**Warning - camera phone pictures ahead**
Friday night in. What better way to spend it than finally starting my build thread? Been meaning to make one for a while now but I've been too lazy.
Knowing what I wanted before I sold my EP3 was an advantage as I was able to start searching as soon as I sold my car and had ze monies. The main reason for me hanging onto the EP3 for so long was the hassle of selling it. Selling the EP3 was just as much of as pain in the ass as I had expected it would be. Had heaps of time wasters and not a single person coming to inspect it. After about a month, Andrew (member here), called me up and asked to inspect it. Two weeks late and....
instagram.com/p/fkChIwQI2K
The day after the car was gone, I drove up to Sydney for WTAC. Possibly the best weekend I had for some time and certainly solidified the decision on the car I was going to get.
As soon as I got back home, I started making enquiries and calls to inspect a few cars. Found a few rubbish examples but nek minnit... Found this amazing example of a Type R Bathurst R. 82,000kms on the clock, logbooks and auction sheet from Japan. The car had only done 700kms since it was deregistered in Japan earlier in the year. The owner who imported it himself was made to sell it by his wife as he wasn't driving it enough. Poor guy. After taking it to a reputable (and pricey) rotary specialist to get everything checked over (my main concern was what results the water seal and compression test would bring up) - the car was in my hands.
It's not quite an RZ or Spirit R but does have the 280hp upgraded turbos, factory Bilstein height adjustable suspension and faux-carbon fibre interior trim. It also costs a lot less than an RZ or Spirit R. The only major downside I've found is that it has smaller brakes than the RS, RZ and Spirit R. The upgraded brakes are 314mm diametre and 32mm thick, whereas my Bathurst ones are 294mm diametre and 22mm thick. More than proficient for spirited street driving but I think I'll be looking to upgrade to the bigger brakes soon for some track work. As far as I can tell it's simply buying the upgraded caliper, dust shield and larger rotor.
Before, I even bought the car, I had purchased this Re Amemiya x Razo faux carbon shift knob to match my faux CF interior. Arrived in the post the day after I picked up the car.
Coming into buying the car, I had been warned against buying a rotary car by every single person I knew due to their notoriety of blowing up at the worst times. I didn't care. I wanted this car. However, I wasn't stupid about it. I had read up so much about the car and how to maximize reliability on it for months prior to purchase.
First things first, the infamous stock air separator tank which is known for cracking and leaking out all your coolant resulting in overheating and death of engine. Purchase a Banzai Racing example:
Next, Defi gauges. Knowing what is happening with your engine is crucial to looking after it. Boost, Oil pressure, Oil temp., Water temp. I was lucky enough to have picked this up for a steal, the previous owner had ordered these from Nengun and never had a chance to install them before he decided to sell his car. Comes with a pod that replaces the centre speaker in the dash. Amazing fitment on this thing.
Another reliability mod: Koyo N Flow radiator. Thicker core = more coolant being in it at the one time = cooler engine = win.
Also got a diff brace/girdle to reduce wheelhop and a manual transmission crossmember to reduce shifter movement.
At this point in time, I really wanted to get some power upgrades but I couldn't stand having the car at a 4x4 spec. So this happened:
As you can tell I'm quite bad at documenting these sort of things. Now that I've started my build thread, I hope to be a bit more diligent in taking photos and documenting what is happening with the car. Got a fair number of parts that are on their way from Japan so the thread will be updated as they come in and installed. Hoping to get over 200kws soon.
BRB off to cook my 3rd mi goreng meal for the day. #brokelife
Friday night in. What better way to spend it than finally starting my build thread? Been meaning to make one for a while now but I've been too lazy.
Knowing what I wanted before I sold my EP3 was an advantage as I was able to start searching as soon as I sold my car and had ze monies. The main reason for me hanging onto the EP3 for so long was the hassle of selling it. Selling the EP3 was just as much of as pain in the ass as I had expected it would be. Had heaps of time wasters and not a single person coming to inspect it. After about a month, Andrew (member here), called me up and asked to inspect it. Two weeks late and....
instagram.com/p/fkChIwQI2K
The day after the car was gone, I drove up to Sydney for WTAC. Possibly the best weekend I had for some time and certainly solidified the decision on the car I was going to get.
As soon as I got back home, I started making enquiries and calls to inspect a few cars. Found a few rubbish examples but nek minnit... Found this amazing example of a Type R Bathurst R. 82,000kms on the clock, logbooks and auction sheet from Japan. The car had only done 700kms since it was deregistered in Japan earlier in the year. The owner who imported it himself was made to sell it by his wife as he wasn't driving it enough. Poor guy. After taking it to a reputable (and pricey) rotary specialist to get everything checked over (my main concern was what results the water seal and compression test would bring up) - the car was in my hands.
It's not quite an RZ or Spirit R but does have the 280hp upgraded turbos, factory Bilstein height adjustable suspension and faux-carbon fibre interior trim. It also costs a lot less than an RZ or Spirit R. The only major downside I've found is that it has smaller brakes than the RS, RZ and Spirit R. The upgraded brakes are 314mm diametre and 32mm thick, whereas my Bathurst ones are 294mm diametre and 22mm thick. More than proficient for spirited street driving but I think I'll be looking to upgrade to the bigger brakes soon for some track work. As far as I can tell it's simply buying the upgraded caliper, dust shield and larger rotor.
Before, I even bought the car, I had purchased this Re Amemiya x Razo faux carbon shift knob to match my faux CF interior. Arrived in the post the day after I picked up the car.
Coming into buying the car, I had been warned against buying a rotary car by every single person I knew due to their notoriety of blowing up at the worst times. I didn't care. I wanted this car. However, I wasn't stupid about it. I had read up so much about the car and how to maximize reliability on it for months prior to purchase.
First things first, the infamous stock air separator tank which is known for cracking and leaking out all your coolant resulting in overheating and death of engine. Purchase a Banzai Racing example:
Next, Defi gauges. Knowing what is happening with your engine is crucial to looking after it. Boost, Oil pressure, Oil temp., Water temp. I was lucky enough to have picked this up for a steal, the previous owner had ordered these from Nengun and never had a chance to install them before he decided to sell his car. Comes with a pod that replaces the centre speaker in the dash. Amazing fitment on this thing.
Another reliability mod: Koyo N Flow radiator. Thicker core = more coolant being in it at the one time = cooler engine = win.
Also got a diff brace/girdle to reduce wheelhop and a manual transmission crossmember to reduce shifter movement.
At this point in time, I really wanted to get some power upgrades but I couldn't stand having the car at a 4x4 spec. So this happened:
As you can tell I'm quite bad at documenting these sort of things. Now that I've started my build thread, I hope to be a bit more diligent in taking photos and documenting what is happening with the car. Got a fair number of parts that are on their way from Japan so the thread will be updated as they come in and installed. Hoping to get over 200kws soon.
BRB off to cook my 3rd mi goreng meal for the day. #brokelife
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