Big Spec R for sale. Much loved but turbo bearings gone

Big Spec R for sale. Much loved but turbo bearings gone. SOLD

Hi folks. After 7 years of membership in the GTI-R owner's club, the time has come to sell my GTI-R. I am going to be very very sorry to see it go as it's the car i've always wanted since i was a teenager.

Unfortunately the bearings have gone in the turbo (no damage to impeller or casting) and i can't justify the reconditioning of it.

It is tatty in places and has the usual Pulsar rust starting on the rear arches, but still shines up lovely.

The car has a huge huge spec and was built to make 600BHP. However it has never seen anything like this figure due to it being a daily driver/ standard gearbox and was only running 1.4 bar for most of the time i had it.

It's only ever been fed Millers fluids and ran on VPower.

Black 1990, sunroof model.

ENGINE
* Full engine rebuild by AGRA Engineering with 87mm JE forged pistons with JE rings and 1mm oversized bores
* Custom made Piper 272 degree cams with adjustable pulleys with JUN rocker stoppers
* Head fully gas flowed, ported and polished by AGRA Engineering
* Valves three angle cut
* Tony Bardy Racing head stud conversion
* Cometic 1.2mm metal head gasket
* Balanced con rods with ARP rod bolts
* Nitrided and knife edged crank with lightened and balance bottom end with ACL heavy duty race bearings
* ARP crank cradle bolts
* Forged lightened and balanced engine pulley kit
* Lightened and balance flywheel by AGRA Engineering
* Helix organic racing clutch
* ND Roller Bearing Hyper Turbo (Version Two) with stainless steel flexible water and oil feed pipes
* GReddy exhaust gas temperature (EGT)
* AEM wideband
* Phoenix Power front mount intercooler with Blitz Twin Core intercooler
* Charge temp sensor with digital display
* HKS Super Sequential dump valve
* Mocal 13 row oil cooler with built in thermostat into the sandwich plate
* Walbro 255 uprated fuel pump
* Sard 720cc injectors
* NISMO polyurethane engine mounts x 5
* Relocated battery to boot in a sealed box with kill switch and digital volt display x 2 (one in engine bay and other in boot)
* Earthing kit using 4 gauge cabling
* Polished rocker cover, plenum chamber, throttle bodies, dizzy and fuel rail
* Engine detailing including blue Samco hoses and vacuum hoses
* Stainless steel spark plug cover
* NISMO oil and water caps

BREATHING
* TRUST air filter with custom made intake pipe
*Z32 MAF
* Custom 3″ straight through stainless steel exhaust system with 5Zigen 304 Boarder Max rear muffler
* Cusco oil catch tank

ELECTRONICS
* A’pexi Power FC Pro with commander with built in launch control
* A'pexi Power FC Boost Controller

CHASSIS
* TEIN Superstreet 2 ¼” coilovers with TEIN front adjustable pillow ball top mounts and Cusco rear adjustable pillow ball top mounts
* MINES adjustable front upper strut brace
* Whiteline four point lower front strut brace
* NISMO rear upper strut brace
* Jim’s front castor mod
* Powerstation Bumpsteer kit (spherical rose joints)
* Anti dive kit fitted to front wishbones with polyurethane bushes with aluminium spacers
* Whiteline adjustable rear anti roll bar

BRAKES
* Willwood 4 pot callipers with 310mm disc and rotor with Pollymatrix racing pads
* Godspeed 300mm disc and rotor rear brake conversion with Kevlar racing pads
* Goodridge stainless steel brake lines front and rear
* Willwood 5.1 racing brake fluid

EXTERIOR
* Front bumper modified to accept front mount intercooler and meshed
* Clear side repeaters with silver bulbs all round
* Nissan headlight protectors
* Espace splitter.
* Sunny rear conversion including number plate surround and badging.
* Colour coded door handles.
* NISMO rear diff guard
* Horizontal park rear wiper conversion.
* Rare OEM optional heated electric folding mirrors.
* OEM optional sunroof

WHEELS
* 17″ Buddyclub SF 5 spoke 205/45/17
*Toyo Proxes tyres

INTERIOR
* One off alcantara dash
* Electronically derestricted and speedo converted to show MPH
* All night illumination converted to red colour.
* Armrest covered in OEM seat foam and material to match.
* Gauges relocated into glove box trimmed in black alcantara panel housing GReddy EGT, boost, oil pressure and AEM AF/R
* HKS boost controller house in glove box
* Car fully sound deadened- Dynamat Extreme in doors and rear quarters, Brownbread on floor pan.
* Primera sunglasses holder mod.
* Primera illuminated vanity mirror mod.
* Original Nissan flair and umbrella.
* OEM optional Rollbar.
* Very rare OEM optional heated seats.
* Rare illuminated ignition surround.

ICE
* Becker Traffic pro single din head unit featuring Sat nav, CD, Radio, Live traffic, phone hook.
* Uprated door speakers.
* Added tweeters into A pillars, blended and alcantara covered.

SECURITY
* Clifford Concept 600 – Thatcham Cat one alarm with 4 point immobilisation with Blackjax anti hi-jacking
* Clifford Turbo Timer

OTHER STUFF
* Carbon fibre front grille
* Custom gear shift stabiliser
* Electric cutoff switch

*Modernised rear number plate
*Black Powder coated and Polybushed front wishbones

This could make a great R for someone who can put the time in that i haven't got.

The car will come with an ENORMOUS box of history,reciepts, magazines, photo cd, original english manual etc and also a couple of boxes of spares and bits and bobs.

I absolutely will not take less than 3K
 
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PobodY

Moderators
Staff member
is this not channy's old car??
Bingo! - I recall that Mr Chan was a little cagey about what that turbo actually was. I'm not saying it's dodgy, just that if it was some funny hybrid unit I can see why it could be expensive to fix it.

Alex has also put his own touches on this car though; the heated mirrors and the sunglass holder mod are two obvious ones, and I suspect the sound system is now really good too. - Seems like a shame to be selling it after putting the effort into sourcing and installing all the little bits; don't do it! Buy a replacement turbo instead?
 

PBRADY

New Member
Really nice spec car mate. Out of a matter of interest. What bhp were your car running before it blew the turbo. Also any photos of the car as Im in starting a new project and your car is fitting the bill.
 
SOLD. Thanks chaps. Sorry I didn't reply to a few of your posts. Thanks everyone who's helped and generally been a great laugh over the years. This and the modifier's are great clubs. Keep it up.

Alex
 
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