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Made a few more miles with the new setup. All in all I think near 500 miles or so.
Had some minor issues like a wastegate gasket blowing out and a few bolt coming loose but most has been sorted out now.
The boost curve needs some a djustemnt. I will receive a new chip tomorrow with higher boost settings over the mid rpm band. This way the torque will be...

Last Wednesday evening I finished the turbo conversion on the V70R.
After some initial test runs the wastegate wasn't working properly. Car went in to fail safe much to quick.
Yesterday I drove the car to RICA HQ in the Netherlands, a 135 mile drive for me.
Traffic was extrem and it took me a long time to get there. There was a major computer crash in...

Took the T3/T04, downpipe and manifold of the R.
Cut the downpipe and fitted the downpipe to the GT30 using a kind of mould/dummy setup.
This is the same setup used when I mounted the T3/T04.

I connected the cut parts using tape. When all is in shape it will be tig spot welded. After that is will be test fitted when the turbo is in the car and when all...

I've had plans to change my R's turbo to a GT3071R for some time already.
My house has been rebuild between August '04 and Februari this year.
In Februari all the furniture and stuff had to be moved back. Also a lot of small things to do in the house.
Late last year I decided to buy an old Datsun for a new tuning project.
During the winter I...

Picked up the R from the dealer today.
Car received 2 modifications.

One mod to prevent the famous sidestep issue where the rear of the car can make a strange sideways movement when driving over road irregulariities.
Tested the car on the way home on a not so nice piece of road. Car went smooth all the way up to 137 mph.

The second modification is an...

Just to inform.

'97 850T5 (Ex Police surveillance/highway patrol)

Mods:

Engine: Stock B5234FT block (185+K miles). Magnacor 8.5 mm wires. MSD Blaster coil. B5254Tx manifold. '04 R KKK-K24 @ 20.5 psi. Max 7200 RPM. Green filter cone. ATech IC. 350CC "white" injectors.

ECU: RICA "SwedeDemon Edition" dyno tuned and MOTEC...