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TUFSIG, GK Sigma GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:13 pm
by TUFSIG
Well After My Recent Deletion i figured i should redo my build thread on my pride and joy TUFSIG
Ive had this car for about 4 years now and its come a fair way from its stocka 2.6 carby manual days
here is a collection and recollection of how far its come over the years as a recap

The Start
Day of purchase

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A bit ruff around the edges and in need of some TLC
This was the week later once it was all cleaned up and lowered on pedders springs

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After about 3 months of repairs i got her on the road this was my first night i took her out with rego

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I pretty much left it as is for about a year and on my 21st i got my plates that gave the car its name

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a month or two later i decided to get my pepperpots pollished up and they really made the car

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as far as interior had gone i decided to steam clean it and give it a good clean up
i also did custom installs of my speakers in the doors and made custom parcel shelf

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after that i decided to have my first play on the engine side of things with these

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and then after that as what happens to most i caught the turbo bug
i got an original sigma turbo motor and rebuilt everything off it to put in

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That took about 9 months to complete that conversion with my old man
however when i had to many probs with blow buy i decided that i needed to take that extra step
at this present time i am now converting TUFSIG to EFI turbo using the motor out of my scorpion hence i can not get it engineered

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so let the games begin
here is tufsig as she is today

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Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:21 pm
by lpgalant
um, wtf, lol,

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:14 am
by camB
Sorry to hear of your account problems, but hey, great for me! So easy to find and follow your threads now! :D
Always a good read for those of us who like picture books.

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:00 am
by TUFSIG
yeah this build was nealry 8 pages lol

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:22 pm
by www.18u
Such a shame this happened. I was using some pics for ideas, and some valuable technical info. Glad you had all your pics saved.

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:10 pm
by TUFSIG
cheers man
thank god for photobucket

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:18 pm
by DanTurboLancer
Come along way together!!
great to get to see the complete history :)

Well done TUFSIG

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:27 pm
by TUFSIG
cheers dan
yeah there is much more but i thought a small recap would do for now lol
shes come along way been through a few motors ect but you know its all fun :P
im hoping this latest efi will be the last engine work for a while and i can get the thing resprayed finally even though the paint is really good

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:40 pm
by 75wagon
I really like the look of this car.

I've always like the GSR's, they are a good looking car...

Dave

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:22 am
by TUFSIG
cheers bro yeah i love the GSR best sigma :P

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:51 pm
by TUFSIG
bay is prob getting painted next week sumtime just have to get it to the workshop lucky its a local joint
decided to stay orignal colour

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:33 pm
by TUFSIG
getting rid of final stuff in the bay for painting cant wait till its done then i can drop the new motor in and start the fun bits

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Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:54 pm
by TUFSIG
one of the motors im taking inspiration from
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nice clean bay with gt35r :P

rocker cover looks good too

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:46 pm
by 516MA
GT35 hmmm sounds like it'll be a weapon :)

thats the turbo off a xr6 isnt it?

one other question is you 2.6 motor built? or are you just gonna keep it stock? (pistons, rods etc.)

Nick

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:28 pm
by TUFSIG
Yeah same turbo but im going external gated
and nah my 2.6 aint stock man lol :P

Full Rebuild Astron 2 , 2.6lt EFI Turbo
Ported Magna M7 head
290 deg Cam
ADJ Cam Gear
Astron II rocker gears
Double valve springs
TR moded Intake
TR Throttle Body
550cc RX7 Turbo injectors
Low comp pistons (moly rings 7:6.1)
Garret GT35R with .82 rear housing
New Engine Mounts
TR Magna Alternator
Xtreme Cushion Button Clutch
Starion Turbo Flywheel
Starion Turbo 5 Speed gearbox with hydrolic clutch conversion
Custom Quick Shifter
Adjustable Plumbback BOV

just a shortlist of the motor :P
lots more stuff and goodies going in like new Haltech E6X ecu
coil pack setup instead of dizzy and many more things

thats the motor thats going in out of my scorpion
currently it makes 198rwkw on 17psi on a rx7 turbo but i want some more and reckno its got more to give
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standard motor would shit a brick the first time i hit boost lol

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:03 pm
by 516MA
thats why i was checkin :P id hate to see TUFSIG in the garage again lol it needs to be on the road! :P

sounds like a good setup :)

pitty u in victoria i wanna see what this will do down the strip aye ;)


Nick

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:18 pm
by TUFSIG
prob wont be going to the track ect
not really built for drags since its still got the sound system to go in ect
just wanted to make a all rounder
power and show :P i reckno it would prob run at least a 12 if i took it down it maybe

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:47 pm
by slo
just love this thing always have :D
i still remember coming across a pic of this on grass/paddock ages ago and having it as a desktop pic

keep up the good work :thumpsup:

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:24 am
by TUFSIG
pic on the grass well that would have been ages ago lol was it this pic

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that was about 2 months after i got the car lol
i had nuthing done to it at that point
it wasent even on the road

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:37 am
by slo
yup that one and the one with the car pointing front on showing the drivers side

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:14 pm
by TUFSIG
yeah the car has changed quite a bit since then

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:19 pm
by TUFSIG
my camera is broken but atm im currently nearly finnished pulling the turbo motor out of the scorpion
so it will be getting painted up and over the next week or too the motor will go in to TUFSIG
will try and get some pics soon

cheers

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:49 am
by DanTurboLancer
Well Done Luke,

Both for all of your hard work over the years,
And for having the patience to restart all your posts!

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:43 pm
by TUFSIG
Spend all day with old man cleaning the garage ect always good to have a clean working area
rolled TUFSIG out and bring in scorp to take more bits off

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Need to find sumthing to put that turbo stuff on lol
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Interior is a bit messy from removing the box and such
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aim aiming for the end of march to have all in hocked up and running
wish me luck lol

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:47 pm
by 77galantv6
good to see you are getting into it soon man.
am going to be watching this closely

ps.what is that terrible poster on the wall....

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:52 pm
by TUFSIG
cheers man yeah im going to be working my arse off over the next couple of months but well worth it lol

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:18 pm
by dvsfin
i wish i had a garage :'( i dont think i would ever leave it :P

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:33 pm
by 77galantv6
just looking at GB_BB4C's GK build, and was thinking
your car would suit a similar light modification to his
with the darker fronts and rears
(knowing you have a few spare cars i'm sure you would be able to put another set in just for a look)

just an idea....

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:29 pm
by TUFSIG
The Lights in my GL scorp are done like that at the front and they are the same as GSR lights so i can just swap them to see ect however i only have a spare rear right light at the rear :(

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they dont look too bad on the scorp

Re: TUFSIG, GK GSR 2.6 EFI Turbo, From the Start

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:45 pm
by 81GH
cool new thread, awesome got to see the car from the start,
did it sound pretty awesome with the twin carbys
before u went carby turbo?

That GSR is so mint.
hope to go 4 boost in it someday.