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Beautiful R32 GTR VSpec II spec. Well thought out mods. Location: Norman Park, Brisbane. Price: $25000 Contact: Fraser 0423 586 913 fraserwright@engineer,com Details: Handling and Driveline: Full Seam Welded Chassis Group A Adjustable Strut Braces Front and Rear Nolethane bushes front Koni adjustable Shocks Tein STech Springs VSpecII Brakes, cross drilled rotors APP Braided Brake Lines Toyo T1R Proxes 245/40/17 Tyres Panasport G7 Wheels Ogura twin plate clutch VSpecII ATESSA and Rear Diff Hicas Lock Kit Engine: Tomei oil restrictor External oil return from rear of cylinder head to sump Tomei sump baffle N1 oil pump Remote oil cooler and filter and speed flow fittings Custom blow buy, speed flow fittings Arias Pistons ACL Race Rings Spool H-Beam Rods with ARP Bolts O-ringed block ACL Race bearings R33 Crank Tomei Pro cams 260/9.5 IN, 270/10.5 EX HKS cam gears Ported Heads HKS 2530 turbos Blitz BOV’s Sard 720 cc injectors Bosch 800hp In tank fuel pump Malpassi Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator Trust Drag 100mm front mount Intercooler Twin 3 inch exhaust, HKS HPC coated dump pipes ARE Alloy 5 Core Twinradiator N1 Water Pump Silicon radiator hoses (Blue) Gates timing belt N1 Balancer Map sensor not airflow meters Trust Clear cam cover Link ECU Interior: Apexi AVCR Blitz Turbo Timer XEDE Shift Light A-Pillar Dual Pod with Autometer fuel pressure gauge Autometer boost gauge Custom Detailed Silver, Chrome and White Trim White leather inserts VSpecII GTR Floor Mats Isotta Evoluzone steering wheel Isotta Gearknob Razo Pedals Central Keyless Locking with Auto windows up Alarm Tinted windows 35% VLT Alpine MP3 CD Head Unit External / Misc: Isotta windsceen wipers Battery Relocated to Boot PSI Parts Jun Front Lip Spares: Springs Engine Valley Cover Hicas Atessa Computer Link Handset Rear Wing and Fixings 300rwkW ATW @ 18psi 98RON Have Dyno Chart, Shock Absorber Dyno Charts.

Disclaimer: this is not meant to be a bashing post. ok, update: saturday 3 weeks ago i purchased some car stands (repco $30 a pair) and within 2 hours had the shocks and spring out of the car. The following tuesday I delivered them to fulcrum. They removed the springs then dyno tested the shocks. On thursday I rang to find out progress. The shocks tested up well. (woohoo $150 a corner saved), they had ordered the Kings for the rear but were having trouble finding a set of teins for the front.....but they could get some in from Japan.... First Mistake: I assumed that Fulcrum (the Aussie Tein R&D partner) would have stock.... So frustratedly(and smart-arsedly), I suggested an ebay auction that Fulcrum could purchase the springs from, they informed me that they couldnt, but that I was welcome to purchase and have Fulcrum fit to the shocks for me. So I purchased from Access Autoworks. They were good. Paypal was not. No matter what I tried, the only way I couldve had the springs shipped direct to Fulcrum would have been to change my primary home address to Fulcrums! So with a couple of attempts, I finally got the Teins shipped....to my home address.....which meant they would end up at the post office for collection. Last Saturday I walked(remember car is still up on stands) to the Post office and picked up the springs, took them out of the box to put them in my backpack to bring them home. Second Mistake: Dont use paypal if you want to ship to a third party There was also a japanese instruction sheet in the box which I did not read until I got home. I got home and read it. It said: Front 3.7kg/mm check, Rear: 2.0 - 4.0kg/mm ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! ALL the data I had looked at said Rear:4.0kg/mm ... which is why I bought a set of Kings for the rear! Not even Fulcrum when I said 'I just cannot believe that the rears would be stiffer than the fronts' had nothing. Third Mistake: dont trust the manufacturers or distrubitors websites...... So, I am continuing with the Kings in the rear as they are already fitting to the shocks. On Thursday, I will deliver the front springs to Fulcrum. I did want to share the rant, thanks for reading but I mostly wanted to share: Tein S-Tech Springs SKN14-S1B00 for BNR32 Spring Rates: Front: 3.7kg/mm, Rear: 2 - 4kg/mm. Which gives 65/35 ratio using 2kg/mm at the rear which is what I was trying to achieve from the outset!!!!! perhaps I will swap the kings rears for the tein rears.....anyone want to buy a set on kings rear springs? never used! Thanks for reading, hopefully will refit everything this week....... Fraser.

well, after doing some more sums, I believe I can get close to the ride height I want by using Kings Low springs or Tein STech Springs. So, over the weekend I have put the car up on stands and taken out the springs/shocks. Tomorrow they are going to Fulcrum so they can: - remove the springs from the shocks, - dyno the shocks to make sure they are ok(hope so), if not i will have them valved for the new springs.. - then fit new springs to the shocks for me. Which I will then refit to the car then get a 4 wheel alignment. So what springs I hear you ask? Well, Tein Stech in the front at 3.7kg/mm and King Springs Low at the rear (2.7kg/mm). (57.8/0.422) I know the STechs only come in sets of four, but I could install in the rear if I want to play with the handling, or i can sell the rears... hopefully there are no problems reinstalling and the money I saved removing the struts covers the cost of the extra pair of springs. Will report on progress..... Fraser.

What a champion, thank you! btw: norman park is across the river from New Farm. will PM u. Fraser.

Hi all, I want to change the springs in my R32 GTR, it currently has koni shocks with king springs front and hks springs rear. I want to do it as cheaply as possible by taking the shocks and springs out of the car and hand them to fulcrum to check out and change the springs over. In order for me to do it, I need to leave the car jacked up on some stands for a week. So, Would someone like to 'lend' me some Car Stands for a week? I'm in Norman Park and am happy to pickup and return...... hope it doesn't hurt to ask..... Thanks, Fraser.

Gary, thank you so much. That puts a whole new context to things. My car is 75mm lower at the front than stock and 55mm lower at the rear.... no wonder I can't get enough castor on the front left to stop it pulling to the left.....no wonder the ride is tiring...etc.... based on this wonderful bit of news, i might be able to get the results i'm after without having to get custom made springs..... back to the calculator.... Thanks, Fraser.

well, further developments have occured....which I will post on a bit later, but for now, I have one question that despite searching forums and manuals I cannot find the answer: What is the standard/stock/factory ride height (centre of wheel to guard) on the R32 gtr? Thanks, Fraser.

Try PSI Parts or XXX Bodykits and then let me know how you go! seeing as it has become impossible to get a Saurus / Jun Style front lip for the R32 GTR in oz, I am looking at getting a DL front bar...

cheers, will post tomorrow about developments after going to Fulcrum.

ryan, rear toe out or front toe out? I though front toe out would help combat Corner - Entry understeer and rear toe out helps combat Consistent understeer ? Have been reading This. of course, it might not apply to GT-R's hey, why don't I try both! cheers, Fraser.

Brad, I know that Tein would have done far more R&D than myself, but I just can't deal with the fact that the rears are stiffer than the fronts in a car with a forward weight bias.....maybe I just don't know enough about it all....

Well, in my copious surplus nanoseconds, I have done some further research and made a new decision. I want to share my thoughts to assist others going through similar situations. Knowns: Fulcrum Identified the front springs as sagging Kings originally with a spring rate of 3.2kg/mm (Kings KDFL-101 – free length 305mm) and rear springs as HKS of approx 6kg/mm !? Actual ride height from centre of wheel to bottom lip of guard is: Front 320mm, Rear 335mm. The other knowns are that the car rides quite rough, is too low and pulls to the left (despite having wheel alignments and adjustable camber and castor) Research: I have read that ride comfort and handling is ‘best’ when the spring rates mirror the weight distribution. In this case, I am working to 60/40 ish. – Makes sense to me. I have read that some people use a linear rate spring on the front to maintain predictability of front geometry and use progressive rate on the rear for comfort – Makes sense to me. (The Kings set are linear front - progressive read btw) I have read that the ‘optimum’ or ‘preferred by most’ ride height is 355Front, 345 Rear. (which is an increase of 35mm at the front and 10mm at the rear compared to my current measurements) Did some ringing around to confirm spring rates of Lovells, Kings, Tein STech. The Kings Rear Springs (KDRL-102) are progressive 2.7kg/mm with free length of 305mm. Looked up the factory manual to get the stock spring rates (and free length) : Front 2.4kg/mm @ 405mm free length, Rear 2.7kg/mm @ 345mm free length. My koni Adjustables have circlip rings for the lower spring mount. Both front and rear are set on the highest position. I couldn’t find any front and rear sets with the 60/40 proportions I wanted. Didn’t want to go softer than stock, so: Stock Rear Spring rate is 2.7kg/mm. Kings do a progressive rate 2.7kg/mm spring (KDRL-102) So if that is the 40%, the front should be 2.7 / 4 * 6 = 4.05kg/mm which doesn’t sound outrageous until you compare it to the stock front spring rate of 2.4kg/mm…. Yes, that’s right the new one will be 69%(tee hee) stiffer(double tee hee) than stock! Anyhoo, I am going to go with: Front - 4 or 4.1kg/mm linear springs from Kings with free length of ???. And try to set the ride height close to 345-355 by moving the circlip as required. Rear – 2.7kg/mm progressive (King Springs KDRL-102 free length of 305) and try to set the ride height at 345. I have a feeling that this free length will result in a lower ride height than what I have now so: I am going to Fulcrum tomorrow so they can take some measurements of the springs loaded up so that we can better determine what free length the new springs should be. I am leaning towards getting slightly longer springs because I can adjust the ride height down using the circlips. I would prefer to not have extra circlip rings machined in to raise the ride height due to cost. It will take 2 weeks to make the custom springs, then I will get them fitted and get the valving of the shocks checked at the same time. Hopefully they wont need revalving (I have no idea of their valving at the moment). Would anyone like to advise if they think there any issues I should be aware of getting slightly longer springs then adjusting the ride height with the lower spring mount circlip? Similarly, would anyone like to point out if there is a major flaw in my plan? Thank you! Fraser.

Thanks for the feedback and information guys. I think I will get the springs done to remedy the ride height and comfort, then look into swaybars in more detail. Now to find me somewhere to make me some 5kg/mm and 4kg/mm springs to fit my konis. Thanks again, Fraser.

At the moment I am primarilary concerned with the ride height (scrapes the muffler on some speedbumps) and ride comfort (brisbane roads arrghh). Once I get that sorted, I will look at swaybars. I just want to make sure that a) i understand why there is a difference in the front to rear spring rate ratios and b) that the springs I do put in best allow for future 'enhancement' with swaybars etc. At the moment I can get S.Techs or get a set of 5/4's custom made....then I need to look at hot rolled vs cold rolled.... What brand etc are your 5/4's? Cheers.

I do not know what the rears are rated - I don't really want to have them removed and tested because of the cost and the time off the road. Would I be somewhat correct in saying: softer front spring - more front grip - more understeer. softer rear spring - more rear grip - more oversteer? or is it more about control under heavy braking? Thanks, Fraser.