Jump to content
SAU Community

Jordy32

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    851

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    4

  • Feedback

    0%

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Jordy32

    1998 R34 GTT Manual Coupe

    in For Sale (Private Whole cars only)

    Posted

    Bump,

    Moving overseas for work, grab yourself a bargain :( Have also added the following since last update.

    - Greddy Oil Cooler
    - Replaced all fluids
    - New Oil/Air and Fuel filters
    - New Thermostat & Radiator Hoses (nissan)
    - Nismo Engine Mounts
    - Nismo Gearbox Mounts
    - 098 GTT plates in Jap Style

    I am also going to advertise this on carsales.

    As it stands  $17,500 w/ wing, wheels, stock seats etc etc will also throw in spares that I have. Happy to negotiate if you actually come and see the car.

    Jordy's R34 Gtt

    in Projects, Overhauls and Build-ups

    Posted

    Some old followers might also remember I had, and blew up an HKS GT-RS turbo on my old R32, well after clearing out some space under my house I found the old girl and have brought it down to the shed to play around with it.

    It's looking a little worse for wear, but it's all external. It's blown anyway but the thing is a trooper completing a whole dyno tune without any oil feed.. Jez and I couldn't believe it back when it happened.

    SAvuWr0.jpg

    Anyway, got to work pulling it apart and as I don't have a vice I had to get a little imaginative.

    cAZHRB9.jpg

    So I bolted it to the table and after unbolting all of the bolts it more or less pulled apart.. The exhaust housing was pretty seized on however with some WD40 and a bit of heating up with a blow torch I got it apart.

    RtSZhYT.jpg

    This was really just a bit of fun, but I'm considering getting it rebuilt just because it was so much fun on my old 25.. A lot of people said it'd be too small and while I tend to agree I'm not really looking for more than 250kw because i value response/drive ability over power which is very achievable with the gt-rs..

    Anyway I haven't made my mind up, this was mainly something fun to do this weekend.. I guess we'll see what the future holds.

    Jordy's R34 Gtt

    in Projects, Overhauls and Build-ups

    Posted

    Another good weekend of doing little jobs on the car as well as the shed it's living in!

    Nobody likes a dark shed so my friend who's an electrician popped by and lent a hand installing 2 more lights to bring it up to a total of 6 fluro tubes, the shed is bright now!

    JreryLn.jpg

    Still a bit of a mess, but that's ok! Anyway, so I had a suspicion that my thermostat was stuck open, the car was sitting at just 68c so I replaced that, the thermostat housing as well as the radiator hoses with all new genuine Nissan gear. I knew it wasn't the oil cooler as this "problem" has been around since before the oil cooler but I never really thought much of it.

    n042LoH.jpg


    I got a sensor port welded into the thermostat outlet while I waited for other bits to arrive, and even though it's post radiator it could come in handy one day either for a sensor or anything really.

    Anyway, not much else to document here. I replaced the hoses with Nissan items and brand new worm drive clamps, happy :)

    jnRSuDq.jpg

    While I was in there I covered my oil cooler lines with plastic tubing to both hide and protect it. Greddy give you about 1m of the stuff in their kit which is handy and you can protect it where it gets near things but I've wanted to cover the entire run of braid for some time now, I'm not really into the braided line look at all.

    This is the stuff I used, got it from Jaycar, $5 for 2m

    nezeR6N.jpg

    I also took all of the stickers off my battery as they're ugly. Once that was done it was looking very nice and tidy in that corner of the engine bay!

    RIf4GvC.jpg

     





     

    Jordy's R34 Gtt

    in Projects, Overhauls and Build-ups

    Posted

    Spent some time on the car today replacing the Engine and Gearbox mounts with Nismo items - I ordered them through RHD japan as the pricing was pretty reasonable and they arrived during the week.

    I wasn't overly concerned with the engine or gearbox mounts, however once I got to work replacing them I was glad I decided to do them.

    This isn't the most fun job but I put some music on and got into a rhythm and it was done before I knew it. I started by jacking up the car nice and high and popping it on 4 wheels. I then removed the radiator as well as all of the intake piping from the passenger side so I could access the engine mount - it's worth noting that the driver's side was much easier and I could reach it with a big extension.

    U95AAHX.jpg

    From here I loosened off the top and bottom nuts and used a block of wood to jack up the engine off the sump. Once you get the engine high enough the engine mounts are easy to just grab and pull out. At this stage I was happy with my decision to change them.

    The Driver side was visually fine, however the passenger side had torn in two:

    0pHcKUp.jpg

    Anyway, from here i pulled out the Nismo bits

    BFTWKex.jpg

    Once that was done and bolted in I dropped the engine back down and tightened it all back up, really not much else to it! After the engine mounts I stopped for a lunch break!

    abk5Z5y.jpg

    After that, I did the gearbox mount - this is again pretty easy, just jack up the gearbox neat the crossmember to support it and undo all of the bolts until it comes out.

    za4hYVc.jpg

    This is the new Nismo mount compared to what I had in there.. There's not a massive visual difference here either but the standard one felt softer and had a lot of stress cracks in the rubber.

    yCoAlsI.jpg

    From here you just bolt the new mount into place, you can't really mess that up.

    qgIUTlS.jpg

    To answer the inevitable questions:

    - Yes they feel fine, they are nothing like your friend's china "urethane" bushes and are 100% streetable
    - No my Nissan clutch fan has not moved up 200mm and smashed my shroud to bits

    In regard to fan clearance I've had no problems at all, I even run a big fat radiator. If you're running the GKtech fan you might have that problem, but you should really replace that with a stock fan anyway..

    • Like 4

    anyone heard of these shocks?

    in Wagoneers

    Posted

    Nismo S-Tune were in my 34, fine for the street/spirited drive and are fairly comfortable.

    Just keep in mind that they are probably quite an old unit by now and it'd be much better to get something brand new. The last thing you want to do is install old nismo shocks and have one die on you.

×
×
  • Create New...