Fudgey

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FPMSL

if only that would spool up before the pony 1.8 ran out of revs

datar18

nice one Steve!!! all ready to roll yet??

hurry up and get some drifting vids up of yourself, be good to see!!

Stavros

Sorry bout the delay, the mix of busyness, lazyness, and betterthingstodoness has taken its toll again, but heres an update, a quality DIY tramp style one too...

As i got this front mounter to fit, i decided to break out the angle grinder and cut the fuck out the front bumper.

Cut it up, added some bits to the cutout bits to stop it looking too shit, and then tried it on the car to see if it worked.

These pics were with it held on with nowt but gravity and luck...





Looked good barring the top bit was floppy, needed some bracing of some sort.
Bottom bit looks out of shape as it wasnt clipped down, im sure its normally straighter, but the tin underneath that keeps it in shape is bent after the odd drifty accident, but once clipped in it sits straight.

One other problem is the fibreglass side bits did, as expected, crack a lil bit, so time to do some more mods to it...

To strengthen the top bit, some S13 brake lines!
There was a S13 down the scrappy a month or so back and i robbed the brake lines for no real reason, but i knew theyd come in use!
A bit of cutting and a bit or araldite and they did the job just lovely...




As you mightve noticed on the above pic, i broke out the fibreglass matting and strengthened the other bits too...



Now just gotta wang the front mounter on!

Another new mod is my twin 11.5inch electric fans! Total cost, ZERO!
We was down the workshop painting the floor the other day and i went out back (which is like an overgrown scrapyard) and there was a Vaux Omega in bits out there, so i decided to comandeer the fans...

A bit of chopping of the shroud they come with, and i ended up with this...


Perfecto

Think i might make some DIY adapters to fit the side mounts on the bucket to the SX floor later...

smithy20vt

Bogdetastic

rsnissan

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nice one steptoe

Stavros

Yeah, its the tits, i fucking love the car, ace fun, hard as fuck, and costs fuck all, its everything my moneypit skyline GTR aint, and thats why i hate that thing, even if its awesome

Heres a quick old and new comparison...

Mark B

looking sweet mate cant wait to see how "you" paint it, hope you go down the B&Q an paint brush route,

MB.

Stavros

Dunno mate, but Matt Black is a way to go i think

smithy20vt

jcb yellow cheap as chips

Fudgey

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choptastic baby

rs nutta

thats gonna look good

ally_x

tht bumper would the the busness with a bit of filler top job

Mark B

great choice mate, theres a 300Z up here going about in matt looks sweet,

MB.

Dan

Nice one steveo!

MarK4

Any updates on this steve? Will the handbrake fail a mot or won't they check it.

Heard those intercoolers are a bit of a pain to fit? Mines got a SE Frount mount intercooler have you ever heard of these?

Wish my 200 owe'd me as much as yours does Saying that I thought it was cheap to rebuild even using good parts ie forged Wiseco's for Ł320

Love the motor mate

Stavros

Hydro handbrake will fail MOT, but could either keep both (fitted in different places) or just not worry about it if you got friendly MOT peeps like i have.

Intercoolers on, pretty simple to fit if you got a bit of sence, it looks like it wouldnt fit, but it does!
Ive still not de-wonky'd the bumber, but its a bit better, and now includes about 15 cable ties into the bargain







Too busy to do owt else yet

Stavros

New turbo arrived today, basically a GT28 copy, inc inlet adapter etc.

VERY impressed with the build quality, spins stupidly freely (makes sence as meant to be BB core), came with all inlets and outlets covered in the proper plastic covers, and the price, well thats insane









Be good to find out how well it works too, rather than all the K1 bullshit from people who have just heard internet rumours and never used one too...

89xr2

You low budget 200sx keeps getting more and more expensive. Actually starting to get pretty bling

Phil

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I'm sure you posted on here about 6 months ago saying XSPower turbos were a load of crap and shouldn't be fitted to any car

Or was that a different make?

Stavros

Trust me, looks bling, ISNT expensive, youd be lucky to get a second hand T3 off an RST for the price i paid for the GT28.

Not really, i posted up pics of that turbo with the compressor welded together, and thats appaling.
Turns out they was copies/fakes (why anyone would fake a make thats not got a big name is beyond me anyhow), wheras these ones are really good quality fakes of garretts

I took it to pieces last night, mainly to measure the wheel sizes, but also check out some more build quality.
Its spot on

Wheel sizes are same as GT28RS (though the GT28R has almost the same size, just different trim), and the compressor is same as a GT28R one (which is an option on RS's).

Now jus gotta find out how you can tell what trim it is

Willem

Nice turbo, keep us updated how it performes, I'd like to bolt a GT28RS on to my 1.6 when time is there, would be nice to hear some stories about it as this is a compareable turbo

Big Will_

Without meaning to sound rude mate - it'll be a bit laggy if you go for a proper 28RS - i'm using one on a 2.0 Zetec Turbo and not seeing boost before 3000rpm...



Itsmeagain - Nice job with the 200 mate - its nice to see that there are people who aren't scared of a bit of butchery/bodging!!!

Keep it up mate!

Willem

What GT turbo is comparable with the old T3 and what could be used best on a 1.6??

Stavros

Seen GT28RS's with giving good power from just under 3k till well over 7k on a 1.8 200SX, and they good for, well, 320bhp no problem, 350bhp at a push.

Guess its gonna depend on the car. Cam duration affects boost threshold massivley

rs nutta

Willem

Cam will be something like the piper 285T2 or kent CVH35. Would that be a good setup for a GT28, or should I go for something completely different?
Engine should be able to run 250 bhp, but don't want to stress the turbo to the max then, so specs for 300 bhp and a quick spin up, tought the GT series were good at that??

Nick Mexi-cos

Here ya go Steve , now hurry up and get yours done
just to keeping ya going mate, look forward to sing it when its done mate

My Drift beast
D1 street legal style
here ya go soz for picture qaulity camera phone this time enjoy

Stavros

Stop showing off nick, your cars awesome

This weekend i custom made some mounts to fit to the bottom of the bucket side mounts so could fit seat, job done, but right pain in the arse.

Also sprayed the front bumper matt black, looks awesome, deffo gonna spray the whole car that colour now...

_DAN_

Piccys then mate

Willem

The green SX is wonderfull, what a great car!!! Would style it a little different for myself, but hell, it's beatyfull!!!!

m.d.

thats my old one,

i had a t28bb on it and it was well amusing, jez stage 2 chip, massive alloy fmic, hks hyper muffler exhaust, hks filter, apex coilovers and 18'' kei racing alloys.

id still have it if it was even remotely reliable, in the 3 months i had it. 2 headgaskets went, the turbo went, big ends started rattling, engine mounts died, gearbox died, and it started to rust too,

still loved it tho.

Mark B

Anymore updates???

MB.

Stavros

Few new pics...

OvaBoost

looking alright...interior needs painting though will look mucho tidier

Stavros

Gimme a fucking chance mate

89xr2

That looks the tits mate, Your whole car NEEDS to be matt black, if it's not done soon I may have to drive to your house in the night and paint it matt black myself

smithy20vt

That looks cool mate

Stavros

Sorry not been an update for a bit, did a few things, but no camera on me at the time.

Anyhow.

Intercoolers on.


But whats that on the bonnet?


Oh yes! Its a respray, lol...


But how many cans do I have?

:wack:

More pics tomorrow (if i do anything tonight that is :wack: )

rsnissan

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nigga is you crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

own that red datsun

Fudgey

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lol, if you got any paint left, do mine after

that IC looks tres meaty