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[bps79]

OK think its time I made a build thread. Ill start by giving a bit of history on the car. I originaly bought the car about 4 years ago from a bloke in Qld and trucked it back to perth. The guy had done a fair bit of work on it which included forged engine,custom paint,stereo ect so I had a good base to start with. I did a few more mods and got it licensed. It made 260awhp at this stage and kept me happy.

My wife had recently driven a friends xr6t and was on my back to get one so a deal was made I would sell my car to help pay for hers but I got a go kart out of the deal. When I saw my car driving off down the road (by a tosser who knew nothing about a car like this) I knew I had made the wrong decision.

To make a long story short 7 months later I saw it for sale on gumtree so I tried to call him but no answer. Thats when I asked a mate to give him a call and he picked up. He helped me buy the car back ( for a LOT less) and I got to work fixing what the dickhead had stuffed up. Unfortunately I dropped a valve about 6 weeks after i got it back.

So that brings me to now about 18 months since I destroyed the motor.I have done a fair bit of work since then and I think Im about 2 weeks from starting it again.
heres a list of what Ive done
engine
cp pistons
h beam rods
removed balance shafts
arp head bolts
metal head gasket
ferrea 1mm os valves
bc spings and retainers
kelford 272s
fidanza adj cam gears
perf metalworks smim
80mm throttle body
garrett gt3082 with 1.06 rear housing
tial 38mm wg
1000cc injectors
bosch 044 pump
Driveline
fidanza flywheel
ACT sprung button clutch with 2600lb pressure plate
evo 3 box with viscous front diff
4 bolt rear diff

So its all worked out well Ive got my car back and Ive still got my go kart lol missus thinks shes been ripped off. The only dilema Ive got now is do I keep the gt30 or buy a HTA3586.

Ill get some pics up soon
thanks
Brad

[bps79]

[Qik-1.8]

looks good mate go the HTA

[BMGTZ]

Nice Magna....lol

[bps79]

Nice Magna....lol

you poor old bastard your eyes are stuffed lol

[bps79]

the engine bay as of last night.
just bought a hta3586. how long before I break a box

[BMGTZ]

Funny thing was I just chucked out the reciept for that car

[bazeng]

Nice!

[ozyvr4]

Thats a wild piece of kit.

Are you still on factory ecu? How do you find the coi on plug setup.

[bps79]

Thats a wild piece of kit.

Are you still on factory ecu? How do you find the coi on plug setup.

Thanks mate. Running a haltech e8 ecu. Got no idea bout the cop but I'll let u know when I get it tuned

[bps79]

look what arrived today.cant fucking wait to get this on the road now.I also have a dilema..82 or 1.06 ex housing

[VR42LT]

Nice car mate! 1.0 is going to lag like fuck but when it comes on watch out!

[bazeng]

Simply decide on what you are after:


Response - .63
Power - 1.06
Balance - .82

This is on a 2.4L I am assuming?

I've had all 3 but never ran the 1.06.
I can tell you the .63 and .82 is noticable.

The best combo I've enjoyed is definately the GT30 .82 setup with the close ratio box.

[bps79]

Started my car for the first time in nearly 2 years today.started first time with no problems.still got alot of work to do but I'm getting close. Big thanks to all of you that have helped me out with my questions and my search for parts. You all a bunch of fucking legends

[EVL20T]

That manifold looks familiar

[bps79]

Car is getting dump pipe made today then off to be dynoed on Friday. Can't wait

[milkandoj]

Nice work. Shit if you bought it back 18 months ago, my cars been sitting in the shed for ages now. i popped my motor and lost interst about the time you bought you car again. Ive had 2 gf's that have never seen it drive lol

Edited by milkandoj, 10 October 2012 - 03:10 AM.

[BMGTZ]

Nice work. Shit if you bought it back 18 months ago, my cars been sitting in the shed for ages now. i popped my motor and lost interst about the time you bought you car again. Ive had 2 gf's that have never seen it drive lol

bring your engine down here and we can look at what it needs...build...

[aussievr4]

How did you go on the Dyno?

[bps79]

Workshop is stuffing me around. Should be tuned on Monday.