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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:16 AM (permalink)
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geeze lucky man!. she must really like the aw11 then :P
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:49 AM (permalink)
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Major bummer on the Blitz turbo today.
Down in Adelaide for a few days so I drove the hire car down to the shop to pickup the K1. When I arrived I was presented with the turbo minus the exhaust housing! The Caldinas previous owner had it fitted into the factory gen 4 manifold/ex housing combo in place of the ct15b.
I could have took it home with me and tried to find an ex housing but I decided it wasn't worth the hassle and took a refund :( I don't even know if the ex housing is a stock 20b or something modified by blitz or if the centre cartridge was modified to fit in place of the 15b.
Oh well, will continue to use the old ct26. Maybe a gt3071 kit will come available soon haha.

Hopefully my coilovers will be at home waiting for me when I return.
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 10:45 AM (permalink)
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Rally potato may be a good turbo option.

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 11:14 AM (permalink)
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Efr would be a mental option.

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 12:48 AM (permalink)
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Slap a T67 on there
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:21 PM (permalink)
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Nick, you take any pictures of it?

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:24 PM (permalink)
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Nah no pics. Looked to be in very good condition though. Imagine a ct20b without the turbine housing and clamp.
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Wednesday, June 04, 2014 3:26 AM (permalink)
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That is a real bummer mate.  Just wondering though, would a ct20b exhaust housing bolt straight on? The dimensions can't be too far off, particularly as the K1 bolts straight on to the Gen 3. 
 
I have a spare ct20b exhaust housing if you want to try..

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Wednesday, June 04, 2014 5:18 AM (permalink)
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I was thinking the 20b housing should fit straight on until I did a bit of research and found that the ct15b ex housing and turbine are completely. You can't put a ct20b centre section on the gen4 exhaust mani/housing.
http://www.mr2.com/forums...71-Gen-4-Caldina-Turbo

Thank you very much for the offer on the housing though :) I just don't have the balls to try it as I don't think it'll work.
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Saturday, June 14, 2014 7:44 AM (permalink)
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Went and picked up my custom Front 4kg Rear 6kg coilovers from Justjap today. For some reason they gave them to me for trade price??? $1249
 
 
 
I gotta say that they exceeded my expectations in terms of comfort. They feel fantastic. I have the adjusters set half way at 15 front and rear. Not harsh at all :) Handling has improved also.
 
I've only driven about 10kms on them so far but no complaints yet. Just nice to have all new bits.
 
I haven't decided on when whether I'm going to drop the car down quite low or similar to what it was before. Guess I'll have a fiddle and see where it ends up :)
post edited by Mrskylighter - Saturday, June 14, 2014 7:49 AM
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Friday, June 20, 2014 4:31 AM (permalink)
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Glad to hear you like them. Did the front coilovers come supplied with the camber plates wrong left to right, or was it just me that was lucky with that.

I was thinking the other week about your choice of spring rates, and for rural driving your probably near spot on. The 6/8k can be a bit harsh and make the car a bit nervous on really bad rural roads.

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:23 AM (permalink)
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Glad to hear you like them. Did the front coilovers come supplied with the camber plates wrong left to right, or was it just me that was lucky with that.

I was thinking the other week about your choice of spring rates, and for rural driving your probably near spot on. The 6/8k can be a bit harsh and make the car a bit nervous on really bad rural roads.



Nah my front strut tops were alright :) Had to do a bit of minor filing to get brake line to sit in the tab and also trim down the drop link threaded end that attaches to the drop link mount on the front coilovers. Apart from that, it was relatively smooth install.
They are a tiny bit bouncy after a week or so of driving but I haven't tried any further adjustments to the dampers.
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:39 AM (permalink)
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In other news the Adub is getting a bit of a makeover at the moment :)
  • The front lip and side skirts are in being painted in the factory metallic silver.
  • Car is booked in at Performance Exhaust on Friday to get the Kakimoto 3in muffler, 3in Magnaflow metal cat and piping installed. 
  • New floor mats arrived from Matcraft in Western Australia. I got the MR2 logo done in silver which looks great! 
  • Painted the exterior A Pillar trims, targa roof trims and wiper arms in satin black. Came out very nice indeed. Exceeded my expectations. Took my time with these and did about 6-7 thin coats.
  • Started running a clay bar over the car and couldn't believe the amount of crud that came off! Must continue this when I get some time.
  • The BC coilovers which I've already installed. Just got to get an alignment when I have some time.
Here is a few pics of the Matcraft AW11 mats.
 

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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Friday, June 27, 2014 9:23 AM (permalink)
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Picked up some parts from the local spray painter yesterday :)

Got my Kbox AW11 rubber trim kits ready to go. (didn't install the side vent one)

Bit of a fiddly job applying super glue and sticking the trim on.Came out pretty good tho.
 

post edited by Mrskylighter - Friday, June 27, 2014 9:34 AM
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Re:Nick's Two Tone 1989 AW11 MK1.5 Friday, June 27, 2014 9:47 AM (permalink)
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Today's mission was visiting the boys at Performance exhaust in Northmead to have my SW20 Kakimoto 3in muffler custom fitted to my AW11.
A few pics from the install.
 
The old B-Pipe was a masterpiece :) Probably not ideal being 2in in places and a leak to go with it haha

The old HKS muffler is an excellent condition for its age and still very much usable.

 
Making the new bits :)


 
All fitted up



 
I couldn't recommend Performance Exhaust enough, they understood exactly the look and fitment I wanted and pulled it off perfectly. In my opinion it has a true bolt-on JDM style look to it (AW11 Fujitsubo) which is what I was after.
They also tucked the exhaust piping up as high as possible for the best ground clearance and fitted a quality Magnaflow metal cat.
The exhaust is quieter at idle then before but louder when you put your foot into it.
 
I haven't been this satisfied with a purchase or service in a very long time. 
 
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