My latest GTiR

Below is my standard "MY CAR" post, I'll try to update it with a latest spec, Pics and what plans I have next

My 3rd GTiR Story

Ok, so after checking my previous green pulsar, the shell wasnt looking to good with arch rust showing up and when checking under the arch it was all rotton



But at the same time a very good item came up for sale.
A mint shell

The Below was taken from the advert for the shell
The shell has every single whiteline option including all bush options/both ARB's/Anti dive kit/NEW bump steer kit/New powder coated front wish bones with new ball joints/Nismo KYB susp/2 new chassis rails/rust treated and painted underside/poly gear linkage bushes/poly steering rack bushes/new power steering pipe work/new brake lines/all non load nuts and bolts have been replaced with stainless/Walbro fuel pump and all other bolts holes and bolts/nuts have been re tapped and copper slipped for ease of dis assembly .
Oh and it's been re painted Ferrari Metallic Nero, I just had the one of the front wings and front bumper re done
.


Most of the whinline kit was removed before sale, buts everything else inside and out was good and only needed a few things to be looked at to get it 100% tho.

These pics are from the previous owner..



Then the shell was delivered to HQ.






ext , I needed to swap Engine,Fit quaife gearbox,GT35R turbo Setup,Front mount intercooler,Rad,Exhaust,HiSpec Brakes,Link G3 ECU,Ecu loom,Steering wheel,Track rod ends,Front and rear anti roll bars.



I also bought the whiteline caster kit to fit the powder coated wishbones.

I started removing parts from the old rusty shell - Airfilter,headlights,Ecu,Down pipe,Backbox,Rad,Intercooler + all piping, Battery.
Hopefully not much more until the engine can be dropped.

Engine nice and clean ready for fitting into clean shell.



Quick bhp
Power was testing on some road dyno software which gave me the power at the wheels.

To work out power at the fly 20-25% for the transmission losss = 458hp - 477hp
These were taken at 1.5bar intakes temps at 19oC , 7000rpm rev limit



Engine getting fitted in HQ garage.




Next on the list to change was
Small P/S pipe
Connect large P/S pipe
Fit exhaust
Track rod ends
Radiator
Intercooler
intercooler pipework
Gearbox / Transfer Box Oils
Rear brakes
Brake fluid change
Clutch Fluid check
cv boots
drive shafts
Anti Roll Bars


All together, Some pics Corbs took on the high suspension.





Finished


And went to a few Shows



After the shows I had a problem with the radiator leaking, and the stainless manifold cracking so bought a new manifold and custom radiator and put back together, It was running well with new rad and manifold. I only did a few hundred miles, as i wanted to park up now over winter until the salt was gone.



Back on the road..
The manifold cracked again so ordered my 3rd manifold.
This time I Ordered a stainless cast top mount, Treadstone - 304 Cast Stainlss Turbo Manifold
This should last longer than the low cost ones, but still give good flow.
It moved the positon of the turbo a bit which means other bits needed to be redone.


All the studs were cleaned, and the manifold held on with some nice copper plated locking nuts !


Rad to engine block pipe was re-made - as turbo now in the way.
Evething I could get to cleaned and painted until I got bored


The filler needed to be reposition on the radiator dur to the turbo move.

Got everything bolted on , went for a test run, the the clutch slave cylinder failed
So ordered a new one fixed the problem so remade the loom for the ECU to get rid of that nasty tape the standard one has.

Ait filter repositioned


Fitted new read disc's + pads , wastegate fitted , screamer pipe moded , drivers side door controls fixed, new plugs , CV bootx checkdc and changed.

And the Pulsar is ready after 18 months ?



Rocker cover repaint


DONE!
Finished polished pics soon...

Nice to see my old car still running around, How is the paint work doing mate ?, Still looks Ok in the pictures.

I'll soon be joining you when my new one is finished.

It's Ferrari metallic Nero if it ever needs touching up, I think there is only two shades it's the greyer one I think lol


Rob

Great thread Dave and lovely car with an awesome spec!

Paint is ok, few spot of water in the compressor have poped up, new arches getting put on using mig brazing ( ment to last longer ? ) , also looking at higher compression. I've moved house and it's now stored in a garage. When's your going to be ready ? I spotted your top mount post so sure you have some other new ideas for R.

Thanks stu, spec isn't anything amazing, still has standard rods , lol

Spec is impressive mate and standard rods are good enough!

Higher compression faster spool up and quicker 0 to 100 speed!

gtir350 wrote:Paint is ok, few spot of water in the compressor have poped up, new arches getting put on using mig brazing ( ment to last longer ? ) , also looking at higher compression. I've moved house and it's now stored in a garage. When's your going to be ready ? I spotted your top mount post so sure you have some other new ideas for R.

Doesn't sound to bad then, I thought the arches might need some work in the future but it's pretty good for the age.

My new car will be ready around Christmas maybe lol, The top mount was just me thinking of ways to keep it standard looking but have some good performance. I miss the 500 bhp sometimes but I think 380-420 bhp would be much more user friendly for a daily driver, I'll just have to see how far the re-cored inter cooler lets me go. But that will be the limit I'm not fitting a front mount even a hidden one. It's important that when I open my bonnet the car looks to be a very good condition standard car.

Good luck with it keep the updates coming mate.



Rob

I'm sure 380hp to 420 will be fine, i now think its more about how the thing drives on the road than bhp pub talk,

gtir350 wrote:I'm sure 380hp to 420 will be fine, i now think its more about how the thing drives on the road than bhp pub talk,

Exactly no point having all that power if you can't use it, What ever happens you'll never be the fastest theirs always someone faster.

My main concern this time is originality with a little twist and overall condition, I might even learn to like cleaning my cars  .

No more spending years in the garage being built rather I'll be spending my time driving the bugger for a change  .




Rob

awesome work for an awesome car! i do love the wheels!! what make are they??

nice car mate awesome work

the wheels are 17" ultralights , might be a copy of another wheel , I've had em for many many years and still in good nick.

rzally realy nice build!!!

Quick update.
Fitting some PLX gauges.


Install a on onboard 7Bar map sensor in the ecu ( wont be mapped above 2 bar tho )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZ5oZ-XyQ4&feature=youtu.be

just seen this thread
very nice motor fella

where you get them gauges from please and how much, also what ecu you running?

Thanks

The best place I found for the gauges was xenon-uk ( via ebay )
Mine should be showing oil temp, water temp, oil pressure , AF , Volts , Boost
Each gauge can display any input, the gauge on the right is a small lcd screen and can show the info in various ways

dm100

dm-6

The ECU is a link G3 LEM, I found the part number for the 7bar map sensor, ( as it was on option when buying the ecu to get the 2.5 or 7 bar version ) Link wanted me to send the ECU back to them ( In NZ to get it swapped )" />" />

Old pic but i like it

Back on the road again after getting the gearbox fully rebuild and the following changes done / planned.

Flocked dash with 3 gauge pod - Done
3*plx LCD gauges with new wideband into ecu with 2xTemp sensors , 2Xpresser sensors , Boost Sensor, Wideband AFR

D2 suspension - Fronts Done

New 1000cc injectors to replaced the sard 700cc one that are running over 95% - Got but not fitted yet

AEM fuel reg - Done

Fuelab filter- Done

an6 fittings - Done

6bar map sensor in ecu - Done

finish removing the rest of the wiring for the antilock system - Done

RPS street max clutch - Done

RPS light weight flywheel - Done

New clutch arm

Nismo Clutch arm pivot

Gearbox rebuild - DONE

Gear Linkage bush - DONE

Looks sweet Dave.
Bet you're happy to have it back out to play..
Have you re mapped it too?

Love the turbo setup, engine bay is great

Looking nice mate

Thanks all.
Yes Stu, its ace to have it back on the road, but will never be finished
Its the same map in the ECU - running 1.5 bar max - but its fine for now.

I'll be at JAE this weekend, hope to see a few other gtir's ?

How have I never seen this before?! Looks fantastic! Not a million miles away from me, I was going jae this weekend but gotta put the engine back in mine Saturday and out go karting Sunday!

Oh and what have you done to your gear box?

Looking good

PartyPete wrote:Oh and what have you done to your gear box?

Thanks Pete, good luck with the gearbox fixing ( just got mine put back in time for JAE but left the engine in this time)
My Gearbox ,, well I got it from ashills in 2003, sold as "its a quaife gearset with all new syncro's and selector forks.
Then the gearset and selectors are shot peened."

I've just had it rebuilt again after 3rd gear was crunching, full syncro's set and 1 bearing. And I have 2 spare box's ( just in case )

I'll have to have a look at your build.
Dave