Nissan Pulsar N14 Circuit Car

TRACK CAR BUILD – PART 1

PULSAR GA16DE TURBO CONVERSION

Welcome to Part 1 of Custom Cars Online first Technical Article of a circuit car. Keep watching as one reader informs us of their build of one Australia’s most different track circuit cars, an N14 Nissan Pulsar.

Owner Jason Camilleri has been a car enthusiast for quite a few years now is a member on the Pulsar Group of Australia’s discussion forums. Jason has had a string of previous performance cars ranging from a supercharged Holden Gemini, a VP Holden Commodore with a personal best quarter mile time or 13.91@108MPH and a VH Commodore with a 355 stroker. A VT Holden Commodore Calais was Jason’s cruiser which wore 20inch wheels, was slammed and had the obligatory full stereo set up. A 1990 Mazda MX-6 Turbo was thrown in there somewhere but as Jason explains, this car was more of a money pit then anything else.

At the age of 24, Jason works in sales for Autobarn and has decided that this new project will be for a street registered circuit car. Jason explains that the goal for this daily driven vehicle is to build it by himself and for himself.

So far, Jason has started with stripping the interior to save weight but noted also that the car will be stripped even further once the engine has been turbo charged and the car is looking closer to being ready for the track.

Now people may be wondering why a 1.6 Litre engine is being used instead of the more common 2.0 Litre, but very few people know just how strong and durable these motors are. In fact, just by bolting on a small turbo and running low boost of approximately 8psi, many turbo charged 1.6 Litres see about 120kw at the wheels which is a significant upgrade from the factory 60-odd kilowatts.

So far, the battery has been relocated towards the rear, the standard exhaust manifold has been removed for the construction of the new one, and all of the air conditioning and thermo fans have been removed.

Jason explained to us that this build will be n a budget, and as such many parts will be second hand. This gives a great indication to every reader out there, just how reliable and worthy a project like this can be.

So far, the parts list looks very good as Jason is well on the way to finally converting the engine to enter the turbo charged world.

Custom manifold = $150
T25 turbo = $ 150 Second hand
SR20DET injectors = $125 Second hand
Oil return fitted to sump = $30
Fitting of hoses and other small pieces= $130

Total spend so far $ 585

Plans for the future, which we shall no doubt see in upcoming issues of this magazine will be:

New interior plastics
Racing front seats
4 point harness for driver
All tar removed for further weight saving
B pillar back stripped, metal painted and cleaned
An overhaul of suspension and bracing work
Nistune computer

And ultimately, have the body cleaned up and looking the part of a serious circuit car racer.

Keep your eyes open when next month, we show you how Jason has installed the injectors, gets the turbo mounted and further saves weight by removing more of the unnecessary tar.

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