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> Track Day Project, Almera Gti 2.0L (SR20DET) 143 BHP
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post May 3 2011, 12:12 PM
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Well, firstly guys, this car isnt bought yet, but we are currently looking for a decent condition Almera GTi, i would like your thoughts and feedback on things you think we should add to the car.....

Budget:
Almera GTi - £500-£800
Parts - £3,000

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So....Whatcha sayin?
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post May 3 2011, 12:22 PM
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Looks like an awesome idea, Almera's are good cars as far as I know. Good luck with it!
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post May 3 2011, 12:44 PM
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Car is in good shape to me, and isn't that expensive .. I like the exhaust (IMG:style_emoticons/default/toung.gif)
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post May 3 2011, 02:58 PM
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wire tuck the engie, and bronze small te37, lips and low
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post May 3 2011, 03:02 PM
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nissan pulsar? prolly my least fav car lol they seem to go pretty good but

i wouldnt use a fwd car as a track car but thats just me lol

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post May 3 2011, 05:07 PM
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QUOTE (AndrewGMC @ May 3 2011, 10:58 AM) *
wire tuck the engie


DO NOT DO A WIRE TUCK! Unless there is some way to do it without snipping the wires, just leave it as is, thats terribly dangerous unless you are really comfortable and know what you are doing.

Anyways, easy mods to start with: a performance panel filter, performance springs, wheels.
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post May 3 2011, 08:52 PM
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QUOTE (Mkid @ May 3 2011, 01:07 PM) *
DO NOT DO A WIRE TUCK! Unless there is some way to do it without snipping the wires, just leave it as is, thats terribly dangerous unless you are really comfortable and know what you are doing.


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wire tucks are easy as f**k, just time consuming.
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post May 3 2011, 09:00 PM
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its not a matter of how easy it is or not, if cutting wires is involved, its risky business.
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post May 3 2011, 09:05 PM
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I guess it depends on how comfortable you are with electrical. To me, cutting wires and rewiring are no problem.
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post May 3 2011, 09:15 PM
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I suppose if you have experience with it, its not so bad. But most people don't and just start cutting s**t to look clean.
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post May 3 2011, 09:19 PM
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Do it

So, what am I saying? Well without trying to be patronizing gut the lot, then I'd say go for stickier tyres. I think you'll be hard pressed to find one that looks as good as the one in the original post for that kind of money, so f**k the bodywork, it'll no doubt pick some battle scars up anyway. Just make sure the mechanicals are sweet. But anyway, stripping the car should be mainly free so let's theoretically say it costs £0

£3000 left

Some decent 'fast road' tyres, let's say, Toyo T1Rs would be around £350 a set

£2650 left

Then I'd say get some good lowering springs, a strut brace and anti roll bars, these would probably be around £600 all in

£2050 left

I'd probably upgrade the brakes at this point, unfortunately I don't think the Almera GTi has a great deal of aftermarket support, but I found a set of 4 grooved brake discs on eBay for about £150. So...

£1900 left

This is the fun bit, power, with this much money you could probably do a home-made forced induction conversion or just buy an SR20DET and fit that.

Of course it all depends on how much access you have to tools and facilities, and how much experience you've got. Once again sorry to sound patronizing if I do but this is probably one of the ideas I like most on PCA, you got Facebook?

Ps: I just saw the car in the OP on Pistonheads for £600, I stand corrected

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post May 3 2011, 09:27 PM
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post May 3 2011, 09:30 PM
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QUOTE (Ben.H @ May 3 2011, 05:19 PM) *
I'd probably upgrade the brakes at this point, unfortunately I don't think the Almera GTi has a great deal of aftermarket support, but I found a set of 4 grooved brake discs on eBay for about £150. So...


Surprisingly, a lot of cars share brake designs and sizes. Did you know corvette calipers are a direct swap on to my car? I don't think brakes would be an issue to find.
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post May 3 2011, 11:03 PM
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QUOTE (Mkid @ May 3 2011, 10:30 PM) *
Surprisingly, a lot of cars share brake designs and sizes. Did you know corvette calipers are a direct swap on to my car? I don't think brakes would be an issue to find.


That's true, as a matter of fact I'm fairly certain the brakes from the Pulsar GTi-R would be a direct fit and other Nissan models of that time. Problem is, they are at the end of the day road brakes and after a few laps on track they'll fade like Blazing Squad's career. So you'd ideally be after performance discs and pads.
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post May 3 2011, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE (Ben.H @ May 3 2011, 07:03 PM) *
That's true, as a matter of fact I'm fairly certain the brakes from the Pulsar GTi-R would be a direct fit and other Nissan models of that time. Problem is, they are at the end of the day road brakes and after a few laps on track they'll fade like Blazing Squad's career. So you'd ideally be after performance discs and pads.


Ah, but you see, if thats the case, then you just opened up your aftermarket support to any other model that has the same brakes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post May 3 2011, 11:18 PM
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post May 4 2011, 11:39 AM
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QUOTE (pinkie @ May 3 2011, 04:02 PM) *
i wouldnt use a fwd car as a track car but thats just me lol


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has 470 BHP, and at this moment is FWD. and that is 1 of the top cars in the Dutch Time Attack serie. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Alpine, nice bugger, good luck with styling and tuning.
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post May 4 2011, 11:42 AM
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This car is ugly as f**k
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post May 4 2011, 12:02 PM
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