GT-fying my cefiro

[chteo]

cefiro has always been a wonderful cruiser car for most people, but most of us here won't really end at there, same goes for me. i'm actually planning to GT-fy my ride by bringing it up a notch or two.

don't have a full idea of what to do yet (except those listed below), if you have any ideas, do contribute!

My main objective for this year is upgraded comfort and braking power.

Current ride:
- A32 2.5 litre stock engine with minor mod on air intake
- K&N drop in filter
- Upgraded 205/55/16 Michelin PP2
- Stock suspension
- UR front and rear bars

Planned items for this year:
- Reupholster all seats to leather
- Titan/Koni suspension
- Braided steel brake hose
- 2 pot brake caliper for front (need to check whether can clear my current RIM or not....)
- UR anti-roll bar (maybe side bar also)
- Upgrade to projector lens

Others:
- Sound insulation
- Autofoam???

 

[kazukimy]

wat abt GT wing?hehe..since is GT-fy-ing,hehe
air intake try CAI
erm..ori not come wif 2 pot ady?

 

[chteo]

haha... GT wings ar.... might go for GT duck lips instead of wings, i know the adverts shows that the VQ engine can fly a plane...but not to that extent..haha...

CAI...hhmm...can consider, letme check for open space in the bay since i don't like to cut a hole...

A32 is single pot while A33 is twin pot (unless my memory is failing me...)

 

[kazukimy]

haha,dun think there is open space,except u take cold air by cutting open ur bonnet..
lolz...ducktail,but kinda hard to find duck tail that is nice,still finding a good looking for my car...
i see...i need to check on A32 den when i go out,haha

 

[chteo]

if i strike 4D, i will change to CF hood lor....hahaha.. but at the moment, keep it that way first...

performance tuning next year, also waiting for bro badgti's badass VQ30DE to materialise...

true, ducktails harder to find, hence i'm showing naked butt first..haha

 

[kazukimy]

means u can go faster while on highway,wakaka...yea..go for CF hood,cefiro's hood kinda heavy,i nw oso thinking way of reducing my cefiro's fat,lolz...

 

[wah]

if i strike 4D, i will change to CF hood lor....hahaha.. but at the moment, keep it that way first...

performance tuning next year, also waiting for bro badgti's badass VQ30DE to materialise...

true, ducktails harder to find, hence i'm showing naked butt first..haha

Did you mean the original ducktail with LED brake light???:hmmmm:

 

[chteo]

means u can go faster while on highway,wakaka...yea..go for CF hood,cefiro's hood kinda heavy,i nw oso thinking way of reducing my cefiro's fat,lolz...

on our highway i don't dare to go fast (ie above 180kmph), too scary liao

many ways to reduce weight, just throw out unnecessary stuff....

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Did you mean the original ducktail with LED brake light???:hmmmm:

no la, i meant the lip :)

the tiny little long piece of plastic/PU without the LED brake light that will cost us quite a number of economy rice.....

 

[kazukimy]

too bad,ady remove all unnecessary stuffs,sigh,wakaka..wat to do...name ady sei fei lou,hard to lose weight,need to pay lot of money to london weight management,wakaka

 

[chteo]

added sound insulation...and auto foam? maybe not if i have UR bars

bro kazukimy....no need la, just heat up the engine and you go sauna in it la...sure can lose a few kgs!

 

[wah]

haha... GT wings ar.... might go for GT duck lips instead of wings, i know the adverts shows that the VQ engine can fly a plane...but not to that extent..haha...

CAI...hhmm...can consider, letme check for open space in the bay since i don't like to cut a hole...

A32 is single pot while A33 is twin pot (unless my memory is failing me...)

Try to use the S14 or S15 twin pot, but you may need a 9mm spacer to give some buffer. Attach is what I did.

 

[chteo]

cool wah!

yea, i recall somewhere i read that the twin pot from either silvia or skyline can be used, but just can't recall which.

after the spacer, what's the offset you're using for your rim?

 

[badgti]

dude if u want to get good brakesu can consider geting a 4 pot brake calipers from a certain toyota model that i know(secret) , it'll take a bit of mod but it brakes good and with a bit of bling will pass for brembos anytime..hehehe plus brake pads cheap loo

 

[hamtaro00]

hi bro i had not used autofoam but cost vs benefit, i think better go for those sound dampening sticker.
by the way i heard from my friend on his 3.0 ceffy, the AFM or smth like that is vry sensative to airflow changes, so he said better not to touch on air filter wor.

how true is it, i cant vouch. anyway ceffy is a nice cruiser, esp the brougham 3.0, very solid and comfortable, i had to be dragged away when i test drive 1 of it. only that the high roadtax is killer

 

[wah]

cool wah!

yea, i recall somewhere i read that the twin pot from either silvia or skyline can be used, but just can't recall which.

after the spacer, what's the offset you're using for your rim?

Sorry bro, 4got liao, 1 year liao. I just calculate how much space I need to free out from the brake caliper, and change all the screw to longer 1cm, finally told the tire shop to custom make the spacer with center hold than settled, lucky the rim is giving a lot of freedom.

btw it will change the car handling in corner if you just put in the front spacer.

Silvia(S13~S15) and Skyline GTS use the same brake caliper, so as long as this type plug and play. Original brake caliper in high speed u knw it can stop but take sometime, but this one u will feel really can stop faster but provided your tire can handle it or not.

Abang ong previously posted b4.

 

[l2s_turbo]

Some of them uses R32 to mod.. but now latest is using lexus 4 pot.. bigger and better..

 

[Cheongxp]

Sorry bro, 4got liao, 1 year liao. I just calculate how much space I need to free out from the brake caliper, and change all the screw to longer 1cm, finally told the tire shop to custom make the spacer with center hold than settled, lucky the rim is giving a lot of freedom.

btw it will change the car handling in corner if you just put in the front spacer.

After add on spacer handling become better or worse ?
From other modify magazine wrote is better, but i changed rim with offset 35 from 38/40 but it become bad.

 

[chteo]

hi bro i had not used autofoam but cost vs benefit, i think better go for those sound dampening sticker.
by the way i heard from my friend on his 3.0 ceffy, the AFM or smth like that is vry sensative to airflow changes, so he said better not to touch on air filter wor.

how true is it, i cant vouch. anyway ceffy is a nice cruiser, esp the brougham 3.0, very solid and comfortable, i had to be dragged away when i test drive 1 of it. only that the high roadtax is killer

i am thinking of the sticker rather than autofoam first, but i might go for the one where they spray something onto the wheel well area. as for the MAF, it's always the O2 sensor that dies first on Nissan cars, i've changed the filter to K&N drop in, and the previous owner re-piped the exhaust straight into the throttle body though.... since it has more power compared to stock, i left it as it is...

dude if u want to get good brakesu can consider geting a 4 pot brake calipers from a certain toyota model that i know(secret) , it'll take a bit of mod but it brakes good and with a bit of bling will pass for brembos anytime..hehehe plus brake pads cheap loo

toyota means more modding lor... i try to stay as much as "cucuk dan main" as possible...

Silvia(S13~S15) and Skyline GTS use the same brake caliper, so as long as this type plug and play. Original brake caliper in high speed u knw it can stop but take sometime, but this one u will feel really can stop faster but provided your tire can handle it or not.

this one seems more like it... :D

Some of them uses R32 to mod.. but now latest is using lexus 4 pot.. bigger and better..

which lexus? from LS400? not so "cucuk dan main" right?

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After add on spacer handling become better or worse ?
From other modify magazine wrote is better, but i changed rim with offset 35 from 38/40 but it become bad.

bro, mine's 40 (front) / 42 (rear), maybe you want to try to to different offset? i believe the tyre is OK....

 

[chteo]

"new" heart awaiting transplant back in october '11

 

[wah]

Sorry bro, 4got liao, 1 year liao. I just calculate how much space I need to free out from the brake caliper, and change all the screw to longer 1cm, finally told the tire shop to custom make the spacer with center hold than settled, lucky the rim is giving a lot of freedom.

btw it will change the car handling in corner if you just put in the front spacer.

After add on spacer handling become better or worse ?
From other modify magazine wrote is better, but i changed rim with offset 35 from 38/40 but it become bad.

If you just add infront, it will under not good for corner, if put at the rear it will over, it feel like driving a FR car, but dun push to the limit, it not eazy to collect it), if you put front and rear together you can put more speed in the same corner you normally did, it fast and more controllable too.