MK3: ADZ to AMK to BWS(R36!)

[HaydEn]

MK3: ADZ to AMK to BWS(R36!)

Had a go at a carbon clean recently. Due to the design of the head, it’s practically impossible to do a decent job without using a media and compressed air.

Huge thank you to Elder/K1llz for the port adapters - would not have been able to do it without him!

Before



And

After




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[beale187]

geez that's a lot of build up. BWS must haven't been used for short daily trips.

I did this job recently the hard way (toothbrush, solvent etc..) still didn't come up anywhere near this good, great result.

Any details on the media and port adapters used?

[HaydEn]

MK3: ADZ to AMK to BWS(R36!)

Used a variety of tools.

Cheap sandblaster unit and compressor from Sydney Tools.

The blower attachment supplied with the sandblasting kit is not suitable, so got a long reach blower off eBay.

Borrowed a wet/dry vacuum.

Driveway life



Used a 18/40 walnut media went through around 2.3kg (one bottle) I was pretty wasteful and didn’t have the best catchment set up.

Port adapters off K1llz



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[HaydEn]

Couple of little things, nothing to major - still waiting for a fabrication date.

Big time legend Shane Haluch has been doing/making cool 3.6 stuff for a while now. Started making lightweight crank pullies (first and only off the shelf option at this time) saves around 3KG in weight.. will be pretty peppy now I imagine



And I finally got the slicks mounted up.




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[HaydEn]

MK3: ADZ to AMK to BWS(R36!)

Got all the fabrication stuff done over the last little while.

Dropped some of it off to be powder coated. The rest in aluminium will just stay as is.



Sneak peek of the front end with the new fuel cell.

The shifter and handbrake plate was welded into the car for ease/strength. This has just been rust proofed for now.

Eventually when the car gets fully stripped this will all be painted properly.



In the meantime. I’ve gone through every nut and bolt to check and mark tight, borrowed the wot box from the R32 so can at least have some sort of launch rpm assist on the slicks and some other general bits and pieces.


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[HaydEn]

Few more bits and pieces done. Wotbox has been a little bit of a hassle; doesn’t want to work with the ECU. So not sure if I’ll be able to work around it not.

Reassembled the front crossmember and bumper mounts, put in the power steering pump and wired up, radiator fan wired up, fixed a split injector o ring i found out about this morning when I started it.



Fabricated front engine mount


Electric power steering pump hiding away


Terminated ends, switched power in the deutsch connector, that goes into the switch panel inside


Passenger side bumper mount and backside of fuel cell


Mismatched radiator hoses, but what was laying around!


All together


Annnnd, made these mirror deletes out of a sheet of carbon. Will be making a centre fascia/switch panel out of the same sheet.



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[sports racer]

Loving that subframe.

[HaydEn]

Been a bit slack of late, travelling a bit, then when I’m home it’s always raining.

Finally got a decent weekend to finalise the switch panel and other miscellaneous jobs. Chucked the slicks on, filled up power steering reservoir and put the car down in the ground. Quick drive around to test the steering under load and all good to report.






Picked up a weekender/fun car as a non runner, I have got that mostly sorted as well (alternator not charging at present) but otherwise running and driving.




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[HaydEn]

Another day, another bunch of jobs ticked off the list.

New battery mount to suit the new lithium battery. Total weight of the new setup 1.5kg vs the previous setup of 10.2kg



Put a fire extinguisher on the tunnel for quick access, hopefully never need to use it.


Switch panel finished up. Budget switch box/touch pad.



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[sports racer]

Is the tiny battery any good in a daily?

[HaydEn]

Is the tiny battery any good in a daily?

It’s 500cca, so 1.5x more CCA than the old battery that I’ve used in a variety of daily’s for the last 5 or so years.

It is a lithium battery, not sure how it would compare to AGM or lead-acid battery in terms of longevity.


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[HaydEn]

MK3: ADZ to AMK to BWS(R36!)

And after putting it off for ages. Finally got back to the track today to make some passes.

First pass ended up being the best.

11.881 @118.95 MPH



3.6 swapped MK3 11.88 @118MPH - YouTube

Go pro suction mount wasn’t cooperating so no in car footage this time around.

Few little things to attend to, radiator drain plug started leaking. Traction still a massive issue.


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[Water Boy]

Yesssssssss!

[HaydEn]

Moving on up the list!





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[sports racer]

Congrats.