Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - Printable Version

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Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - N15_GTi - 02-05-2018

Hello All,

As I have done a fair amount to my car already, I shall create a nice long opening post of the story so far... So here we go:

BASIC INFO: Nissan Almera GTi - SR20DE 2.0 16V

So here are a few pics of when I bought it:

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It was in pretty good condition, paint work was really good apart from stone chips and scrapes on the front bumper. It already had lowering springs on and Scorpion Cat-back but I wasn't a huge fan of the wheels that came on the car, so I changed them. I also added the clear side repeaters at the same time.

Just after I put them on:

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Next on the agenda was to paint the calipers, as so:

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Then looking at that picture, the only thing that really let it down was the ride height.
Eventually some coilovers (Daiyamas) became available which I snapped up, then fitted:

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Which in my opinion completed the look I was going for, including much better handling.

So next, were the minor engine mods that I could do. The first step was add the 4-2-1 manifold and sports CAT. This completed the exhaust as I already had a cat-back. Following this I added an Apex'i Power Intake filter. Also added polyurethane engine mounts to make the engine/gearbox a lot more solid. At first the engine was filthy, so with the couple of mods I decided to give the engine a bit of scrub:

ENGINE WHEN I BOUGHT IT:
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ENGINE NOW

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So then I decided to go to my first proper car meet - JAE (Japanese Auto Extravaganza). Here are a few pics

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Since the show I have made a couple of other changes, which will follow in the next post...

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - dimis - 02-05-2018

Looks good mate.

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - is300_dino - 02-05-2018

looks really nice mate keep it coming

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - DaveEdin - 02-05-2018

Like it matey...:thumbup1:

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - Rabster - 02-05-2018

looking good

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - Lexuspat - 02-05-2018

not gonna say i like it i love it but i have been driven around in it so gotta say that lol

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - Chri5 - 02-05-2018

Really liking the almera
love that colour Wink

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - N15_GTi - 02-05-2018

EXHAUST

I had the exhaust re-done between the sports cat and back box:

So here are the bits that he took off: What a mess!!

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Then these are the bits he did:

First he cut out the sports cat and made it up properly because it was a mess before, now it looks like this:

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Then he made up the sections from the cat back to the back box:

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Now a couple of pics on the car:

New silencer -

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Fits to perfection Smile

So now the whole system is 2.5".

Next - COLD AIR FEED:

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The feed goes straight to one of the cut outs in the front bumper.

REAR LIGHTS

So here is what it use to look like:

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Now its like this:

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These are Pulsar VZR lights straight from Japan.

ROLLING ROAD

I went to a rolling road day and the car made 145bhp at the flywheel. (They are 140bhp standard) So i thought that was a little low... I then had the Ignition timing checked and it was retarded by 5 degrees... So I had the timing set to where it should be, then advanced it a little more. So the result is now this:

FLYWHEEL
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So - red line = 145BHP at 10 Degrees Ignition Timing
- blue line = 154BHP at 15 Degrees Ignition Timing (Standard timing)
- green line = 158.2 at 17 Degrees Ignition Timing

So that's 13BHP more than last time at the Flywheel, and 18BHP over standard. VERY happy with the results!

WHEELS (Last time was 119BHP)
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So that is more or less it so far... oh, and I fitted a short Shift.

This is my most recent pic of the car:

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Hope you like!:biggrin:

Cheers

Dan

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - N15_GTi - 02-05-2018

Cheers for the comments guys!!

Nissan Almera GTi (N15) - Rabster - 02-05-2018

looking forward to seeing this at a meet mate have you check our events diary see if you can join us...