Project Track Nissan Pulsar GTiR (Baby Godzilla)

mmario_200sx13 Jan 2012, 13:08 · edited

Slow progress on the car but we are getting there slowly.

We have officially pulled our first fender from the mould and it came out amazing! Smooth surface, no ugly marks and no need for any filler anywhere! Just need to do mounting and spacing. We will do this when the car is on its wheels again to ensure we have perfect spacing.

Rear bumber mock-up with fender. Now we need to make the whole arche smaller for the smaller wheels. This can also only be done when we re-install the rear suspension.

Dash board received its first coat of fibre glass, one more coat then it will get pulled of. Then we will sit with a fibreglass dash board..... :domo:

Just to let you all know where we are at:

1. Head we got back, general recondition and 3 angle valve job.
2. Block is being done as we speak, installation of the Darton sleeves
3. Rear suspention is being modified at the moment to be fully adjustable and all solid bushes, will upload pics when done.
4. We are also busy with the roof scoop at the moment.......one massive roof scoop! Pics will get loaded when done.

mmario_200sx18 Jan 2012, 10:22

Little update time again.....

Dashboard is halfway there, pulled the fb copy and put it in place to see of it fits properly. Fits like a glove.

Surface now needs to be smoothed out primer and cleaned. Will be carbon wrapped when done. New fb dash is allot lighter than original! Another few kg's scored! :domo:

Next part we are busy with is the roof scoop.

The GTiR has a sunroof, so we wont be closing that up. Seeing that we will be mounting the radiator in the boot this will be used to feed air to the radiator. We are still busy with the final design but this gives you a bit of a idea of what we are doing.

Took a bit of work to make this scoop from scratch! But should look awesome when done.

Please excuse the mess in the garage! Seems like you cleaning more than building! Operation clean-up will happen tonight! :facepalm:

mmario_200sx27 Jan 2012, 09:56

Supports and tidying up of the fenders, going to look mental when its done. Hats of to my dad with his mad design skills with FB! Still some work to be done untill its completely finished.

All I can say is, I am officially sick and tired of fibre glass! Always itching and alsways a mess! :x

Front fender:
Have a look between the fender and the door where we have placed the foam and shaped it, also put a thin layer of FB matting over it, you will not believe how strong it is now! And still lighter than your stock fender......

Rear Fender:
Here we are starting to round the edge of the fender to give it strenght and also so it looks a bit better.

NNIZAN-R27 Jan 2012, 12:40

Why did you not cut the metal fenders before fiting the rear wide panels?

mmario_200sx27 Jan 2012, 14:20

Because we are not going to cut the the rear metal fender. Its will stay as it is. We only cut the arch.

Rear metal fender is core part of the cars structual strenght, you dont want to be cutting that into pieces.

mmario_200sx27 Jan 2012, 16:00

Thanks man...you must still send us some obsession stickers.....

NNIZAN-R27 Jan 2012, 16:07

mario_200sx wrote:

Because we are not going to cut the the rear metal fender. Its will stay as it is. We only cut the arch.

Rear metal fender is core part of the cars structual strenght, you dont want to be cutting that into pieces.

Yes was meaning the arch area lol

mmario_200sx01 Feb 2012, 07:09

Carbon Bonnet arrived......man this thing looks nice! 😮

And its super light! Havnt checked the weight yet. Will try and do it tonight. But its allot lighter! The finish of the clear coat isnt to good. You can see where the mould had one or two in perfection and a dust spot hear and there in the clear. But we will flat and buff it a bit and then it should be 100%

Car will be going on its wheels tonight. Will take some pics of the rear suspension.....man it looks hot!

RRB25SX01 Feb 2012, 09:04

U guys are doing a very nice job ......... a bit of overkill for clubmans i would say. Maybe race it in sports cars if they allow u. No limitation on lap times... sure it should be capable of sub 1:20's and less bumping & pushing in sports car class !!

mmario_200sx01 Feb 2012, 09:08

RB25SX wrote:

U guys are doing a very nice job ......... a bit of overkill for clubmans i would say. Maybe race it in sports cars if they allow u. No limitation on lap times... sure it should be capable of sub 1:20's and less bumping & pushing in sports car class !!

Thanks Wynand.

Its all or nothing I guess. Will see how it goes in Clubmans. Dont know how my dad feels about racing it in sports cars class.

mmario_200sx02 Feb 2012, 13:04

Rear Suspension: Love the look!

ddjtreble02 Feb 2012, 16:45

Beautiful....I can't wait to see this at Killarney. Planed to run this year?

mmario_200sx03 Feb 2012, 09:38

Planned to run in March! We are really pushing now to get all of the work done by then!

ddjtreble03 Feb 2012, 09:46

Get in there....keep me posted!

mmario_200sx24 Feb 2012, 08:41

Little bit more work done on the car. Time is just a big issue as I am working close to 16-18 hours a day for the past 2 weeks. One off day here and there is all thats avail at this point.

Hopefully in the next few weeks there will be some more time. In the meantime my dad is put in some serious by himself without his pitmac...

Sidesill is mocked up, I love the look! We are also busy getting the rear fender finished off, still some way to go.

mmario_200sx31 Mar 2012, 21:45

Time for a small update:

Body work, body work and wait.....some more body work! 😈

But its getting there!

Some more parts arrived:

We got hold of a Sentra Touring car dry sump. Will load a pic soon.

Dry sump pump

Dry sump tank

pphoenix s1418 Apr 2012, 16:45

Hey bud what is the latest here...

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