Run-It-Hard

They are in my R33 GTST at the moment mate. GTR seats have rails attached to them, so yes rails are included.

Still haven't been to the shop, but I managed to find some photos of the seats before the engine died As soon as I go to the shop, I'll get some better photos.

I don't mind hanging onto it.

Hey dudes, It's time to let my 32 GTR seats go, they are an awesome seat, supprotive and comfy etc. But I need the cashola elsewhere. They are in pretty good nick considering the age, there are no rips or tears but they are a little dirty. A steam clean would make them look immaculate. I don't have any pictures atm, but I'll be sure to get some when I go to the shop next (few days). Chasing $600 but I'm negotable. The sooner they go the better. A great upgrade for many S chassis and R chassis. Located in liverpool region, NSW. Can post at buyers expense, but it wouldn't be cheap (probably around the $100 mark). PM me! Adam.

SOLD!

Thanks buddy! Haha cheers, should look the part once its all sorted (hopefully). Originally I was going to run a 295 but now I'm thinking of a 275 as I can get tyres in that size as cheap as chips. There's a banged up set of 275's I'll prob guy for "research" purposes lol. In other news, the engine might be in the car tonight, pending headgasket arrival.

Hey James, that's awesome news! You didn't waste any time getting it on hahah good work!

this will be a little different from the norm.. Skyline model = R33GTST Wheel diameter = 18" Wheel width = 13 Wheel offset = a magic number Tyre size = either a 275/35/18 or 295/35/18 Modifications to fit = Widebody

offers?

I don’t think anything more really needs to be said after looking at this picture I took today. But we might at as well touch on it, I couldn’t leave everyone in the dark now could I? As you can see, the new mystery wheels have arrived. Compared to an OEM wheel they are double the width, do the maths … Yep, 13 inches wide! These Melbers were up on eBay for months, and after a set of wheels falling through in Japan. I started doing the measurements, toying with the idea of fitting these monsters on my R33 Skyline. Think about it, wheels in common sizes cost a shitload as everyone can run them. Considering I’m set on going wide-body I figured I might as well get proper, bullshit massive wheels too. You’d be quite surprised on how much they actually costed me. At first I thought the face design was a bit hows it going, but after mounting them on a R33 I think they suit it pretty damn well. So after these babies of mine arrived, I wanted to test fit them on an R33 pronto! the curiosity of knowing whether my measurements were correct, got the better of me. We popped into Dahtone on the weekend to pick up Julies S14 and a friend of ours happened to have his R33 there. So we did the deed and my curiosity was settled. Everything cleared, the LCA cleared by roughly 5mm, and the coilover about 40mm. Perfect! The wheel protruding out of the guard in the other hand … Was 90mm with 0 camber. With the wide-body, stretched tyre and a degree or two of negative camber (depending on shock to inner wheel clearance), it should fit nice and snug. Steam-roller

Some pictures of this beast! It's a great reliable car that doesn't cost much to run. You can also fit ALOT of gear into these too. For instance in my old K11, I've had an engine in it! haha. There are a few dings/dents in the car which were on the car when we purchased it. It has not bothered us as it's a run-around. The lifters are quite noisy too, again bought it like that and it hasn't bothered us and doesn't affect the cars performance in any way. Not willing to part anything off the car at this stage, so please don't message Julie asking for the intake or cup holders.

Hey guys, It's time for Julie run around to get an upgrade! We've owned it for 2 years and it's never missed a beat! Here's a quick run-down of the car: 1995 model Colour: White Mileage: 220,xxxkms Transmission: Manual Optional steering wheel rego till August Clarion headunit and speakers cold air intake HIDS Rare JDM option cupholder + compartment Near new (90%) Evergreen EH22 tyres (x2) and brand new (99.999999999%) Yokohama A drives (x2) No powersteer or aircon Here are some photos of the car, I'll put some more recent photos up soon. Located in Liverpool region, Sydney Price: $2600 Contact Julie on: 0424-18-3332 Thanks!

If you’ve had the “opportunity” to get your RB rebuilt, chances are you’ve been through the RB Oil control thread on Skylines Australia. If you haven’t, count yourself lucky (getting your engine rebuilt I mean)! In a nut shell, the RB series engine tends to have problems pumping too much oil into the head, and not draining it quick enough to lubricate the bottom end thoroughly. This is further exaggerated with a higher flowing oil pump, like Nitto, Nissan N1 or HKS items for example. Reading the whole 40 pages of the thread, makes you more confused than what you were before reading it. There is quite a lot of conflicting info, but it’s good to see other people have done to combat oil control before deciding what route you are going to take. As stated in the thread, there are uniform steps to combat these problems. These include: 1. Block off one oil feed in the block (RB26’s have this standard). 2.Fit an appropriately sized restrictor to the other feed. The size of the oil pump is one of the determines for the size of the restrictor, IE; a high flow, high pressure pump needs a smaller restrictor. Constant higher RPM needs a smaller restrictor etc. 3. Fit an external oil return from the rear of the cylinder head to the sump. 4. Drill out the oil return galleries in the head and block. 5. Machine around the oil return galleries to facilitate access for the oil. There’s also a chart on what oil restrictors to run for what application within the thread, which is a great help. But it gets a little tricky if you have disabled VCT (like we have on the new engine). So instead of going for one oil restrictor, I went for two. I’ve also purchased an oil head drain kit for good measure. Many stress that this does nothing (in terms of draining) but I see it as cheap insurance. If we have time, I might also enlarge the oil return galleries for good measure. My oil drain kit of choice was from Lewis Engines in SA. As they use a braided line rather then the push lock hose that the Spool kit contains (I just don’t trust those hoses). The oil restrictors also came from Lewis, I opted for two 1.2mm restrictors, which have a little more flow than a single 1.5mm restrictor. In theory I shouldn’t have too many issues with oil control anyway, as the Nismo pump has the same flow rate of an OEM item. But it’s better to be safe than sorry. If you are planning a rebuild in the near future or have had your engine let go on you, go grab a beer, coffee … whatever, and have a read through the RB oil control thread on SAU. RB Oil Control

With the engine still awaiting parts to be complete, and being the indecisive clown that I am, I came up with the great idea of giving the engine bay a fresh coat of paint. The hardest part was choosing what colour to paint it though. Originally I was thinking a lighter blue to the body colour, but then remembered John painting his engine cover in this bright, candy like colour. So I asked John and Nick for some assistance and we went for it! We unbolted every part we could, and all the bits that weren’t so easy we masked up. Whoever painted the bay before didn’t bother to remove the brake master, or wiper motor as you can see. After sanding down the paint, we did some more masking and then it was time to lay down the base coat. A nice silver metallic, wouldn’t of mind leaving the bay this colour, it looks nice. But we all wanted to see the final product. Bamn,bright purple! there are a few spots that came out a little rough, which was expected. I should be able to touch these up when the car is back home, and when I paint the front section after it gets tubbed. As Alister put it “it turned out pretty good for being painted in a dusty, old workshop with people working on cars right next to you”. Not bad for a days work, cheers to John and Nick for the helping hands. A splash of paint

Hmm, I might try make this if my R33 is back on the road by then. Would be nice to meet some fellow skyline owners.

Doing my weekly search on Ebay, I came across this interesting looking exhaust, which was something similar to what I wanted to create for the new setup. Seeing that it was going for cheap, I put a bid in for it and soon enough it was mine for one and a half benjimans. Little did I, or the seller know that this exhaust is actually a discontinued Trust item (what’s with me and Trust/Greddy lately?). Called the DD, it seems to be quite a sought after exhaust. It’s a little beat up as most second hand exhausts are, but after a little bit of TLC I think it’ll come up pretty sweet. Hopefully it won’t need too much modifying either. Here’s a clip I managed to find on Youtube. Sounds pretty rad, huh?

cool story bro.

Similar fitments dude.

bump!

bump!

Macdonalds or home-made?

haha cheers dude.

pretty much what Matboy said. Initial D is still around too, they held a Wakefield day last sunday.

Never done it myself so I have no idea haha. I'm sure a workshop could do it for you on the cheap, it wouldn't take long.

Thought I might leave this here. What's to come