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[Blaeven]

i can't do any more work on my car now... i'm too strapped for cash to be pouring monies into it... after the conversion, when i can afford it, i'm getting 294 B4 front brakes, going to go looking for a legacy bootlid/garnish and rear window (rear windscreen wiper FTW!) and i'll be putting 24mm rear and 22mm front swaybars in it, as well as HD links and changing as many bushing in my car as i can to newer/better quality ones. eventually too, i'd like to do something about the limp steering response that i'm getting, though the bushing refresh might fix that. oh, and i'll be putting an RX kit on it, and getting it resprayed... it's going to be a costly excersise... but hey, we all love our cars equally much here... don't we...?

[Soop]

LOL your car will be 20yrs old before it gets finnished . I just hope for your sake you don't run into the same problem as me, that being shit breaking faster than I could fix/upgrade it.

[Blaeven]

LOL your car will be 20yrs old before it gets finnished .

I just hope for your sake you don't run into the same problem as me, that being shit breaking faster than I could fix/upgrade it.

yeh.. i often hope the same thing...

[Soop]

You really should get some bigger wheels. Brembo's are worth the dosh.

[Blaeven]

I have 294mm fronts you can have for cheap. Same as B4.

OOO!!!

really??

and you've got 270 rears yeh??

what did u want for the set?

[CRUISN]

OOO!!!

really??

and you've got 270 rears yeh??

what did u want for the set?

GTB/B4 rears are 290mm.

I have rear calipers to suit 266mm vented rears. Your rears are solid rotors. Theyre like new and cheap. .

[Blaeven]

UPDATE:

the boys have picked up the engine and are soon to collect a gearbox.

al talked me into going with an 8 stud Gen3 RX box, as it's (apparently) equally as strong as the GT-B box that was going to go into it, and has a better feel to the gearchange.

pics of my new motor *grins stupidly*:





as it stands, the total for the engine conversion is looking to be just under $11,500... but that doesn't include a tune, which it needs...

[ams]

pics of my new motor *grins stupidly*:

*grins jealously*


<whispers> soooopercchaaaargednesssss....

[Shiv]

I can only imagine how nice those pictures are must be in your eyes.....and it'll be Feb in no time How much longer are you going to be pulling those stupid long hours of work for?

[DukeNik'em]

<whispers> soooopercchaaaargednesssss....

Do it!!!! Tristan, I will personally pay to see a supercharged H6. And good on you for striking out a bit different, I've always wanted to do this conversion, but decided to go for a STi instead. Good luck, hope it all goes well. Is the GEN III RX box auto? As i thought the GX was auto, and switching to manual is a pain in the ass.

Nick

[Blaeven]

<whispers> soooopercchaaaargednesssss....

*nods*

all in good time

I can only imagine how nice those pictures are must be in your eyes.....and it'll be Feb in no time

How much longer are you going to be pulling those stupid long hours of work for?

all i can say is that i'm glad i'm wearing loose fitting pants... lol

um, i'm finished the long hours, back in IT now...

but for the few weeks that i worked i should have pretty much doubled my normal pay for that period of time...

so overtime pay = awesome...

Do it!!!! Tristan, I will personally pay to see a supercharged H6. And good on you for striking out a bit different, I've always wanted to do this conversion, but decided to go for a STi instead. Good luck, hope it all goes well. Is the GEN III RX box auto? As i thought the GX was auto, and switching to manual is a pain in the ass.

Nick

nope... i'm not poop... i never claim NA AUTO goodness...

HAI POOP!!

it's going from manual to manual...



oh, and it's getting a ViPEC ECU wired in to run the show...

[DukeNik'em]

nope... i'm not poop... i never claim NA AUTO goodness...

HAI POOP!!

it's going from manual to manual...



oh, and it's getting a ViPEC ECU wired in to run the show...

Haha, good to hear mate, although I'm getting the new 5-speed Auto box in the STi,(when I finally order it, few postings away unfortunately), with the flappy paddle change at the finger tips, so Auto isn't all bad.

And if you're trying to raise funds to get it payed off quickly.....just deal drugs. Simple as that, fcuk overtime.

Nick

[B4TT]

Mate that looks farking awesome wish it was going into my car Not sure about the GT-B box but the box in the B4's are strengthened over those in the N/A Models. Keenly awaiting the results of this

[N/A_EJ22]

Good shizzle Tristan. I was wondering what was going on with this. So whats gonna be done? EZ30R Gen 3 RX Box Full exhaust Intake ECU Teins (which u already have in dont u?) Tune What else? Either way, cars gonna be a sleeper. Leave the front bar AIDS there for extra sleeperness .

[Blaeven]

Haha, good to hear mate, although I'm getting the new 5-speed Auto box in the STi,(when I finally order it, few postings away unfortunately), with the flappy paddle change at the finger tips, so Auto isn't all bad.

And if you're trying to raise funds to get it payed off quickly.....just deal drugs. Simple as that, fcuk overtime.

Nick

or i could do a dylan and ***** myself out...

HAI DYL!

[Blaeven]

Good shizzle Tristan. I was wondering what was going on with this.

So whats gonna be done?

EZ30R
Gen 3 RX Box
Full exhaust
Intake
ECU
Teins (which u already have in dont u?)
Tune

What else? Either way, cars gonna be a sleeper. Leave the front bar AIDS there for extra sleeperness .

EZ30R - check, all 180 (stock) kw
Gen 3 RX Box - check
Full exhaust - not sure yet, but the one that's on it may be sold while it's in Noosa, so probably... going 2.5 mandrel bent... and extractors
Intake - It already has a CAI, which will be mated up to the new engine
ECU - check... all $2500 of it *cries*
Teins - already got them but they're a bit noisy, i'm going to take them back to the place who sold them to me and get them swapped over (they're under warranty)
Tune - check, just not sure of the price yet... and hopefully the ECU should come with a base tune so i can just drive down to brisbane and get it tuned, rather than having to get it towed... *fail*
i'm aiming for over 200kw and hoping for 350NM with the tune...

[XXB4XX]

GGGAAAWWWDDD DAAAMMNNN that's one fugly looking motor! but good stuff dude, good to see your not all talk

[N/A_EJ22]

EZ30R - check, all 180 (stock) kw
Gen 3 RX Box - check
Full exhaust - not sure yet, but the one that's on it may be sold while it's in Noosa, so probably... going 2.5 mandrel bent... and extractors
Intake - It already has a CAI, which will be mated up to the new engine
ECU - check... all $2500 of it *cries*
Teins - already got them but they're a bit noisy, i'm going to take them back to the place who sold them to me and get them swapped over (they're under warranty)
Tune - check, just not sure of the price yet... and hopefully the ECU should come with a base tune so i can just drive down to brisbane and get it tuned, rather than having to get it towed... *fail*
i'm aiming for over 200kw and hoping for 350NM with the tune...

Are the Teins 2nd hand jobbies? 200 wasps and 350nm would certainly be nice. What about brakes? You buying Alex's 294 twin pots?

[Blaeven]

Are the Teins 2nd hand jobbies? 200 wasps and 350nm would certainly be nice. What about brakes? You buying Alex's 294 twin pots?

yes they are 2nd hand, from cardiff automotive... $750... with a 3 month warranty... so i'm gonna claim on the warranty cos they're noisy as all hell...

the front brakes are 277 2 pots (bigger than the 266 single pots [i think] that were on there) and will be replaced with 294s as soon as monies will allow... for the time being i'm just going to have to be mindful of the fact that i'm running smaller brakes and won't be able to stop as well... though the pads that are on them give them a lot of bite considering how small they are...

after the conversion in order of soonest to last priority:

New CV joints (front left has cracked boots, these will probably even be fixed when the motor goes in)
Not-bent front left control arm (from when i first got the car and curbed it, it's throwing camber out by 3 degrees)
Brakes (294 front and 290 rear if i can get them...)
Bushings refresh
Swaybars (24 [adjustable?] rear and 22 front)
Rear strut brace
Maybe an RX kit, but i think the GX kit has grown on me
A respray (perhaps not the whole car, but at least the parts that need it)

and then after a while:
Super/turbocharge to about 6-8 PSI as i don't wanna root the engine (which is running 10.7:1 comp ratio)
Bigger exhaust to cope with powah
Stainless Intake (to replace the plastic jobbie)
FMIC (sprayed black to help sleeper look)
Re-tune for MAX POWAH!!