AdamB

No probs man. Half the companies on that list I've never even heard of, so I'd go with someone who knows what their doing and people have heard of. Oh and by the way, stick clear of that dyno tuner. Recently reformed from Rising Sun Performance. Only use them for parts and not work. Big name in the Skyline world, my dad owns one and I've heard a lot of bad stories from him about them.

My ringlands went on a ct9 at stock boost lol.

Awesome price mate, suprised it hasn't gone. I'd take the shell, would love one of the last 82's.

On the HKS website it says that software is not included with the ecu and can only be mapped by a HKS dealer http://www.hks-power.co.jp/en/products/electronics/computer/f-con/vpro/index.html Heres the dealer network for the UK mate http://www.hkseurope.com/dealers/dealerdetails.asp?Country=UK

I believe you can do it through their website mate. Bare with me I might be able to link you up.

Would you consider a swap for a gt28 kit mate? http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/60071-brand-new-zisco-gt28-manifold-downpipe-and-screamer/

Who does your powdercoating and zinc coating mate? Looks awesome.

Love that power steering pot mate, it looks better in the car than it does on its own. Your engine bay is minty fresh! Just needs an engine now

Can try mate, but I would doubt they would have a clue tbh.

260bhp is the max achieved over here in the UK I believe. Guys in Jamaica have had 300WHP. 240bhp is probably the most people tend to go before forging.

Austec is the only one I can think of. Believe you have to be a HKS dealer for them to give out software to map their ecu's.

Yes mate is a Tom's kit, not sure if its genuine or not, I don't know if Tom's marked their parts. The front bumper has no markings though, I suspect its a replica as the fit is ok, but stil quite messy for my liking. Not sure about the skirts or spats though as I haven't had them off. There's plenty of monster EP's over the water mate lol. I'm hoping she will be done by the end of summer, so may be able to pop a long to a few towards the end of the season, but we'll see. I may end up deciding to keep her off the road a little longer till shes 100% even the body work. Turbo is a bit secret atm, I'm not even sure if its going to fit yet as its a little larger than the Garretts, but will reveal shortly when I get the kit Me too mate! I'm just hoping it fits in the bay or I'll be sad Thanks John, hopefully I'll be able to come a long to a few shows towards the end of the season

Thanks Jamie Kinda have a plan to get all the expensive parts out the way first, then I can just go on a spree of buying all the cheap little niggly bits lol.

Nah cambelt will be fine straight from the word go. I would just ask the procedure they took in undertaking the cambelt change. If they say the removed the engine mount then your problem could be there. Sounds a bit better than going in all guns blazing and start pointing the finger. You could try getting a friend to rev the engine and look under the bonnet, see how much movement the engine has. It should be as little as possible.

Is there no way you can phone them like? Make some sort of contact?

Well I thought it was about time I made a build thread after being around for so long lol. I'll start at the top! I first got into starlets back in 2010, my mrs brought a glanza which had the usual mods, exhaust, air filter, manifold etc, but still running standard boost. We only had it for a couple of months and had to sell because we couldn't afford to keep it. Once it went this sparked a fire inside and I wanted to try the GT, as I secretly loved the older shape. I spent a couple of months looking for what I wanted and in the end I got impatient, I ended up buying a 93 GT from a member off here in October 2011. It was covered in stickers, the Tom's bodykit was poorly finished, but this was just cosmetic, took her out for a drive and she boosted well and I just couldn't say no. After spending around 4 hours cleaning her, getting all the stickers off, she finally ended up looking like this: (Excuse the poor pics it was quite dark at the time) The spec of the car at this stage was: Engine : Stock 1.3 4EFTE Unknown brand exhaust system Decat Relocated air filter behind headlight HKS Air filter Cusco style catch can JD Tuning Engine damper Fuel System : Stock fuel pump Stock injectors Stock FPR Ignition System : Stock distributor setup Magnecore HT leads NGK Spark plugs Cooling System : Tuning Developments half size civic rad Slimline fan Jperformance intercooler kit Drivetrain : Stock C52 Gearbox Stock clutch Turbocharger setup : ToyTuning Hybrid Ct9 turbo Jperformance manifold Decat HKS SSQV version 1 Chassis : Enkei 15" Racing alloys 195/50/15 Uniroyal rainsport tyres Lowered on unknown brand of springs Brakes : Stock calipers EBC discs EBC Yellowstuff pads Electronics : Autogauge Boost gauge I knew exactly where I wanted to go with this car straight from the outset, so a month later in November I brought a 5E engine from Affy on TGTT. Then when xmas came around my Mrs brought me this And fitted Just after xmas I got speaking to Tim from TB Developments, who I had known for quite some time previously. I spoke to him about where I wanted to go with the car and I gave him some part numbers for some forged engine components. A week later Tim got back to me with a fantastic price for the whole lot. I then ordered the following from him: Wiseco Forged 74.5mm Pistons Pauter Forged Con rods Anthena 1.2mm headgasket ARP 4AGE headstud kit Whilst waiting for these parts to turn up I managed to get hold of some Meister R coilovers through a group buy, these turned up not long after payment! Not long after this I had the dreaded 4EFTE engine failure, the ringlands had gone on the pistons I had just had the car in for MOT the same day, gave the car a wash then later on during the day after a drive it suddenly lost power and felt sluggish. I managed to limp the car back home to Oxford 40 miles away, done a compression test straight away and revealed that cylinder 2 and zero pressure Unfortunatley this is how the car has been sat ever since in February 2012. Since then I've just been gathering a ton of parts to complete the build I wanted to the spec I wanted. I said to myself that the car wouldn't go back on the road till I see it fit to and I am happy with the state it is. After washing the car this time I found out how poor the paint job was on the Tom's kit, it had been done with a rattle can as it was more of a matte finish rather than metallic, so that will be getting sprayed at some point, but more interested in getting the car back on the road first of all. Also seeing that Lew777 had some Recaro seats with rails for sale, they were for sale for sometime, and whilst I gathered some cash after spending some notes on forged goodies and coilovers I snapped them up. Needless to say they went straight in the car. I also had an eye for some carbon fibre, a lad on here was selling some Cusco carbon strut braces and I couldn't resist the temptation! It also started my Cusco frenzy lol. Before : After : After ordering my forged engine components from Tim, they then arrived with me after a very quick delivery, I was pleased and motivated to get the car back on the road again after seeing some shiney bits My goal with this setup was to have a responsive, fast road car which I could take to the drag or circuit and still be competitive, so I opted to run a fairly high compression ratio, the anthena might not be used yet as I may go for the TRD 0.6mm, but I am planning on running some cams so I will have to check if I have enough valve-piston clearence which may force me into running the 1.2mm. I was now starting to save up some cash to order a turbo kit, well I chose to go for the Garrett GTX28 series turbo as it had great spool and was able to push around what I thought would be a healthy fast road/drag spec at 400bhp. I got in contact with Zisco and I had Keith make me up a custom ram horn style manifold, but with a slight twist. I wanted to run the Tial stainless steel V-band turbine housing which would make this setup completely gasketless. Keith said it wasn't a problem as they use the same housing on their own GT. Whilst I had the manifold, downpipe and screamer ordered I thought I may as well get a few more bits I wanted from the guys at Zisco. So a long with the turbo setup I ordered : Valve springs Shimless buckets Valve stem seals High flow fuel rail and braided hose After having some money issues which Keith was very patient about, I paid for all the items and a few days later they arrived. I have also took part in the thermostat group buy Tuning Developments were running, at the same time as this they also had available a very rare Cusco adjustable Panhard/Lateral rod, This one had rose joints at both ends which I believe is now discontinued to buy from anywhere. This carries on my trend of Cusco goodies Unfortunatley I have no pics of these yet. Since buying the turbo kit to suit a Garrett GT28 turbo, I've been doing a lot of research into other turbochargers on the market. I have now changed my mind about running the GT28 so the kit is up for sale. I'm going for something which in theory will spool faster than the GT28 yet still provide enough flow for 400+bhp, I don't believe anyone has ever ran this kit before, and only one person who knows what kit I'm talking about, and thats the person who is going to be making it all happen Over the next few months I'm looking to purchase the following : New turbo kit Race Tech race spec intake Race Tech exhaust system Cusco MZ 1.5 way diff Well thanks for looking and I hope to update this as I get new components to finish the build off Adam

Hmm I would have guessed the damper springs had fallen out the friction plate, but if there are no rattles to be heard from the gearbox I doubt it would be this.

Ah sorry mate mis-read the post. How long has it started doing this? Do you hear any rattles?

As long as the map sensor is able to read the pressure, and is within the stock ecu's safety parameters, theres no problem

Yep remove the old one. It is possible to use double springs, but no need for such low pressures.

What clutch was fitted? Some clutches do require a "bedding" in stage where it will judder on take off, but will eventually wear off after around 500 mile or so.

Depending on the volumetric efficiency, the efficiency of the turbo, then why not? Its a hybrid, plus exhaust system, air filter, fmic. You'll probably find that even with just breathing mods it will be around 160bhp, providing the engine is healthy. Check out the power leader board Socks made, go through peoples build threads and see what mods they have. Go compare You would make more power on an aftermarket management system because power is made using ignition advance, you get little to no power from adjusting the AFR.

The stock ecu is able to accomodate upto 0.8 bar of boost pressure before its safety cut feature kicks in, aka fuel cut. Some systems use an ignition cut which is much safer for the engine. After this boost pressure you will need a fcd do combat and fool the stock ecu into thinking its boosting lower than it is. In conjunction with this a fpr also needs to be added as the stock ecu's fueling capabilites is past. A means of increasing fuel pressure increases the flow rate at the injectors, this isn't without its problems though as it outs more strain on the fuel pump, and the pump will actually be flowing a lower volume the higher the system pressure. The stock ecu is programmed to understand the signal from a map sensor and air temp sensor to calculate the mass of air entering the engine and its density. Other engines use a MAF sensor which can do both in the same component. Increasing the engines volumetric efficiency, (air out ÷ air in)*100, increasing boost pressure, increase ignition advance all yield power gains.

Check the vin plate to see if your car was originally fitted with the optional LSD. Number your looking for is : C56-01B

Vauxhall make great engines, but shit chassis. Lets them down really.