New GTI-R owner from Ireland

Hows everyone doing Been lurking around on GTI-R forums for years on and off, Seems to be a wealth of knowledge on here though, and its an active forum!

Ive had mainly RWD cars over the years, or been drifting when funds were there for track cars but im at the nice weekend road car stage of life now lol  

Ive just purchased a 1994 Pulsar GTI-R after years of not getting around to owning one.

Ill throw up a project section when my 7 days external links parole is over  

Some poor quality pictures added.











Getting some tlc

Hi and welcome mate.
Loads of info on here as you say.
And everyone is friendly
Look forward to your project thread.
Why not start one off and add pics later?

Hi and welcome mate

Stu wrote:Hi and welcome mate.
Loads of info on here as you say.
And everyone is friendly
Look forward to your project thread.
Why not start one off and add pics later?

Cheers Stu, Just threw it up now minus the pictures

Gti-r dannyboy wrote:Hi and welcome mate

Cheers Man

Welcome fella

Welcome to the forum .... how are you finding 4wd compared to rear wheel drive you have been used too ???

Welcome aboard mate

pulsarmoley wrote:Welcome fella

Cheers man!

nomad wrote:Welcome to the forum .... how are you finding 4wd compared to rear wheel drive you have been used too ???

Drove it home today after collecting it, id be used to 400bhp SR20 drift cars but they dont have a patch on a 4wd for pull!!!

Ajay. wrote:Welcome aboard mate

Thanks man

Welcome to the forum I personally think you have bought just at the right time as prices are rising

So you have had 200sx's then .. any other intresting cars along the way ???

Welcome mate

Hiya fella and welcome to our forum 

Let's see some pics , welcome

johnny gtir wrote:Welcome to the forum I personally think you have bought just at the right time as prices are rising

I think as far as a modern japanese performance car goes this and the PS13 Silvia/R32 GTR are going to be the future "cossie" type car, i could be wrong but hopefully im not!!

nomad wrote:So you have had 200sx's then .. any other intresting cars along the way ???

Endless list lol, i have a small business facebook page Drift Bits (feel free to check it out) some of my imports are on there, some will have been removed as the page can get cluttered, there will be pictures of the cars in the "Photo's/Albums" though. Currently owned/pre sold i have a 1JZ manual Toyota Cresta, two 1JZ manual Chasers, the GTI-R, a Toyota Altezza and a 1JZ manual Toyota Mark11. This year ive had probably 20 plus RWD cars pass through so the list is fairly big lol. I've had around 20 fresh JDM imports come into Ireland in 2015, sadly i drive a 05 transit daily

gtir_woody wrote:Welcome mate

Thanks fella

GTI-R US wrote:Hiya fella and welcome to our forum 

Thank Bob, i will give you a call if thats ok im after a few bits and pieces, good friend of mine Brian in longford recently got bits for his OEM spec restoration on his GTI-R

PartyPete wrote:Let's see some pics , welcome

They are not much to look at lol, its rough around the edges!!!

So finally i can post pictures lol. Its quite tatty looking and probably hasnt been washed in 6-7 years and definitely needs a respray imo. (First post)

Been busy gathering bits and pieces for this lady over the last month, i brought the car up to a local guy in Ireland that knows these inside out. Turned out an oil leak i had was a cracked sump, sump replaced now so all good again on that end.

So whats been done in the past few weeks:
Sump replaced
Cheaper oil ran through and dumped out after 15 minutes for some nice Fuchs 15/50 Pro R
New Redline shockproof gearbox oil put in, need to do the diff and transfer box next
New Genuine oil and fuel filters
New Iridium plugs
Front Wilwoods bled but im still finding them piss poor?

Car is running much better but still it needs a new map on it.

Picked up so far:
A clean passenger side headlight and indicator to match the drivers side
Spare rear lights as one on the car is cracked
Got a set of matching cleaner front seats (need a rear also)
Picked up a mid boot spoiler off Stu on here
Spare gearbox bought


Should be in for mapping shortly so we will see how that goes

Iridum plugs wouldnt of been my first choice ....ngk bcr8's what make of wheels are they ???

They are NGK BKR8EIX which should cope with the power, its what ive run in any of my drift cars and they never let me down or need replacing. BCR are grand on standard power but ive seen plenty break up on higher powered SR20's (Sorry i updated into, projects post updated)

What rear strut brace is that? Nismo?

Be careful with iridium plugs!
Gtirs tend to melt the ends of them off!!

gtir_woody wrote:What rear strut brace is that? Nismo?

Yes woody thats the nismo rear brace. Its the same one that the rear roll over hoop uses.
Quite a rare brace is that.

Thought so, quite a solid brace, looks good

Cheers Stu, had not looked at the strut brace, good to know it is Nismo & Rare

Welcome fella