Intorducing 'Gaijin'

[gaijin]

More nostalgia.

The mk 1 plans called for NA.

It was the L series build up, aside from the L24 stocker seen previously.

L28 stock insides, cleaned up, Mikunis 40PHH, ex manifold 6-2-1. elec ign. May have made 180 flywheel hp's.

Carb rebuild....gaijin would be quicker to build than those carbs.

But the sound !

Something a turbo will never acheive.

 

[gaijin]

Right then,

its been such a long time between posts, thought best to update the situation;



ER34 rear bushes from Noltec. Trademe have some reasonable prices for these. Frank De Jong is the contact, helpful, delivers for free too.

There is a few missing, kids eh.

Rear subframe bush ready for transplant.

Rear camber arms back in. Bought off trademe, for a sniff over $100, the welding was poor. Ground the welds back, re-tig'd them, and sent back to the Xrayer man for OK. Phew. Dont expect the stock ones to pass certs, WOF etc.

Only the sway bar to go back in, more or less. Oh yeah, struts as well. Ron Millan in today to measure up. Better lose that hand bud.

Big dog tailshaft hoop installed. Tailshaft by Beatties, spec'd for 700hp. Nothing re-used from old skyline, as itll be too weak for thrashing. Hoop required for certification.

Hard to see, but, handbrake mods to bracketry. Single cable to twin, made custom mount.

 

[gaijin]

Gettig back to the business end of the car;

Electric water pump arrived with controller.

Mounting under the intake manifold, probably.

Its the bigger 110l/hr, with fan on the back. Controller is micro-processor. Very 80's...
I jest, but it will be a good addition to the car. Turbo timer, whatever! Run the pump once the engine has stopped for a few minutes.
Good solid fast trips to the dairy then.

Enough of that for now,

10" fan fits ok. Will get two in there.

My pikes peak escudo sized K&N is too big to fit now intake pipe roughly done.
Ill play around with this later this week.
Ignore the coolant hose yah.

Grill aint looking too bad considering. Would prefer the Fairlady version, mesh style. Perhaps someone has a new/nice one in their garage they could sell to me?
swap, please, hello?

 

[gaijin]

Oil blow by 2 litre catch can in, with lovingly welded bracket.
Hoses attached and completed.

Shroud made for the rear of the radiator to intercooler.
It is structural, holding the cooler, along with a bottom support, all in ally.

Bosch cobra water pump for cooler sitting in its home. This is a stock order pump from USA, from a

GReddy type R BOV in its possible home.
Will recycle hot filthy air back into the turbo intake, for max response, and turbo spooling
The cooler is made of 3-4mm plate ally, so we can fit directly to this, with maybe only a little strengthening required.
and everything STILL fits under the stock bonnet...

Intake pipe nice n tight

The whole lot there is rubber mounted, so no cracking.
Wouldnt mind the JP style hundreds of welds style inlet pipe, using sections.

The car is out of here next week, so the clock is ticking!

Next mission, PANEL & PAINT

 

[JakTheRuby]

Holy smokes. I only came on to check out if there were any updates and have been sat here reading this bad mo-fo for the last half hour. What an incredible first post! Welcome to the club mate. Dunno what else to say because I'm still in shock...

 

[jay28]

Same here......I seen 44 new posts in the space of an hour, not seen that before.

Lovely project you have there, some incredible work being done, keep it up cant wait to see the finished article!
Oh and Welcome

Jay

 

[Ian Patmore]

A simple hello would have done

 

[ben240z]

when you get a bit of time could you give a bit of tech detail about this build. It seems a bit of a vague and rushed post without much thought for the reader.

Stunning job

 

[Quagmire]

holy crap, nice build

 

[Bantambunny]

What a great thread, i didn't dare comment while it was all being written because i thought it was rude to break the flow lol

Great work buddy, looking forward to seeing progress on it

 

[datsun dave]

Oh My God !!!!

LOVE IT.

 

[Mr Ex]

Oh My God !!!!

LOVE IT.

It hasn't taken as long as yours Dave!:lol:

 

[Tony 260Z]

Welcome..... and WOW!!!!

 

[datsun dave]

It hasn't taken as long as yours Dave!:lol:

How do you know ?

Looks like somebody is building it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[JakTheRuby]

Looks like somebody is building it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So $20 then? I know the pound is weak at the moment but that seems like a really sweet deal to me. Oh and this is my 1000th post. Woohoo!

 

[rahail240]

what the heck?? that car looks brill already.

 

[Zed2k]

I love the rear suspension conversion, it gives me more ideas DOH!!!!! good job..

 

[260Z TT]

What brilliant reading. Keep us all informed with new updates please!
Turbo S30's are now coming at us from all directions.
My L28 twin turbo was finished in 2003. Latest additions have been electric water pump and 6 pot Wilwoods from a Nascar!

Mark.

 

[Mr.G]

Firstly - Congrats and thanks to gaijin for posting this, great job. Some day I hope to be able to put as much attention to detail into my project as you have. Time and money are my constraints at the moment.

What brilliant reading. Keep us all informed with new updates please!
Turbo S30's are now coming at us from all directions.
My L28 twin turbo was finished in 2003. Latest additions have been electric water pump and 6 pot Wilwoods from a Nascar!

Mark.

Mark I would love to hear more about your build. I have a copy of Feb 04's Jap Perfomance Mag that I have read a million times. I would like to go the twin turbo route some day. Would be awesome if you started a thread about yours.

 

[ollyc]

That is amazing still getting my jaw from thr floor the roll cage alone is ace before you get onto the porn that is that engine! Excellent keep it up matey!!!