I thought id start a new thread as i sold my old 350z racecar, and was starting to post on that with this new build.


So i have a 350z with a vq35de, full national spec cage, and this was being run by my old man, with twin turbo setup.

The car was pretty tired, and after much thought i sold off the twin turbo setup as it was a ***** to work on, and i like to make things as easy as possible to service etc at track

Here is the car when i picked it up from the old mans, i had previously done alot of work to the care, but it had sat for awhile and really needed some love anyway....

 

So a mate of mine interstate owned (has now sold) a GT300 Z33, and after some chats over the years.... he offered to let me make mounds of spare panels he had, with one condition... i dont sell copies or give away copies...

So i drove from melb to sydney and picked them up, front ad rear bars, and all 4 corners.

This was a fair few years ago, and the project was on and off alot, But earlier this year i decided i had to do the build.

This is the car my mate owned and i believe has gone back to japan now

 

So i took parts to another mate, and he is making me moulds and parts, here is a pic with the original carbon bar and one of the front guards.

 

To fit guards and try n get acr low enough with big slicks, alot of cutting happened

 

i ended up using some 370 headres and welded v clamps to them for the home made turbo manifold

 

Testing fitting guards, rear original body work is all cut away also

 

Turbosmart came on board again with me, they are pretty supportive of my builds, running a 6466 single turbo

 

The idea with this build is, build on a budget, and make it so easy to fix and replace, and GKtech are owned by a mate of mine and located 40 min away, so im using all the GKtech suspension they sell minus the front uprights that dont fit with big slicks unfortunately . The product being mainly for drift means its strong, and robust. It is a wee heavy, but price vs custom doesnt justify cost for this build. And its about track time and fun time with this car,

 

mocked up and had welded my intercooler piping, never done any of this myself before, its been an adventure

 

unsure if i can keep exhaust this way for regs, as series i am running in is moving sanctioning bodies...

 

couple more jobs done, blow off valve welded on and made an offset bracket so i can run oem alternator and an ati dampener

 

What Oz sanctioning body and class is this replica being built for?

 

Super TT and I believe it’s going to MA now

 

Super time trial class? Not sure what MA is?

 

Super TT is a category. Racing. Not time trial. MA is motorsport Australia.

 

Interesting- since Motorsports Australia sanctions this W2W class, what other models and mods are allowed in Super TT? Do they race this class year 'round?

 

yes races all year.

 

So as i need to be able to run with MA now, i rejig of exhaust exit, as it must be past midway point, and ill also plumb dump pipe into exhaust as per regs.

 

 

Just catching up on this thread. This is an excellent build. Keep it up!