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The Birth Of The Dirty30 C34 Stagea Rs-v
CRSKmD replied to b_lucus's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
cant wait to see what results this yeilds! -
yeah the front end is mint thanks to Pearl Factory sadly the rear of the car has seen several track days and 2.5 years of daily life (carpark dings etc). thinking of putting mine in the shed to fix the rest of the body work up to be as clean as the front end...but still undecided
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Cheers mate. i got a photo of you taking a photo of our cars Currently im on the fence about what do to body wise to my car. rego runs out soon and im toying with the idea of fixing the dents and other damage and giving it a full repsray. but not sure if its worth doing...?
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Some photos from All Japan Day 2015. all photo credit to the photographers getting it ready. i also got a daily Hopefully now that i have a daily i can focus more time and attention on the 32 for mods, without the rush to get it back on the road to drive to work
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ended up with 25mm. 20mm would have been what i was after but this is what came up effective front wheel size is now 17x9 -3 haha Probably can drop back to 20mm once i adjust some camber out of the front end
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With the front end components painted had having had time for the paint to harden up a bit it was finally time to fit up the front end. went to the car wash and gave it a quick spray off. Fitted the grill + some bolt on spacers to fill out the guards
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Spotted an S14 steering rack with new ends and boots for cheap. seeing as there was 20 degrees play in the wheel before anything happened . i also had a mild power steering leak. Rack boots were gone and the ends were fairly flogged. After some research i was lead to believe that an S14 rack was a direct bolt up to my R32's (SPOILER: it wasnt) and should be a 2hr tops job. It took me about an hour to get the old rack out and the new one in. there was just a slight issue with the power steering line fitment... DAY 2 of a 2 hour job As it turned out the power steering lines on a factory NON HICAS 32 are very different to the lines on a HICAS model. NON HICAS both lines for the rack run in front of the cross member. HICAS has one line in front and one behind. luckily the seller of the S14 rack also had a set of Hicas lines and i was able to get the rack and lines in place with some mild modification. Also tried to fit up a clock spring so I'd have a horn. notice the issue? so far not everything was coming up Milhouse. not at all. Went back to the rack and tried to adjust it to close enough before driving to the wheel aligners and i ran out of thread on the tierods before the wheels were remotely straight. (previous owner had extended LCA's and changed tie rods to suit.) I sourced a set of correct length ones and while under the car i noticed this had happened. Day 3 of the 2 hour job I replaced the slave, got the wheel alignment done and took it for a well deserved drive.
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R32 Skyline GTS-T Wide Vented Front gaurds +30mm (same size as R32 GTR guards) fits 17x9 -5 245/40/17 without rubbing $100ono pickup from AUSJAP during business hours 4 Westport Road, Edinburgh North SA 5113 0416580223
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Timmy's R34 Gtt
CRSKmD replied to timmy_89's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Likewise interested to hear results. Looks pretty good for a non professional "fun/experimental project" -
Last BSMC we did a few spray outs with the paint and had to keep taking it back to the paint supplier as the match wasnt close enough. after the third time going back to the painter the spray out finally looked pretty close. Front end parts with paint Rust spot on roof repaired and bogged
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The Little R32 That Could...
CRSKmD replied to slipn's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
same here! genuine knob or copy? eitherway where did you get it? sick of having a black metal gear knob in the summer -
As its a street car i figured it was time to do some cosmetic mods. Waaaay back in mid 2013 id picked up a set GTR guards needing minor repair. i stripped 90% of the paint off them and then they sat in the shed until December 2015. Since buying the GTR bar id planned on matching the paint as it wad close but by no means a match. while i as at it i kept an eye out for a bonnet and grille. I found a bonnet from AUSJAP. had several dents and dings in it but the price reflected it ($250). I tried to find someone with a ute or simialr to help me pick it up but to no avail. Here is how i got it home. Safe to say i got a few looks ont he drive home. Started to strip back the paint around the dents so that i could hammer/bog where needed to get it back into shape. uncovered holds that show it previously had an N1 lip. . My plan for the front end was to do as much prep as possible and supply anything needed before giving it to a professionally painted. i spent a few days getting it as close as possible but some of the crease dents proved extremely difficult for me (first time doing any real panel beating) So i sent it off to Pearl Factory to finish the prep work. Shortly after this was the result. Meanwhile i was busy working on the front bumper. i managed to source another bumper so that my car did not have to be off the road for any length of time. as a bonus this bar did not have any cracks in it to deal with . The hardest part was inside the vents I Pulled the guards out of the shed and test fitted them up to the car. looked mint good fitment and no ugly vents thought to myself why not roll them when they do't have any paint on them bad idea. note to self Alloy is very soft. to get the wheels to fit up right i borrowed some spacers from mates. finally effective wheel size to get them to fit.... this si with a 245/40 as well at this point i sold the guards i had had for over a year and set on the hunt for another pair of un modified ones...
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Cheers man, amazing what a few weekend work can achieve!
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Went to another track day and shredded tyres. then the next one came around i decided to save some money and not enter. Instead i went along with a mate and filmed the day. First video i have ever filmed/edited of cars.
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Engine Bay cleanup and tune As seen earlier in this thread i started a cleanup of the enginebay. first i did FMIC and stock airbox. then FFP folowed by the Lobster welded intake. part 2 of the clean up involved not making it look like poo. closer shot. painted plenum and piping black new joiners and clamps. painted engine. NDR Fab lobster cold-side to replace the massive blue joiner. Shot of Cold-side. note the bung to keep AAC working. stilla ways to go such as surrounding wiring, paint the bay etc but realistically thats an engine outjob. next came the basic supporting mods. Z32 AFM, R32 GTR injectors+resistor pack, Nistune. I had already put in a Profec B spec II earlier in the year. 11psi RB25 neo 13psi (wasnt happy no matter what we did) before 11psi and after 13psi on same sheet. i just keep it on 11psi because the extra 5kw up top isnt really worth the extra 2psi haha, ceramic wheel and all. overall pretty happy with the results considering the mod list. nice almost NA-ish power delivery RB20DE+T RB25 neo turbo (OP6) Z32 AFM R32 GTR injectors FMIC FFP (doesnt really do anything, same runner length etc) turbo back 3"
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yeah haha at the time i had almost 0 rear camber for tyre wear. and the cop said "there was no room in the guard for anything and if i hit a pot hole the tyre would explode"
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more track days RB25box in place this time. gave me a chance to get a good feel for the car. Turned out it was understeering atrociously. so after the track day was done and dusted i decided to look into what the cause might have been. Before i could get to that though. this happened luckily it ended up being a copshop visit for "incorrect wheel/tyre size fitted". before i headed down there i fitted stock suspension type m bar and some less pokey wheels plus made the exhaust quieter. I did want to give them any reason to direct me to regency after clearing the defect and putting parts back in i noticed my coilover spring rates were a bit out from what i expected/ordered. 6kg rear 12kg front... fitted up 8kg fronts i also changed the setup from hellaflush to hellafunctional. (eyebrow heights were 290F 295R. now they are 335F 330R) Just for good measure and to aid the understeery issues i fitted up some 245/40/17 Goodride RS tyres as i had heard good thing and they were cheap. The tyres were 225/40 F 235/45 R then i got a wheel alignment with a fairly neutral front toe set. all said and done this is how it ended up before (still type m bar photo) and after.
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I daily mine in traffic. once you get used to the slight change in take off/driving style its so so easy. that said i also have a larger slave cylinder.
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might be because my chassis was auto NA factory? not sure but it all fitted int he end haha
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New intake time. i had rocked the stock airbox and intake for a while and liked the stealthiness of it but sometimes you just need some noise! paid a friend to make me up a lobster intake. by no means perfect but im was more than happy with the result and the resulting sound was great MASSIVE induction noise + VL turbo spec dose thanks to the missing BOV due to FFP. save the "going to break your turbo blah blah" heard it before don't care. been running like this with no issues or boost spikes for 15,000kms and no shaftplay. plus if the turbo eventually goes it just means its time for a new/bigger setup
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RB25DET gearbox. pickup a second had gearbox and got it checked over by 1110 Engineering. Also got a manual tailshaft and got it cut, shut and balanced. Don't believe what people tell you, from my experience no standard nissan gearbox crossmembers bolt rightup (tried the CA18,SR20,RB20,RB25 manual and auto varients of each +tried them all bother ways around) best i could get was 2/4 Took some measurements and went back to 1110 for him to weld my up a crossmember. (man i have to learn to weld someday). size comparisons Checked the clutch while the box was out still mint. (forgot to mention some time in 2013 i replaced the slipping HD clutch with a NPC carbonic cushioned button clutch + a slightly lightened flywheel) which looked like this.
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Cheers guys
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yeah it was, nice and filthy haha You had that N1 GTR?
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Time for my very first trackday. I remember the first thing my dad said when i told him my intentions " alright, but be prepared to bring it back on a trailer." I signed up for Drift Techniques out at Tailem Bend. skidrims fitted. fluro represent! not much ground clearance with the skidrims on... checking for tyre wear with an instructor int he car working on tight cone work started too get it as dad predicted on the trailer to take it home. thankfully i had some awesome mates with even worse luck willing to take my car back for me. Managed to do some gearbox damage Here is what came out of the sump plug when i dropped the gearbox oil. all in all i dont regret the day and the damage even though my day was over my 11am. I learnt a bit and the damnage just meant an excuse for an upgrade...
