Ps13 project car / build

[Kieranps13]

So quick update I managed to tap the oil feed on the block to clean up the wrecked threads and got a longer banjo bolt put it all together and no oil leak thank fuck for that haha so managed to get the engine all together last night and bleed the coolant thats most of the mechanical things out the way. I also ordered bride seat rails so they will hopefully show up soon and I can get the interior all together and that will just leave me with sorting out the exterior of the car wheel fitment, bonnet sorted, etc to get the car looking good so still a long way to go but making progress

 

[Kieranps13]

Car is finally starting to look whole again well the inside at least. My bride seat rail turned up so I got the seats in and the steering wheel and for such little work it has really made it start to feel like an actual car the seats look mint couldn't be happier with them I'll let the pictures speak for them self even with the tragic android camera quality I'll get some better pictures with my actual camera when the car is finished.

 

[Kieranps13]

Been doing a decent amount of work on the car but it's been mainly paint realated for the front bumper and the roof spoiler so now have them all in primer and aluminium support bars on the mouth of the bumper as it was all over the shot and was annoying me. I've also had a disaster I was moving the car on to flat ground to sort the ride height out and wheel fitment and the diff shit it's self all but three of the bolts which hold on the crown wheel had come out and jammed it solid and also cracked the casing so had to order a hole diff lucky found one from him distro which is a nismo one way not sure how it will be but thought I'd try it out other than that I've just been cleaning bits up and doing small things to the car

 

[Kieranps13]

So think a big update is due since I haven't posted anything for a while I have the roof spoiler and bumper sprayed and on the car ride hieght is all sitting nice ordered a oem metal bonnet which arrived today which will need sprayed but that's all as it's immaculate I put the nismo diff in its supposed to be a one way but not sure if it might be a 1.5 way seems to lock up more than a 1 way should anyway doesn't bother me haha I've got the car booked in for its mot so I took it for its first drive to the other garage that has a 2 poster and 4 post in it for doing the gear box oil and giving everything a proper look over anyway it's the first time I've driven the car on the road in the year and a bit that I've had it and fair to say I took the long road to the garage haha can't wait for it to be properly on the road now all be it only for a few months but put it this way it definitely feel better to drive than my Peugeot 207 daily which isn't to bad in my opinion against a lot of other people's haha car just needs finishing of now and a good clean and polish then I need to make it faster

 

[Kieranps13]

So not been on for a while but figured I'd do an up date for things that have been happening over the winter. I didn't do much for the rest of the year as I just wanted to drive the car so kicked about with duct tape covering the hole on the old bonnet it actually held up pretty well until I found time to spray the new one. Now over the winter I dropped everything out the back end of the car for fully poly bushing the rear end and getting everything powder coated I also got uprated anti roll bars hashtagsixty6 weld in panels for subframe and rear lower arms a nismo power brace for the front and a hicas delete hoping its going to handle like nothing else as might take it on track later this year. the car Is totally rust free underneath even with everything stripped off as far as I can see and as far as proding the common rust spots with a screwdriver goes it's pretty immaculate not even a single rusty bolt. So I'll be going to get everything powder coated and all bolt re-zinc plated this week just as to freshen the hole under side up will up load picture of everything when done

 

[Kieranps13]

Update time since I've not been on in ages got every thing back from zinc plater and powder coaters and car is back together with hicas delete, fully poly bushed rear end ,subframe and rear lower arm stregnthining plates, nismo power brace, whiteline roll bars, shiny zinc parts and everything powder coated so looks pretty decent on the under side now I also managed to get a set of good condition r33 gtr wheels as I hated driving about with my o.zs all the time as lips were getting marked with all the shite that is on Fife roads but other than that I've just been enjoying the car it needs an alignment and a new exhaust made up first of all and then I'll start adding some power to it here's some photos of the under side and some I actually took on my camera not my ten year old samsung

 

[Kieranps13]

So long time no update I've basically just been driving the car and it hasn't missed a beat the whole time the only things I have done to it is machine polished it as it was needed badly and had a new exhaust made up. The car is now of the road for the winter but I had it on the dyno before hand to get a base figure on what power and torque it's running which came back at a respectable 225hp and 224lbft at the wheels not bad for a near on bone stock car and was totally healthy. So plans for over the winter is make it faster I'm going to do this by adding a Walton top mount manifold a turbosmart 45mm wastegate and a g25-660 with a .92a/r housing I'll also be adding a radium top feed fuel rail with some id1050x injectors and a link g4x plug in ecu I will obviously get all the supporting mods that I don't already have but I'm thinking of starting a separate thread on the process of making the car faster where I will go into more detail.