I’ve had the original custom driveshaft (modified portion) just waiting to get put on. But the carrier bearing was pretty bad and ripped. So I ordered a new one. Hung got it installed. Hung replaced the bearing and said that the rear part of the driveshaft is missing. Well, we all know it was there …
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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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 …
Piecing the RB25det transmission When Project Leopard came to the SR20store in Dec 2019, I didn’t have a transmission. Marco said he can get one for me and so I paid for it. He told me it was good and just sitting at a friend’s garage. I trusted him at the time, but what has …
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 …
Power Steering pump and components One of the “benefits” that would have happened if I stayed with Marco/SR20store was the amount of stuff he can put on the motor since there were spare parts everywhere. Marco tested a power steering pump and even told me that I need to order the upper bracket (adjustment bracket). …
Project Leopard – Engine mounting When I got the RB25det, it was in pieces. For some reason, I thought “most of it” was there. Now that we are in the home stretch of the build, it’s finding the small stuff and sometimes the small stuff is back ordered or out of stock or delayed due …
Project Leopard – Tomei Poncams, Fuel Pressure Regulator and adapter One of the components I have been kind of battling with was camshafts. Since I wasn’t going to go big power, I just thought my normal cams would do enough. If there was ever a time to put something into the new engine… it is …
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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 …
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 a 2nd option of shipping a front cut of the hood. This is what I went with. When the car was getting ready to get sent to Arizona, I put …
