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Josh's "Black Betty"

Started by duff · 24 July 2005 · 63 replies

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lil_timmyArchived member
Where are these pics at?
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duffArchived member
sorry guys, i lost the camera, mums gonna have a look for it tonight, hopefully take some pics tomorrow before i go to work, then put em up tomorrow night, HOPEFULLY!!
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duffArchived member
ok more of an update i have decided that my car looks nice enough at the moment, my chromies i was saving for are going on hold.... now the money saved is going towards my stock turbo conversion which will consist of: T3 turbocharger exhaust manifold dump pipe VLT injectors and ECU Oil and Water lines and either a crossover pipe setup or a stage 1 AVO cooler and piping can't make my mind up yet looking at spending about $1000 to $1500 depending on where and who i get the parts off. when i buy things llike the turbo, manifold and dumpy i will sand them and spray chrome them to make them look the goods. well thats gonna be my turbo, ohh yeah and a speco white faced in cabin boost gauge placed on the little square thing on the left of the steering wheel just below the instrumen cluster, i think they look good there. as well as this im almost finshed my VT brake upgrade, just the fronts need to be done, ive got the rotors, need the calipers!! i steam cleaned the interior and got chrome door handles just need to get off my ass and unload more trucks at Toll Ipec to bring in the turbo dosh!! booyeah cheers guys the duff Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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duffArchived member
heres the pics, and yes the top of my shifter IS missing, it fell off hope you like guys! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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lil_timmyArchived member
Its good too see you've got your mind set on what you wanna do. It looks niice though. I was going to do the chrome door handles aswell but its a bit of a b!tch job to do. Man can you brake lights shine thru that blackness lol?
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duffArchived member
yeah mate but only just, still havent copt a defect yet!! hehe lucky me!
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duffArchived member
new gearbox needs to be shift kitted and installed with a B&M pro ratchet shifter, before the turbo starts happening!!! arghhh, so much money being spent, meh, its a worthy cause!! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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duffArchived member
My car is a Holden SL/Executive Commodore Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Non-Turbo Nissan RB30E producing 114kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 86645 i used the VIN calculator to find out exacyly what my car is and where its from.
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duffArchived member
ok guys bit of an update, i wasn't doing what most people do and say " vl exec, turbo soon!" cos i went out and bought a airesearch t3 turbocharger, and a front pipe, and might be getting some turbo injectors tomorrow!! i know my turbo isn't the biggest or best but its mine, i saved up for it and im proud of it!!
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ATMO_BT1Archived member
nice work mate good to see the ball is now rolling Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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XTC16Archived member
Who's doing the work Josh? Have you sourced a computer etc yet? And are you gunna plumb up a cooler? My cooler might be for sale soon, i'm getting a GKTECH kit.
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duffArchived member
no computer yet, i'm gonna have a crack at it myself using chris whites guide on how to convert to rb30et, but when i get the parts if u wanna help i would apprciate it, cos u know a lot more about it than me, oh by the way i just bought some new rims off ebay, but i bought them on a payment paln for the next 3 weeks so turbo goes on hold, i know i'm an idiot but there the nicest rims ever, $1100 with brigestone 255/45/r17's
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duffArchived member
here they are they will be mine on the 10th of march Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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XTC16Archived member
Looks the goods Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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duffArchived member
just bought my turbo setup, well my dad paid for it, i have to pay him back. heres the hiflow t3, ecu, dump pipe, ducting pipe, ex. manifold and plenum with injectors another shot of turbo plenum with injectors on rail and heres a shot of the 3" exhaust from the cat, the cat, front pipe, muffler and ARGGGH!! the cannon, so gay. luckily my brothers gf has a lancer so i'm selling the cannon to her and putting on a chrome dump tip!! so now i'm almost all turboed up, just need a crossover pipe and rubber duct pipe, oh and some oil and water lines. then i'm getting a fully hektic boost gauge and silver turbo badge to let all the uleh's now that my vl is fully sik, hahaha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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XTC16Archived member
HekTik
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lil_timmyArchived member
Damn, thats the one i was gunna buy! You bast*rd lol! You got in just before i did. Wanna sell it? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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duffArchived member
nah mate, i love it too much, it was a good price but hey!!
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lil_timmyArchived member
f*ckin' oath it was a good price. Bloody cheap.
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duffArchived member
what do u guys think?
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