Engine is in!

Quite a few bits and pieces have been completed over the past few weeks. I'll let the pictures do the talking:

New 1 Piece tailshaft:

'box mount made and installed:

RB25 Gearbox with strengthened shafts and OS Giken 1-3 installed:



Rocker cover and strut brace mounts painted in new Dr Drift workshop colour. Looks great in person!

New waterpump:

Engine in!

Ancillaries added:

She's a tight fit!

Sard fuel reg:

Front brakes trial fitted, and LMGT4's put back on:

Now to get it ready before the next Phillip Island event... can't wait!

Progress...rear calipers

Ok, we've made a lot more progress on the car since the last update.

First up is the brakes. After buying the 33 GT-R rear Brembo's second hand I thought it was a good idea to have them rebuilt as the seals looked like they had seen better days. Racebrakes in Yarraville took care of that for me, and soon had them looking as good as new.

Before:

After:

Next up was to get them matching the front calipers colour wise, as they were looking pretty tatty and tired.

When I bought them:

Sanded for painting:

First coat:

Paint used:



Finished!

Really happy with how they've come up. They don't match the fronts completely, but it's a race car so I'm not phased. Should do the job quite nicely!

Progress...

Ok, making a little more progress!

The plenum is finally ready to go onto the car after a year in the making... don't even ask! This thing was such a massive headache, but it's done now and I'm happy with the final result, if not the process of getting it.

The unit was custom made by CPC, and is the first of it's kind they've produced, hence the dramas. I'm combining it with an 84mm throttle body, so the reults should be interesting. I'm hoping I can keep nice throttle modulation with it... but we'll see!

Plenum fitted up:

Custom fuel rail and 850cc injectors:

Nice :)

Sam has also completed a few other bits and pieces over the past few weeks.

Water hoses all fitted up, waiting to be dropped back in:

Rocker cover painted in the new Dr Drift shop colour:

This looks great with some light on it, subtle and industrial looking. I really dig it. I had the end plates of the strut brace done in the same colour.

1 peice tailshaft and hoop made up:

Kakimoto 3 inch exhaust cleaned up and ready to go back on:

Next up is finishing the wiring for the cabin, and then the engine bay wiring. Not tooooooo much to go now...