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Woah....been awhile since I updated this. Got some notifications.... This has been sold onto a dude in Auckland, reluctantly. . .Been building a Z31 300zx turbo since and recently acquired a 910 hardtop 4 door. I'll be creating build threads for these at some stage

Weird seeing it all one color ...... Still alot of bodywork to do. Completed a customers Z31 300zx so got a bit of time to work on the 910

Shes running....well was. 1 step forward....10 back lol. Factory ECU and loom have been removed and being replaced with a Link G3. Hated the the angle of the intake tubing to the AFM, well its the only reason could come up with after hours of diagnosing why its not running correctly, no fault codes, good AFR etc. So needs a tune and the Link ecu n loom was a good price at the time of looking, saves goig the route initially planned, Nistune board Not far off from being completed! Pretty much just panel and paint then in for cert.

All the rust work is finally done! Rolled the guards, managed to pump them out about 45mm. Wheels has been a big issue until now, local company stocks a wheel made in Ireland called Revolution wheels, similar to Superlites and the quality is excellent for the price considering the other crap on the market for more e.g Rotas . Most importantly, they clear the 4 pots without spacers! 15x8 0 offset. Ordered some Toyo T1Rs 225/50r15 for the rear, undecided on the front.... Intercooler plumbing done....exhaust almost done, first start is rapidly approaching

Yeah the white one was bit too far gone, mostly filler..... Red one isn't factory turbo, it has/had alot of turbo parts on it. Originally had a L18T in it, High CR with SU carbs.

Leaning towards 16" Watanabes, see sets pop up in Japan every so often that were on R32 GTRs.

Been awhile and have done quite a bit to it. Engine and gearbox are now in it and ended up converting to 5 stud. Z31 rear hubs and companion flanges so no need for adapters anymore....the axles were very thin anyhow and doubt they would have last long. Aftermarket 5 stud hubs on the front to suit the S13 carriers and 4 pot brakes with 300x30mm discs. However......now my sexual SSR Meijus wont fit Got a set of Stern Reverse IIs to use in the mean time.

After a couple of hours....got a sizable chuck of the undercarriage cleaned up. Still a bit to be done. Getting Adapters made for the rear so I can use Z31 Rear CVs and shaft without being shortened. All I had to do was flip the CV cage and it has given a 10-12mm gap so can use an adapter . Saves trying to find Z31 R30 R31 etc companion flanges and hubs

yep, almost identical in size. R160 and R200

Ugh...I've been dreading this for awhile...Attacking the under carrage with a high speed wirebrush/s, rust treat and underseal. While I am at it, will be reconditioning the rear subframe and fitting new bushings and fit the R200 diff.

The engine I have arrives this month, cant wait!. Has been rebuilt, new bearings, rings. ARP head studs etc etc Equal length twin scroll turbo manifold with a Holset HY35 turbo, roughly .58 turbine housing. Should get a healthy 350ish from the setup. Going to use Nistune with 600cc injectors. Blitz front mount intercooler and 3 core radiator Only photos I have of it are from my mates S14. Hes going with a VQ30DET now. I was hoping to have this on the road in March but that has been delayed now due to discovering that it has a R160 diff! Part of me wants to see how long it will last and what sort of mess it would make haha. I have a R200 long nose out of a Z31 turbo with LSD cover but alas - someone pilfered the diff head before I got hold of it. On the look out for a 1.5 or 2way in Japan for it.

Build:

Discussion : I got a pair of hardtop coupes off Facebook late last year, Factory *maybe factory* turbo z18et which was white and very rusty under the white paint and another *Red one* which seemed to be in worse condition and I believe it has been passed around a few times in the last few times, I think Cheese aka Mike owned it at one point.? It was still pretty rusty but at least with this, I know what i have to work with and has come along way since. Its around 70% through restoration and have done some modifications already I have converted the front end to S Chassis, S14 crossmember with redrilled holes in the chassis rails with crush tube. S13 LCA's, S13 hub carriers with S13 brakes. S13 adjustable suspension with Camber plates that I had profile cut at Autobend Have also converted the front end to 720 headlights and grill. New mounts etc. Looks tons better Engine .... This was a hard decision. The choice was sr20det, rb25det neo or rb30et and Vq30det. Ended up gonig with a S14 sr20det since it doesn't weigh that much. With what was been removed and engine being lighter, should weigh around or just under a ton. There is more that has been done and plans that I will add over the next few days. More photos too.

After alot of thinking plus some news of a kid on the way. This car has now been sold to fund importing my dream car. I shall create a new thread once the paperwork has been sorted

And she is running! First start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_0-u8G35xE And after doing a bit of tuning to get it idling nicely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm3SNJj-klo Doing a bit of road tuning this week so will upload some better videos.

Shes almost there. Engines back in! ...and new intercooler mounted and oil system completed: New Inlet arrives this week, Simon at MAXFab made it: Has a Chinese 80mm throttle body, costed next to nothing. Will upgrade to a VH41 throttle body at some stage. Hopefully be getting a ECU this week if funds allow it, Link G3 with a upgraded internal map sensor. Will get the Firmware upgraded to G4 for the additional features. If all goes to plan, first start up will be next week!!

Bit of an update. Spoiler is now on, good ol' Carbond to glue it on. New turbo arrived this week, is in extremely good condition so all that needs to be done really is get a big fuck off pair of circlip pliers, remove the compressor housing and give it a bit of the clean n polish goodness. . 4" downpipe! damnn Now awaiting for inlet manifold to be fabricated, using a company that hasn't been around long called MAXFab, his skills are excellent as a fabricator so have given him the business. Also waiting for a M10x1.5 to an4 adaptor and braided oil line+ fittings to arrive.

Another weekend of fine weather so got some painting done and the trial fit the spoiler, arrived this morning

Yup it was done properly....However, I done this mod to a L28 last week and lets just say.......alcohol+drilling the hole, not such a good idea lawl!! must have been a pocket of rust or cast imperfection, went through the side of the block in one section, plenty of meat around it though. Pre heated the area and welded it at a very high setting, cleaned up with tungsten burr and its good as new! Going to be painting bits n pieces off the engine this weekend and hopefully will be back in this week coming

Has been a fun filled week! Volk rims and RB26 arrived The engine is almost assembled and ready to go back in, fabricated a T3 spacer for it 2x T3 flanges and 2 sections of SCH40 straight cut, and joined together. Shit load better than the shitbox ones off eBay etc. Speaking of eBay, I ended up selling the HX40 turbo and bought a Holset HE351CW, same compressor but has a smaller turbine wheel and 9cm2 turbine housing, 4" V-band downpipe. Also some ARP headstuds, 2 of the studs I had were pretty fucked and good chance they would have snapped. Awesome weather today so rolled the guards and fitted the Volks with new tyres, 205/55 on the front and 215/55 on the rear. Sits nicely!

....Its off a R31? was advertised as being for a R30 http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n149329656

Not much has changed since the last update, been fixing other peoples cars.... but!! I have bought another 2 items off Yahoo auctions to complete the exterior look: Bit of progress on the engine, L29 has been modified for front sump, instead of extending the oil pickup it has been relocated. There is a boss in the bottom that allows it to be relocated to exactly where it is on L20/L24 front/mid sump setups.

Moving is over and done with for the moment, most of our stuff including workshop equipment is still storage in Dunedin, that adventure is next weekend -sigh- Deciding on what size tubing to use for the exhaust system, either 3" or 3.5" from the turbo back

Abacus is a pretty bad example.....abacus has more processing power. Not too bad actually, solid AFRs of around 12. Still slow as fuck