ok well today im going to attack the 3 wires that need to go to the ecu , clutch switch fuel temp sensor and front ABS this will enable all the fun stuff in the car and also safety , im no elec so i wish myself luck , i have faith in what im about to do , because one of my mates gave me clear instructions on what to do , wiring in ecu etc etc is not my thing , one bonus is that even tho i wire these in they need to activated and switched so if i mess up i guess we will find out on the dyno lol , but all in all it should be ok ,,
ok so all the wiring is done , next step is to wait for the diff to come in from japland and start on the hole back end including modifying the fuel tank and fuel system to 8an , 1700cc injectors, flex fuel , got to get the exhaust made up front section , then going to to turn it up and tune the box, after that , ill be going to the drags 100% hanging out hard to get there the time cant come fast enough ,, all this should start taking place with in about 2 months from now and id say about 2 months to get it sorted ,, THEN DRAGS,
thank you robbin, coming from you that means a lot , not finished yet as you know , but when it is , i think it will be a good fun car , i would love to be next to you at phillip island again , one of the best days out there ,
just a small update , im getting the titanium exhaust put on today , it will be way to loud for me , so ill be looking at getting a uas center muffler as well latter on , the fuel system will be getting sent out tomorrow hopefully as well to be modified to suit mt tank, after these are done , im hoping to get another tune with boost ( about 18 psi, 6 to 7 psi atm ) as far as e 85 not sure about that atm ,,, i want to get the car to sandown on the 1st October , just for a play day . my r32 gtr diff is here as well got if a few weeks back , the plan with the arse end is to leave what i have in there for now , stock tt arse end race the car at calder park ( drags ) with slicks and see how i like it then put the NA rear in it including the gtr diff with Quaife ATB Helical lsd in it , the reason for this is see the difference between the the gear ratios and see what is best for the car and what i like i guess. gtr diff is 4.11 tt diff is 3.69 just want to see the difference on the next tune, the 2 focus points will be engine tune and gearbox shift cuts, up and down and flat shift. this will not be the final tune as there will be a lot of fine tuning done as the car needs it. this needs to be done before the 1st October , IM REALLY , REALLY , REALLY dying just to take it out on the track , , im not going to set the car up for the track i just want to get on it and enjoy it. cheers alex
ok so the titanium exhaust is on , the front pipes are mild steel for now and also i left the stock cats on just one set , i wanted to see how loud it acually is , and to my supersize it was not loud at all, so im very happy with that , i dont want the car loud at all those days are gone for me tbh , it now has a nice note , this note will change again latter as the turbos change and the titanium full front is built i will run cat on the car , ( the car will still make all the right noises etc etc once we tune for them ) the fuel tank has been sent out in order to put the intank surge tank , in the tank , its a complete bulkhead 4 pump system , that will get adapted to the original zed 2+2 tank . this will be hidden as will all the rest or the nice good aftermarket parts ( no cop bait for me thanks ) when i get the tank back i will finally put the back part of the fuel system in the car , fuel cooler and fan , filter, flex sender etc , one all this is in place and working , i will take the car in and get a 18 to 20 psi tune , this should net me over 700hp at the wheels, i dont really want to run that power now , id rather keep the engine safe for the big build, but either way its not my daily so it will be fine . so far another 45 or 50 kgs has come of the car , at a guess there will be another 40 kgs that i know of that will come out thats battery and the NA diff conversion , once all the known this/parts are done then it take it back to get it weighed up and see ,, at the last weigh in it was 1400kg on the dot total car , full trim full car before this 45 or 50 .came out , so she is still on the fat side , so the next thing will be this ,, i was thinking about the full C/F rear hatch , glass front guards , and C/F T tops , for racing/playing with all that in mind , that should really see the net at about over 1250 kgs and that would "probably" be as far as i would go ,
Great work Alex, I wanted that exhaust so badly, glad it went to a great build! As for weight reduction, have you taken the large metal counterweight out of the hatch yet? Also many more photos please!
hey man , thanks mate , yeah im so happy i have it on now and that i acually have it at all, i think it was Martin Ditcham that got me on to it , so thanks to him i managed to get it . um yeah ill try and get some up . theres not really anything new to be honest , as far as looks go ,, loos the same . yes i have many many years ago ,
um, well im not sure 100%, the vr engine itself is way lighter then the vg engine at a guess about 40kgs, also the holinger is also about 40kg lighter the the z box , at the moment im doing total weights ( hole car as is ) when im finished everything i feel i need to do then ill put it on the scales and have a look it , the back of the zed is light either way so with the removed weight from the front it should be a lot better ( not tested at all , just guessing )
Where can I find pics of this build? Apart from the ones on pg 2. Any pics of the mechanical side of things or?
Cheers mate, that's awesome. Was it hard to mod the stereo surround? Fuel system definitely looks up to the task.
