Project Spirit

[Guest Casey-G]

Long overdue (can't believe i forgot to put it up here) is my current build, after my disappointing attempt to go fast in a fwd 4agte propelled vehicle that saw me track it for the first time and within a week have it stripped down to a bare shell with the motor in the spirit.

 

Nayways, onto the more interesting stuff,

 

 

Car is a 1984 genuine ae71 spirit lil rough around the edges, just as i like it.

Came with the original 4ac of doom with probably close to 400,000kms or more, hard to say due to the rear diff ratio being changed to 4.3:1

Drove it on and off while i was sorting out the fwd death trap, eventually it just stopped getting driven as i sorted all the problems with the at the time project.

As said before it did not take long to undo a years worth of work after one track day at winton revealed the limitations of fwd in general, this made my mind up pretty quick.

 

 

As it sits;

 

Engine:

 

AE101 4agze bottom end (7rib block w/oil squirters)

ARP main studs

King mains

Factory rods

ARP rod bolts

Factory forged/ceramic coated slugs

Hastings chrome rings

Bluetop (bigport) Head and cams.

Endurotec water pump

HKS adjustable cam gears

Gates racing timing belt

Gilmer alternator and water pump belt drive

3 angle seat & valve job

External oil drain port as per small port heads has been added to assist in draining the oil back to the sump.

 

Drivetrain:

 

T50 box

t series diff (welded as i bought it)

Extreme HD pressure plate

ae92 16v smallport flywheel

excedy HD organic plate

 

other misc shit i either have already on the car or is awaiting fitment/fabrication:

 

Masterpower T58 turbo

Bosh 044 pressure pump and a 140lph lifter

RCI alloy fuel cell

Haltech platinum sport1000

Bosch 4bar map sensor

numerous autometer gauges

turbosmart duel stage boost controller

Haltech/bosch wideband O2 kit

Modified 4agze cam angle sensor

4x LS1 direct fire coils wired to fire sequential.

Custom 10.5mm leads (not that that matters), low resistance.

Good ol bosch Vpower copper core plugs (cold f@$kers)!

Custom turbo manifold (yet to be made) by yours truely, SCH40 38mm nb stainless steel steam pipe bends, laser cut flanges, fully back purged and TIG welded

UNI filter to suit a BA falcoon,modified Aluminum bellmouth to suit @4" dia inlet.

Standard TVIC inlet manifold with deleted TVIS butterfly's, cut n shut to suit RWD

2 3" core FMIC's end tanks removed, cores stuck together end tanks modded and re-welded to the new franken'cooler

 

lot more to get and list but you get the idea

 

oh ps: I have since found no one likes the headlights i bought it with (well the ae86dc boys apparently don't like it :S )

 

Few pics:

 

way back when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old boy helpin drag the bitch back in the shed:

 

 

 

CUT'N'SHUTTUP:

 

 

Coil pack bracket:

 

 

 

 

stay tuned! In the midst of picking up my r32 gtr so i can eventually tow this whore to the track ;)

Edited May 2, 2011 by Casey-G

[Mason.]

sweet car mate, i spy p plates? how will that engine conversion go down with the local police? :)

 

edit : just read it was a track car ;)

Edited May 2, 2011 by Mason.

[Guest Casey-G]

Yeah its still rego'd :/ as was the seca.. and it was my daily haha

 

meh

 

 

Thanks for the comment bud ;)

[jimi91]

Did u use a after market computer to run the coil over system ???? I'm looking ast running the same system but is haveing a few probs

 

 

see ya

 

jimi

[Guest Casey-G]

Do you mean the coil packs?

[jimi91]

yeah sorry my bad :lolcry:

 

see ya

 

jimi

[Guest Casey-G]

Ha!

 

 

Yeah, well I'm running a haltech platinum computer and it can control them directly, i never looked into any other methods as these will be fine for any power i go for and they are easy to find.

 

I guess with an ignition control module it could be made to work, messy but.

[jimi91]

hmmmmm ok i was looking at a megasquiet which contols timing and everything else and its cheap :dance: maybe i should just try it and see if it works lol :lolcry:

 

Thanks anyway mate and the cars look awesome keep up the good work :D

 

see ya

 

jimi

[carbonboy]

hmmmmm ok i was looking at a megasquiet which contols timing and everything else and its cheap :dance: maybe i should just try it and see if it works lol :lolcry:

jimi

 

I too have looked at the megasquirt...:blinks: As long as it comes with instructions I should be able to put it together...in a couple of weeks!! :wink: :lolcry: If you do try it let me know? Interesting :hmm:

Edited May 3, 2011 by carbonboy

[Guest Casey-G]

I know its all cool n stuff for the DIY'r in electronics, but on top of the modification of the cars i work on along with the tuning, buying a good reliable proven engine management system that only requires you to terminate a few sensors really made it alot easier for me, i too looked into MS but i am still to this day glad i went with haltech.

[jimi91]

yeah will do mate ill let u know, well my dad has all the stuff at his work to build this stuff :dance: so he said he could build it for me which will make it cheaper :happy:

 

yeah i know the haltech is better its very expensive thats my opioun on it sorry :hmm: and i would like to try something different from everyone else

 

 

see ya

 

jimi

[Guest Casey-G]

I'm not really arguing which is better mate, I'm just saying in terms of the build its cheaper to not spend anytime on the computer itself and buy it just ready to go.

 

 

 

 

 

In other news, i have a 90mm throttle body on the way! Shame i installed it on the motor already! :o

[jimi91]

I'm not really arguing which is better mate, I'm just saying in terms of the build its cheaper to not spend anytime on the computer itself and buy it just ready to go.

 

 

 

 

 

In other news, i have a 90mm throttle body on the way! Shame i installed it on the motor already! :o

 

 

yeah thats fair enough mate i understand :cool: so how do u wire it up is it the earth of each coil pack to computer ????

 

 

 

see ya

 

 

jimi

[Guest Casey-G]

So too few updates, been ties up with work and other shiznitzle

 

what happened was i like worked on the car a little bought a few parts n shiz:

 

 

 

90mm throttle bods yew:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have ordered a Haltech PS1000 as well as a 4bar map sensor, the double intercooler had to get canned to make way for a water/meth injection system, so yeah, ball is rolling toward some 30psi shenanagations

[dpb]

haha that cooler looks huge..iv got one around the same size i wonder if i can get it to fit...