Smo_GSR

I took my car to a couple of locations today for some photos which my mate Andy took with his nice expensive camera - apologies for how dirty she is! We took over 180 photos in total so I've just selected a few nice ones and resized them for you to have a peek at;

al02uk

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Nice mate!

Nice to see one that isn'e black too

skip--

looking good bud

J4CKO

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I love these but it isnt for the looks ! does look like a classic Scoob from the front though.

Saw one at Oulton park, good god it was quick, blitzed everything but then broke on the last lap, gear box I think, would imagine that the cheap/fast brigade have done with tem and the decent examples are now quite collectible.

beef-on-the-bone

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never seen a white one!!! what's the numbers???

Smo_GSR

Cheers bud!

Thanks


Yeah - they're not the prettiest cars in the world, but I think that's part of the charm. They're ugly, aerodynamically retarded yet for some reason super quick. Awesome cars.

The Pulsar at Oulton was the DD Motorsport car, the driver did a 4th to 1st which blew the box to bits - he's hoping he managed to dip the clutch in time to save the engine but we're still waiting to hear about it.

White ones are very rare now and extremely sought after, here's how she looked 6 months ago;





She was running 395bhp and 411ft/lbs at 1.7bar on a GT28RS turbo on the previous tune but I've since fitted a GT3076R-EWG and after a remap (which I'm saving for) I'm expecting 510-530bhp at 2bar.

Here's the current spec list;

Engine/Power/Drive

- Tomei SR22 Full-Counter Crank
- Tomei SR22 Forged Piston Kit
- Tomei Forged H-Beam Conrods
- Tomei SR20 Procam (272)
- Tomei SR20 Cam Gear
- Tomei SR20 Pulleys
- Tomei Titanium Top Rings
- Tomei SR20 Double Valve Springs
- Tomei Retainers
- Tomei Lifters
- Tomei Spring Sheets
- Tomei SR20 Solid Pivots
- Tomei SR20 Shims
- Tomei SR20 Valve Guides
- Tomei Head Studs
- Tomei Main Studs
- Tomei Rod Studs
- Tomei Rocker Stopper Kit
- RB26 ACL Big End Bearings
- RB26 ACL Main Bearings
- RB26 ACL Thrust Bearings
- Uprated Flywheel
- Uprated Flywheel Bolts
- Cometic Headgasket
- Head Port
- Head Polish
- Head Skim
- Head Gasflowed
- Inlet Port
- Inlet Polish
- JapSpeed Spec 2 Exhaust Manifold (Custom Braces & Bracket)
- 1mm Oversize Inlet Valves
- 1mm Oversize Exhaust Valves
- 3-Way Cut Valve Seats
- Acid Dip Block
- Deck Block
- Polish & Re-Hone Bores
- Blueprint Bottom End
- Balance Bottom End
- New Gearbox
- Uprated Selector Fork
- Complete Gasket Set
- New Water Pump
- New Oil Pump
- New Timing Chain
- Uprated Pressure Plate
- AP Twin-Paddle Clutch
- B&M Short Shifter
- 4x NGK Iridium BCR8ES Plugs
- MSD 6a Ignition Box
- SS Blaster Coil
- RC Engineering 1000cc Injectors
- Sard FPR & Gauge
- Garrett GT3076R-EWG Turbo
- Tial 44mm External Wastegate & V-Band Screamer Pipe
- Forge Front-Mounted Intercooler
- Bailey Oil-Catch Can
- Pro-Alloy Radiator
- Turbosmart BOV (Recirc Disconnected)
- Z32 AFM
- Walbro 255lph HP In-Tank Fuel Pump
- Bosch 044 In-Line Fuel Pump
- APEX'i Power Intake Filter
- 3" Custom Turbo-Back Exhaust (5" Tail)

Management/Diagnostic/Security

- APEX'i Power FC Pro (Inc. Commander)
- APEX'i AVCR
- APEX'i EL2 2bar Boost Gauge
- GReddy Turbo Timer
- Clifford Full Closure Alarm (Proximity Inc.)
- RAYS Lightweight Wheel Nuts

Handling/Suspension/Wheels

- Lowered 20mm (Springs)
- Rear Suspension Strut Kit
- New Front Shocks
- Front Strut Brace
- GAB Adjustable Rear Strut Brace
- Adjustable Front Strut Brace
- Recent 4-Wheel Alignment
- League 111 Bandit LR-01R 16" Alloys (~6kg)
- Wilwood 4-Pot Front Brake Conversion (310mm Discs)
- Yellow Stuff Pads

Interior/Exterior

- Battery Relocated (Boot)
- Stripped
- Lockwood White Dials
- Carbon Wrapped Filler Cap
- Carbon Wrapped A-Pillar Trims
- Chrome Expansion Tank
- Forge Power Steering Tank
- Polished Fuse Box Covers
- Stainless Plug Cover
- Stainless Oil Filler Cap
- Sound Deadening Removed
- Momo Steering Wheel
- Alloy Pedals
- De-Tango'd Front Lights
- De-Tango'd Rear Lights
- Clear Side Repeaters
- Blue Samco Silicone Hose Kit
- Auto-Folding Mirrors
- All Rust/Rot Removed and Complete Respray in W83 Scotia White

Matteeboy

530bhp in that?!!

Flipping eck!!

SPEN555

A good few years ago I was Oulton Park and a Black one was there, come the afternoon it was onto a trailer, blown engine I think.

Smo_GSR

It should be quite a handful

Any engine can blow up in any car at any time.

TonyBurns

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Damn she was dirty when you got her

Do love the GTI-R's though mechanically fragile in standard form what gearbox are you running now? Have you kept the standard one and uprated it or gone for something different?

Tony

PS, isnt blue the rarest colour for these?

Smo_GSR

I wouldn't go as far as to say they are 'fragile' in standard form bud, it's when you're running 300+ they can be tempremental but I know lots of people who have had plenty of trouble free motoring. It really depends on how cautious you are with supporting mods, the standard engines are very good. I ran my first Pulsar (standard) at 1bar boost for a year with no issues.

I'm running a standard box for the moment - it's handled the power well so far, you just have to treat it kindly (ie, no launching). It also helps that I don't drive it much, I use the Impreza day-to-day and play with the R at weekends if I get a chance. I'm saving for a Quaife Gearkit which I want to get built into a cryo treated casing, it'll handle the power just fine, but I wouldn't trust it with too many launches!

They were never produced from the factory in blue paint, the actual rarest colour is Winter Green as seen on the R34GTR V-Spec Nur. However white ones are very few and far between these days, Ivory being even rarer.

J4CKO

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I bet it was the same day, was it a field of random stuff like a 944 and god knows what getting mullered by said black Pulsar that expired near the end, totally epic noise with obligatory dump valve chirrup, front end pointing skyward ?

mr_D

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bay pics bay pics bay pics.

i want to see what the monsters are running under the hood! (sorry i mean bonnet, one too many stella)

dazdavies

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These weren't taken on Culver Down on the IOW were they? I lived there many years ago and it looks identical. I even think that's Sandown Pier in the back ground?????

trell

Lovely example, These are very week but looking at your mods list you have strenthened it to the max congrats.

Shame its not a GTi-R but they are as rare as rocking horse now.

( just to explain a GTi-r is a uk spec pulsar ) But they still call them a GTi-R.

Lovely exapmle tho mate

SPEN555

It would have been in 2001 2002 when I was there. As you say lots of different cars.

Smo_GSR

It certainly was mate, yes. I've lived here since I was 5 months old. Nice place, but gets more boring as you get older!

It is a GTi-R fella, in Japan they were named the Pulsar while in the UK and Europe they remained the Sunny. So Sunny GTi-R and Pulsar GTi-R.

Cheers for the comments though bud, I've put enough blood, sweat, tears and money into it, lol!

dazdavies

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I know how you feel mate.

I moved there when I was two, lived there until I was thirteen, returned when I was 23 and finally left when I was 28 (10 years ago this year).

Still have lots of close family and some fantastic friends there.

It's the first place I'm taking my 600bhp V3 Type R when it's run in and mapped properly. I have a score to settle with an Escort Cossie from Carisbrooke LOL

Smo_GSR

It's a lovely place, the roads are perfect for our kinds of car - especially good old Military! I'd get down sooner rather than later though, errosion is threatening it's closure. We may well know some of the same people bud - who are your friends?

Also, if the Cossie is White, it could be the one that spat a wheel off on the dual carriageway and ended up wrongside of a pole. Hopefully not though, I want to see your Type-R in the flesh!

Razorwrx1

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Very nice mate. You don't see these anymore really! Nice Example

belliott69

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thats a hell of a car you've got there mate.

nisr227

Nice car mate, and top spec too, bet that will seriously shift once mapped, good luck with the gearbox though. Glad to see people still flying the flag for the R's.

I miss my Pulsar Gti-R, I had one for 8 years, polished to an inch of its life it was running close to 350bhp in the end but that was quick enough to do a 12.2 1/4mile and I was too afraid to launch it any harder, there was a 11 in there somewhere. More important it was joy on the road, mapped for low lag it use to be fantastic fun on the right roads, mongoose popping and banging, except for a transfer box braking it was fairly reliable too unlike others (my brother had one with endless problems), but there was always a worry something would go wrong during my ownership.

To be honest I wouldn't mind getting another but they are old now and so many are money pits. I'd probably get a cheap one and just run her down to the ground, there arn't many faster cars for the money.

I admire the people who stick at it, and will always cheer them on at events as I am fed up seeing imprezas and evos everywhere (as fast as they dominate it), good to see a change, its exciting to see Craig's DD Autosport "Pikes Peak" looking special to be running well in the time attack, it looked quicker enough with just 400bhp at Oulton before they broke it with human error so I'd love to see it running again once its setup properly with 650bhp+ and 1000kg, even if it is over-the-top ugly.

rooferman

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A good friend of mine used to own a yellow gravel edition if my memory serves.....it had 15" steel rims and some wierd switch gear on the dash on the passenger side....

Unfortuneatly it never did run quite right and there was no specialist near enough so he sold it on at a loss...

I seem to recall it having a rear cage that looked almost factory fit....

dazdavies

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probably only mutual friend is a lad that works for the Carmageddon software lot and has a Skyline. I went to College with him.

I had an MR2 Turbo back in my IOW days but last time I was there I was in my 400bhp RB5 about 5 years ago. Cant wait to get the R down there.

TingTongPJ

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very nice i like that really suits the white colour !

wrx-kurt

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Looks so good in white, would love to go in it

Smo_GSR

Cheers bud, a lot of blood sweat and tears have gone into it!

Cheers

The gearbox will fail, it's a ticking time bomb. However I'm saving for a Quaife gearkit (although I've done some more research and am considering a PAR set instead).

They're definitely getting old, but there are a select few that have been rebuild from the ground up on the owners forum that will handle whatever you throw at them. It's a shame really, 90% of them are past their best, but as you said, you won't get a faster car for cheaper!

I think Bob at GTi-R-Us currently owns this car, used to belong to a fella called Stu.

Get back down here bud, I'm sure we'd have plenty to talk about.

Thanks!

Cheers fella, maybe one day you will!

Mr. WRX

Awesome ... I had a Import GTI SR18DE loved that car. I would have never sold it but 5th gear went twice

Such nice cars to drive!

Have fun!

Aaron1978

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Very nice, my mates younger brother used to have a white Gti-RB.

stedee

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did you used to go on gtiroc or the other one, used to have one myself in rare black. mine was bulletproof, strong engines - tappy but strong. i always liked the red and white ones.

530 hp my god, get the quaife and go get some times on the strip

nice to see a sweet pulsar, theyve got a place in my heart