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Project Leopard update
After about 2yrs of waiting, When Yusef (Thrash Racing) returned to Japan, he shipped my Zenki F31 bezel right away. Soon after he sent my
June 16, 2022
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Project Leopard Blog
April 15, 2022
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Fuel system
Project Leopard – Fuel system upgrades part 1 One of the last things I kind of have been holding off is the fuel system. Originally,
April 8, 2022
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Project Leopard: RB25det coming closer
Project Leopard RB25det getting closer Gonna be frank about it. The engine should have been done a while back. I kept going to the SR20
March 23, 2022
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RB25det Rocker Cover plan
Project Leopard: RB25det Rocker cover plan I decided to upgrade the rocker covers on the RB25det. I want to relocate the breather ports and use
March 23, 2022
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Project Leopard RB25det update: Head drain, Timing, oil pan
Head drain and oil pan It’s been a long time coming. I was in LA at the end of January 2022 and I was suppose
February 5, 2022
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Engine mounting
Project Leopard – Engine mounting When I got the RB25det, it was in pieces. For some reason, I thought “most of it” was there. Now
January 18, 2022
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Project Leopard – Digital Panel update!
After over a year of waiting and ghosting.. B3 Tuning came through. He wired everything up and got it going!!!
January 10, 2022
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Project Leopard – ARP Timing tensioner kit
Project Leopard – ARP timing tensioner kit When I started to buy everything for the RB25det, I was thinking a lot about this kit. Only
January 6, 2022
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Project Leopard – Boost Doc Water pipe upgrade
Project Leopard – Boost Doc Water fitting When the RB25det was finally getting worked on, Marco hit stump. He said the water inlet pipe is
January 6, 2022
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Project Leopard return to LA
Project Leopard return to LA: Start putting it together I needed movement on the car. It has been in Arizona for 16 months and it
November 4, 2021
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Project Leopard – Rebuilding the RB25det
Rebuilding the RB25det – the start Table of Contents Machine shop The RB25 was pretty much disassembled when it arrived. A couple weeks after, it
June 24, 2021
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Project Leopard – Greddy Intake manifold and Boost Doc water inlet
Greddy Intake Manifold and Boost Doc water inlet A key component to the original build was the Greddy intake manifold. When Cameron replaced the RB25,
June 24, 2021
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Project Leopard – ATI RB25det damper
Project Leopard – ATI Damper for RB25det During my original RB25det build list, I was thinking of an damper. Ross Performance and ATI came to
June 24, 2021
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Project Leopard – Tomei Poncams, Fuel Pressure regulator and Adapter
Project Leopard – Tomei Poncams, Fuel Pressure Regulator and adapter One of the components I have been kind of battling with was camshafts. Since I
May 20, 2021
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Project Leopard – Fuel system upgrades
Project Leopard – Fuel upgrades One area I really don’t want to play around with is the fueling system. I’ve seen too many people not
May 17, 2021
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Project Leopard – Exhaust manifold, exhaust manifold and turbo heat shield Cerakote Glacier Chrome
Project Leopard – Exhaust manifold, exhaust manifold and turbo heat shield Cerakote Glacier Chrome Marco (my builder) convinced me to stick with the stock exhaust
May 4, 2021
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Project Leopard – Hood work
Project Leopard – The hood work One of the biggest hurdles was the hood. I couldn’t get a hood transported while in Japan and had
May 4, 2021
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Project Leopard – Floor board
Project Leopard – Floor Board The car was in such bad shape with stuff everywhere, when I removed the carpet, I didn’t realize a small
May 4, 2021
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The Diplomat – The waiting game
Diplomat – The waiting game rant I’ve got to put this rant out there. One of the most frustrating things is when you get the
March 12, 2021
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Project Leopard – Fitting the Digital Gauge Panel
Project Leopard – Fitting the Digital Gauge Panel Digital panel is bigger than M30 gauge cluster, so there is trimming needed.
March 9, 2021
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Project Leopard – trunk carpet and lining
Project Leopard – Trunk carpet and lining Every time I see Project Leopard, I find something I need to address. Broken or missing part is
March 8, 2021
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Car
Project Leopard – Sakura Garage Feb 2021
Project Leopard – Sakura Garage pt 1 It’s been almost a year since Project Leopard left the SR20 Store in 2020. My plan was to
March 2, 2021
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Armrest/console and R31 shift bezel
Project Leopard – Armrest/console and R31 shift bezel In 2019, my big boxes arrived from Japan. This contained the Zenki front end parts. Itabashi-san sent
February 23, 2021
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