Bogan Chariot

June 24, 201115 yr

this is my 'good' car. its been a bit neglected since i got my corolla to fix up.

infact, i should be pulling my gearbox out right now, but i got called in for work tomorrow so its a no go.

88 vl calais, rb25 conversion.

i bought it with the motor already installed, unfortunately the wiring was rooted and a relay was hooked to constant 12v. luckily it was winter and we found it before it burnt to the floor.

fixed a few vacuum leaks, the gearbox was f@$ked & it had an open wheeler that i blew shortly after and replaced with a 3.9 lsd. had a few snapped exhaust manifold studs so i pulled replaced them, faced the manifold and put new nissan gaskets in.

put on a hiflow but wasnt very happy with it. so on went a hks 2835 (same as a gt3071)

now it makes 315rwhp @ 18psi. best 1/4 is a 13.1 @ 110mph on very 205 average chinese tyres. 60' was a 2.2 so that, with the mph, indicates its a mid 12 second car with a good driver.

i daily drove this for a good year and a half. it ran 18psi all day every day for about 7 months and is still going strong. i've started an apprenticeship now hence the need for a new daily (my ke38). recently did a comp test and all cylinders came up excellent. stoked.

pretty simple mod list;

rb25 s1

ems stinger

xtreme motorsport clutch

hybrid cooler

nismo 740cc's

walbrahhhh

3.9 lsd

the beauty of this turbo, is that it has near factory response so you have such a huge power band. its a bit of a pig to drive, the tune is fairly average but its a menace at roll-ons, i love it. i think it still has another ~35rwhp in it with coil packs, revised intake & a retune.

unfortunately, the diff in it is out of a vn (wider) so i can only roll on chasers. i have some gto's for it, just need to get a new diff built. time and money i guess.

anywho enough talk here's some pics;