Here is my Nissan Pulsar Gti-R that I brought in October last year she's done about 107,000 miles so I thought i'd start a build thread to show my progress or lack of.

2.0l Turbo, quad throttle body, 4 wheel drive, they produce 227bhp in standard form weigh about 1220kg and will do 0-6-0 in about 5 seconds. Not very many left on the roads nowadays most have been crashed or broken for parts.

All in all she's not in bad nick but could do with a bit of loving.

Well so far she's has a modified ECU done and mapped by Horsham Developments, A full Mongoose exhaust, Apexi air filter, Front mount intercooler, Blitz Profec spec B boost controller running 1 bar of boost, Boost gauge, turbo timer, Spax lowering springs, Team dynamic 15" alloys, and uprated disc's and pads.

Things to do - She has a little bit of rust around the rear arches but luckily not too bad, Battery to be relocated to the boot, Whiteline rear anti-rollbar to be fitted, Front anti-rollbar polybushes to be fitted, Mitsubishi FTO twin pot calipers to be fitted once I buy some Clio 172/182 front disc's and fto pads and generally just replace any worn parts that need it.

I estimate that she's running between 270-300 bhp which is a lot in a car like this so I may well leave it like that or I may up the power a little bit more depends how I feel.

So there she is, they are getting quite a rare car now so the value should start to rise and although they have certain issues and weak points, you get a lot of car for your money and a big smile on your face when your on boost.

I had one of these was my dream car job loss ment I had to sell her massive regrets..il be watching this looks a nice example

Love these but i dont have enough experiance replacing gearboxs to own one myself

Looks very nice though.....especially the battery clamp spacer

I love pulsars...... a good investment too, I bet you never loose money on it! a proper "rally car for the road" #jealous

Love these but i dont have enough experiance replacing gearboxs to own one myself

Looks very nice though.....especially the battery clamp spacer

Gearbox is an easy job on these. Starter motor is the pain. Engine and gearbox out to replace one and its a pig of a job. 2 days to do one at a main dealers.

I have a soft spot for these......following!

Gearbox is an easy job on these. Starter motor is the pain. Engine and gearbox out to replace one and its a pig of a job. 2 days to do one at a main dealers.

Gearbox is currently off the car due to the clutch needing replacing, you don't need to take the engine out although it would make things easier. I reckon you only need to take the plenum and throttle bodies off to get at the starter, unless it's got the y bracket on but most people end up leaving it off the car as it makes things easier in the future.

Very nice.

 

Only 1150kg for a four wheel drive car?

No wonder they were always so nippy!

 

I know someone who specialised in these (in Essex) but they are getting so few and far between he's had to move onto other things to pay the bills.

Very nice.

Only 1150kg for a four wheel drive car?

No wonder they were always so nippy!

I know someone who specialised in these (in Essex) but they are getting so few and far between he's had to move onto other things to pay the bills.

The community is still going strong. Their is a guy who owns one of the forums who also owns a pulsar breakers yard and now he has set up a garage with a rolling road ect. He is very dedicated to keeping them on the road and is trying to develop them further.

Edit sorry Wikipedia has them listed as 1220 kg not 1150.

The community is still going strong. Their is a guy who owns one of the forums who also owns a pulsar breakers yard and now he has set up a garage with a rolling road ect. He is very dedicated to keeping them on the road and is trying to develop them further.

 

That's great for enthusiasts.

Nice there is a bit of a support network for owners.

That's great for enthusiasts.

Nice there is a bit of a support network for owners.

That's the benefits of forums and community's like this, lots of knowledge and enthusiasm.

I do like these.

Never driven one but always loved the way they look.

Seena few people try and climb trees in these tho....

Post man brought me some goodies today . Hopefully should have the old girl back on the road for the weekend.

 

Old broken clutch

 

 

New Clutch

 

It's been a while since I last did an update. Since my last post the clutch had given up so I have replaced the clutch, after replacing the clutch I had quite a lot of judder when changing gears which alarmed me but after driving it for about a 1000miles it has bedded in nicely.

 

Whilst the gearbox was out I reinforced the clutch fork as they are known to fail especially if you have fitted a heavier clutch.

 

 

Also I took the liberty of replacing the C.V. joint boots as well I had found a small split in one of the inners so it needed to be done.

 

 

 

Also after fitting the clutch I managed to source from one the members of the Pulsar forum a clutch bracket reinforcement bracket. It's the little black piece of metal that goes from the clutch pedal to the brake and accelerator pedal assembly, it again helps stop the clutch pedal from breaking away from the bulkhead if you've fitted a heavier clutch.

 

Since owning the car the horn has never worked electrics are not my thing but as the MOT was looming I had to give it a go, so after some poking and prodding I found the culprit.

 

 

Both the wires going to the connectors had broken off so happy days an easy quick fix and I now have a working horn.

 

Next job on the list was to replace the front end bushes it looks like I have original 20 year old standard bushes on the car that have defiantly seen better days some replacements were in order.

 

 

Time to strip the anti roll bar off the car first.

 

 

As you can see the bushes have seen better days.

 

 

New bushes in place. Unfortunately I didn't take any of the wishbone bushes as time was getting on and I hit a few problems but they are all fitted now roll bar inner and outer and wishbone front and rear anti castor.

 

betthats a huge difference looking at those end bushes!

Yes mate much better now they were quite badly worn but for 20+ year old parts that's to be expected.

Did you change the flywheel out ?

Did you change the flywheel out

No I just used the original one.

No I just used the original one.

Are they just light friction marks in the picture? Wasn't sure as it looks lightly scored?

(Hence judder)

Edited 6 September, 201510 yr by Rocketeers

That picture is the pressure plate the scores are from where one of the springs had fallen out and got in between.

 

I was told it was best to have the flywheel skimmed but I decided to take the risk. I gave the flywheel a good sanding with some emery cloth and so far it seems to have bedded in ok, still a little bit of judder but if you give it some more revs it settles down.

 

The new clutch is quite a bit beefier than the old one I think the old one was a cheap ebay copy.

That picture is the pressure plate the scores are from where one of the springs had fallen out and got in between.

 

I was told it was best to have the flywheel skimmed but I decided to take the risk. I gave the flywheel a good sanding with some emery cloth and so far it seems to have bedded in ok, still a little bit of judder but if you give it some more revs it settles down.

 

The new clutch is quite a bit beefier than the old one I think the old one was a cheap ebay copy.

My bad, sorry 'twas a glance at pics. Looks a sweet car

I was experience some fluctuations in my oil pressure gauge so with them being 20 year old items the chances are they are getting a bit tired so some new ones were ordered.

 

 

Time to drain the oil so I can remove and install the new senders.

 

 

New vs old

 

 

Oil filter removed and the old oil pressure sensor on the car.

 

 

Oil pressure sender removed.

 

 

New oil filter installed and oil pressure line fitted.

 

 

Oil temp sender fitted into the sump.

 

 

Gauges now fitted into the dash surround.

 

 

And finally wired and plumbed in.

 

 

The finished product.

 

Really like these and yours looks a really good example,have you got any interior pics?

Cheers bud. Mines ok but I didn't pay a lot for it their are much better ones out there prices seems to have risen too.

 

I've not got any interior pictures I'm afraid if I remember i'll try to take some over the weekend.