Bubbles money pit

Bubble · Post by **Bubble** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:40 am

RX7 wrote:4 tanks of petrol !! My god man thats incredible !! The most I ever had was 2 and that left me broke for a month (well nearly!).

Glad to hear its all good now, cant wait to see or hear it.

lol - not 4 tanks of petrol in the R34, some was for the Mondeo to get down there and back again,

rolty · Post by **rolty** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:55 am

Sounds like it's all coming together just in time

I'll be sure to come and say hi tomorrow

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:27 pm

Good luck with it mate...

Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow

Bubble · Post by **Bubble** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:41 pm

MOT done, taxed online and calipers and discs on

I's getting there, I didn't get in untill 2.00am this morning and I'm feeling it now. So off out tonight to bed them in and up early tomorrow, it's all too much for one so young

I just remembered the track day insurance too

Bubble · Post by **Bubble** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:34 pm

I have been so busy the last week, what with running in the new engine, mapping it, new brakes and bedding them in, TAX and MOT, trackday @ Snetterton on Wednesday etc. etc. I have just been too tired to update this thread. Well that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it:D

Anyway, some pictures:

The long awaited grade 5 shells finaly installed, withe the balanced bottom end.

I guess we need some pitons now.

Custom made Arias forged pistons, which are more than twice the price of off the shelf R33 RB25DET pistons.

N1 oil and water pumps.

Greddy exhaust manifolds can crack, just like the rest.

Lets see how long that lasts.

Nobody makes a large capacity baffled sump for the NEO engine, so RSP fabricated a 7 litre one for me.

Tomei GTR baffle kit.

Nearly done.

All done and painted. The oil pick up to the oil pump was extended to reach the bottom of the new sump.

In an effort to stop me from keep getting Black flagged at trackdays, the screamer pipe from the Greddy external wastegate has been plumbed back into the exhaust down pipe, with a removable flanged section. When the section is removed for normal road use, the rear flange is blanked off and the front flange from the wastegate has an angled section pointing towards the ground.

It took many hours to design and fabricate the exhaust and sump!

Oh yeah and who said that Greddy plenum couldn't be made to fit the NEO engine? RSP managed it, together with a Q45 throttle body

New fuel rail too.

Plenum, throttle body and turbo all polished by Eddie (ESP) on Skyline Owners Club.

Just need to replace one or two hoses for Blue ones and then get polishing the engine bay.

Post by **Ben** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:47 pm

Geoff, that is a thing of beauty - I never realised how nice your engine bay looked

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:07 pm

Superb Geoff

Must be one of the best R34's in the country now :notworthy: The only problem with the track days is that we're all too busy driving to have a good around each others cars..........oh well, maybe next time.

Any news on the brakes yet Geoff?

madenglishman · Post by **madenglishman** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:34 pm

Stunning Geoff 8) 8)

As Ben says a thing of beauty and a massive credit to your determination to build a rocketship GTT :twisted:

Any comeback on the brake issues?

Richf · Post by **Richf** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:15 pm

Looking awesome, RSP have done you proud there some really nice and innovative work

Bubble · Post by **Bubble** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:45 pm

Thanks for the coments guys, it means a lot to me

I have put a second new set of the same make brake discs on for the moment, while investigations into the failure are carried out. I would be crazy not to take up the offer of a replacement AP set up though

I have also put the Titanium exhaust back on since the trackday, ah......... normal noisy sound levels have been restored 8) There was no way that I was going to be Black flagged again @ Snetterton for too much noise. I had a really quiet cat back system, a de-cat silencer and the screamer pipe plumbed back in. Judging by some of the other noisy cars there, I shouldn't have bothered though