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been building for 6 years

Started by Vlgun · 21 Mar 2015 · 10 replies

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VlgunArchived member
Im new to this forum didnt do the whole introduction thing but i thought i would post up my build For a start i had a bt1 which i crashed, well got crashed into but its easy to blame the red p plater I then purchased a fairly clean calais auto NA and put the turbo motor into that along with a R33 box car got yellow stickered for not having sub tied down in the boot (2012) car has been sitting for 3 years but the last month progress has ramped up -Car has been sanded back and ready for priming and paint -New carpet -replaced all the broken interior bits -Re built lsd ready to go in Motor wise New head cnc ported over sized valves etc Camtech 272 acl bearings Arp everything Ross forgies with spool rods cometic head gasket ICE 7 amp ignition New oil and water pump ETM manifold with turbosmart 50mm gate new plenum all new fuel rail with big injectors gt3076R anti surge front housing EMS 8860 Will post progress and pictures of all the gear in the coming days!
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caibsArchived member
yesss. pictures please.
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SteveArchived member
Sounds sweet yeah get some pics
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TheChadArchived member
+1 for pictures. Sounds like it's heading in a good direction.
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philbyArchived member
+2 for pics of both cars!
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VlgunArchived member
Car as it looks atm will put up better pictures once it is painted going to put an NA in it for the moment to license it and drive it around for a bit while i sort out the other motor Some of the goodies New rubbers from rare spares Mani and gate Fuel system Pistons cams etc Ignition And the head Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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VlgunArchived member
Car has now passed the pits sorry about the lack of updates the vin number that was entered 7 years ago is different to the one on the comp plate so I have to do a stat dec to get the plates should be on the road this week! Turbo motor is being put together at the moment money is a bit tight so won't be going in for a while forked out and bought a hyper tune manifold. Will post some more pictures in the next few days
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formula3lArchived member
Where did you get the new head? I'm in the market for one atm
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VlgunArchived member
eBay mate haha was 2k probs a bit pricey See how it goes!
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formula3lArchived member
I've been looking at that one too I need a new head as mines cracked and just to get it fixed and reconditioned is $1000 just wasn't sure on the quality its a lot of money to spend on something you can't see haha
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VlgunArchived member
Looks pretty good had a few guys look at it and said it looks the part
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