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lil_bobby_260
Post #141

That question would be better asked in the dift setup forum... so go to the top of your screen, click where it says 'drifters apex', then click on the link to the tech/setup section.
You'll get more info in there, if you provide a bit more information about the make and yaer model of your vehicle that will probably help too.
Thanks for the positive feedback on my thread, much appreciated.

FLMN HT
Post #142

QUOTE (Timmyp34 @ Jun 17 2009, 12:24 PM) *
sorry to be rude but FFS is not willow bank. willow bank is a drag track.

Your talking about QR(queens land raceway)


its still at willowbank dah, didnt mention anything about the drag raceing, and willowbank is a suburb not just a dragway

CarFanatic
Post #143

QUOTE (FLMN HT @ Jun 17 2009, 05:12 PM) *
its still at willowbank dah, didnt mention anything about the drag raceing, and willowbank is a suburb not just a dragway

LOL. Willowbank is known as the 'Drag Strip' and QR (Queensland Raceway) is known as the 'Race track'.

FLMN HT
Post #144

anyway, back to the topic of r31s, im getting my stock mags off the sillouhette powder coated pearl white shud have them back on monday. here is the before pic


 
lil_bobby_260
Post #145

Painted the front and rear bumpers body colour, and repaitned the trim piece that sits beneath the headlights and grill also.
Didnt take long, but then again I didnt do a HUGE job on it. Just a rub back with 18, then 360 then 600 to get the burrs and scratches out. Picked up a litre of paint mixed from the paint code, at autobarn. Also got a litre of clear. and a 4L tin of cheap acrylic thinners. I have an air compressor and gravity feed paint gun.
Looks good! however i think on my next day off i will also do the side body strips cos they look REALLY out of place now.
You can see in one of the pics, the tinted taillights and black boot garnish. Looks good IMO, and shows up great with the stovetop lights on!
Trying to get the car looking a bit better, i dont want it to be branded a complete drift pig.


 
lil_bobby_260
Post #146

Powder coated white pearl? Nice! should look good. Cant wait to take some photos with a few other 31's. Should have a beer sometime seeing as you live about 5 minutes away bwud haha! Im just a bit along Oakey flat road toward morayfield from where you are.

FLMN HT
Post #147

nice man looking sweet as, im just up towards the highway a lil from the bp

FLMN HT
Post #148

to get them painted cost $80 a rim cuz they gotta sand blast em first, i pick em up on monday and shud have roll bar in by next wednesday too

lil_bobby_260
Post #149

Who is doing that for you? i might get my white wheels redone as they have faded to yellow a little bit, and have a few chips out.
Yeah i know whereabouts you are - the road with all the bloody roundabouts.
Going to paint the door handles and side protection strips in silver on sunday. Hopefully should have a whiteline front sway bar for it next week - really want one after the difference it made to the rear.

FLMN HT
Post #150

caboolture powder coaters, yake the turn off to bribie island and left at the first roundabout, big red shed

SSS300HP
Post #151

QUOTE (lil_bobby_260 @ Jun 18 2009, 05:55 PM) *
Painted the front and rear bumpers body colour, and repaitned the trim piece that sits beneath the headlights and grill also.
Didnt take long, but then again I didnt do a HUGE job on it. Just a rub back with 18, then 360 then 600 to get the burrs and scratches out. Picked up a litre of paint mixed from the paint code, at autobarn. Also got a litre of clear. and a 4L tin of cheap acrylic thinners. I have an air compressor and gravity feed paint gun.
Looks good! however i think on my next day off i will also do the side body strips cos they look REALLY out of place now.
You can see in one of the pics, the tinted taillights and black boot garnish. Looks good IMO, and shows up great with the stovetop lights on!
Trying to get the car looking a bit better, i dont want it to be branded a complete drift pig.

shit that looks way different!!! It looks awsome now!!! Good job!!! Now give my compressor back so i can finish the race engine off!!!! hahaha!!!

lil_bobby_260
Post #152

thank you my friend!
And yes you can have your air compressor back as it is pissing out oil on my shed floor!

sutherland373
Post #153

very nice

lil_bobby_260
Post #154

Thanks mate!
Picking up a 2.5" cat back exhaust and fitting it tomorrow night! $100! good times! Might do the extractors at the same time but meh im probably going to turbo it so dont know if ill waste the time.

pipster11
Post #155

im back in qld so give me the extractors!!!

lil_bobby_260
Post #156

was wondering if you were up here again yet. i was looking at buying a turbo setup from a guy in tassie - was going to hit you up to have you courier it for me haha...
Yeah you can have the extractors for $80. Were you after the hotplate taillights too?

lil_bobby_260
Post #157

Hi guys looking to increase my camber angle on the front of my R31 Skyline sedan.
What is involved? i hear the term 'camber kit' thrown around a fair bit but nothing is ever that easy, right...?
I did a search of the forum but every single thread in drift tech has the word 'camber' in it and lifes too short to read through every single page hoping to stumble across an answer.
.
How much camber is recommended and how do I go about achieving it?
What are the benefits of running a greater camber angle? Should the alignment be set to slightly toe-in or toe-out?
Bear in mind that this is really a track only car - it doesnt get street driven much, is usually on a trailer.

branden
Post #158

sounds like everythings going good:) what turbo are you looking at? and with the camber im not to sure about it too but i think the kit has like camber arms etc......

also google it i find out more info on there than i ever thought i would

CarFanatic
Post #159

QUOTE (lil_bobby_260 @ Jun 23 2009, 08:56 AM) *
Hi guys looking to increase my camber angle on the front of my R31 Skyline sedan.
What is involved? i hear the term 'camber kit' thrown around a fair bit but nothing is ever that easy, right...?
I did a search of the forum but every single thread in drift tech has the word 'camber' in it and lifes too short to read through every single page hoping to stumble across an answer.
.
How much camber is recommended and how do I go about achieving it?
What are the benefits of running a greater camber angle? Should the alignment be set to slightly toe-in or toe-out?
Bear in mind that this is really a track only car - it doesnt get street driven much, is usually on a trailer.

My future setup (within the next week or so hopefully), is to get -1 to -1.5 camber on the rear and around -2.5 on the front.

Basically should all camber setups depend on the power you have, and the grip you need.

lil_bobby_260
Post #160

Im just looking at a ts/t4 turbo on a high mount manifold, external gate. probably run about 8-10psi i think, through a front mounted cooler.
If need be ill pick up an aftermarket fuel rail that allows me to use GTR injectors, which means i'll no doubt have to do something with the ECU. A VLT ecu will do fine til i replace injectors. Hopefully on low boost it wont be an issue for a while.

pipster11
Post #161

haha i think i know the guy
if the user is something like skiz31 he's a pretty good guy, bought some wheels off him and a boss kit and steering wheel
could prob arrange freight for you or will bring it up for free at the end of the year (early november) but thats a long time away
i wanna get the extractors but the budget is getting tighter every day sad.gif
i'll see how i go and i'll be getting some more money in a couple of weeks

SSS300HP
Post #162

QUOTE (lil_bobby_260 @ Jun 23 2009, 08:56 AM) *
Hi guys looking to increase my camber angle on the front of my R31 Skyline sedan.
What is involved? i hear the term 'camber kit' thrown around a fair bit but nothing is ever that easy, right...?
I did a search of the forum but every single thread in drift tech has the word 'camber' in it and lifes too short to read through every single page hoping to stumble across an answer.
.
How much camber is recommended and how do I go about achieving it?
What are the benefits of running a greater camber angle? Should the alignment be set to slightly toe-in or toe-out?
Bear in mind that this is really a track only car - it doesnt get street driven much, is usually on a trailer.


You can run as much chamber as you want brother!!! If u want to learn how to do chamber and toe in or out...come around and have a look at the race car...as the race car runs -3 chamber and it is running toe out which is around -1.5 i think!!!!

The advantage of this...is that you have better grip/handling/steering...you have everything!!! Ill teach you how to set it up...ive done it on the race car!!!!

//JuDgeY
Post #163

If you want more camber than you can use s13 camber tops and adapt them to your struts you have now, that is the only way i can see without going full s13 conversion.

lil_bobby_260
Post #164

OK so im gonna pick up these camber adjustable strut top bad boys then make them fit! They are to suit S13.
How much should i expect to spend to get a set of second hand adj strut tops?
lil_bobby_260
Post #165

Fitted my Cat back 2.5" exhaust system with supercat muffler to the car last night. Took about 40 minutes with a race jack, couple of chassis stands, 14 and 12mm sockets and a breaker bar.
Sounds like an absolute monster. I painted the exhaust in a high temp satin black paint, same with the muffler and tip - not one for flashy pipes hey. Looks tough, sounds tough, and anything has gotta be less restrictive that the single 2" pipe with the two pea-shooter tips it came with.
Still havent fitted the extractors - we'll see what this months comission comes in at. If its more than $2k, im going turbo. (I dont spend salary on the car - its for bills and saving, comission is my play money) If its not, i'll fit the extractors and wait another month.

branden
Post #166

sounds like its all going to plan for you thumbsup.gif if you have video camera be sick if you could record it for youtube or that the sound of the pipes? or over the car quickley?

thx mate

lil_bobby_260
Post #167

Next time i have an opportunity to get out and go for a slide in it i'll get some footage and youtube it and put up a link. The car has changed a LOT since i picked it up. Good thing is that im doing it in stages (as I can spend the money on it really) which is allowing me to feel the effects of the modifications im doing power-wise, handling wise, and interface wise (pedals, shifter, wheel, etc).
Hmm. Reminds me - it does need a better set of pedals - the rubber ones are a bit slippery as they are fairly hard rubber.
.
Man it sounds good tho haha

branden
Post #168

haha yer its cool to see a build up espically being a r31 smile.gif yer having in cam footage would be sick.. thx for keeping us up to date on what your doing with your car

lil_bobby_260
Post #169

No worries. I figure there is a lot of us with 31's who want a to get a bit more out of them enjoyment wise, so im trying to give an accurate account of what really needs to be done, AND what it costs etc. But i guess that anyone building a cheap drift car no matter the make model can have a read and get some ideas.
Plus im having a ball doing it haha
.
ALSO - just finished painting the side body mouldings to match the front and rear bumper i painted earlier. Heres a few photos, some to show you what it looked like before. I think its a great improvement for a $50 mod.
Can also see where i de-badged the boot, for neatness. Im getting the 'skyline' sticker that sits beneath the boot garnish, like the imports, to finish the rear. You can sort of see the exhaust, but it is painted black so not that visable in the photos, didnt want a chrome cannon.


 
lil_bobby_260
Post #170

SO I JUST PUT DOWN A DEPOSIT ON THESE BITS -
450x300x76 FMIC
Low mount stainless turbo manifold
Internal Gate T3 Turbo
Stainless dump and front pipe to suit internal gate turbo
Fuel pressure reg
.
And bought the following -
Strut tops with adjustable camber settings
VLT Injectors and ECU
XF throttle body to suit R31 (R31 TPS etc)
.
What else do I need for the turbo conversion?

branden
Post #171

looking good mate smile.gif

pipster11
Post #172

oil (and coolant if its there) lines for the turbo
mani studs (at least 1 will break) but you may as well do them all
mani to block gasket
mani to turbo gasket
turbo to dump gasket
vlt j pipe (31 ones apparently explode under boost)
intake pipe from turbo to afm

lil_bobby_260
Post #173

The kit comes with the manifold to block and manifold to turbo gaskets. I have heaps of studs for nissans in various shapes and sizes due to my neighbour being a nissan mechanic.
J pipe - the one that runs across the motor to the throttle body?
Intake pipe from AFM to Turbo, will just be mild steel (exhaust tubing) with silicone joiners. Most of the piping I can have custom made fairly cheaply out of mild steel as a friend owns a carline mufflers, and it will be being powdercoated black.
Oil and coolant lines are the main issues.

branden
Post #174

so how long till you are going to have the kit in roughly? and are you going to archerfield once its done or before?

FLMN HT
Post #175

lookin good man, hope to see it in action on friday if ya still keen on going to QR

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