nick_m

Super quiet on this front. Brought a new house with room for big shed. So have been flat stick with all that’s involved with buying/selling/moving. Hoping to make a start on new shed in next few months. So I’d say that will keep me busy for quite a while. As want to make it suitable and comfortable for working in I have however purchased a replacement turbo. A PSR gtx2860R gen2 which I will machine factory GTIR front cover to fit. Also have set wheels in motion for the spare gearbox to be rebuilt with the fancy center diff So yeah on hold for a bit but will continue to buy parts and surf in boot till such time it can be worked on again in new shed

Got a bit of stuff done on this. Got as far as removing motor and box but not much further to be honest. Bottom end seems healthy. Good compression. Slightly high side of FSM numbers so thinking bottom end will likely stay as is and just get detailed and repair a few broken bits while the engine is out and easy to deal too. i Have been flat out with work and house related activities. So progress will be slow but the Extra work does mean that the gtir funds are slowly accumulating

My friend Nic at Christchurch auto services just finished buttoning up a fresh 4g93 bottom end for a fwd turbo mirage he has. I’m a bit light on specifics but his was a combo of Toyota mitsi Nissan like you’re talking. All after market bits. So think ca18 eagle rods 4age cp pistons. 3sgte head studs. could be off there. He’s not on here but I’m sure if you have him a shout he would be happy to answer any questions.

Great read. I am also a fellow 90s car enjoyer and FDs are on that list too

The whole drive train is the weak link 😂 nah they have viscous center and rear standard. the center diffs are getting pretty fucked these days so finding a not slogged one is difficult. And the are NLA new. Mine is unknown condition. I’ve got the front and rear Modena diffs already so will get this one. Since he’s holding it for me. no real options for these. 30 sets of nismo diffs were made for CMR in the 90s so most are all long gone and obviously no spare parts. I did actually manage to find a nismo center with little work on it just before Modena emailed and was about to pull the pin on it. But ultimately decided to spend a little more and get Modena. Since if anything happened too it I’ll be able to get spare parts and there was alway a risk buying 30 year old second Motorsport parts reality is I only really got these diffs because Modena are the only company manufacturing diffs for them and the chances are this will likely be the last batch they do so may never be able to get hold of diffs again. classic fomo situation. Who the fuck needs proper Motorsport diffs in their road car anyway 😅 Got about half the money together so will get this and chuck my spare gearbox together and throw it in when I do the clutch in a few months

Not much to report. In typical Modena fashion after hearing no news in 2 years on if they planned to do a batch of center diffs. I got an email from frank couple weeks ago. Hey Nick we’ve done a batch of center diffs do you want one. Can put one aside for you. Fuck…… Well I’m this deep I guess. Might as well fomo buy more expensive car parts for this relic. Cue furious fundraising activities

probably was. I drove the young fella to school on his birthday in it. As he fizzes it. Although he did say I need to get music box for it. also on that note. Jeez it needs some shocks and sway bars done. Those round abouts are not its friend. I’ve actually got a new core here to recore the intercooler so I might even do that at same time while it’s all apart as not really a big job List is big. Time is low

Have done fuck all on this really. I have Driven it a couple times. Still chuffing smoke a bit. I have brought a new Turbo CHRA so will strip it soon when I have a bit of time and swap that over. I figure I will also do a compression and leak down test on it while I’ve got the intercooler off too and give I a good once over.

awesome man. Who are you using for printing? with those fuel rails did you ream the o ring seat ?

Drove this the other day. Threw the interior in it last minute as thought it was a cruise with mates. bit of an odd one out in that line up haha anyway mixed results. Fantastic to have it out and about. Diffs are sweet. Interior is in. however in keeping with the theme of the car. It absolutely smoked its tits off and the clutch slips so more shit to fix havent investigated yet. But suspect maybe turbo seals gone and pushing out to exhaust. It’s a fucking impressive smoke cloud. It has sat for over a decade I suppose this should be expected Anyway, good times had regardless - ensue next round of wallet abuse

must be a twin, I havent ventured that far in it yet

Drove this from my work shop to home on the weekend. I live on same street as work shop so we are talking less than a 2km drive. I had my wife and 4 year old drop me down at the workshop to pick it up. When i backed it our of the workshop my young fella who was in his car seat with the window down goes "I DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS FIXED!!! CAN I GO IN IT!!!" unfortunately the interior was such a state with no rear seat and car parts all through it that it wasnt possible this time, but he was FIZZED. Got it home and had a pretty big grin on. Reckon its time to push on and finish this thing so can load the family in it and do some summer time driving. was a big mood booster thats for sure

thats probably what im in for

cheers mate, its sort of turned from fix the stuff that needs fixing into a bit of a resto since there was more fucked stuff than good stuff haha anyway now that the mechanical is sorted for now ill take it home from work and chip away at getting all the interior tidied up and ready for a few summer time cruises

Yeah guys are doing Evo swaps these days. Can buy kits but they are spendy. Theres a mental gtir that competes in roll racing in Oz. 1200hp holinger Evo sequential box. Billet block Sr22 with VE head. Just nuts.