Concentrate!!!! Must finish it

Bealo · Post by **Bealo** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:18 pm

Well done mate. I'm amazed that you had the patience to wait 3 years....

Enjoy your car and i look forward to seeing it soon.

blackskygtr · Post by **blackskygtr** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:49 pm

More for self gratification than anything else and to perhaps update this thread.
Having taken part in the recent dyno day at APT i have now reached 580BHP

Little more to come with a couple more subtle changes over the winter.
Of Course this has nothing to do with the little skills i have and is solely down to Gary, Christian and Ickle Chris
Thanks guys
Jay

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:11 pm

Awesome result Jason - Really impressive 8)

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:27 pm

well done jason you must be well chuffed 8)

cheers

jason

evildave · Post by **evildave** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:50 pm

impressive mate, and the car sounded pretty quiet on tickover compared to many others - street sleeper!

blackskygtr · Post by **blackskygtr** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:52 pm

wrxstir wrote:and the car sounded pretty quiet on tickover street sleeper!

Not for long mate :twisted:

Last run showed up some possible issues for us to fix over the winter ready for the April/May debut.
First up was the highly restrictive nature of the Nismo street exhaust. Yes nice and quiet but 2" pipe through both of the silencers has to costing power. Also ran a little lean on the final run compared to previous runs so that needs investigating and i have a horrible feeling we may have reached the limit of the Tomei 280lph pump so a more aggressive system will have to be used.
The brakes need some new decent pads and a set of braided hoses along with possible some uprated discs.
The whole system needs a bloody good bleed again after that as the pedal is very spongy at the moment.
I may be in need of a new Clutch master too as there is some hissing from there when the pedal is depressed. It may be as simple as a loose pipe but knowing how pedantic APT are when assembling things i will vouch for the former.
Also desperately need to get to Autotest to get some 4 wheel alignment done and get the camber sorted. Having this amount of power running through 4 wheels all wanting to go in different directions was interesting to say the least.
Last but by no means least she needs the magic touch of H-tech on the paintwork. Dull and odd colours in places make her look very used. Hides the power nicely but i want her minty again.

Jay

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:59 pm

Are you on the booze tonight mate.....its Autotest not Autopoint and H-Tech not Hitech....unless you want some nasty trainers lol.

The good thing is these bits are all cheap (well maybe not the bodystuff) in comparison to the work you've had done.

Will be great when all done......or will it ever be done ?!!!?

blackskygtr · Post by **blackskygtr** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:06 pm

RX7 wrote:Are you on the booze tonight mate
Will be great when all done......or will it ever be done ?!!!?

Funny you should notice that !!!!

All corrected :oops:

You of all those who know me will know it will never be DONE!!! :-D
However on the road and being used it will be as of May next year.

Jay

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:12 pm

Hi Jay

hows it going, can you give me a call as i need to arrange collection of the brakes 07731304953 I've lost your last email :oops:

blackskygtr · Post by **blackskygtr** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:45 pm

Well it seems to be the season for updates so here goes.

Now running R33GTR brembos with Mintex Extreme pads front and rear.
Braided hoses on both aswell !
I have been tidying under the bonnet too.Painted the cam covers and the centre plate and finished the breather pipe system.
I have generally been tarting under the hood so she is beginning to look pretty again. I have some polishing to do as a lot of the ally has got tarnished over the years. Just waiting for one more bit and i will post up some pics.
I have another clutch servo to put on and the MOT is booked for week Saturday.
Only week or so after that and she will be registered and ready for the road.
I have fitted full set of pioneer speakers so i now have some sounds and i have fitted new leather gaitors with a tasty new Momo Leather knob. Next weeks jobs are to re-carpet the parcel shelf and the boot and fit the clutch master and a fog light for the MOT.

I still have some colour coding to do on the exterior but i am holding fire on the complete respray till i decide exactly what i want from her.

See you all at the meet but unfortunately it will be next month before i can debut her.

Jay