My Arby swapped Kouki so far

[robbie2883]

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few new pics
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long story short the original owner dropped the motor in. i just upgraded. some of these pics are from the original owner. when i got it she needed a little love, but she's running and driving great now. still gonna mess with some of the wiring and clean up a few things but for the most part she's complete and ready to go. i've got some things up my sleeves too, she won't be so slow for long!

some pics are from my phone so pardon the quality

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annnnd....a little of my buddies magic fab work right off the bat!!!

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some more whore pics

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thought i'd also share the mess i've been dealing with and where she's at now. so far i've spent over 70 hours rewiring this car. first things first...here's some of the before shots.......


this is the kind of wiring i've been dealing with. notice the HUGE main UNFUSED power wires bolted together with nothing more then a loose rag keeping them from shorting to ground.

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and the power wire going through the firewall with a grommet that's way too small rubbing against bare metal hole, and the smaller one running between the main grommet and metal? oh..and that one is for the amp. so he ran a power wire from the back of the car to the front to hook up to the main wire going to the battery which is in the truck. instead of jsut running the amp wire across the trunk to the battery.


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it only made 180 whp on the dyno when i first got it......

here is a simple after pic since doing alot of rewiring. alot more has been rewired correctly since this picture too

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now we get to the fun...where i've made a mess of things. had to do an oil change and the filter is in such a pita place that i decided to do an oil relocation kit and cooler at the same time so i only have to get under there once. needed to pull the manifold for a radiator breather anyway.


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while i had it apart i decided to take a look at the timing belt b/c i had a sneaking suspision something wasn't right....well guess what...i was right...several things were wrong....first off the belt was WAAAAAAAY too tight. so tight the idler pulley took the top layer of the belt off and caked it on the pulley. next there were some metal shavings on the tensioner pulley. i took it off and noticed the conical washer was on backwards. my guess is that let the tensioner pulley wobble which is bad for the internal bearing. last but not least the crank timing gear was on BACKWARDS!!!! this means there was no timing mark to line the belt up to when installing. WTF!!!!! oh...and the tensioner pulley has groves in it i can feel with my fingernail...all from the belt being too tight. again...WTF!!!!

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did a little wiring and got everything ready on the cluster end. jsut need to solder a few wires into the car and pin the male end of the plug then the cluster goes in!

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did a little body work to fit the wheels.

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dropped the rear subframe to do some upgrades.


Q45 diff, z32 turbo axles and hubs (rear end gear changed from 4.09 to 3.56)
z32 aluminum uprights
z32 calipers and larger rotors
adjustable toe and traction arms.
SS brake lines
amsoil diff fluid, transmission fluid and oil.
DEF spherical bushings
and last but not least new ball joints.

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[robbie2883]

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major mods on the car are

wisco pistons
eagle rods
jun crank collar

n1 oil pump
oem water pump
greddy ic and intake manifold
Spearco meth injection
setrab oil cooler
Apexi PFC

Greddy 60mm boost + EGT
Innovative lm1 + lma3
gr+ pro coilovers
es subframe bushings
DIF billet differential bushings
z32 30mm front brakes

greddy radiator breather w/ WR overflow
upgraded fuel lines and billet top feed rail with supra 550's
greddy catch can
power enterprise timing belt
apexi avc-r
gt35r

tial 44mm
DEF spherical bushings
z32 aluminum uprights
q45 r230/r200 hybrid lsd diff and gearing
complete adjustable control arms

[ILoveMyRHS13]

That's exactly why I would never buy a car that's had any work done to it...

You've done a good job cleaning it up, so far, though!

[Nicelyphe]

Looks great. Love the Nissan logo idea with the carbon fiber fenders.

[robbie2883]

Looks great. Love the Nissan logo idea with the carbon fiber fenders.


thanks....i just wanted to keep it subtle and stock looking but be able to show the fenders off. since we shaved the vents most people don't even notice they are aftermarket fenders unless i point that out.

[Touge_Monster]

I came for the Arbys and stayed for the build. Good job dude it looks awesome

[Om1kron]

interesting

[robbie2883]

interesting


no mental flaming! LOL i'm not easily offended and actually enjoy outside opinions! ;)

[slim]

nice car! like the piping and intake manni!

[Fred Allen Burge]

Great work!

I love the wrinkle red on the calipers, how do you get that finish?

Have you re-dyno'd it? Would be interesting to see the difference in power.

Keep up the awesomeness!

[xX240-SXx]

I really like the cluster with defi gauges. car looks clean

[Hoffman5982]

Ahhh, I remember this car. I saw it at Spring Fling a few years back. Old man sitting next to the car said his daughter owned it, and then I asked her a few very simple questions and she didn't know what the fuck she was talking about. A few weeks later I found a youtube video of the owner picking it up from the shop. His name was Austin I believe, and it was done at Fighters Garage here in Pensacola. Looks good, although I liked it better with the other wheels and the stance it was at

[mattack69]

das gut :2f2f:

[do it sideways]

clean! but the car would look 10x better with a oem front lip, the stock bumpers on the koukis are way too short.

[dazed]

^ This.

Front bumper is taking away from it all imo.

Your fenders are cool.

[omgRWDgoodness!]

A few weeks later I found a youtube video of the owner picking it up from the shop. His name was Austin I believe, and it was done at Fighters Garage here in Pensacola. Looks good, although I liked it better with the other wheels and the stance it was at

Hah yup, I knew I recognized this car from somewhere the moment I saw the pictures.

XHbtOvKavPs

[Hoffman5982]

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Amirite?

[speedfiend]

Damn Robbie car is looking great man!!!! This is Cameron by the way. Not on aim much anymore so if you need anything just pm me here, im always on.
Take it easy.
Cameron

[robbie2883]

thanks camron!

Ahhh, I remember this car. I saw it at Spring Fling a few years back. Old man sitting next to the car said his daughter owned it, and then I asked her a few very simple questions and she didn't know what the fuck she was talking about. A few weeks later I found a youtube video of the owner picking it up from the shop. His name was Austin I believe, and it was done at Fighters Garage here in Pensacola. Looks good, although I liked it better with the other wheels and the stance it was at


you are right and wrong. that was my grandfather and my wife. she does own the car too, but doesn't know a ton about it. she's learned more though. the video was from about a year before spring fling. not long before i got the car. it'll be back next spring fling though. austin is the kid i got it from. a couple of those pics are from when the motor was going together and in before i owned it. (i showed him how to build the motor so i know it was done right) then i got it from him shortly after fighters revved the piss out of a brand new motor for no good reason! lol

so you liked the silver wheels better? i liked em, it's just not what i wanted...and they were peeling like crazy so i went for something else.



clean! but the car would look 10x better with a oem front lip, the stock bumpers on the koukis are way too short.


i agree....jsut haven't decided if i want to do lip or shine auto bumper. there's alot i don't like about the oem lip, but i agree it would make the car overall look better.

[robbie2883]

Great work!

I love the wrinkle red on the calipers, how do you get that finish?

Have you re-dyno'd it? Would be interesting to see the difference in power.

Keep up the awesomeness!


thanks man. the calipers were actually powdercoated. i broke them down and sent them to a guy in atlanta who does awesome work.

i'll be dyno'ing it again here soon with the 35r. just need to get the avcr installed and then find some time to run it up there.