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Started by wepnvl vbmenu_register("postmenu_1279019", true); · 29 Jan 2007 · 141 replies

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mint, when i get bored i get some mothers polish onto something, u get bored u do full tubs, ahah wat wheels you gonna run? mines of the road for the new motor and full respray, gonna do everything right and not cut any corners, its pretty much a shell once i take out the interior, hope to get it back on the road by easternats unless i can sum up some cash,
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Quote: Originally Posted by TUFFRB mint, when i get bored i get some mothers polish onto something, u get bored u do full tubs, ahah wat wheels you gonna run? mines of the road for the new motor and full respray, gonna do everything right and not cut any corners, its pretty much a shell once i take out the interior, hope to get it back on the road by easternats unless i can sum up some cash, lol yea its a bit of a mission shifting the rails/control arms on the diff an everything but will be worth it in the end when it done!an i still going to paint it aswell one day.the diff is going to be shortened 20mm aswell so when i got the vx gts wheels i want it should look alright with them on an im gonna try fit a set of 10 inch welds on it with the 11 or 11.5 slick which should fit alright. i still havent found that heat shield either i got n.f.i where thats gone!
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hey so wats this turbo timmy told me about is it that 47/49 or sumthing like that u told me lol cant really remember what ya said but i no its big yeah
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Quote: Originally Posted by wepnvl hey so wats this turbo timmy told me about is it that 47/49 or sumthing like that u told me lol cant really remember what ya said but i no its big yeah its a gt4094r, it has the gt42r comp wheel with a different housing and a slightly smaller ex wheel than the 42r,its a decent size a fair bit bigger than what was on it ne way lol
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wat hp it rated at when u gettin it
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Quote: Originally Posted by wepnvl wat hp it rated at when u gettin it im pretty sure its rated at 850 hp. i brought it yesterday from rotormaster got it home now in my bedroom, too cold out in the shed for it lol
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nice mate how much$$$$$
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Quote: Originally Posted by wepnvl nice mate how much$$$$$ $xxxxfor the turbo hey i took my extractors off last night tim said ur interested in them?? nothing wrong with them at all they just dont suit my new turbo so i need new ones again! lol also my old turbo is for sale now aswell $800 if u know of ne one interested Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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yeah i might take them off ya just wait n see how much i can bargain ya down lol an i will keep my ears open for ya turbz ok
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haha **** the heat shield, dont have the exhaust manifold anymore, put it on me car for like 10mins, had a lil leak from the flange to the turbs, bolts were being a bitch for me so wacked em on ebay and made 170 on top of the price i got them of you for Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TUFFRB haha **** the heat shield, dont have the exhaust manifold anymore, put it on me car for like 10mins, had a lil leak from the flange to the turbs, bolts were being a bitch for me so wacked em on ebay and made 170 on top of the price i got them of you for ha ha ha nice work,split me in on the proffit man lol jj. hey have u had ur inlet runners polished,it sorta looks like it from ur avater pic hard to tell though.if u do who polished em for you an did they do a good job?? i started doin mine,got half way through it an couldn b assed now would rather pay someone to do it, i want a mint job done though no half asses s**T! hey derrick, buy my old turbo aswell ok, the one that was on my car when u came to my place an saw it,$800 its been fully reco'd aswell not long ago. c if u can make some money on that aswell lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by VL-F18 ha ha ha nice work,split me in on the proffit man lol jj. hey have u had ur inlet runners polished,it sorta looks like it from ur avater pic hard to tell though.if u do who polished em for you an did they do a good job?? i started doin mine,got half way through it an couldn b assed now would rather pay someone to do it, i want a mint job done though no half asses s**T! hey derrick, buy my old turbo aswell ok, the one that was on my car when u came to my place an saw it,$800 its been fully reco'd aswell not long ago. c if u can make some money on that aswell lol Nar the runners aint polished, they are painted with crome heat proof paint, thought bout giving them a polish, but **** that, too much effort, try classic crome they will do it, dont know how much but there number is 5221881 there off fyanstreet. ur turbo? thats a baby! heheh JPC is making my turbs for me so im all good wats the specs on it ill ask around for ya Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TUFFRB Nar the runners aint polished, they are painted with crome heat proof paint, thought bout giving them a polish, but **** that, too much effort, try classic crome they will do it, dont know how much but there number is 5221881 there off fyanstreet. ur turbo? thats a baby! heheh JPC is making my turbs for me so im all good wats the specs on it ill ask around for ya yea i know where they are i wanna have a look c at urs one day if i can its too hard to c from that lil pic. i know ur gettin a jpc turbo im not sayin for u to use mine just take it off my hands lol make a quick couple of hundred like u did with my extractors!! [quote=TUFFRB]Nar the runners aint polished, they are painted with crome heat proof paint, thought bout giving them a polish, but **** that, too much effort, try classic crome they will do it, dont know how much but there number is 5221881 there off fyanstreet. i forgot, its a t04 plain bearing, rebuilt by rotormaster not long ago(ive only done mayb 5 passes an a couple of hundred k's on it) .5 compressor, .84 exhaust. an $800 made 280rwkw on 19 psi on my car Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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If you get a price one day on getting them polished let me know, im thinking it would cost a bit, im happy with em painted either way, but id get em polished if the price aint too rich i supose, here is a pic ive got of the runners, u will get an idea anyways.. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...Picture345.jpg (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c46/derrick5/Picture345.jpg)
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hey tuff rb your engine is looking mighty nice in that pic got any more of the whole thing?
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ive only got old ones, ive updated a few lil bits and got some bits cromed and so on, found 2 pics before i got the plenum painted and the rockercover redone http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...Picture124.jpg (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c46/derrick5/Picture124.jpg) http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...Picture129.jpg (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c46/derrick5/Picture129.jpg)
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looks very nice mate
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im trying Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TUFFRB If you get a price one day on getting them polished let me know, im thinking it would cost a bit, im happy with em painted either way, but id get em polished if the price aint too rich i supose, here is a pic ive got of the runners, u will get an idea anyways.. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...Picture345.jpg (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c46/derrick5/Picture345.jpg) yea next time im up at rajabs im going to ask em who they get to polish their inlet manifolds,they look pretty good. what extractors have u got on ur motor,jpc? Quote: Originally Posted by VL-F18 yea next time im up at rajabs im going to ask em who they get to polish their inlet manifolds,they look pretty good. what extractors have u got on ur motor,jpc? an what fuel rail have u got on?
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Quote: Originally Posted by VL-F18 yea next time im up at rajabs im going to ask em who they get to polish their inlet manifolds,they look pretty good. what extractors have u got on ur motor,jpc? an what fuel rail have u got on? Yeah they are the JPC exhaust manifold, they are a nice manifold i reackon, i think its a nizpro fuel rail goin by the old "turbo and superchargers" book, its the same one they used on a few of there motors they have done...
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