So i posted earlier my new car well I've already made some small adaptations to it i will keep all my pictures and posts in this Thread to show you
So I'll keep this simple this mod cost me £9.99 from halfords I'm going to add more tomorrow to the bodywork but as you can see its covered up the hideous Plate marks from the previous owner!
Before:
After:
makes the car look so much nicer and so much less faded with a bit of T cut and a Viper Sticker Will Post tommorow when i add 2 more smaller stripes either side of it
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Next year the greanmachine is going seriously hardcore so I have just got another stagea for daily driving driving around town and in the snow
Its a very rare Series 2 RS Four S (maybe 5 or 6 in the UK ) and the last model with the early style body. Colour is called "snow white" which is pearlescent
The S is the only factory manual stagea made and has all the following as standard out the factory from an R34 Skyline .
Later Neo single turbo engine with just under 300bhp out the factory
Latest dual syncro 5 speed gearbox
Attessa pro awd system - with electronic stability program
Exactly the same suspension and brakes all round as the R34
HICAS 4 wheel steering operated by seperate ECU
LSD
GTR Drivetrain
Xenon...
Ok so i bought it :)
2001 Suzuki SV650S
Sounds IMMENSE with the scorpion Can :)
To Do List:
Headstock bearings
Oil and filter change
Bleed Brakes
Tax
Pass test
Then RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am properly over the moon. Got a blinding bike for the money, may not compare with the likes of GSXR's etc, but still a hell of a lot of machinery for the money!
Well folks, I have been threatening to do it and promised myself I wouldn't start this thread until work began. Well work has begun so let's kick things off. I have always loved the looks of both the R33 and the R34 but particularly the front end of the R334. So why not combine the two and make a Wide arch kit at the same time. Now I am going for subtle instead of an aggressive wide arch. Also the body shop company I am using believes in doing things right, so the wider front wings and rear wings will be custom made out of metal, not fiberglass.
So here's what she looked like when I dropped her off to the body shop!
Start of the rear end strip, remove rear bumper and lights. This is a 16 year old car but not in bad nick for it's...
This is my 2001 Volkswagen GTI 20V 1.8T 5 Speed Manual.
I bought this car in September 2011 from another Volkswagen enthusiast who had this car tuned for his wife, who really did not need or want anything more than an average car to transport herself to and from work. She really disliked the fact that it was so low, and pushed her husband to sell it and buy her an average sedan and leave it the hell alone. The car came with the following mods:
Shaved head
Supposedly bored over to 2.0, though some folks disagree and I have not yet inspected the cylinder walls
APR diverter valve
Eurojet airlines
K&N filter & short ram intake / Neuspeed heat shield
Remapped ECU to compensate for the said mods
FK Silverline coilovers - lowered to 1.25''...
OK thought id better get this started seeing as the bora has now gone to car heaven
only one pic of the car the now as not had the time or the weather to get the car properly cleaned up
1 2009 VRS TDI CR. decided to go with the newer CR engine rather than the older PD engines as there seem to be more issues with the DPF on the PD engines as they produce too much smoke and were never designed to run alongside the DPF. there was also the good old injector issues as with the 1.9 PD engine - for those who dont know the 2nd pump in the PD engines is the injector itself.
some work needs done so as its still under warranty then its going into skoda next friday to get looked at. central locking within the car doesnt work...
I thought I would post up details of my other project.
Basically I am restoring an early 32GTR back to completely original spec that is exactly as it came out of the factory.
The car is a 1991 32GTR . Its main clain to fame is that it is in the rarest nissan factory colour . The code is BLO and it was a special order only.
It is a quite a strange pearlescent and can look grey, steel blue or even lilac in different lights.
I imported in from japan 2 or 3 years ago with the intention in having something different .......... a stock GTR
It seemed quite close to stock and only needed - suspension , air filters , exhaust and a few minor other things or so I thought.................
Thanks for the welcome reception to the forum guys. Just a quick update, I have a design planned out for my custom fabricated rollcage and should be starting to make a full size model of it as soon as I can get enough card tubes to play around with it. :-)
Hey, this is what im planning to do to my factory standard 1997 Nissan Bluebird.
i bought this after i crashed my mazda mx3 which was the beginning of a project. so i decided to modify this instead as around here there isnt any properly modified Bluebirds in New Zealand. (mostly boyracers just putting fat exhausts and lowering springs.)
ok so its had abit of rust form under the wing mirrors in the past and the previous owners have removed it properly, but then resprayed the area in a different colour green. (dark green is factory colour, light green is aftermarket rust coverer)
i had a racing exhaust on my mazda which i took off when i crashed and have put onto the car already.
my plans for the future are as follows.
-i plan to...
Hi there guy's. I have thought it time I started my own thread now rather than keep jumping into other peoples with questions.
Alot of you will know my planns.
Upgrade Cams
Adjustable Cam pullies
Larger Turbo housing
Remap
Carbon Front splitter
Carbon Exhaust guard
Spark cover (either AMS metal or carbon)
The cams are more or less settled. Either Brian Crower 268's or HKS 264's, im just waiting on the price difference.
The pullies are going to have to be pipers as they are the only preformance part I can find a pair for for less than £200
The turbo housing is on the cards. Just need to decide if there is a difference between wither one of these...
ok people this is my first ground up build i have a 91 ford econovan/mazda b2000 got off a mate
it has petol and gas fitted, engine is a 2.0L carby fed FE that will become a force fet FE/T with a little toyota ct9, i already had this and being off a 1.8L it should boost eary for towing power and i'll keep it set around 5-7lb of boost
i have left the block bolted in the van i'm too lazy to pull it out plus i'm covered when it rains, i have removed the pistons so she's ready for a hone
all rings and bearings will remain standard
my questions are,
would standard rings and head gasket be ok with 5-7 pound boost, the boost controller will be mounted in the cab and plumbed to the factory internal wastegate so i have full control.
i have...
I figured I'll make an official thread about this since I'll probably be taking massive amounts of photos of it anyways.
Some of you will recall I mentioned in my introductory thread, that I mentioned having a 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34 with bent valves that I had planned to rebuild. The problem turned out to be the crankshaft position sensor and timing belt tensioner, which in turn bent the valves. Whether I kept the car was in jeopardy as I got a 2004 Saturn Ion coupe to drive around in. After a while, I decided the car was too sentimental to part with and that I'd rebuild it. I just ordered a set of LQ1 heads (off a 1992 Lumina Z34) from Matt (GOT2B GM of w-body.com). This is the first purchase towards getting the car...
My father bought me this as a daily driver when my Monte Carlo bent the valves (and also heavily urging me to get rid of the Monte). I call this Project Tupperware because it's a common nickname for Saturns here, due to the plastic dent-resistant body panels. My aunt even asked if I had to burp the sunroof when getting into it XD.
A little background info on Saturn for you Europeans since they're North American Market only.
Saturn was a project started by GM in the early 1980's. GM wanted to show they could make a high quality small car to take down the Japanese imports... something they weren't known for. The project started in 1982 as "Project Saturn". At the time it was just a code-name for the project. In 1985, GM Announced Saturn...
I never post but thoroughly enjoy reading through your different threads with the occasional giggle :cheesy: Just wanted to say that so at least I feel I've contributed in some way to this amazing forum! :bigsmile:
I just realized I hadn't started a thread on this project car, only mentioned in my introduction.
I'll summarize the progress so far here. All the details are on my site. This afternoon I'll start assembling pieces.
Original condition
Straightening the A arms
Painting parts
Fabricated eccentrics for steering
Fabricated bushings
Engine out for disassembly
Hey everyone,
got the car to Wakefield Park Supersprint last weekend and managed another PB if only by .22 of a second, now at 1:13:25 and will be trying to get into the 12's next event.
Toyo's are 2 years old now and even thought they still have life left in them I imagine they are quite a bit harder than when I first got them so thinking a new set will help to get me under the 13 sec mark.
Posted time had me finishing 27/101 and even half a second shouldl take me up another 5-6 places
Have probably got the car as far as I can with the handling and will now have to look at power and weight reduction. Power going to be costly so will have to start saving before any investments are made.
Brought a Carbon GT wing from Mu Secret...
For those that don't know, the Ibiza Cupra runs the 1.8t from the VAG range, but from factory only has a tiny turbo and conservative map, running only 156bhp.
I bought this as a Stage 1 with a fairly aggressive map, exhaust, large air filter and several bypasses done running 185bhp. It's also lowered on H&R Cup Kit, and was on 17" O.Z Superturismos.
Pictures from the advert.
CIMG3695 by Nick Berger, on Flickr
CIMG3683 by Nick Berger, on Flickr
CIMG3690 by Nick Berger, on Flickr
First thing I did was change the 2 foot long standard aerial for a stubby one from a Citroen.
20101025_001.jpg by Nick Berger, on Flickr
I then changed the rear wiper for one from a Mk5 Golf.
Filthy cupra by Nick Berger, on Flickr
Did the front...
Okay, so I still have my Mk4 Astra lying around and decided at the weekend that I'd love to try a few track days with it. It doesn't have to be road legal as I will be putting it on a trailer.
It only has a 1.6 engine but I'm not after serious performance just yet, just a bit of good fun. I'll probably strip it out to make it lighter and seem a bit more serious and exciting to the driver.
Maybe in time I'll probably carry out a few modifications, might start with simple power gains. And maybe move onto improved suspension for a better feel.
It's all about the experience with this car, I won't be racing anyone so the more fun I can have, the better.
If anyone has any ideas for it to improve the experience or has any...
Hi, Well I thought it was about time I started a little project log on my little Megane.
I bought this Megane in January this year and so far have not done too much to it, but have a long list of jobs to be done.
Here are some pics of how it looked when I picked it up.
Not really done much to it so far, apart from changing the aerial to a small bee-sting style one and adding smoked side repeaters.
On the inside I have just finished adding full leather interior.
Jobs to do include fitting 17" Kei Fuji alloys (Black), Sports exhaust system, M3 style mirrors etc.
Will upload some more pics as soon as I get the interior fitted and hopefully as each job gets done.
The aim is to have a nice looking Meg with some...
Hello everybody!
It has been long time since my last post but now everything is set up to continue with my project I wrote about 2 years ago.
It is going about rallycross racing buggy - very similar to Race of champions (ROC) buggy just with much more power and semi slicks.
Also races will be very similar, I will race on SS asphalt stages in same class as Rally cars like Škoda S2000, EVO IX class F, WRC and so on ...
So far we made 2.0 turbo engine with 290bhp and 520nm fitted on Audi S4 4WD gearbox modded to 2WD only, so buggy has RWD.
But now we have problems with setting it up. Car has good cornering entrance but very bad exit because of open differential.
We plan to put anti roll bar on front to stick rear tires on...
Just bought a new car! A generation 5 Prelude 2.2 vtec, pictures to come shortly...
Hey all,
Right... I have been a member almost a year now and none of you have seen my 'Ride', well that's about to change...
I am sure your thinking... " Why is starting a project thread? He hasn't passed his test! " I haven't, no. But I can't see why that should stop me? I'd mainly like to cover a few bits and bobs, mainly cosmetic at the moment. Eventually when I do pass, I'll start the tuning.
Okay... So here she is
hi guys i"m new to this site ..... would like some info on how to increase the power on my ride:blink1:
Well here's the replacement for the MG ZS, she's a 1995 UK spec 1.8iS 5 with a confirmed 69,000 miles on the clock, 2 lady owners the last being a MX-5 OC member from new & full service history from new including all the receipts & MOT's. The sills have been repaired in the past but have been done to a good standard. The paint work is good for a 17 year old car but could do with a little tidy up although I am thinking of a respray in Honda pearl white. I love the OEM wheels & they are in good nick but I will get them refurbed this winter.
Some quick pics...
Engine the right way round & proper wheel drive. :amuse: Sticker on the slam panel confirms cam belt was done 2010 at 67,000 miles.
Full tool kit...
Well, I couldn't help myself when I found this score;
Universal Intercooler 600wX300hX115thick (core sizes wider with the caps)
on Ebay to add to my parts list for the Turbo setup I want to put in my;
95' VS 3.8l V6 Ecotec Holden Commodore.
I'm not sure if there's many VS's getting around with turbo's.
There would be some with Super charger setups but not many (if any???) that run from exhaust system.
This sytem will be built to a budget so I'll be making my own headers to fit the turbo's. I'm thinking stainless pipe @ 35 to 40mm?? for setion to turbo from the exhaust ports. Then 50mm down through the Ypeice.
For the turbo's I have 2 TC06's but with O/sized impellers. I have 1 ready with a 50/70 impeller + housing inlet & exit...
So you decided to tackle a car project?
Well well, you have the space, but all those bits 'n pieces will eat up your working space in a jiffy.
My project is now turning out into a full garage re-think, re-vamp project.
Make sure you utilise every bit of space to it's fullest.
You can use the trusses to store, BUT go easy on the weight. You don't want your roof landing on your pride and joy.
I've made a workbench with storage space and fitted castors to it, like one giant toolbox. Cost was zero, built it from scrap bits and it works well.
Got to get this finished before Spring so I can carry on with my Escort.
The Jetta and Bantam will follow for their transplants after the 'Scort.
:lol:
Picked the Peugeot 306 meridian 1.4 up last Wednsday for £200 im thinking that could be a bargain. The seller said it needed a new gasket and some body work as Nitro-mors had been thrown on it! Surprisingly enough it driven home fine (50 miles) with just a few rough starts.
The car got checked over and it needed a new coil pack all in all £100 fitted so not bad for a £200 car :D.
The roof and bonnet has been thourely sanded and the bonnet has been treated for the rust with a product called Rust Remedy, does a great job was expecting it to not be brilliant for its price :bigsmile:. Also put a terribly rough spray of primer on the bonnet.
Got some black carbon fibre coming hopefully tomorrow (Friday) which i will be covering...
Hi guys.
Have not been on for a while but i confirm that i dont have the crx anymore.
I swapped it for a clio sport 172.
This has a a back box and air filter only.
Any other ideas on what i can do to make this faster taking into account that where i live there is no place to do a remap.
Thanks
nathan
This is a direct copy and paste from another forum.
It is the complete project so far of the UK's only super legnum VR4 in red.
And so it begins:
May 28th 2010 is where it all started, when i took ownership of what was to become the best love story ever told :love:
A girl and her car.
Yup thats right my new toy/project has now landed on my drive way, and oh boy do i have my work cut out for me on this baby!
It is a 1998 Super Legnum VR4.
Like a standard VR4, i has the twin turbos, AYC and full time 4WD, so yes it will be a thursty gal!
it is a far cry from my V6 Galant, but hey, time change and we all need to move on, though i think im now suffering "shell shock" from what i have just gone and done!:huh...
Hi guys.
Been a while lol ;) But from a request or 2 I am popping up a build thread of my Vectra GSi.
Now for those that know me will know I am a Vauxhall man at heart. Had a couple of scoobies but never again! lol. Plus, i'm a buggar for not being able to resist a bit of modding.
This time is no exception and is probably the furtherst I have ever taken a V6 engine and i'm not quite finished yet hehe. There are 3 main things left but will list those later in the post.
After getting fed up of the last Subaru costing a fortune to run, I decided to go back to Vauxhall and as I was using the Scooby to part ex, the ball was in my court for being able to find a special one. Didn't take me long to settle for an ex-press car (1 of 9...
Hey folks,
So as some of you know, the old trusty died a horrible death by choking on its own internals.
It's replacement is this! A 2005 MG ZR 105 trophy +. Handles superbly, has a pretty quick 2nd gear and is overall tons of fun! FSH, 33,000 miles and one lady owner from new.
A picture after a proper clean!
Sorry about the brother, bit of an eye sore... :lol:
Couple outside the missus's house.
Wheels have a little kerbing
Future plans include a turbo conversion, either a ZT-T 1.8 or a T16. Needs some lowering badly and a favorite in the MGZR community seems to be Avo lowering springs. Hopefully to entice me over until conversion day, it will get either TF135 Cams, vernier pullies and a remap with a full stainless...
Ive the car 3 months now and finally i can start my build thread
When i first brought it
First job was to remove resonator box just behind the wheel arch
You can see the 4 small holes they where the only things letting air flow into the filter
Then i put on my new wheels could probably do with a refurb but are loads better than what was on
They have loads of tread 3 are brigestone so2 and one avon alone these must be more than what i actually paid for them
Now the car is 100 times better these wheels look great and im very pleased with them
My next job was change the dump valve managed to get a blitz one cheap no there was no need to take the old recirc one off which you can see just above the blitz i...
- Locked
hello people, after many requests im putting up my 1998 facelift honda accord:P
it has xenon headlights 6000K.
custom Clarion NX501 radio/dvd/navigation.
custom rear compo speakers Mohawk MP 6.2 250watts max/125watts RMS
doorhandles, mirrorcasings, sidebumper and sideskirts in matching color with the rest of the car.
and a cleaned rear hatch
next up is replacing the frontspeakers, and prolly some new wheels. but that will be some other time.
Firstly i'd like to say i'm new to this site. Also this is my first wee car i'll be tuning up. I currently own a 106 gti and i'm wanting to get it up to around 180 - 200bhp. I'm wondering what way to go about it? do I go cams? supercharge? turbo? or what I was thinking was an engine change but that would be very expensive and lot of work in comparison to other ideas lol. Was just looking for advice as to which way to go about this. Any help will be much appreciated especially advice from people who have already done this to their 106 gti's.
thanks
Hey all, been a while!! have had more kids and work/bikes etc has all been a bit manic, so iv not really been posting online much!
well, what have i been up to since i went away....
Last you guys saw of me i had my first proper bike, the Sv650s:
Then i got rid of that and bought a Yamaha Thundercat:
Then i got bored and bought this Yamaha FZ6:
which i promptly turned into this:
Then i sold that and bought this SV1000SZ:
Which i got offered a great deal on to see me on my (realistic) dream bike, a 2004 K4 Suzuki GSXR 600:
It has a shedload of trick bits, and im working my way through replacing every bearing,bush and consumable item on the bike so pretty soon she will be absolutely 100%...
Ok where to start?!
ha the car about 5ish years.
Ran it as a daily for 5 or so. Then things went mental lol
So here she is
Stock bar a magnex exhaust.
So ran her like this for quite a while then the lust for MORE POWER kicked in, but that wassnt enough.....i decided to go...well.. mad lol
Its a Mk1 Clio 16v With a lightly fettled 2.0 F7RA700 Williams engine producing circa 180bhp dependant on dyno...
Here is a brief spec of the car as it stands now.
Hybrid Spec
Engine
F7R 700 2.0-litre 16-valve
Kent RN2002 260 cams
Timed in By the ClioLord
Mapped by TBC!
Omex 600 V0.70D
Chadil Inlet Manifold
jenvey throttle bodies
megane Injectors
Piper Vernier pulleys
Mocal 13 row Oil Cooler
Mocal Thermostatic sandwich plate...
Well after a few months searching in Japan I have finally found my new work car.
Main thing is that it needs to be a hatchback and ideally a wagon and I wanted something different. I had considered quite a few cars then found a special edition model that suited my purpose but was quick.
Unfortunately this meant it was quite rare and took a few months to locate.
But after a few months I found one at a well trusted Japanese dealer I have used before . so after a bit of negotiating I am now the owner of..........................
Well it will be here in about 8-10 weeks and hopefully it will be worth the wait as it may well be the first of this model in the UK
Will post a few more pics and full spec but just for now a taster
Hey guys, This my project car that i have been working on for the last two years. Started out as a 1.4L which somehow didn't like me much so after that blew i sourced a 2.0L 8 valve from a 98 model opel 200is kadett. All was running well until i got bitten by the boost bug again and was offered a m62 eaton off of a merc c230 kompressor and some 6 months later the hooligan was born. I'm running at 9 psi boost unmapped with the 1.4L gearbox which gives most high end cars a run (power to weight ratio) till we run at distance and they go past on account of my short ratios.
Hi all im hoping this thread well get loads of attention as regards to how I should start my project old school ford dragster
it would be cool to see plenty of debates as well to get the perfect pointers
im going to start from scratch with the chassis so need to no if I should be using alloy or steel and box or tubular for my first attempt im not aiming for a ten second car
butt may be 13/15 second car would be nice butt im thinking engine and suspension would only be a ten k budget so ill take what seconds I can get this time the car shell I would like old school ford butt that will come to light in the next month or two I will add moee thaughts to this as they come to mind butt for now I look forward to hereing what u guys...
Ok so i finally picked this baby up, haven't stopped driving it since thursday :)
Spec:
225BHP 1.8 turbo BAM
Full stainless steel exhaust
Ap racing coilovers
18 x 9 bbs ch reps in gold with custom red bbs center caps
Misano red pearl
Late spec quattro sport grille
V6 rear spoiler
V6 rear bumper valance
Red reverse lights
Clear side repeaters
Aero wipers
Unmarked original Audi heated red leather
Upgraded audi factory head unit with Bose speakers
Pics:
So, first things on the list....
Front bumper and bonnet are going to be repainted due to some lacquer peel from stone chips which i feel is really letting the car down. Once this is done i will have the car fully paint corrected to remove all imperfections and give it...
Heres mine :)
It's a 55 plate Saab 9-3 v6 Aero, ive had it just under 2 years now, haven't really touched it in the last 12 months but plan to get back at it this year (ive been a bit lazy compared to my old cars!)
Here it was the day I collected it, completely standard.
I dropped it off with the Saab garage same day for an oil change and fresh plugs ready for the remap booked for a couple days later
Interior is pretty nice with grey leather & light grey leather inserts, dash is bit plasticky tbh but still a nice place to sit.
Leagues ahead of my other Saabs for comfort & refinement.....but that Audio....terrible!! I've been in a few new shape 9-3's and all have sounded pretty bad. This has the full 13 speaker system and...
Well looks like the cammed V6 idea is going out of the window. I can't justify the amount of money needed to get anything decent out of them. Not as tunable as other V6 I've had in the past so I'm afraid it has to go....
...to be replaced by a 250bhp T16 engine with front mounted intercooler, all pipework and ancillaries, custom loom, garrett t25 with a t28 very soon after, uprated drive shafts and modified mountings.
I will be using Rover 420 T16 none turbo engine stabilizers and fitting them to the ZS subframes rather than using the Rover Coupe ones which aren't as strong, and don't want to mess with the handling of the ZS by using crapper parts.
The conversion is coming out of an MG ZR so half the conversion is already done, just...
This car is my first project car. I got it just a couple months ago and I'm going to build it up little by little as I can afford. As I mod it, I'll post updates here.
My exhaust as it is now- going for a full 3" race exhaust soon, but here it is now:
As of June 2015:
Injen SRI
Uniq rigid subframe collars
dropped muffler, replaced with stinger
various cooling tweaks under the hood
rebadged the Hyundai badges with Art of Speed badges
IC grill LED custom lighting mod
Interior red LED map lights and custom footwell lighting
Deltalip rear lip spoiler
I just realized I had mentioned this little truck in my Corvair post, but not really posted anything else about it. Here is how it was 4 years ago when I finally convinced the owner it was not getting any better as a lawn ornament.
He said the original engine needed a timing chain and he couldn't find one, so he stored it in boxes and put a Suzuki engine in. While doing to he cut up the frame so badly that it couldn't stand on 4 wheels. It turned out that the original 998cc engine was totally rusted and missing a rod.
I ordered a bunch of parts from the UK and an engine from Chile. After more than a year of waiting for the engine, I ended up buying another one, this time a used front end from Japan. I've detailed everything on my...
