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boyou2 · 12-18-2012, 02:12 AM

shiny

CaBS · 12-22-2012, 08:11 AM

Visited Hypertune to see what was happening with the car. Was pleased to see my new 40mm PWR radiator core had arrived from Queensland. This will be receiving some billet end tanks that have yet to be made.

They take their packaging very seriously.

You could drop this out of a plane and it'd probably still be in one piece. (Ideal for couriers) :P

Here is where the magic happens.

Rough location of where it will sit.

This radiator support bracket has yet to be patented. (if you can even see it)

Tested with a tick.

More soon!

CaBS · 12-29-2012, 06:44 AM

Mitch from Hypertune gave me a call to let me know he'd be working on my plenum today. So I organised to drop past and get some pictures while he was welding it up. Sorry in advance if you dont like welding shots cause I do and this post has shitloads of them. =)

He starts off welding up the end of the chamber.

Once hes finished rounding the corner he does the whole back in one single run. I'm a noob welder and have had a go with alloy, enough to know how god damn hard it is to get it this perfect. Much respect to anyone who can weld like this.

All done.

I think he might have done this before.

Pete holding the T/B flange briefly while its tacked on.

Then mounted onto another dummy flange which is mounted in a vice. Nifty way of keeping it all scratch free.

Then welded on in several sections, it gets very tight into the under side where the flange angles back towards the chamber. God knows how he gets it so neat in there.

You can see the red hot tungsten glowing against the chamber here after hes backed the juice off.

All finished ready to get the flange ground down on the inside. Looked like some sort of odd sculpture.

It was really great to watch someone at work whos mastered their trade down to a fine art and can produce things like this. Especially with some retard sticking a camera in your face while your trying to do it lol =)

More soon!

CaBS · 12-29-2012, 06:46 AM

Awww only two stars!

Beejis60 · 12-29-2012, 10:15 AM

Now it's 3

CaBS · 12-29-2012, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corbic

Yawnnnnnnnn.
This is a what constitutes as a fucking "build thread" these days?

Hahah thanks man, must be my mate Corbic bringing me down haha. :P

CaBS · 01-15-2013, 10:12 PM

Picked up a package from Hypertune yesterday which had arrived from the US over the Christmas period.
Turned out to be the Precision turbo I'd ordered (6262SP Ball bearing .84 Twinscroll). Basically exactly the same turbo as we ran on NFI's. I'm happy with how his power curve has shaped up so have gone with the same one. The Mazworx motor could take a size up with no issues and make more top end but I'd rather the stronger mid range, coming on slightly earlier and keep the revs reasonable. Not really chasing huge top end tbh I'll be stoked with reliable mid 300's on 98 initially.

Oil feed restrictor complete with neon warning about rooting the turbo and voiding your warranty if you remove it. (the restrictor not the warning)

T4 goodness. This thing towers over the disco I used to have on my car. I'm going to see if I can find my old busted stock T25 somewhere to do a size comparison photo.

The sucky bit.

I was suprised how nice the finish on it is.

The cores on these are oil cooled only, I'm slightly nervous about the longevity of this thing because of that but we'll see how it goes I guess...

.84 ts exhaust housing

V-band flange and threaded oil drain fittings came with. Also got a gasket for the oil drain but will have to source the actual v band clamp as it didn't arrive with one.

More soon!

CaBS · 01-25-2013, 11:09 AM

Dropped into Hypertune again this week to get some pictures of Mitch finishing up my intake plenum.

The chamber as it was when we picked up from last time.

Cause of the hi-port design the runners wont stand up on their own. They've made this simple box section with a rejected flange plate so it will stand up on the bench easily to be welded. The CNC chamber base is then welded onto the camber itself.

Lining the chamber up ready to go.

Fits up perfectly.

Mitch working his magic.

Holes already punched to match up with the threaded vacuum block. I chose to have this on top for easy access.

First tacked on.

Then fully welded.

A hole is drilled in the base also for the idle air control valve port. A threaded fitting is then welded on so a barb can be screwed in later. This means the IACV can be supported remotely. There is no extra weight or stresses on the manifold from having a large footprint welded on then the weight of the valve itself bolted on there.

All done.

Really happy with the result, will be getting some anodizing done as well before its finished.

Inside of the flange has been dremmelled and then frapper disced down so the inside is nice and smooth. No flange lip in here anymore.

Nom nom.

I'm pretty blown away by the craftsmanship that goes into making one of these. Cant wait to see the rest of the pipework come together.

More soon!

tricky_ab · 01-25-2013, 11:35 AM

WOW the craftsmanship on that intake is incredible!

Thanks for the update BTW...

Pinggg · 01-25-2013, 04:42 PM

Love the crazy fab work you are doing, keep it up!

genericforumname · 01-25-2013, 09:45 PM

so are they going to offer these to other people or is that manifold purely custom?

towlie · 01-25-2013, 11:31 PM

That mani is fuckin sick mate

CaBS · 01-26-2013, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by genericforumname

so are they going to offer these to other people or is that manifold purely custom?

Its is available as a made to order item there are different options though. HT make them for alot of different models. Actually they ship 2JZ ones to the US on a regular basis for big power builds but also all around the world. I've seen some 2J ones they've made with double injector banks and funky stuff like that too =)

Some other pics here and on their facebook.
Hypertune - Performance Engineering

http://www.facebook.com/HypertuneAustralia?fref=ts

The scorch car actually has an old HT Plenum on it.

CaBS · 01-26-2013, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

WOW the craftsmanship on that intake is incredible!

Thanks for the update BTW...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinggg

Love the crazy fab work you are doing, keep it up!

Quote:

Originally Posted by towlie

That mani is fuckin sick mate

Cheers guys! Really stoked with how its turned out was awesome to get to see it while it was going through all the different stages also. =)

bova17 · 01-31-2013, 08:10 AM

amazing fab work

CaBS · 01-31-2013, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bova17

amazing fab work

Thanks man, should be some more coming very soon.

bova17 · 01-31-2013, 09:16 AM

What welder is he using

Fracture · 01-31-2013, 09:17 AM

that intake is beautiful, excellent work. this thread is one of the few reasons i still come on zilvia. keep up the good work

CaBS · 02-02-2013, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bova17

What welder is he using

Not sure can try find out though.

CaBS · 02-02-2013, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fracture

that intake is beautiful, excellent work. this thread is one of the few reasons i still come on zilvia. keep up the good work

Thanks man, big compliment! Keep checking back should be pretty regular updates now hopefully.

CaBS · 02-02-2013, 06:01 PM

Took a delivery this week of things I've been waiting some time for.

These Nagisa Auto tower braces, I'm pretty keen to get these on the car and see how well they fit up.

Comes with this tiny sticker pack and no instructions just a page telling you there is no warranty. :P

A bit reserved on how effective they'll be to be honest but I dont think they'll do any harm they're quite light anyway.

Side profile.

I bought a pair of S14/15 front hub/bearing assembly. The ones on my car had a slight amount of play in one side so the other one wont be far behind it.

These studs will be pressed out and replaced with the longer nismo items I've already purchased before they're fitted.

New N1 GTR Non-ABS master cylinder. We ended up using my Z32 one last minute to try and make WTAC in the S15 last year so I bought another new one (non abs this time). Thanks to the guys who helped with part numbers.

BM50 interested to see how it goes with bias and the smaller piston. Hopefully pedal feel is nice.

For anyone else who wants to order one.

More soon!

ill. · 02-03-2013, 09:37 PM

Awesome stuff!

Been looking at those Nagisa tower braces, but in all the photo's I've seen of them, I can't work out what the pieces of flat bar are for?

ILoveJDM · 02-03-2013, 09:41 PM

50mm 1.8f?

CaBS · 02-03-2013, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ill.

Awesome stuff!

Been looking at those Nagisa tower braces, but in all the photo's I've seen of them, I can't work out what the pieces of flat bar are for?

Basically you cannot get to the underside where the bolt has to go through to. So the two bars have nuts welded on the end of them. You stick that in from where you have access in the middle and when it tightens it will press the rod against the inside of the trough. Hence I'd rather not use them just use some riv nuts instead.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILoveJDM

50mm 1.8f?

Close 50mm 1.4F

Beejis60 · 02-04-2013, 06:06 AM

Are you gonna rebuild the front hubs like MotoIQ did? I just rebuilt mine on my S13... The Neo grease probably isn't needed due to its high cost but I think you can spare $50 usd

MeSs · 02-04-2013, 06:16 AM

Really awesome project

Do you have more pics of fitting the overfenders in rear?

CaBS · 02-04-2013, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beejis60

Are you gonna rebuild the front hubs like MotoIQ did? I just rebuilt mine on my S13... The Neo grease probably isn't needed due to its high cost but I think you can spare $50 usd

They rebuilt brand new ones?

Interested to see this do you have a link or remember what the article was called?

CaBS · 02-04-2013, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeSs

Really awesome project

Do you have more pics of fitting the overfenders in rear?

THanks man, ummm maybe was there something in particular you wanted to see?

Beejis60 · 02-04-2013, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaBS

They rebuilt brand new ones?

Interested to see this do you have a link or remember what the article was called?

Yes. There was hardly any grease in my brand new bearings and they likely use crap grease. Moreover, S14 hubs are not serviceable with replaceable bearings like the S13, which makes more sense to rebuild before use, IMO.

Project Silvia - The Official Guide to Not Screwing Up Your Wheel Bearings Like I Did > MotoIQ

CaBS · 02-04-2013, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beejis60

Yes. There was hardly any grease in my brand new bearings and they likely use crap grease. Moreover, S14 hubs are not serviceable with replaceable bearings like the S13, which makes more sense to rebuild before use, IMO.

Project Silvia - The Official Guide to Not Screwing Up Your Wheel Bearings Like I Did > MotoIQ

Interesting, thanks for the link I'll have a look.

12-22-2012, 08:11 AM	#362
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Visited Hypertune to see what was happening with the car. Was pleased to see my new 40mm PWR radiator core had arrived from Queensland. This will be receiving some billet end tanks that have yet to be made. They take their packaging very seriously. You could drop this out of a plane and it'd probably still be in one piece. (Ideal for couriers) :P Here is where the magic happens. Rough location of where it will sit. This radiator support bracket has yet to be patented. (if you can even see it) Tested with a tick. More soon! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

12-29-2012, 06:44 AM	#363
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mitch from Hypertune gave me a call to let me know he'd be working on my plenum today. So I organised to drop past and get some pictures while he was welding it up. Sorry in advance if you dont like welding shots cause I do and this post has shitloads of them. =) He starts off welding up the end of the chamber. Once hes finished rounding the corner he does the whole back in one single run. I'm a noob welder and have had a go with alloy, enough to know how god damn hard it is to get it this perfect. Much respect to anyone who can weld like this. All done. I think he might have done this before. Pete holding the T/B flange briefly while its tacked on. Then mounted onto another dummy flange which is mounted in a vice. Nifty way of keeping it all scratch free. Then welded on in several sections, it gets very tight into the under side where the flange angles back towards the chamber. God knows how he gets it so neat in there. You can see the red hot tungsten glowing against the chamber here after hes backed the juice off. All finished ready to get the flange ground down on the inside. Looked like some sort of odd sculpture. It was really great to watch someone at work whos mastered their trade down to a fine art and can produce things like this. Especially with some retard sticking a camera in your face while your trying to do it lol =) More soon! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

12-29-2012, 06:46 AM	#364
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awww only two stars! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

01-15-2013, 10:12 PM	#367
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Picked up a package from Hypertune yesterday which had arrived from the US over the Christmas period. Turned out to be the Precision turbo I'd ordered (6262SP Ball bearing .84 Twinscroll). Basically exactly the same turbo as we ran on NFI's. I'm happy with how his power curve has shaped up so have gone with the same one. The Mazworx motor could take a size up with no issues and make more top end but I'd rather the stronger mid range, coming on slightly earlier and keep the revs reasonable. Not really chasing huge top end tbh I'll be stoked with reliable mid 300's on 98 initially. Oil feed restrictor complete with neon warning about rooting the turbo and voiding your warranty if you remove it. (the restrictor not the warning) T4 goodness. This thing towers over the disco I used to have on my car. I'm going to see if I can find my old busted stock T25 somewhere to do a size comparison photo. The sucky bit. I was suprised how nice the finish on it is. The cores on these are oil cooled only, I'm slightly nervous about the longevity of this thing because of that but we'll see how it goes I guess... .84 ts exhaust housing V-band flange and threaded oil drain fittings came with. Also got a gasket for the oil drain but will have to source the actual v band clamp as it didn't arrive with one. More soon! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

01-25-2013, 11:09 AM	#368
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Dropped into Hypertune again this week to get some pictures of Mitch finishing up my intake plenum. The chamber as it was when we picked up from last time. Cause of the hi-port design the runners wont stand up on their own. They've made this simple box section with a rejected flange plate so it will stand up on the bench easily to be welded. The CNC chamber base is then welded onto the camber itself. Lining the chamber up ready to go. Fits up perfectly. Mitch working his magic. Holes already punched to match up with the threaded vacuum block. I chose to have this on top for easy access. First tacked on. Then fully welded. A hole is drilled in the base also for the idle air control valve port. A threaded fitting is then welded on so a barb can be screwed in later. This means the IACV can be supported remotely. There is no extra weight or stresses on the manifold from having a large footprint welded on then the weight of the valve itself bolted on there. All done. Really happy with the result, will be getting some anodizing done as well before its finished. Inside of the flange has been dremmelled and then frapper disced down so the inside is nice and smooth. No flange lip in here anymore. Nom nom. I'm pretty blown away by the craftsmanship that goes into making one of these. Cant wait to see the rest of the pipework come together. More soon! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

12-18-2012, 02:12 AM	#361
boyou2 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: france Posts: 413 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	shiny

12-29-2012, 10:15 AM	#365
Beejis60 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: in a house Posts: 564 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Now it's 3

01-25-2013, 11:35 AM	#369
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	WOW the craftsmanship on that intake is incredible! Thanks for the update BTW...

01-25-2013, 04:42 PM	#370
Pinggg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida Age: 30 Posts: 1,255 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	Love the crazy fab work you are doing, keep it up!

01-25-2013, 09:45 PM	#371
genericforumname Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida, where we prove that shit does in fact run down hill Age: 35 Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	so are they going to offer these to other people or is that manifold purely custom?

01-25-2013, 11:31 PM	#372
towlie Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pacific NorthWest Posts: 2,500 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	That mani is fuckin sick mate

01-31-2013, 08:10 AM	#375
bova17 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: cincinnati Age: 29 Posts: 279 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	amazing fab work

01-31-2013, 09:16 AM	#377
bova17 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: cincinnati Age: 29 Posts: 279 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	What welder is he using

01-31-2013, 09:17 AM	#378
Fracture Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 71 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that intake is beautiful, excellent work. this thread is one of the few reasons i still come on zilvia. keep up the good work

02-02-2013, 06:01 PM	#381
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Took a delivery this week of things I've been waiting some time for. These Nagisa Auto tower braces, I'm pretty keen to get these on the car and see how well they fit up. Comes with this tiny sticker pack and no instructions just a page telling you there is no warranty. :P A bit reserved on how effective they'll be to be honest but I dont think they'll do any harm they're quite light anyway. Side profile. I bought a pair of S14/15 front hub/bearing assembly. The ones on my car had a slight amount of play in one side so the other one wont be far behind it. These studs will be pressed out and replaced with the longer nismo items I've already purchased before they're fitted. New N1 GTR Non-ABS master cylinder. We ended up using my Z32 one last minute to try and make WTAC in the S15 last year so I bought another new one (non abs this time). Thanks to the guys who helped with part numbers. BM50 interested to see how it goes with bias and the smaller piston. Hopefully pedal feel is nice. For anyone else who wants to order one. More soon! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

02-03-2013, 09:37 PM	#382
ill. Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Age: 32 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome stuff! Been looking at those Nagisa tower braces, but in all the photo's I've seen of them, I can't work out what the pieces of flat bar are for? __________________ IG FB

02-03-2013, 09:41 PM	#383
ILoveJDM Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SK Canada! Posts: 1,947 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	50mm 1.8f? __________________ DODOlogic.ca

02-04-2013, 06:06 AM	#385
Beejis60 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: in a house Posts: 564 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Are you gonna rebuild the front hubs like MotoIQ did? I just rebuilt mine on my S13... The Neo grease probably isn't needed due to its high cost but I think you can spare $50 usd

02-04-2013, 06:16 AM	#386
MeSs Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Norway Age: 38 Posts: 345 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Really awesome project Do you have more pics of fitting the overfenders in rear? __________________ 2011 BMW F11 5-series and 2003 Nissan 350Z