Wow. That looks awesome. Nice work. How about some interior shots and a little more about what you did with the car.
Ok here is some of the nitty & gritty on the oily and inside parts.
For the interior I have fitted a carpet set and interior panels purchased through one of the US vendors which fit very well and are finished nicely. The seats are out of the early verision Mazda Miata with inbuilt speakers.
The dash has been reskinned and new electronic gauges have been fitted inside the original gauge housings. Photos to come of the gauges.
The glove box has been binned and a new metal one was made to hold the original fuse box and the boost controller, oil, water temp and oil pressure gauge.
The heart of the machine is the CA18DET from the jap verision of the 180SX which I purchased a half cut locally and then stripped it down to the important parts only. The motor was then pulled apart and put back together with just a cleaning required. The motor was rebuilt at 100,xxxkms in japan and I got it at 110,xxxkms. The original T25 turbo has been flicked and a hybrid T25/28 installed as a highmount connected to a 2 1/2'' stainless steel custom exhaust. The fabricator spent over 50hrs on intercooler and exhaust piping to get it all to fit. The 180SX 5 speed is fitted and a new gearbox mount was made.
The original radiator has been replaced with the ebay special 3 core verision and the overflow tank has been relocated deeper in the engine bay below the blowoff valve.
The boot now contains the battery and windscreen washer bottle as the was no room in the engine bay for anything.
The intercooler is fitted just behind the grill and can only been notice once you look straight on.
Once the bonnet is closed you don't see any differance from standard apart from the seats and the 3'' exhaust pipe out the back.
Currently the motor has only been tuned to 5500rpm and standard turbo boost which put out 206hp at the wheels in 4th gear doing 154km/h. Once I get the car registered it will be re-tuned to its max potential of 7500rpm and 17psi of boost which should produce about 300hp at the wheels.
