N12 Turbo Forums

Name: Adriaan
Location: New Zealand, Auckland
Year/ Model: 1984
Colour: Blue
Period of ownership: 1year
Performance: Above Standard. currently running 10psi

Engine Mods:Mazda 3 Mps turbo, Pod filter, 38mm wastegate, 2.5 inch exhaust, braided oil feed, 600x300 intercooler, battery relocation.

Suspension: Coil overs in front. Ride hight adjustable springs in rear, 24mm white line front sway bar, 18mm whiteline rear sway bar. currently have evo2 rs front brakes, stock rear disc conversion.

Interior Mods: Head deck, Boost gauge, Gizzmo Ibc, Oil temp and pressure gauge

Wheels: 15' Evo 3 OZs

Other: Retracting rear seat belts

Future Plans: Oil cooler and remote oil filter, oil cooler has been mounted just saving for oil lines. Also have 444cc injectors and jaycar pickyback also ca18det fuel pump.






Well 2 weekends ago me and mike flew down to wellington stayed a nite with Plod(cheers bro). We picked up a n12 exa turbo with 88,000kms on the clock. Nz new as well. The turbo was seezed and was plumed out of the system. So me and mike had a fiddle. Aparently was lurching and missing, wriggled a few plugs and got it going enuff to drive back to aux less a turbo. So here are some pics.


Thats Plods black N13.

You'ld think a turbo n12 with out a working turbo would be slow. Some how Photoglossy(mike) managed to get pulled up for speeding.

Caught doing 112kms an hour.


Coming through taupo we saw a lil red n12. Pulled up behind it and some dude was out in a shot to say hello.

New look: (5-06-2010)


So yeah thats about it. Totaly standard atm. Will keep it lyk that for my wife to drive for a while.
Here is a origianl engine bay pic:

This is wat its lyk now: (5-06-2010)

That's a neat looking EXA! The nudge bar gives it a personal touch, nice!

BTW, what was the speed limit in the area Mike got a speeding ticket?

TurboZ.Dude wrote:BTW, what was the speed limit in the area Mike got a speeding ticket?

100km an hour he was 12ks over the limit 80dollar fine and 25 demerits.

Darn, just bad luck I guess.

I have the same hub caps as the blue exa ..Not that I use them anymore ..Nice pickup tho

It was only one weekend ago bro. One week tomorrow in fact. You must have just had a slow week that felt like 2 weeks

Lucky for N12 speedo errors... speedo was saying i was going 120

Age for got to say... Its NZ New, has 88k's on it and is a 50th anniversary model. Factory Pulsar hubcaps all round. Had an immaculate '84 turbo spec interior in it, which has now been replaced by an immaculate 85 turbo spec one.
And we re turbo'd it 2 nights ago so that whole dummy N/A setup it toast.

Oh... and another thing we gotta do is to get a new bumper indicator/ parker in... as you can see there are 2 different types at the moment. One aussie spec (1/2 and 1/2) and one full amber jap one.

photoglossy wrote:Oh... and another thing we gotta do is to get a new bumper indicator/ parker in... as you can see there are 2 different types at the moment. One aussie spec (1/2 and 1/2) and one full amber jap one.

Hehe, I saw that but didn't want to start nitpicking about it... that wouldn't have been very friendly. A project car is a project car.

I've never seen the full amber Parker before only the half and half

The full amber one is prettier.

Just working on a lil brake upgrade atm:

The calipers look familiar... S13 calipers?

That's a massive increase in disc size dude! Nice!

That caliper doesn't look like it will fit to well lol, bit of an adaption?

300zx calipers and evo3 discs. When i make up the bracket for the calipers they will fit sweet.

Just done a lil modifying. Mounted new turbo, wategate. Just waiting on another wastegate 2 be sent out the 1 i got is having problems with the valve seat.

Oh and as for the brakes ive got a spacer arriving 2moro, so i can draw up the flange for mounting the caliper.