New Rims!!

Dropped into C-Red last week and saw these lying around :)

RAYS SEBRING ITC-X

They've been my favourite wheels for ages - since seeing them on 200SXY next to my car at CABIN, on loan from Jash... and now here they were - finally off 200SXY and ready to snap up :)

A quick test fit to compare... and you can see that while the GT-7s were nice... side by side with the 19" Rays Sebring ITC-X there is just no comparison - these things are mad!

ITC-X UP FRONT vs GT-7 ON REAR

So I sold my GT-7s, and tee'd up Sat morning before the C-Red carpark sale to "quickly" swap them over (dam locknuts were too long so all had to be custom cut by Josh and Mark - thanks!!)

So VERY now sports big-ass 18 x 8.5 fronts and 18 x 10s up back!!... wrapped in Goodyear Eagle LS2000 235s front and 265s stretched on the rear and tucking under the guards perfectly :)

Makes the car look a whole lot fatter :P Absolutely love em!

Merry Christmas everyone! Drive safely :)

Roof on - Roof off

Dropped in to show the lads down at Autowholesale what had become of the mild Varietta they sold me six months ago :) They were kind enough to give her a wash and take some pics... and having a look at them - I realised didnt have any pics up so far of what it looks like with the roof on... I dont mind it with the roof on - but topless is definitely the best!

Some more new pics:

Woot! Picked her up today! 200hp on stock boost :)

OMFG... so bizarre the difference between 70hp a week ago and 200hp driving her home! :)

Here's the comparison dyno chart - old NA lower curve hp and torque, compared to the new curves! :P



So yeah - all good news - new clutch is yummy, engine soooo good, disco potato - holy cow even on stock boost, exhaust a real nice note... its all just spinning me out - cant believe its the same car!

Really happy with 201.3 on stock boost... 3 times more power than before lol... and torque up from 80 to 190 :) Will run it on stock boost for a bit to see how she does, before fitting up the new Greddy E-01 EBC I bought and dialling in a bit more boost that the disco potato is begging for :)

How shiny is everything!!? Big thanks to Josh and Mark and Jash for everything - I'm over the moon with how its turned out! The drive home was a blast - couldnt wipe the smile off my face the whole way :)

Couple of pics:

Shiny exhaust draws a crowd :P

Popped in on C-Red saturdee mornin to show the kids the car... and as you can see from the pic below - as soon as it was up on the hoist and the shiny new stainless exhaust was on display, cars started rolling in from everywhere for a look!! :P



Almost done now - engine dropped in, FMIC and exhaust on, just loom and few bits and pieces left early next week :)

All show and no go!?

Haha yeah the VERY's been waiting patiently for her conversion for a while now - but I got good news a couple of weeks back that C-Red had my SR20DET in the workshop!!

We all knew she was all show and no go - but we weren't quite prepared for just how "NO GO" she was!...

The guys did a pre-conversion dyno run yesterday... So take a guess - how many rwhp for an s15 SR20DE is your money on... have a guess before you click on the thumbnail of the dyno screen >>>

BAHAHA - how lame :P

Once the parts started coming off - looked like some big problems were happenning with the stock exhaust... cat crapped itself and muffler well... not muffling!

But anyway - thats all in the past - ITS HAPPENING!! The old engine is out, and my new engine is getting prepped and built :)

Good compression figures were nice to see on the new SR20DET, and the new Garrett Disco potato is bolted up, all the shiny manifold and Greddy plenum and other bits are on, the RG clutch / pressure plate bolted up, Nismo mounts fitted, and the full stainless exhaust, hi-flow cat, intercooler and K & N pod waiting on the sidelines :)

Big thanks to Josh, Mark, Roy and Jash... cant wait to see the post-conversion dyno comparison to the poor old SR20DE chart! :P

A few workshop pics - old engine out and new engine getting ready...