Time for upgrades! There isn't much to upgrade, but I cannot leave things well enough alone. Again, the whole reasoning behind this car is to be a simple, effective upgrade of oem (if upgrade exists) while maintaining the original feel of a 90's era Nissan chassis. This means no crazy AN, Hydroflow, or the like fittings on everything (strategic places only). It also means keeping braided lines to a minimum and/or discreet. The car developed an oil leak in the turbo return hose so I figured now is the time.
BEFORE (for reference)
PARTS!
Removed power steering reservoir, lines, steel (yes steel) intercooler piping, intake, fuel line, fuel filter, sway bar, etc.... and ALL WORM GEAR CLAMPS!! I am going back with constant tension gear clamps or OEM Nissan hose clamps for coolant, oil and fuel.
Power Steering fittings and hose addressed. AN fittings here because I hate leaks. Might as well adjust the pressure for a better feel.
Machined rack fittings
Not be overlooked, heat shield on the lines since they route close to the turbo.
The interior is one of the nicest I have found in many years. Everything works, new carpet, new headliner, C's short shifter w/new boot, LED backlit cluster, Cusco 6 pt cage, Innovative gauges and Broadway mirror. BUT I don't care for the Bride and Status mixed match seats. So....
PBM HMIC coated black for stealth mode. I even heli-coil the mounts to use OEM Nissan bolts for extra measure.
Now to address the turbo situation. Two major things that bothered me was the turbo outlet to hotpipe and the open Tial WG dumped between trans and dp. I caused unwanted cabin noise and frankly I want to hear the turbo.
Solution? Recirc that bastard! Do not forget to add heat shield to new return hose.
I had a custom wrinkle grey and pearl mix powder coat. This will go on the Intake Mani and Valve Cover (think Nismo N1 RB26 inspired). Added a light wrinkle coat to aluminum piping with a Synapse Engineering recirc valve.
Stay Tuned.....