extremely quickly with zero lag? sounds impressive alright. I'd be hoping for 360-370 with all those mods but we'll see what happens i guess.

[rob_180sx]

Cheers man
Yeah what are the chances of being let down twice lol has cost me a small fortune at this stage. So yeah I'm gonna get the power mods done and enjoy it for a while and sort paint out later on.

Did the turbo spool up extremely quickly with zero lag? sounds impressive alright. I'd be hoping for 360-370 with all those mods but we'll see what happens i guess.

Yeah man zero lag! It was sick!! So much fun to drive in comparison to the standard turbo/boost settings. Its a great road car setup, the boost comes on so fast, you'll enjoy every second of it! I dont know what the max rating for the gt2860r is though so maybe check that out first.

Id say a boost controller isn't entirely necessary, would be nice to have one but i just had a hks adjustable actuator and once the boost was set at 0.9 we left it as is.

Alloy rad and electric fans are a great choice too, coupled with decent gauges inside to keep an eye on temps, the money saved from the boost controller id put towards a thermostatic oil cooler.

Have you added a fuel pressure regulator to your list too?

[DSlide93]

Yeah man zero lag! It was sick!! So much fun to drive in comparison to the standard turbo/boost settings. Its a great road car setup, the boost comes on so fast, you'll enjoy every second of it! I dont know what the max rating for the gt2860r is though so maybe check that out first.

Id say a boost controller isn't entirely necessary, would be nice to have one but i just had a hks adjustable actuator and once the boost was set at 0.9 we left it as is.

Alloy rad and electric fans are a great choice too, coupled with decent gauges inside to keep an eye on temps, the money saved from the boost controller id put towards a thermostatic oil cooler.

Have you added a fuel pressure regulator to your list too?

Ehh so i have most of the parts on my list bar an ecu and turbo. And I didn't know if I'd need a pressure reg or not?
Turbo sounds good to me, i must look up what it maxes out at though you're right!
Yeah i just bought a GReddy profec s last week lol so boost controller sorted
After all this i need to source some nice old style GReddy gauges already have a GReddy boost gauge, so oil temp and pressure and water temp to match would be nice

[Billy_P]

If ya looking for a good sprayer I'll bring ya up as far a stephen who done my car.

The job speaks for itself!!

[Ray09]

I have 180sx with a HKS GTRS with a .64 housing, 555cc Nismo Injectors, z32 afm, FMIC, Walboro, full exhaust and all the usual bits and bobs. The car made 306.9 bhp & 257.3 Ftlb @ 1.0 bar & 355.6 bhp & 341.9 Ftlb Torque @ 1.2bar. It reaches full whack at 4300 rpm. It is fun to drive and i dont really take much notice of the lag. It was mapped on a Nistune by AP-Performance.

I can PM you the print out if you want.

[lukeb]

Would ya not get John mcgettric to paint it man?

[rob_180sx]

Ehh so i have most of the parts on my list bar an ecu and turbo. And I didn't know if I'd need a pressure reg or not?
Turbo sounds good to me, i must look up what it maxes out at though you're right!
Yeah i just bought a GReddy profec s last week lol so boost controller sorted
After all this i need to source some nice old style GReddy gauges already have a GReddy boost gauge, so oil temp and pressure and water temp to match would be nice

Ah cool you already have the boost controller! Your shopping list is pretty close to being sorted so
I think the fpr is a good idea as its not too expensive, maybe not entirely necessary but for the sake of €150. Best speak with who your getting to map it to see what spec the recommend going with to suit the ecu/turbo setup.

Also just for reference, heres the dyno graph i had from wcp

[DSlide93]

I have 180sx with a HKS GTRS with a .64 housing, 555cc Nismo Injectors, z32 afm, FMIC, Walboro, full exhaust and all the usual bits and bobs. The car made 306.9 bhp & 257.3 Ftlb @ 1.0 bar & 355.6 bhp & 341.9 Ftlb Torque @ 1.2bar. It reaches full whack at 4300 rpm. It is fun to drive and i dont really take much notice of the lag. It was mapped on a Nistune by AP-Performance.

I can PM you the print out if you want.

Sounds good man, was chatting Stiv at MDT who will be mapping it and he has recommended a Garrett GT28060r he said with all the other supporting mods it should make 360/370bhp no problems at all.
Waiting until 4300 for full whack I couldn't deal with after mapping and spending money on it, but thats my opinion.

[DSlide93]

Would ya not get John mcgettric to paint it man?

Yeah Luke I should have gone to him August last year but love and learn I guess! I'd say I'll be visiting him next year with the car