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Posted by: ///ALPINE May 3 2011, 12:12 PM

Posted by: Daniel. May 3 2011, 12:22 PM

Looks like an awesome idea, Almera's are good cars as far as I know. Good luck with it!

Posted by: TribalThunder May 3 2011, 12:44 PM

Car is in good shape to me, and isn't that expensive .. I like the exhaust

Posted by: AndrewGMC May 3 2011, 02:58 PM

wire tuck the engie, and bronze small te37, lips and low

Posted by: pinkie May 3 2011, 03:02 PM

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

Posted by: Mkid May 3 2011, 05:07 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.

Anyways, easy mods to start with: a performance panel filter, performance springs, wheels.

Posted by: stancemaster May 3 2011, 08:52 PM

this guy

wire tucks are easy as f**k, just time consuming.

Posted by: Mkid May 3 2011, 09:00 PM

its not a matter of how easy it is or not, if cutting wires is involved, its risky business.

Posted by: J.red May 3 2011, 09:05 PM

I guess it depends on how comfortable you are with electrical. To me, cutting wires and rewiring are no problem.

Posted by: Mkid May 3 2011, 09:15 PM

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.

Posted by: Ben.H May 3 2011, 09:19 PM

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201118386086635/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/almera/make/nissan/radius/1500/postcode/ws54su/page/1/keywords/gti?logcode=p

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

Posted by: Curtis May 3 2011, 09:27 PM

J-euro that bitch

Posted by: Mkid May 3 2011, 09:30 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.

Posted by: Ben.H May 3 2011, 11:03 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.

Posted by: Mkid May 3 2011, 11:11 PM

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

Posted by: Ben.H May 3 2011, 11:18 PM

...shush.

Posted by: Curtis May 3 2011, 11:23 PM

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OOSTED.


Do it.

Posted by: FnF_Racer May 4 2011, 11:39 AM

has 470 BHP, and at this moment is FWD. and that is 1 of the top cars in the Dutch Time Attack serie.

Alpine, nice bugger, good luck with styling and tuning.

Posted by: Clem. May 4 2011, 11:42 AM

This car is ugly as f**k

Posted by: uiui May 4 2011, 12:02 PM

Say that to his owner if you dare.

Posted by: J.red May 4 2011, 01:37 PM

not use a fwd car as a track car?




They both dominate time attack events all over the place. They're both monsters.

FWD is great. They're usually lighter because they don't need a driveshaft or separate rear diff. The engine is over the drive wheels. They don't drift out of turns when you hit the accelerator......




Looks like a sweet car to start with alpine. and a fun idea.

Posted by: DMC-12 May 4 2011, 01:39 PM

FWD, Won 2 years in a row 07,08


Good luck with the project, looks bloody good fun Though Personally i'd go with the primera and do a btcc replica :3

Posted by: pinkie May 4 2011, 02:05 PM

the sole reason why "I" wouldnt not use fwd as a track car.

Posted by: TribalThunder May 4 2011, 02:08 PM

But your a typical Australian

Posted by: J.red May 4 2011, 02:19 PM

when it comes to actually racing. You don't really want to lose traction and drift when you're trying to accelerate.

Posted by: AndrewGMC May 4 2011, 04:36 PM

LMAO

Posted by: M.I.V. Design. May 4 2011, 04:51 PM

your face is ugly as f**k

Posted by: uiui May 4 2011, 05:09 PM

And you are fat man who thinks is the boss.

Posted by: M.I.V. Design. May 4 2011, 06:04 PM

Posted by: AndrewGMC May 4 2011, 06:06 PM

Posted by: Ben.H May 4 2011, 06:47 PM

Well done PCA for derailing another thread with your s**t

Posted by: stancemaster May 4 2011, 07:33 PM

shut the f**k up and quit your whining you whiny little bitch

Posted by: Mkid May 4 2011, 07:40 PM

SRSLY? C'mon dudes, next person to post a meme or an insult is getting a warn.

Posted by: Curtis May 4 2011, 10:17 PM

Oh the irony

Posted by: Mkid May 4 2011, 10:42 PM

I seriously considered warning you for a second but I like you too much. don't try me.

Posted by: stancemaster May 5 2011, 03:08 AM

you only said the next person, I was the next person, so therefore you would have been breaking your own word had you in fact warned him.

AMERICA.

Posted by: Josн May 5 2011, 03:26 AM

i like this idea, get the car

Posted by: Helmasaur King May 5 2011, 03:34 AM

Very cool,

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Posted by: Mkid May 5 2011, 03:47 AM

Just so you know... you just pulled a Bryce.

Posted by: AndrewGMC May 5 2011, 04:48 AM

bryce is know officially a meme

Posted by: DLuZive May 5 2011, 07:59 AM

Are the GTi-Rs any cheap there at all?

http://balangproject.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/dd-autosport-nissan-pulsar-gti-r-egnn14/

Posted by: stancemaster May 5 2011, 06:09 PM

but I did it better.

Posted by: Unox. May 5 2011, 06:16 PM

i was there, official oldfag

Posted by: Madset. May 6 2011, 05:51 AM

id do 4-2-1 headers for good low down torque and high end power, and 2.25 inch exaust with a couple of mufflers , intake pipe/pod filter, some lower/stiffer springs and some racing seats, ann some nice lightweight rims and some dunlop dirrezza tyres. oh and a bigger throttle body



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