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[alundra]

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[halliwell]

Does anyone no if you can enter the Modified and race at above circuit ?
advertised on web site front cover !!!

[Spencer 200SX Turbo ZX]

Hi,

I am new to this board and thanks for the heads up Dave (Wacomuk) on a UK forum for our S12's!

This is my import S12 which I bought in 1996. It came into the country via an airman from Lakenheath USAF base.

As it had lived it's life in California and Nevada before arriving in the UK, there was absolutely no rust anywhere on the car, and the origional sealing wax was still visible on the underside. It also came with a full service history including the origional bill of sale.





These pics are a couple of years old, but I haven't changed anything since then, so it still looks the same.




It has different rear lights and the US market Turbo scoop on the bonnet which one day I might get round to making functional.




A couple of shots of the engine bay showing the 8 plug setup and the extra emissions junk on the inlet manifold. The later one shows my Blitz SS air filter too which sounds awesome.





The interior is pretty much the same except for the steering wheel being on the wrong side lol, and it also has a digital dash, fuel trip computer and voice warning system.

Other standard features are electric mirrors, electric windows, air conditioning, cruise control, manual/removable sunroof, factory tinted windows, factory side skirts and factory fitted alarm with immobilisor (NATS), which has a habit of going off when you open the drivers door even though it isn't set lol.

Mods wise it is pretty much stock; It has a low mileage T2 on it which I got from Dave (WacomUK) a couple of years ago along with a 10psi actuator which I found out later. It also has a custom exhaust which runs from the manifold to a single rear silencer in a much straighter line than the origional!
I also put a Blitz SS air filter on it which I bought cheap from a freind; it was for an ST185 Celica GT4, but was almost a direct fit.

I think thats about it; I have had it 10 years this year, and so far it has only needed a new turbo and front calipers. The old turbo cracked badly around the wastegate flapper thingy lol.
I rewired a lot of the engine management system as it had issues when I bought it, but since then has been 100% reliable and loads of fun
It doesn't make huge power like a lot of the awesome motors on here, but it's definately well up on what it was origionally. The air filter and exhaust made a massive difference, possibly more so than usual due to ditching the cat which was in the middle section.

My plans for it which will probably be next summer now are to fit an intercooler (might even try top mount chargecooler if I can make one fit making the scoop functional as it would be different). It does have what we think is a 10psi actuator on it. The story behind that is after the new turbo went on, the led boost gauge would go straight up to +4 lights and then light up the last one which is red, so I borrowed a boost gauge from a friend and ran it for a couple of weeks and found it boosts between 8-9psi, but it is consistent. Would this be about right for a 10psi actuator? Definately no leaks in the wastegate line. The pop-up valve has never gone off, but I will remove it when I put on some kind of intercooler.

I also want to put a UK inlet manifold on to get rid of most of the emissions stuff. I could just blank off the EGR etc (it's already disabled), but might be easier and tidier to just swap them out and it will have a new manifold gasket then too.

I also want to put a UK cam in, as these are an upgrade to the US market spec. It doubt it will make a huge difference, but I am curious lol.

Then there is the suspension; I want to swap out the bushes for poly ones. The front ARB bushes are getting bad, so this might be done sooner rather than later. I also need to find better front struts, as mine are looking decidedly rusty. These were swapped with UK ones for some reason before I bought the car and have seen better days.

Anyway this looks like a great board with some awesome cars and nice to meet you all!

Spencer

[wacomuk]

Hi spencer glad you found it ok

[PukkaSilvia]

that car is lovely . Very jelous of the Digital dash. First one i have heard of in a s12 in the Uk. Welcome to S12oc.

[Spencer 200SX Turbo ZX]

Thanks Dave

And thank you Pukka The digital dash is neat; It comes in handy to quieten annoying passengers (like my fionce lol) by switching it from MPH to KPH lol.

I have a couple of videos (a bit lame tho lol) of it which I will post up if youtube ever finishes processing them lol.

Ok, here is the first one. This was back in 2003 before the new exhaust etc. It's rather lame, but my fionce wanted to do this to show her friends back home the car she had been driving over here (yes, I let her drive it lol). Also before I put on about 4 extra stone in weight lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap14T2kA6DM

And this one was done after fitting the turbo, exhaust and air filter. The passenger videoing it is a very nervous passenger though, hence I am not pushing it very hard, but with sounds like this I don't have the radio on much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAYTCasGvAA

One of these days I will do a good video lol.

[wacomuk]

Originally Posted by Spencer 200SX Turbo ZX

after fitting the turbo, exhaust and air filter

was this the turbo you got off docwra? the one i sold him with 1500 miles on it

[Spencer 200SX Turbo ZX]

Ahhh, yes you're right lol...I forgot it had come from him. Didn't he buy it for something but it wouldn't fit his car or something like that? Lol it's a long time ago now. It is a sweet turbo though and still had fresh paint when it went on the car

[wacomuk]

yes i sold it to him for his lancia integrale but it did not fit so he sold it on

[PukkaSilvia]

Its always good to see some vids. Thanks. Good commentary,shame it wasnt commentating something more interesting.....Perhaps shes hinting you should take it on the track