Ian

Americans call any form of handbrake the Ebrake so whats to say it wasnt a mechanical handbrake?

I have found a R32 GTR and put a deposit down and I cant have both I bought this from a SXOC forum member last year, who spent many an hour restoring the car Restored 200SX S14a in Sapphire Green. The car underwent a full restoration around 18 months ago. All rust was cut out and new metal was welded in, the car was resprayed (apart from bonnet & roof) at the time. The car also comes with a big folder of service history, receipts and old MOTs. This car has been set up as a good road car and handles brilliantly. Like most S14s, there are a few modifications, mostly done in the last 6 months. Modifications JR3 17” wheels in perfect condition 8“ & 9” wide, new toyos on the front, good Falkens on the back Every bit of rubber in the suspension has been replaced with hard rubber or polly. Engine & gearbox mounts also hard rubber. BC coilovers. Adjustable rear arms. All aligned perfectly. Apex Front Mount Intercooler. Battery relocated to the boot. Phormula Knock detector. Gizzmo boost controller. Stage 1a chip. Mongoose stainless exhaust. Whiteline adjustable ARBs. Roll centre correcting ball joints. Anti bump-steer longer track rod ends. Quick shift. SRB front splitter, the bumper is modified with extra plastic welded in to fill in the usual gaps left. Custom front number plate holder, front looks factory perfect to anyone not familiar with an S14a, no big holes hacked into anything! LED heater Control Unit All interior bulbs switched out to LED bulbs Koyo 53MM radiator GKTech Oil Catch Can Audi R8 Coil Packs new coil pack wiring harness ignitor bypass chip Blitz LM Air Filter SXOC floor mats Cusco front carbon fibre strut brace DMax rear LED lights Samco Radiator hoses Engine Torque Damper 3" Bullet Japan downpipe Custom made decat pipe Carbon skinned fuse box cover Tomei Gear Knob Bride Shift Boot Pioneer Avic F940BT head unit (Nav, iPod, Bluetooth) Works Bell Short Hub Personal Neo Grinta steering wheel R34 GTR brake, clutch and accelerator pedals with 350Z footrest Bad points There is a small bit of laquer peel on the passenger door Roof has a few small scratches Glove box hinge has broken so when it opens it flops out but when closed you cant tell its broken There is no rust anywhere on the car, I have lots of pictures from the restoration of the car that I can send to interested parties. Its just had fresh oil, filter, coolant and spark plugs. Car will be undergoing an MOT next week so will be available from then Please note: The Defi boost gauge has been removed from the car now so the A-Pillar pod is empty now. £9500

I was bidding on it for that very reason Sorry if I drove the price up for the person buying it

I sold 2 CD001 gear boxes last year and I struggled to sell them for good price. One of them had only done 63K miles. Think they sold for £250 a piece Nobody seemed to want them, they all wanted the 009

Been busy the last few weeks trying to get the S14 ready for when the nice weather comes back (and potential lockdowns ending!) Its had a bit of a winter overhaul & I'm kinda at a cross roads with it at the moment. Over winter, I've done the following to it; Audi R8 Coilpacks THL R8 Coil Pack Harness Ignitor bypass harness Torque Damper GK Tech Oil Catch Can Koyo 53mm Radiator ARC Radiator Cap Samco Radiator Hoses Blitz LM Air Filter 3" Downpipe 3" decat pipe Dmax LED rear lights Rest of my Defi's fitted (Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, Water Temp & Boost) into the Uras pod All tucked up waiting for the nice weather & an MOT Now onto the cross roads, the wife has given the greenlight to get another Skyline but it would obviously mean moving the S14 on. Theres not a huge amount of S14s out there for sale at the moment & have no idea what to price it at given the spec of the car

The fact that the displays go off when cranking suggests it’s battery related

1000hp will need a forged engine. 2J’s are bullet proof but only up to around 800

I really wanted to do this to mine, I'd planned a full restoration of it before I sold it Love your videos BTW, have been subscribed for a while now

Has he ever done a build of this proportion before? Does he have a plan to follow? As someone who has done builds like this, its draining. Its draining financially, drains on relationships and is a drain on you emotionally and mentally. I lost some good friends because of my build & almost lost my future wife. They take over your life. My build was at around 35k when I pulled the plug, and I still had probably another 15k left to spend. Its the little things that you forget about that catch you out, things like gaskets, fluids, hoses & fittings etc, I spent hundreds on AN fittings and hoses that you forget to take into account when planning the build out. IMO, given that your brother has by your own admission, very little money along with no social media or online presence but suddenly wants to YouTube everything, He's probably seen the big YouTube builds which are sponsored to death because they are established brands and he thinks that by doing this he can get on the bandwagon & get most of his car built for him by sponsors. I really hope I'm wrong and if he does YouTube it, I will be a subscriber and watch every video but I just can't see it happening.

I can check tomorrow for you and see where it goes but I think it goes to the carbon canister. I removed mine and now it goes to the boost controller edit: ah the bigger one? Sure it’s for the oem dump valve

There's more chance of me finishing a project that this 1000hp Supra

Twin hybrid turbos when I bought it, Borg warner single turbo after the engine got forged. Would have been good for 700hp but didnt get finished

As your in Newcastle, why not speak to Jurgen @ Jm imports and ask him to find you a nice fresh import? if anything an import will have been better looked after than some UK cars and will be in much better condition underneath than nearly all Uk cars

It really wouldn’t beat a stock GTR. Traction is a massive issue in a big turbo Supra. My 2JZ was built for 1000hp and the engine work was around 8k but that was years ago. Does he have 600hp currently or does he just think it’s not enough?

The words pretty much stock & 600hp don’t really go together 600hp requires a big single turbo and a fair amount for work and tbh the jump from 600 to 1000 isn’t as big as the jump from stock to 600hp. He’s likely to have most of the supporting mods already in place.

I had a 500hp Supra and it was a bit much tbh. I hope with that sort of power he’s investing in a traction control setup 400 is the sweet spot for a road car IMO like most people who modify cars, it’s certainly not done with a sensible hat on

I had Enkei RPF1s in 18" on one of my Zeds. Perfect lightweight 18" wheel for a Z and affordable for a good quality wheel

Added a bit more during my time off over Christmas Fitted my new DMax LED Rear Lights New Koyo radiator fitted Audi R8 coilpacks & new spark plugs, still waiting on the new coil pack wiring harness to work with the R8 coils. Hopefully this will stop the intermittent boost issue where it feels like hitting a wall at 4K RPM Purple Samco hoses Tomorrows jobs are to fit the above, cut the base of my new catch can for the FMIC pipework to go through it and drill new holes to fit some nutserts to secure it.

I may have to get one of those on pay day I'm chasing hesitation when on boost at the moment, seems to hit a brick wall at 4K sometimes so I've bought Audi R8 coilpacks & new spark plugs, if that doesnt fix it I'll chuck my 350 MAF in

Where did you get the oil pan from? Mine has a leak I think so might aswell upgrade

If it saves you money and gets you the house then do it. Not meaning to offend, but your Z is high mileage and has a set of wheels & a wing as far as I can tell - its hardly something that couldn't be replicated once you get the house and get another Z

Done a few more bits to the car over the past few weeks I bought a heater control unit with LED lighting off one of the facebook groups and a custom made oil catch can/washer combo tank and a Blitz air filter Rest of my Defi's finally turned up, so i got them fitted along with the Uras gauge pod Also got the Nismo 380RS accelerator pedal fitted along with some new floor mats My Dmax LED rear lights are currently stuck in customs I've also got a new Koyo radiator, Downpipe, Silicone hoses, Engine damper to fit while I'm off over Christmas I've also just sound deadened the car to make it a bit more family friendly ready for when I get a louder exhaust

Cheap gauge, I've had cheap ones in the past & they never work properly. Gives a right scare when your oil pressure suddenly drops to zero and your 150 miles from home Best off with a Defi/Greddy gauge, they are pricy but they work so well :)

Yep, get the Tomei