Installed the Power FC and commander, PLX R-500, some harnesses for later installs, some guages, removed the abs and ac, stripped the engine bay,exhaust, pulled the engine.

Modified the Greddy Elbow, did some welding on the ic.


All the emissions crap that's to be removed.


Relocated the coils to the abs bracket.

 

 

 

 

Here's some more pics for you Bacon.

 

Starting to get everything back together.

 

Coming along nicely!

 

 

What exhaust is that? btw your camera is crappy

 

it's a 3.5" ss from the turbo to the cat, then tapered back to 3" after the cat all the way to the tip
The exhaust i'm not so sure of since the axle back came with the car. For some reason SR motorsports sticks out in my head, but im not positive. I'll check it out.

That camera is much better then me using my phone, so i'm quite over it dominic

 

looking great man!

 

Hehe, ^ the other vmount. The cat back was a Jasmin(sp?) exhaust that came on the car from Japan. It says SR something on it. It' hard to read now. BTW, it's not the camera, it's me.LOL. I'm not exactly a great photographer.

 

Build is looking good, I myself want to take the ABS off, just need to learn how to make some lines...

Also I was just wondering I noticed you used V-Band connections from your turbo to IC and IC to Elbow, don't you need a little bit of play so when the engine moves it wont be so hard on the connections, with that setup there is no flex at all.

 

^I was thinking the same thing about the intercooler, also, have you read that thread about v-mounts and airflow and why using a inlet/outlet like that isn't as efficient as the standard setup (even if it saves piping length, and that is RIDICULOUSLY short - I love it). I bet you know what I'm talking about so I'm not gonna bother explaining it lol.

 

it has solid engine mounts, and it's just something i wanna try with the short piping and vbands

2fierce - what do you mean by standard setup?

 

Everything is a compromise, I like the short piping personal for looks and response. Smoother entry and exit on the ic end tanks would have been nice, but a lot harder to come by. As for the vbands the engine is solid mounted and the rest of the drive train will be braced. I am concerned about the chassis twisting and straining the pipes and couplers though, so we'll just have to wait and see. I really don't want to put a coupler on each pipe but it's likely what will happen in the end. I really just like doing different things when I get the chance. You guys should hear this thing, it's a beast.LOL. Funny thing on the tb side is the pipe looks small and yet the ID matches the inside of the tb elbow perfectly. I'm hoping to get the car out on the road tomorrow and tune it for cruise as well as just check it all over good. Then a short brake in and it's off to the dyno.

Brent

 

the bisnac - Brent got what I meant, theres countless threads on the forum about proper V-mount setups. If you haven't guessed, I have one too

Brent - yah in the end it comes down to how big of an intercooler you want to run, that's really the only limiting factor. I personally am a fan of the front entry points that go directly in, but the way that I/C sits so low it wouldn't be possible.

What are you using for a hood to keep the air pressure low? Sorry to pester.

ps: I think I don't have to tell you that all that FAB work is really pretty.

 

What kind of motor mounts do you have? Aren't you worried about issues with your intercooler piping possibly snapping because of the v-bands?

*edit* should have read closer, it says you have solid mounts....aluminum?

 

Delrin mounts. Same **** basically. Started tuning today, we'll post a vid shortly.

Brent

 

Here's the start up vid for ya.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2cDiwEs8Ec4

 

The vid is before tuning and it was running 10.5 ish afr's at idle. Now it's idling (sounds almost the same) around 12.5-13's. Smells a lot better. And you can see in the shop.

 

Freaking ehh! Very nice work yet again man! Looks, and sounds great even tho the tuning isn`t done yet. Keep us posted.

 

Here's some pics after paint, it now has a set of cf feed style side skirts I'll post some pics later, I don't have any yet. We've street tuned the car to .9bar and full boost hits at about 3k.





Here's a shot of the line up. Wish I would have taken a pic the other day with the 3 skylines.

 

Cars looking great Mike!

 

Finally got to the dyno today. We'll have to go back shortly though, apparently the 44mm wg is to small and boost is creeping to 17.5psi by 6k at which point the ecu is retarding timing due to the 2bar map sensor. I'll post the dyno sheet tomorrow, it put down 344ftlbs and 407whp at 6k. Can't wait to see what she does with a full pull and some more boost.