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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #1 | Saturday, 02-Sep 2017 @ 8:00pm
"Doing one atm   More info on my build thread.   I can take more photos if you need, but it's mostly about taking heaps of measurements and planning it out thoughly. I managed to get the steering rod ball joint inline with the LCA pivot point and the tie..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #2 | Saturday, 02-Sep 2017 @ 7:52pm
"Few pics from this weekends work. My brake parts from Wilwood arrived  Already dropped the rotor hats off to the machine shop so the centre bore can be enlarged on the lathe (one at work is too small), and gave them a caliper to mill down to suite the..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #3 | Sunday, 27-Aug 2017 @ 3:41pm
"Hey All, Haven't had much time to work on the car lately.   No progress to speak of, but a few of the parts i have ordered have arrived and will be dropping a heap of stuff off for machining on Monday.   Will update with pics when there is something to..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #4 | Monday, 19-Jun 2017 @ 9:08pm
"So after having to work the sunday and Monday of the long weekend, i'm finally where i was hoping to be at last weekend...   I disassembled the steering rack and cut it down 130mm, and shortened the tie rods 45mm (no pic though)   And what it looks like..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #5 | Monday, 05-Jun 2017 @ 6:19pm
"Why do you keep giving me these good reasons to change my set-up? never going to get this thing done   Bit of an update while i'm here..   Managed to get hold of an E-shaft, front stat gear, new rear stat gear and both counterweights. By the looks of it i..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #6 | Tuesday, 30-May 2017 @ 9:02pm
"I didn't get alot done this week, but continued moving the engine around some more in an attempt to give myself more room for the steering. I took d's advice and rotated the engine slightly to give myself a little more room. Not that you can see it in..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #7 | Friday, 19-May 2017 @ 7:44pm
"Been a while since i have posted on here.   Unfortunately i have been very busy with work and have had minimal time to work on the datto.   I did order a garrett GTX2860R Gen II and a Tial external wastegate, which has also arrived (just a bit bigger then..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #8 | Tuesday, 11-Apr 2017 @ 8:38pm
"haven't made much progress.   stripped down a 1200 rear axle ready to put S13 brakes on it and am waiting to pick up a front counterweight and stat. gear so I can figure out the plate thickness for the timing cover/engine mount.   Also to be on the safe..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #9 | Sunday, 02-Apr 2017 @ 2:54pm
Edited by Rocher
Sunday, 02-Apr 2017 @ 2:55pm
"Been busy with work the last few weeks and with trial games for footy the last 3 weekends not a lot of progress has been made.   I managed to finish up the alloy plate i was going to use for the timing cover/engine mount, but had a lot of issues getting..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #10 | Saturday, 04-Mar 2017 @ 12:44pm
"Cheers,   Tha'ts the plan an angled radiator ducted through the bonnet. I've got enough room that i can run a radiator around 600x600mm, I'll just need to find what the skinniest radiator is available and aprox match the cooling capacity to what a 13b..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #11 | Sunday, 26-Feb 2017 @ 12:32pm
"It's possible that the max rpm/torque may be at a higher rpm, but keep in mind i don't have AC or power steering, so that should help offset it back to the 'normal' rpm.   I know that the s13 sr20/ca18 had ceramic exhaust wheels, didn't realise r32 GT-R's..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #12 | Friday, 17-Feb 2017 @ 8:14pm
"BTW what diameter exhasut did the PP turbo single rotor 13b run? I need to allow room for it before i fab a trans tunnel. Was leaning towards either 2.5 or 3""
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #13 | Thursday, 16-Feb 2017 @ 5:12pm
"If i had more space between the engine and steering rack i would do exactly that, but there is about 50mm at the largest point, before i fabricate a timing cover. Undecided on exact plan for the timing cover atm, i'll either chop the bottom 1/3rd off the..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #14 | Wednesday, 15-Feb 2017 @ 8:25pm
"considered something like that, but it woud mean the engine would have to sit higher. then the turbo wouldn't fit, so the engine would have to go even further back... At this stage i think i'll already be moving the pedals back 20mm to clear the dump pipe..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #15 | Sunday, 12-Feb 2017 @ 8:25pm
Edited by Rocher
Sunday, 12-Feb 2017 @ 8:33pm
"UPDATE: I picked up an RX8 gearbox friday after work so spent all day saturday hammering and cutting the trans tunnel to get it to fit I manged to get it within around 50mm of where it had to go without cutting much (just around the firewall/trans tunnel..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #16 | Monday, 06-Feb 2017 @ 7:50pm
"Nah that's not me. I'm building mine from scratch.  did u buy an atkins single rotor 13b e shaft or machine down a normal one? I'm tempted to machine down a 13b on a lathe at work with the help of one of the machinists, but not sure if i trust myself..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #17 | Monday, 30-Jan 2017 @ 8:28pm
"D, I sent you a PM, I'll give u a call later in the week about catching up for a beer.   Unfortunately I didn't get as much done this weekend as I would have liked due to my legs falling off (not literally falling off, just very sore from the first week..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #18 | Sunday, 22-Jan 2017 @ 7:57pm
"Time for an update;   MOTOR I finshed re threading the last of the bolts so i bolted the irons and rotor housing together  I then placed it in the engine bay and sat a T25 turbo and a alternator (note from a Starlet) in there as well Everything fits,..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #19 | Saturday, 21-Jan 2017 @ 9:34pm
"Neil, The R32 GTS-T ones are also 4 pot alloy calipers, It would be cheaper for me to just get them machined to suit a narrower disk, I was thinking the 280x21 Mazda MX5 Goodwin upgrade (DBA52545.1) or thinner still the 277.8x15.9 formula 3 discs..."
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Rocher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 25-May 2016
23 posts
Post #20 | Friday, 20-Jan 2017 @ 7:51pm
"I did have a nice long post that for some reason didn't go through   short of it was   I'm picking up a Toyota Starlet rack tomorrow, it's the shortest (and has the smallest diameter) of anything i have seen so far   overall diameter between 13's-15's..."
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