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LET'S GET THIS BREAD (FINALLY)

Hey everyone!! It's been quite some time since my last update mostly due to life stuff going on (OORP: studies, IRL car projects, making SLRR mods etc.) but now I'm back to at least let you guys know where I stand in the present time.

S15 PROGRESSO NO MORE DEPRESSO

Last time you guys saw the S15 was when it was still like this. I put the car back together last month and I have pictures covering some of the processes done.



This was when it was already put back together.





Same story for these 2.



Then about 4 days after I ordered a Bride ZETA III PLUS from Nengun Performance for 163,269 yen (V$1,633) to fit onto the car. This should stop me from dacing around in the car under serious g-forces.

Now you might wonder why the doors were completely off the car during seat installation. Well, EASY.



That's because I did a rad scissor door conversion! I wanted to add some flare to the car so I went with VStanced Garage's scissor door kit for V$750. Car was in the shop for a week and a half.



The results are definitely a big positive though.

And then 2 days after, I had reached 1,600 kms which meant DYNO TIME!





I had the car set on the dyno to begin testing. BUT for some reason power output would peak at 347whp due to some tire slip (YES I WAS BREAKING TRACTION ON THE DYNO). Therefore I had to come back the next day with a better set of tires, and so I did.



The grand numbers?

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I REPEAT, 558WHP AND 542WTQ TUNED AT 1.8BAR OF BOOST!!

So YEAH. That's that taken care of, I was OVER THE MOON happy with the power output and I've been told I can beat on this car and not blow it up!

And SO I drove it back to WestKyo happy as BEANS. But as I was nearing the shop, I got a call informing me that my AERO KIT HAS ARRIVED.

SOOOOOO...



Goodbye OEM Kit



I'll miss you. I fitted the new kit in the morning of last week, a day after the tune.





URAS GT!! After everything is fitted correctly I'll be getting the front and rear arches pumped to accommodate wider wheels & tires. But OH MAN THE POTENTIAL, I CAN ALREADY SEE HOW GOOD IT'S GONNA LOOK.



AAAAND finally a rad KEY'S RACING steering wheel. The Uras GT set me back 191,000 yen (V$1,910) while the KEY'S wheel was 29,100 yen (V$291)

Moving on to the S14 I crashed

They just finished putting the bodywork back together and it's now just ready for paint!! I haven't fully decided on the color yet but my money is on midnight purple, or the original color this car came with (I forgot it but I'll recheck the chassis plate and cross-reference the exact name on Google)

And if you'll notice this car is sporting 4 lug hubs, as everything from the recent S14 Q's Aero SE I bought was swapped over to this car.

WHICH MEANS





ALL the good stuff from that S14 has been transferred over to this one. Namely the Bride R-Style seats, the K's 5 stud suspension, Nismo bushings and what not. I have to say, this S14 is probably my favorite looking car I've owned yet. And the best part is that it can be used as a daily!

SPEAKING OF DAILY, HERE'S MY BABY!

If you read Muzahid's (Niatross') last update, you'd very well know that I had acquired his Ibis White 2009 Audi A5 2.0TFSI quattro 8T for V$12,000. Since then, I've done a few things to it.





I removed the 5x114 adapters to restore the 5x112 PCD of this car, but I can put them back anytime. The car is now sitting on OEM 8T Audi S5 wheels I bought off of an older gentleman on eBay Japan for 135,000 yen (V$1,350). I took the Bride Brix I seats out and sourced some OEM A5 seats for 100,000 yen (V$1,000) a piece, used; now I have my power seats back, with motorized lumbar support! Ah yes the comfort of German engineering. I've also replaced the muffler tips to those of an 8T S5 for 50,000 yen (V$500). Don't worry, the full AWE Full Exhaust System is still installed on the car, I just changed the tips to some more throaty ones. But yeah so far nothing has been changed. It still has the APR Stage 2 Chip and the APR Carbonio Intake.



SO far I have had no regrets owning it. Power delivery is great, it's pretty reliable (starts up everytime and everything works fine), and it gets subliminal gas mileage! I really wanna keep this car as a daily, so every mod I'll do to it will definitely not be over the top.

#Suffercar 1

The PS13 currently has a non-existent engine. I bought Yuan's (BigSmoke's) S15 SR20DE for the internals. SR20DEs have a higher compression ratio of 9.5:1, vs 8.5:1 on SR20DETs. So I'm gonna swap those into the blown pistons of the PS13's former engine. Hoping to get it running soon! It's also missing thw whole front end at the moment because I swapped my front end for Muzahid's pop-up 200SX front end. YUP, you read that right, this car will be a Onevia!

And last but certainly not the least (probably is right now though)

My RS13U 200SX. So far nothing has really happened to it apart from the fact that the CA18DET is actually sitting INSIDE the bay now instead of beside it.

Yeah so that's all for today's update, I'll be doing another one shortly, because I haven't talked about my S2000 yet (I can tell you, it was NOT good.) At that point I'll tell you more about the bad turnouts that have happened recently. Stay tuned!

Finances:

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V$87,737.34 + V$5,640 (Weekly Paycheck x6 at V$940/week) - V$12,000 - V$1,633 - V$1,910 - 291 V$1,350 - V$1,000 - V$500 = V$74,693.34