Fully sick VL, Bro

[chops_a_must]

Yes, I've played the 'Giddy Goat' as a kid in cars. Had 3 totally bombed Datsun 1600's, won't bore you with all the mod's.

Nice. My drive is a 1600. Those that have never driven one, simply wouldn't understand.

But currently am driving the bro's Datsun Sunny wagon.

*Moving your lisence plates to the side so you can get that extra 3 square cms air intake..

This thing needs one headlight taken off, because the shape of the engine bay meant the firewall and drivetrain tunnel had to be re-engineered, meaning the intercooler was mounted where it could be. The turbo seems to starve a fair bit as it is though...

Thanks, yeah it's an R34 GTT. It's fairly moderately modified with a HKS Garrett GT-RS T4 turbo, HDI 600x300x60 intercooler, Walbro fuel pump, Nismo 400cc fuel injectors, Greddy eManage Ultimate ECU, Z32 air flow meter, full 3" catback custom made exhaust, 18" 20-spoke rims (235x40x18 tyres), 10:1 compression ratio (standard is 7:1)

Really sweet ride. I love skylines. But I'm a NisDat fan. :

The datto mentioned above has a jap spec sr20 6 speed. It is the only engine of its like in WA apparently. Made 215kw at the wheels or something crazy when it was first built.

Gets up on 2 wheels with new tyres. Breaks traction whenever you want with ease. Absolutely impossible to drive in the wet. Have to tip toe it around corners.

Really really really needs slicks. But it probably also needs a rollcage to actually get enough stiffness into the rear suspension. A terrifying car to drive for the first couple of times. Pulls harder than anything I've ever been in or ridden. Excluding methanol powered bikes.

Will beat virtually all HSV's, most skylines, bikes, whatever. And don't they enjoy that.

 

[M34N]

EXHAUST pr0n - Oh yeah!!!!!

http://www.scuderiasystems.com/root-media.html

This Lambo nearly made me.... well we don't want to go there

http://www.scuderiasystems.com/root-media-lamborghini.html#id=lambomurcilp640&num=1

Yes that Lambo sounds like an F1 car, but after all it is an LP640, how many other street cars are there in that league?

I have to ask, why the French cars? You had a Renault and now a Peugeot. Did you consider a Mazda 3 MPS instead? Costs about the same and it's 2.3lt 4-cylinder turbo intercooled, quicker and more room than the Peugeot. Plus it's not French

 

[M34N]

Really sweet ride. I love skylines. But I'm a NisDat fan. :

The datto mentioned above has a jap spec sr20 6 speed. It is the only engine of its like in WA apparently. Made 215kw at the wheels or something crazy when it was first built.

Gets up on 2 wheels with new tyres. Breaks traction whenever you want with ease. Absolutely impossible to drive in the wet. Have to tip toe it around corners.

Really really really needs slicks. But it probably also needs a rollcage to actually get enough stiffness into the rear suspension. A terrifying car to drive for the first couple of times. Pulls harder than anything I've ever been in or ridden. Excluding methanol powered bikes.

Will beat virtually all HSV's, most skylines, bikes, whatever. And don't they enjoy that.

Yeah, SR20's are very good engines, I've seen way too many 200SX's rip apart V8's before. It's amazing how an engine half the size of another can be so much more powerful. But I personally found the RB25's to be more responsive in the top end and tend to be easier to work on. IMO only, and I actually did consider a 200SX (Jap spec) before I got the Skyline.

FWIW, since I posted that, my Skyline has been off the road for the past couple months, cylinder 4 is gone, so the whole head has to be taken apart. Going to take the initiative to give it a proper port and polish but also put on a new intake plenum, new exhaust manifold and lower the compression so I can run higher boost. Should increase the power significantly and probably going to have to upgrade the brakes (should of done this already to be honest). Here goes some more cash :

Probably should buy a new car, but I must admit, every time I consider selling it I have struggled with the idea, and too many hours/dollars have already gone into it.

 

[sam76]

Yes that Lambo sounds like an F1 car, but after all it is an LP640, how many other street cars are there in that league?

I have to ask, why the French cars? You had a Renault and now a Peugeot. Did you consider a Mazda 3 MPS instead? Costs about the same and it's 2.3lt 4-cylinder turbo intercooled, quicker and more room than the Peugeot. Plus it's not French

Yeah, I swore I wasn't going to get another Frenchie but for 30k drive away with extended warranty I had to take the deal.

MPS has too much torque steer from what I have heard - needs an LSD.

I prefer Euros to Japs

Man I miss that clio - awesome little performer

 

[chops_a_must]

Yeah, SR20's are very good engines, I've seen way too many 200SX's rip apart V8's before. It's amazing how an engine half the size of another can be so much more powerful. But I personally found the RB25's to be more responsive in the top end and tend to be easier to work on. IMO only, and I actually did consider a 200SX (Jap spec) before I got the Skyline.

Yeah, the RB's are stronger engines, you can do much more with them. But with dattos, you don't get the choice because of the engine bay.

I've seen RB's and VG 30s in dattos, but you have to start cutting the wheel arches with the VG, and I'm yet to see either fitted with turbos with any decent results in the flesh for road use. Then you have the clutch problems with the VG... Far better with a well set up 2L turbo. You can build more power in than what you will ever be able to get down anyway.

Personally, I wouldn't want this thing to be any more responsive anywhere in the range. It's as ancey as you could imagine. I've been in the car when it's spun through all 6 gears. It only weighs 850kg's, so it responds instantly. The biggest problem is getting it down...

 

[sam76]

It's as ancey as you could imagine. I've been in the car when it's spun through all 6 gears. It only weighs 850kg's, so it responds instantly. The biggest problem is getting it down...

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus

 

[M34N]

...It only weighs 850kg's, so it responds instantly. The biggest problem is getting it down...

I re-read this properly just now, and it only just clicked, 850kg & 215kw =

Well I've started modding my Skyline, the head is off and valve 4 is gone, going to be a fun rebuild this one

Oh, going to order a D2 8-pot brake kit next week:

 

[sam76]

Is there much noticable difference between 6 and 8 pot?

 

[M34N]

Basically, the more pistons you have on the disc, the easier it pulls up, so it's more noticeable. Also the larger the disc surface area, the cooler the brakes remain and hence better braking, less wear and tear, etc.

Ideally you would want 8-pot fronts and 6-pot rears for racing. But 6 pistons are pretty good for street, but I want something a bit better because I occasionally do track the car and take it up the mountains a fair bit with lots of bends and twists with frequent braking/acceleration, so I would prefer the 8's from that perspective. But if I was only on the street, then 6's would be fine.

You can actually get 12-pot kits from D2 as well, but those brakes would probably cause the Earth to spin on a different axis!

 

[ck13488]

I re-read this properly just now, and it only just clicked, 850kg & 215kw =

Well I've started modding my Skyline, the head is off and valve 4 is gone, going to be a fun rebuild this one

Oh, going to order a D2 8-pot brake kit next week:

im going to have a stab and say they those brakes cost more then my car! you make my poor liberty sad

 

[xscape]

I've been a trawler on here, but finally found a thread that i feel i can make a worthy contribution to

Heres my most recent money pit

 

[Geoff]

Another vote for the RB25 here

Picked this one up stock standard save for a Nismo rear muffler, with only 33,600km on the clock. It's now up to 82,000 and I'm finally succumbing to the temptation to modify it. However, mods will be undetectable if possible and subtle if not! Got a Fujitsubo catback waiting to go on, once I get a 3" dump and a new cat then I'll tickle the boost a bit and see how it goes.

 

[nunthewiser]

sounds almost erotic geoff

 

[roland]

OK, couldn't help myself - just had to post up my toy.

1992 FD3 RX-7, twin turbo, had 16k on the clock when I got it in 1994 - only has 72k on it now. Totally stock and original excluding the wheels and have added an APEXi super ground kit. Could nearly pass as a new car

 

[Geoff]

hahha nun

sexy 7 roland, they're up there on the list of cars I'd own if I had the money

 

[chops_a_must]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus

I re-read this properly just now, and it only just clicked, 850kg & 215kw =

I've seen some 1200 utes put out some big figures and they can weigh about 600kg's, lol.

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of the engine bay. Nothing else as the car is as identifiable enough as it is. :

You can kind of see in the second pic where the firewall needed to be "remoulded" to allow the bell housing in. It's a pity it gets obscured, because that was a bit of artwork.

 

[Smurf1976]

Not many people will understand this, those that do will (hopefully) find it bloody funny!

The real worry is that I did get practically all of it...

Not sure the significance of Chapel St in Melbourne though - down here in Tas that's a back street with a tip and lots of transmission lines everywhere so it's not somewhere anyone's likely to drive up and down for the sake of it...

 

[M34N]

chops, what's with the red cables running across the front? It seems to be half covered in conduit and the other half exposed! BTW, drill into the chassis much? Do you have an engineers certificate for all that? : God you don't even have a strut bar, oh and upgrade your fuel reg

Some nice cars here fellas, I never realised so many of you are into cars here, and I figured I was the only one! But looks like chops and I are the only ones crazy enough to modify them. You guys don't know what you're missing out on - especially when the cops get involved

 

[chops_a_must]

chops, what's with the red cables running across the front? It seems to be half covered in conduit and the other half exposed! BTW, drill into the chassis much? Do you have an engineers certificate for all that? : God you don't even have a strut bar, oh and upgrade your fuel reg

Some nice cars here fellas, I never realised so many of you are into cars here, and I figured I was the only one! But looks like chops and I are the only ones crazy enough to modify them. You guys don't know what you're missing out on - especially when the cops get involved

I have no idea what the cables are. It's not mine. It's got all the engineers certificates. :

And yes, a custom suspension set up is next on the list. :

I'll put up a pic of the rear end if I can get a good shot, for a laugh.

 

[Roo72]

some nice rides here. love the Renault. very stylish cars. and the Skylines are a fave but I'm a old datto fan. had a '72 1200 coupe for a while, had a A14 dropped in it...not much else to talk about but certainly a fun car to drive.....no brake booster for the Disc/drum setup on those so it was all pedal pressure to pull her up....Freddy Flinstone brakes
Got a '92 N14 Q Pulsar currently, had it since 94. Dumped down low but riding on standard wheels and tyres. The SR20 is a great engine, I've only got cat back 2,1/4" exhaust and K&N filter mods to her but it still rumbles along and runs pretty well for a 16y.o. car. very flexible engine too. I took it to work recently for a bit of a run (company car sees the pulsar gathering dust between starts) and while doodling along through town, i found myself ilding along at 30ks in fifth gear....then with a light foot she climbs all the way to 120 onto the motorway without a problem. Sweet engine. My Mechanic reckons the soft spot for the SR20 range is piston no.4 in the GTiR...prone to melt down under high boost. I think this is why they never really excelled on the WRC.

Cheers Roo.