The power steering is finally done! Since I was missing the bracket and pump, I had to order them from Japan. I also got a rebuilt kit for the pump. Originally I was going with a Chase Bays kit, but they were back ordered. Cleaned up the PS pump, cleaned up the bracket and repainted. …
I got Project Leopard with the original intercooler and IC piping. Yes, both were rough condition and the Intercooler was too chunky for my taste. Additionally, for the magazine, they made the piping go behind the headlights rather than drill holes in where the battery tray is located. In a sense, it was rushed for …
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One of the issues we found with the Syko elbow was that the internal wastegate of the Tomei turbo would hit the inside. I asked Marco about this and he said it’s the 1st time they used a Syko elbow and Tomei turbo together. I would also message Skyo Performance this issue and there would …
When I got the Greddy intake manifold, the water inlet was destroyed. Greddy didn’t sell it separately. Luckily I was able to source one from Boost Doc in Australia. When my car was a Apex, Jason said it wasn’t a good fit, but there’s no other options out there. Usually these need to be pressed …
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One of the main constructs for Project Leopard was to use OG companies and that included the ones that help build the car initially. This was P2M (Phase 2). If you read the magazine, they contributed a lot. My narrative would have been using their parts to rebuild the car. I found out that Marco …
Project Leopard – Head Drain Building an engine from the ground up is an opportunity to make it better and address issues that every motor has. I previously never had an RB engine, but I would here about oil issues. Australian builders really took the RB engines to the next level with heavy research and amazing …
RB25DET BOLT LIST I underestimated how much goes into piecing an engine together. I thought many parts would be available and at decent prices. Bolts for the RB25det is both interesting and annoying. I found this out as everything I had to do, I needed to get updated hardware. While I’m sure I did not …
Project Leopard – 3 Year milestone Project Leopard has had a lot of setbacks and at times, I felt defeated. SR20store kept promising to get the RB25det done and kept delaying the car going to the shop. The engine was sporadically worked on, which never got completed. The main thing was I kept getting reassurance …
Project Leopard – GKtech ABS delete kit When I cleaned out the engine bay, I really wanted to clean it up. One way was to take out the ABS module. That thing takes up a good amount of space. Since this car was gonna be more of a cruiser/track car, I figure why not. One …
Project Leopard – Steering rack When I got Project Leopard, I took note on a lot of things, and it was still not enough. One thing I did want to replace/rebuild was the steering rack. I know nobody has replaced it and the last 9yrs before I got it, all the drifters were beating on …
