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[GVR40]

As some of you know I purchased a prefacelift Jap spec vr4 about 6 months ago. I'm currently in the process of building it up into a track car.

here are a couple of photos of what the car looks like now.



and here are the specs of the build
Engine:
New Factory oil pump
4G63 2.0L crank
eagle H-beam rods
arias 8.5:1 CR pistons 20thou over
ARP head and main studs
Cometic head gasket
BC S/S intake and exhaust valves
BC heavy duty valve springs
BC titanium retainers
BC 280/280 cams
Fidanza adjustable cam gears

Driveline/Suspension/Brakes:
braided clutch line
braided brake lines
twin spot conversion front end
DBA4000 series rotors
HOTBITS coilovers
fidanza light weight flywheel
Exedy sports ceramic clutch
rebuild C51PH gearbox 3.545
viscous 3 bolt 3.545 rear end
4WS removed

Other:
Enkei WRC tarmac 17"
-8 fuel feed
-6 fuel return
bosch 044 fuel pump
2L external surge tank
fuel lab -8 filter
fuel lab pressure reg
ECM link V3
custom oil catch can
customer power steering cooler
custom oil cooler
PWR radiator
Davies Craig electric water pump

there are a few other little bits and pieces that will remain secrects for now ;P

will get some photos up of the build as it happens!

Cheers

[provan]

any chance u wanna sell the grille

[GVR40]

not even a small chance!

[rob323]

Nice colour!

[JayRome]

not even a small chance!

ah yes the lovely ZR4 grill some of us are lucky to have......

look clean!

[bazeng]

Mint!!!

I'll trade ya a ZR4 grill for an AMG one?
lol

[GVR40]

thanks for the comments so far guys. here are some pics of the progress and some parts

front brake rotors and hotbits coilovers - dust shield removed for better cooling


surge tank with 044 fitted


some of the parts going into it

[rob323]

Why are you going to an electric waterpump?

[Dasithkg]

was that a custom pwr radiator? How much was it?

I looked into geting 0ne, but turns out its gonna cost $900+ and shipping 0n t0p

[JayRome]

you going electric power steering pump?

[GVR40]

rob - did a lot of research on the electric pump and felt that it would be a good option for this build

das - yes it is a PWR radiator, i purchased it off another member about 2-3 years ago

Jay - will be using a power steering pump out of an evo or hyundai, thought about going electric however after doing some research i found too many issues with them

[Jonson]

Very good choice on the Electric water pump. I love them. Rob, have a quick read and the benefits are quite impressive. Far less cavitation, greatly reduced heatsoak, can leave running for time after switch off to reduce heatsoak but also cool turbo cartridge, no parasitic power loss driving the pump. Waterpumps are designed to be efficient at idle, once above 2k they basically create cavitation. These can be set to desired RPM and powered after IGN switdch off.
Are the coilovers Baz's old ones?

[GVR40]

the coilovers are baz's old ones

[MDK87]

That last picture is just
So where are you hiding them?
Might just pop around for my gearbox sometime! haha

[GVR40]

by the time you come round mo the parts will be in the motor!!! haha

[bazeng]

How do the coilovers feel anyway mate?

And where did you find this mint vr4 from??

[GVR40]

I haven't driven on them very much but they feel pretty good so far.
I got it off a guy in Brisbane who was moving overseas

[rob323]

Craig, do you have camber bolts as well as the adjustable strut tops for the front struts? You will need both to get sufficient camber to suit semislicks and slicks.

[GVR40]

thanks for the advice rob, i hadn't thought about camber bolts.

[GVR40]

a bit of an update. rods, pistons, crank all assembled!






the motor should be complete by the end of the week/next week at the latest!