Project Leopard – R35 coilpacks, harness and bracket I knew I would eventually have to get coilpacks. It seemed that it was going to be an expensive venture regardless. I initially started by keeping it simple. OEM coil packs. After some research, you would come across people saying how they upgraded to Yellow Jackets coils. …
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Project Leopard – VCT cylinder head drain kit upgrade One of the hang ups for 8 months was a VCT drain. At some point, Marco gave up on my project and would ask me to order stuff that he could get through his resources. I could get stuff, I ordered it because I didn’t want …
SR20store and What happened? It was suppose to be an awesome story to write about. Project Leopard Revival with the original builder, SR20store… For some reason, being loyal, respectful, tactful, non confrontation, professional and making payments on time still wasn’t good enough to finish Project Leopard. There are a couple big issues to address: How …
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 to stop by the SR20 Store. Marco messaged me that his family has Covid, so they were quarantining. It’s been awhile since he’s touched it.. but today… I got some …
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Project Leopard – ARP timing tensioner kit When I started to buy everything for the RB25det, I was thinking a lot about this kit. I knew I was going to get a new timing and idler. Only place I found it to be was on Boostfactory.ca. They broke down what they did. For some reason, …
Project Leopard – Boost Doc Water fitting When the RB25det was finally getting worked on, Marco hit stump. He said the water inlet pipe is eroded. This common of this piece. He said it could still be used, but if we can get a new one, we should. I looked at first and I didn’t …
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, he took off the Greddy intake manifold and installed it on his new engine. The Greddy intake manifold for the RB25det is no cheap piece. It did cross my mind to …
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Project Leopard – ATI Damper for RB25det During my original RB25det build list, I was thinking of an damper. Ross Performance and ATI came to mind. During the pandemic, international shipping hit everyone, so I didn’t pursue a Ross piece. I then looked at ATI. They didn’t have one at the time. ATI doesn’t officially …
Project Leopard – Exhaust manifold, exhaust manifold and turbo heat shield Cerakote Glacier Chrome Marco (my original builder) convinced me to stick with the stock exhaust manifold because it is cast iron and strong. This is what they originally went with during the Project Car Magazine build up. They were also going for the factory …
I will be 100% honest with you. While I almost swapped an RB20det in 2007, I didn’t . I battled with what my intentions were if I did a swap. I never was a hardcore drifter and the only reason that I helped with swaps (Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Nissans and Toyotas) was out of pure curiosity and …
