The GK Turbo....
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:55 pm
Thought id finally start to share what i have done to my GK Turbo.....
Brief discription of how i came across the car,
I bought it about 3yrs ago while i was on my L's. I had heard and seen pix of it from a mate who worked at Mitsi's who worked with the guy who built it. One day while at a car show (Small Car Sunday) i saw it was up for sale. Long story short i ended up with it.
Having a few mates who were into modding cars we decided to go to a track practice session out at Mallala Raceway to see how they went. Having gone along the back-straight with the speedo needle past the 200km mark it was time to slow down for the hairpin quickly coming up..... Foot firmly on the brakes and not much happening. Oh S**t, WTF,(heart racing, thought i was going to write it off) luckily the kitty litter pulled me up with not too much trouble, continued through it so as to not having to get pulled out by the officials, got back on the track and continued having fun. The next few times around the track not going so spastic into the hairpin making sure it was going to pull up.
Session over, come in and go over the car, all seem's fine. Wait for the next session to rock around. Go out again and after a few laps start getting a bit heavy footed again, come up to a corner.... same thing, no brakes. Thinking to myself WTF is going on?? Got to a point that if i went over a certain speed the breaks would fail. Continued the event remembering that i just couldn't go flat out on the straights.
Drove it around for a few more months while on my L's just occasionally on weekends and cruises. Got my P's and decided im not getting it defected so pulled it off the road. Its been off the road for about 2yrs now and a few thing have changed since i bought it.
When i got it....
1984 GK SE, Mitsubishi 380 Platinum Silver, Microtech
2.6Lt EFI-Turbo, TP Magna Manifold, RX7 Injectors,
Custom Tubo Manifold, Equivilent of a VG30 Turbo,
Sigma 5spd, 300x600 Intercooler, GSR Tinted Rear Lights,
Tinted Windows, Pepperpot's, Nissan 720 Diff,
Sigma Front Scorpion Rear Brakes, Lowered,
TME Evo 6.5 Front and Rear Seats,
Bit under 200 at the wheels on 12psi
What ive done to it....
Full 3inch Mandrel Bent Exhaust System from AAA Exhaust's (from Turbo back)
Replaced rear light's with standard GSR one's
Scorpion diff...(nissan diff need's leaks fixed)
Black interior (door trim's, dash, console, etc)
GSR front lip spoiler and rear boot spoiler (need's painting)
Blacked out inside of headlight's
Relocated surgetank and fuel pump's
Redone front bumper
Thing's still to be done....
Starion front and rear brake's
Starion 5spd and Hydraulic clutch setup (currently installing the clutch pedal)
Custom bonnet (will post detail's once finished)
Relocated oil filter
Install alloy radiator (s13 sr20)
Magna digital dash cluster
Sideskirt's
Tidy wiring and enginebay
GSR grill
Put it all back together
Polish the Pepperpot's
probably alot more that i cant think of at the moment.
Here's a list of places i used:
Fours N More Automotive Repairs, Langford Ave, Pooraka, 8260 2011
G-Tek Automotive Repairs, Donegal Rd, Lonsdale, 8326 1711
Car Parts Plus, O'Sullivan Beach Rd, Lonsdale, 8326 0377
All Clutch & Brake Service Pty Ltd, Pinn St, 8277 8122
U-Pull-It, Elizabeth and Lonsdale, 8255 7700
AAA Exhaust, Deacon Ave, Richmond, 8352 7444
Bridgestone, Marion, 8296 9655
Pedders, Bains Rd, Morphett Vale, 8326 4211
Motormate, South Rd, St Mary's, 8374 1500
Brief discription of how i came across the car,
I bought it about 3yrs ago while i was on my L's. I had heard and seen pix of it from a mate who worked at Mitsi's who worked with the guy who built it. One day while at a car show (Small Car Sunday) i saw it was up for sale. Long story short i ended up with it.
Having a few mates who were into modding cars we decided to go to a track practice session out at Mallala Raceway to see how they went. Having gone along the back-straight with the speedo needle past the 200km mark it was time to slow down for the hairpin quickly coming up..... Foot firmly on the brakes and not much happening. Oh S**t, WTF,(heart racing, thought i was going to write it off) luckily the kitty litter pulled me up with not too much trouble, continued through it so as to not having to get pulled out by the officials, got back on the track and continued having fun. The next few times around the track not going so spastic into the hairpin making sure it was going to pull up.
Session over, come in and go over the car, all seem's fine. Wait for the next session to rock around. Go out again and after a few laps start getting a bit heavy footed again, come up to a corner.... same thing, no brakes. Thinking to myself WTF is going on?? Got to a point that if i went over a certain speed the breaks would fail. Continued the event remembering that i just couldn't go flat out on the straights.
Drove it around for a few more months while on my L's just occasionally on weekends and cruises. Got my P's and decided im not getting it defected so pulled it off the road. Its been off the road for about 2yrs now and a few thing have changed since i bought it.
When i got it....
1984 GK SE, Mitsubishi 380 Platinum Silver, Microtech
2.6Lt EFI-Turbo, TP Magna Manifold, RX7 Injectors,
Custom Tubo Manifold, Equivilent of a VG30 Turbo,
Sigma 5spd, 300x600 Intercooler, GSR Tinted Rear Lights,
Tinted Windows, Pepperpot's, Nissan 720 Diff,
Sigma Front Scorpion Rear Brakes, Lowered,
TME Evo 6.5 Front and Rear Seats,
Bit under 200 at the wheels on 12psi
What ive done to it....
Full 3inch Mandrel Bent Exhaust System from AAA Exhaust's (from Turbo back)
Replaced rear light's with standard GSR one's
Scorpion diff...(nissan diff need's leaks fixed)
Black interior (door trim's, dash, console, etc)
GSR front lip spoiler and rear boot spoiler (need's painting)
Blacked out inside of headlight's
Relocated surgetank and fuel pump's
Redone front bumper
Thing's still to be done....
Starion front and rear brake's
Starion 5spd and Hydraulic clutch setup (currently installing the clutch pedal)
Custom bonnet (will post detail's once finished)
Relocated oil filter
Install alloy radiator (s13 sr20)
Magna digital dash cluster
Sideskirt's
Tidy wiring and enginebay
GSR grill
Put it all back together
Polish the Pepperpot's
probably alot more that i cant think of at the moment.
Here's a list of places i used:
Fours N More Automotive Repairs, Langford Ave, Pooraka, 8260 2011
G-Tek Automotive Repairs, Donegal Rd, Lonsdale, 8326 1711
Car Parts Plus, O'Sullivan Beach Rd, Lonsdale, 8326 0377
All Clutch & Brake Service Pty Ltd, Pinn St, 8277 8122
U-Pull-It, Elizabeth and Lonsdale, 8255 7700
AAA Exhaust, Deacon Ave, Richmond, 8352 7444
Bridgestone, Marion, 8296 9655
Pedders, Bains Rd, Morphett Vale, 8326 4211
Motormate, South Rd, St Mary's, 8374 1500