on going story of my r5gtt (yesmobile)

[BluntyR5GTT]

alright everyone as some of you might already know my car is now off the road for winter it was due for mot this month but i decided take it off the road and save up for a few things first.

right then so to the upcoming plans

get new rear brakes fitted
new horn/compressor fitted
new top rad hose
fit rear strut brace
after the above take car for m.o.t and see whats what hopefully it will pass

We then move onto progressing the car onto the next stages first of all with a new paint job keeping the tungsten grey and adding a louvered bonnet that i have here.

Engine wise im looking at getting the t25/t2 hybrid with .63 housing i have here rebuilt with a 360 deg bearing and getting that fitted and running at around 18-20psi. Iv also been in touch with scoff regarding an aem wideband kit so santa will be bringing me that to get the carb set up and fuelling bang on. I also am getting the inlet and exhaust manifold ported and possibly getting ian nixon to give the cylinder head a rework as currently its a very bog standard port job. cam wise am unsure what to do as i have the early bb tuning racing cam which i believe is a tad milder than a piper 270 and i understand a 285 works best with a full t25 or t28 so if anyone can point me in the right direction id appreciate that

moving onto the cooling side im hoping to replace the gtt double cap i/c i have with a forge fmic that sits behind the standard bumper (no bumper cutting for me) and thinking of taking advantage of the space gained from losing the gtt cooler by fitting a bmc cda induction kit and directing the cold air from an open mouth front grill possibly (unless i can drop on a set of morettes and feed the cold air through there)

might also look at shedding a few kg off the car but removing the rear seats is a no go so iv looked at possibilty of polycarb windows which according to plastics4performance lose 9-10kg and im also considering a set of team dynamics pro race 1.2 if anyone has any other ideas of ways to strip a bit more weight please let me know.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

I personally wouldn't go for a Forge front mount mate, there not too great. Prob best off getting a universal one and making the pipe run yourself and run it the way you want to, will work out abit cheaper too.
Also with the air filter, nothing wrong with a normal cone filter positioned nicely so its away from hot areas and gets a good feed of air, but if you prefer the carbon box one thats cool.

Weight saving, depends how serve you want to go inside, you could strip everything out which will lighten it up a far bit but won't have much in there plus road noise goes up a few db!

[BluntyR5GTT]

cheers mark i do remember us chatting regarding an fmic a bit ago i defo want one thats not going require butchering the front end, would be good if you could maybe have a look into that for me again and see what costs come back . im a bit surprised that forge ones aint meant be that good as they have a rather good name in most areas.

i do think ill go with the bmc as i know i will be able keep alot more hot air out with that kit and hopefully make more power i might even get a back to back test done with the gtt ram raid and the bmc and see what happens.

weight wise i want keep it as an everyday hence keeping the back seats the option of polycarb windows and lighter wheels could save me 10-15 kg maybe more i want keep the car with full interior, would removing the sound deadening then refitting carpet etc remove anything worthwhile ?

[rs250nut]

Grams make kilos, you wont lose 7-10kg just changing the glass for lexan, you may do if you remove the window winders and chop the inner skin out.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

I think the ram riad air filter you have now will work better if its positioned in a different place, the fact it pulls air in across the whole filter rather than sucking it through a smaller hole in a case wold work better for me straight away.

To be honest just loosing sound deadening woulddn't do too much, i'd loose the bigger things first if you was going to do it (rear seats, trims etc) but if you want to keep it very functional then i'd prob leave as is mate, they still go well enough with it all in.

Yeah i'll hae look for intercooler for you if you want and pipework.

[BluntyR5GTT]

i was a bit skeptical about that myself was just going off what that company said, like i say i want keep it as road friendly as poss but with losing a few uneeded kgs

[Brigsy]

I wouldnt bother with porting the head myself, at your power level it wont make much difference imo

Go for the universal fmic too, the forge kit is pony

[BluntyR5GTT]

yes iv got keep the rears in there mark due to me having family commitments .

right with regards to the air filter if i can keep the ram raid id be happy i do have a standard cold air feed here off the original air box what i could maybe fit and direct a tad more cold air to that as i know they are much better relocated away from that mega hot turbo etc

defo look into the i/c and pipework mate its got be done for the level i want to get to also does the gtt gain any bhp/torque from fitting a fmic ?

[rs250nut]

My old fmic was a universal one like markey said fitted behind a standard bumper and worked a treat, I think the dimentions were 550x300x70 the m owns it now. To be honest I dont think you need a bigger intercooler on a gtt with a small turbo, the weight and drag of a massive intercooler are not worth it.

[BluntyR5GTT]

thanks for that mate
i do fail to mention that ill be looking into changing the t25 front to a t28 and mating that to the .63 t2 housing (this obviously when im bored of the t25/t2) lol. i dont want a big lag monster but want something that is good enough to upset alot of things and also has the fuelling/cooling to an maximum

[rs250nut]

The gt tuning "ram raid" kit is a pile of ****. All it is is a standard filter with a pretty trumpet in it with a piece of foam slaped on the end. At minimum I would cut the telephone hose in half and then point the filter towards the grill,or place it behind the headlight and sheild it with a bit of carbon,aluminum,stainless etc

[BluntyR5GTT]

just been having a look at universal intercoolers and fount this site

http://www.universalintercooler.org/buyonline.htm

from looking at them would a medium one be the best or would a large fir without having cut the bumper ?

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Medium should fit ok, might require slight trim of bumper but won't take away the original look of the bumper.

The larger one will start to require bit more trimming but they will all still look like an original bumper.

[BluntyR5GTT]

right i shall go for a medium one then a bloody steel at £85 i say. what i could do with help with is getting the right pipework for it

[BluntyR5GTT]

just fount these on the net universal i/c pipe kits

http://www.txautosport.co.uk/univers...-kits-10-c.asp

should imagine one of them would be ok ?

[SCHWARTZ]

thats what i bought matey good bit of kit pipes are a good thickness

[SCHWARTZ]

got mine of ebay tho.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

just fount these on the net universal i/c pipe kits

http://www.txautosport.co.uk/univers...-kits-10-c.asp

should imagine one of them would be ok ?

It'll be a case of cutting them to length, routing them around the engine bay and joining them up. There are a few routes you can do it just depends which way you want to route it.

Only thing i will say is if you go for this kit check the joiners, some universal kits have really bad joiners and don't do the job.

[BluntyR5GTT]

cheers for the heads up much appreciated, ill get ian nixon sort it me, hey mark did you have any joy in finding an ep cam?

[BluntyR5GTT]

well guys got a bit of an update iv managed to buy a full t25 turbo from a 200sx so that will now be the turbo going onto my car

[Markey Mark (BD)]

well guys got a bit of an update iv managed to buy a full t25 turbo from a 200sx so that will now be the turbo going onto my car

You want to be changing the rear housing on that turbo mate.

[BluntyR5GTT]

whats the rear housing size ? also even if i kept the 200sx housing would it make it as laggy as a t28? id imagine it would still pull hard up with the 200 housing ?

[rs250nut]

I think that turbo has a .64ar turbine housing on it, I could imagine it would be quite laggy. All depends on what cam and how hard you want to rev it. T28 turbos are a mix of t25 and t3, usally with a t25 turbine wheel and housing and a t3 comp cover and 60mm wheel. You have the same turbine housing and turbine wheel as a t28.

[BluntyR5GTT]

yes it has the .64 housing its off the s13 200sx going get a .49 housing on there and a 360 deg bearing fitted

got a bit of an update iv purchased an open mouth front grille 2nd hand but its like new am sure these must be a tad better at getting cool air into the engine bay.

im also considering taking my car up for an mot today yes i know it will fail on back brakes but i have them in the boot and a few other bits.

[BluntyR5GTT]

so the plans for the new year are as follows

fit new rear brakes
fit new top rad hose and turbo to water pump hose
fit new horn compressor
fit rear strut brace

take car for m.o.t hopefully it passes if not sort any little things that need doing.

take car to turning heads to get the bodywork sorted and louvered bonnet and open mouth front grille fitted and sprayed

fit new front mount intercooler
fit t25 turbo
wire in new wideband gauge kit and set fuelling for 20psi
port match inlet/exhaust manifolds

then off to psi tuning for a rr day that am organising if anyone interested please see events thread

[BluntyR5GTT]

BIG UPDATE

the yesmobile is back on the roads, passed its mot last friday, i had the new rear disks and pads fitted along with adjusting the handbrake, only thing it needed was a tiny tiny bit of welding on the front o/s, it flew through the mot so am well chuffed

so onto my other news

am now the owner of a cat cams 285 cam won it for £77 only 2 months old i also won a set of high lift springs for £39 all i need now is the vernier, iv given in to the power bug yet again lol now ill have the best cam in there to make the power if i desire to go number chasing lol

[BluntyR5GTT]

more goodies arriving for the yesmobile

front mount intercooler
4 plasma gauges (oil temp and pressure, boost and afr)
samco heater matrix hoses

[BluntyR5GTT]

heres the intercooler that my lovely gf is getting me for xmas

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_1689wt_701

[modfather]

heres the intercooler that my lovely gf is getting me for xmas

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_1689wt_701

thats a nice intercooler that mate

[Adam 005]

i'm off to wax oil the gt top to tail in the cold.
This is a service i off to others as well pm me for details.

[BluntyR5GTT]

yeah it seems a rather good set up and pretty ideal size for a gtt, i have done a tad of research on them and had nothing but good feedback

[BluntyR5GTT]

i'm off to wax oil the gt top to tail in the cold.
This is a service i off to others as well pm me for details.

haha good luck mate i used do my own when i lived at the old place as we had a pit in the garage there used get covered lol, i paid £45 get mine done at norton chase garage if anyone is interested around by me

[BluntyR5GTT]

just this second purchased a piper vernier pulley off here now there is nothing stopping the cam being fitted in jan/feb along with the fmic and t25/t2

[BluntyR5GTT]

taken delivery of the fmic just had a quick look make sure all was there and correct then passed onto the boss to wrap up for xmas lol

took a quick pic at the wkend

[BluntyR5GTT]

sneaked a quick pic of the fmic

[Woznaldo]

You could have chucked a rough equal amount of weight in the box then wrapped it all up and cracked on with the install. One grateful looking mug on Christams Day and everyones a winner!

[BluntyR5GTT]

haha woz i like your thinking, i honestly didnt have chance as she was at my house when i got in, never fear tho the gauges and fmic will be fitted in the new year, going invest in a wideband kit off scoff as well this month as wanna check all is well

[BluntyR5GTT]

just got my ag hd paint cleanser and ag samco hose wipes through the post, so this weekend as long as its dry ill be valeting the gtt before covering it up for a month

[BluntyR5GTT]

couple of new bits from santa

[BluntyR5GTT]

First of all happy new year to u all.

Onto the car i am hoping to have the fmic fitted, plasma gauges and wideband kit fitted, also the samco heater matrix and rad hoses on there this month. Am sending my t25/t2.63 off to be rebuilt with a 360bearing pulsar t28 front and cosworth housing should make for a good fast road turbo.
As A result ill have a few bits off my car for sale eg t2 turbo and gtt double cap ic

[BluntyR5GTT]

taking the gtt out for a blast today also going up see about getting the fmic fitted and also looking into getting a full 2.5" system made by longlife exhausts

[5teve L]

taking the gtt out for a blast today also going up see about getting the fmic fitted and also looking into getting a full 2.5" system made by longlife exhausts

[BluntyR5GTT]

quick pic after the cars first clean of 2011

[LYNCHSTAR]

sneaked a quick pic of the fmic

im gonna get one of those kits when i get a new bumper so i can get rid of that big snow plough on the front of my car.

[BluntyR5GTT]

defo get one mate the quality of that and the supplied pipework is really good

[LYNCHSTAR]

defo get one mate the quality of that and the supplied pipework is really good

looks a bloody good deal. Was you organising a rolling road day.

[BluntyR5GTT]

yes mate here you go

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=19893

[BluntyR5GTT]

car booked in next friday to get the fmic, plasma gauges and aem wideband kit fitted. ill go up and stick the new rad hoses and heater matrix hose on.
next month the new turbo and 20psi carb will be fitted and all being well the 285 cam. also my bloody clutch seems like its on its way out so iv sorted a deal with steveL(top bloke) for his old valeo uprated clutch am hoping to get a l/b flywheel on there at the same time

[MADFIVE]

car booked in next friday to get the fmic, plasma gauges and aem wideband kit fitted. ill go up and stick the new rad hoses and heater matrix hose on.
next month the new turbo and 20psi carb will be fitted and all being well the 285 cam. also my bloody clutch seems like its on its way out so iv sorted a deal with steveL(top bloke) for his old valeo uprated clutch am hoping to get a l/b flywheel on there at the same time

Did you go and see justin mate is he doing your work on your car? if you did go hows my 5 looking as ive not seen it for about 3 and a half weeks.

[BluntyR5GTT]

no i aint been to justin got someone else doing the work next friday, but ill be going to him to get the turbo,carb and cam sorted