Stephen_rx7

good job fixing one instead of cutting it up man in for updates, keep em coming

Thanks man, yeh haha its not a great job but the looks is worth it afterwards, yeh the wheels are awesome and fetch big bucks these days, i only bought them a couple months ago so unfortunately didn't get them for cheap haha Thanks man, if you guys keep commenting ill keep posting i love the small details of a build so try to focus on them alot myself So Abit more of an update Finally got my box of parts back from being plated, took about 2 months Parts turned out pretty good this time Shouldn't need to use these but was more of a test to see how they'd come out Plated the reinforced brake pedal so it doesn't rust under the dash, new plastic spring retainers Reassembled pedal Managed to get the pipes back on, the top ones look much better this time round, I was Abit fussy with these as they are quite visible I know most people think I'm being overly anal about it but I think the outcome is worth the outlay in the end So now I can finally finish off the piping setup So Abit of an update on the Ssrs Wheels have been stripped Centres have been sand blasted, the factory coating apparently is like very thick powdercoat so hasn't been easy to remove Lips polished up Centre bore machined out for later style centre caps So they are just waiting painting of centres then putting back together Some more new parts ordered for the old girl The original corners were pretty good, but I sold those off and bought new old stock corner indicators, cost an arm and a leg now days Also brand new braided brake lines, I didn't like the fact that most aftermarket lines didn't use the factory mounting points So I found something like the nismo ones but that has the adr approved double crimp And last but not least I bought a exhaust system that's seen minimum use, not sure if I'll use it yet or not, the hks front pipe I have no need for but I have a stock cat so the sard cat will replace that and the rear section of exhaust is a kakimoto, I'm tossing up the idea of selling it and making a custom exhaust I'm not too sure yet Cheers

So abit of an update I spent abit of time starting to re-tape and refit the body loom back into the engine bay I didn't take any pics during because it took abit of concentration and was abit of a sticky mess Some new retainer clamps and other bits and pieces It still requires abit more work around the fuse box but I'll finish that off later So i posted earlier i bought some nismo lmgt1, the specs on those are 18x9 +24 and 18x9.5 +14, the plan was to put wider lips on the fronts and make them square. Sadly the 1.5" lips required aren't sold so back to the drawing board on those Id already come to terms with having to buy 18x9.5s as the 18x10s just go for way too much, id bidded on a couple sets and they had gone for 3500-4500 for poor condition wheels So i magaged to track down through a guy intetested in my lmgt1s for his 180sx a set of the rare 18x10s And here they are Unfortunately they are completly in white which will look abit funny on a white gtr So heres what's planned So I've dropped the ssr indy 500rs off to be rebuilt Centre's are going gunmetal grey, bored out for new o-ring centre caps, new 90 degree valves and polished lips Once they come back the nismos will go away and lips polished and I'll leave it at that, they were only refurbished a year ago so they shouldn't need any work to the face Cheers

I ran a group buy on them across the gtr sales pages on facebook there wasn't a massive amount of interest tho, I could run another if we got enough numbers to meet the minimum the factory ones deffinitely have an expiry date cheers

Some pretty cool parts for the gtr coming up Middle top is a genuine Nissan part I managed to buy still in the packet, discontinued awhile ago I managed to have these technically drawn and then laser cut out of reinforced insertion rubber The finished product looks identical to Oem, but won't tear like the original Brand new retaining clips, pretty proud of the outcome, it's the finer details that make a car IMO haha From the front Some people ask what is the purpose of these, it's meant to stop water/dust/road grime coming through behind the headlight messing up your engine bay These are the crappy originals, not of much use If any r32 gts/gtr guys are wanting a set pm me, running a group buy on some fb pages at cost price to help the community attain some parts that are no longer available Also everyone knows I love my old school nismo gear, another addition to the stockpile lol And the icing on the cake, nismo lmgt1 wheels, pansaports are for sale if anyone wants some ballin 90s forged wheels, I think between the ssr indy 500rs and the lmgt1 I have enough choices haha Enjoy

Thanks man shes deffinitely come a long way since I got it

Nice car man great colour and looks to be in great condition, almost a shame to modify one that clean and standard how do you go sourcing a rb30 block in the U.S.? Grenades as look great on it

Alrighty update time Test fitted up the strut brace, looks pretty good Started putting painted boosters and masters back in the bay More pieces to the puzzle Drivers side n1 brake line in Wiring harness needs some love Other side of the bay, not much goes on there lol Bov setup bolted up My gtr key collection, too pretty to cut for the car Every time I buy a new car I change out the wheel studs, have a couple snap on you from previous owners who don't know how to correctly tighten a wheel nut New studs Studs out, I quite dislike the red brakes too Cleaned up hub with new studs Hoping to find some brembos to fit shortly so if anyone knows any forsale let me know, otherwise I'll be cleaning up the Nissan factory brakes for the time being Cheers

Thanks man, as long as people keep commenting I'll keep posting, got over the last forum I was on because it went from being a thread to a blog with no comments Thanks man Yeh they are weird, they are a shanked tapered internal drive nut haha pretty hard to find, cost about $210, damn early style 90s wheels

Alright what everyone's waiting for some progress on the car finally, it's now back home To give you a bit of a refresher of how it looked before here's some pictures This is how it left, sorry state from the previous owner, that's after some effort by me with wax and gerase remover So 10am this morning I checked my phone and had a message from my painter, it said your gtr is ready to go, I wasn't confident it actually was 100% finished so I got my stuff in order and headed down for a look Here's what I saw Surprisingly enough it's painted and looking amazing So I organised a tow truck to get it home, wasn't able to get it home till late afternoon which left bugger all time to actually work on it which is a it sad He hasn't painted my clutch and brake boosters so still waiting on those to come back next week then I can start fitting brake and clutch plaster cylinders and hooking the lines up properly, I've started fitting the new line clamps though and some of the hard lines New n1 brake line clamps on the firewall, only have provision for the one brake line and the carbon canister line Brand new n1 front lhs brake pipe fitted up All in all she's looking good, progress will be reasonably slow from here, need to be careful not to scratch the bay and I need to order a lot of new parts as I go to replace worn/crusty old parts which is a it time consuming and overwhelming if you don't do it as you go And the new genuine gtr wing I finally got a chance to bolt on

Sooooo, went and had a look at the car, no change since 2 weeks ago, frustration. I dropped the bits off for electroplating that I blasted last week, 10 working days on that so the engine can't really go in the car till thats sorted anyway but still frustrating I don't have the car back So I bought some splitfire coil packs, seems to be the done thing, I could have bought new Oem coils which would have done the same thing but rb owners seem to go crazy over these things Old vs new Had a bit of a giggle over this, one of the previous owners must have been illiterate haha Stripped the, apart and noticed the bolts were all different lengths lol, blasted the mounting plates so they look new All new stainless bolts and washers mounted up I always thought rb owners were lazy sons of bitches that they only put half the bolts in the coils, only 2 of the 4 holes are threaded haha I thought the coil loom was abit tired but it appears to be still good, hasn't gone brittle and shitty yet Cheers

Thanks man Another parts purchase Panasport G7C5C Pretty stoked

Ok a bit of a small update if people are still following Decided since the fuel rail was finished I may aswell fit the new injectors and the refinished rail All fitted up with the xspurt 1000cc injectors, looks pretty decent Tidied up and finished off all the hoses at the back of the motor So I wasn't happy with some of the condition if some of the parts that were zink coated So I bought some more gears, twin turbo pipes and decided to even give the banjo bolts a go to see how they'd come out I picked up a bench top sandblaster so I could prep some parts myself Before And after, this is using glass beads, so I'll be interested to see how the finish is being the glass beads seem to clean up and polish compared to sand that pits the metal as it cleans Box of bits to be dropped off to be zink coated So there was a couple Nismo parts I want to finish off the additions to the car to make it more era correct and unique Rare rear Nismo strut brace which I'll be restoring to match the front one And something I've been trying to buy for awhile that is extremely rare, so much so that a lot of gtr owners don't know about them R32 gtr Nismo optional rear pods, basically finishes off the exterior of the car, so with any luck next week the car will be towed back from the paint shop and I can't start assembling this engine bay! Cheers

Thanks Milan, appreciate he kind words It's something else to watch someone's car come along from where it to started to a piece of artwork in the end hopefully mine will be worthy of that statement haha So this will probably be a bit of a long winded update Went and paid a visit to the painter, his dragging his feet quite a lot as painters do Cars been started on at least this time, he said he wouldn't need it for more than 3 days, now it's turned into 4 weeks and counting He seems to think it'll be done this week but I figure in 2 weeks Engine bay has been cleaned with some strong citrus cleaner, it's the only thing that'd get the soot off, then the bay has been rubbed with scotch Brite, his smoothing out some bits that were modified to clear the single turbo ( basically strut tower was clobbered with a ball pein hammer) And new rad support is on and bonnet latch upright So once everything is back to Oem fresh it'll be primed then a couple coats of 326 white rather than the original Oem dust coating of paint that wears through in no time lol So that's about it for the shell, onto other fiddly bits Brand new heater hoses turned up Out with the old, surprisingly still in good shape tho, not crunchy at all, could have gone again Proper Oem retainer clamp that was missing ordered new All fitted with proper hose clamps not those Oem Nissan jobs Dropped off my Oem clutch slave to SSS at brendale (stainless steel sleeving), I could have ordered a brand new slave, but I didn't want to, I believe in stainless sleeving, have it sleeved and the master lasts a lifetime, then you just put a rebuild kit through it Basically all the old parts, slave was full of gunky dirty shit before hand Slave looking like brand new, but better Parts finished being electroplated, some parts came up better than others but they are heaps better than before, and the twin turbo pipe has been powdercoated for the second time haha Started doing final fitment of the hard piping for the twins, pretty happy it looks better than the Nissan new Oem finish All the piping on, I'll probably buy another set of the upper water pipes and have them redone because I'm not 100% happy with the finish and they are most visible pipes From another angle Close up of the finish on the fuel rail and cam gears That's pretty much it for now

So i picked up some parts off my fab guy this afternoon, he does some excellent work Twin turbo pipe modified with the splitter to stop turbulence Clutch pedal tig welded at the joins, nismo bracket eat your heart out haha Rear wing turned up and it's as good as i hoped No rust on mounting studs or plates and no rust rattling around inside New nissan strikers and striker covers New n1 brake lines Overpriced nismo floormats lol New ssr 90 degree valves, valve extensions and some ssr lip stickers And i found out the ssrs require special wheel nuts that are shanked and tapered, never seen anything like them These suit volk gtc but also suit the ssrs And brand new o2 sensors Will have a lot of work cut out for me fitting this gear when this car arrives

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to check that once the motor is in that'd explain why I had so much trouble finding them haha

So, I went to check on the car, been with the painter for a week, unfortunately was meant to be done this week but hasn't been touched yet So I'm doubting that will happen But anyway, got my alternator housings back today Been powdercoated, I told them not to do inside but sadly they did the whole thing This presents 3 problems, the rectifier needs to be grounded to the housing for the alternator to work Bearing clearances are already tight without having thick powdercoat in the recess The stator is a right fit inbetween the two housings and again the thick powdercoat doesn't allow for it Bought myself a much needed bearing removal tool, should have bought one years ago, this one isn't excellent but does the job So you end up with a removed bearing New bearing on By this time I've cleaned up inside the housings as best I could, front bearing was a tight fit but it went in All basically assembled with the stator painted black, normally you'd fit the pulley to the front housing before hand using the vice to stop the rotor spinning, then slot it in together, but the pulley required the powdercoating removed from the centre hole before fitting And that's basically it I may even sell this one off and have another crack at it specifying not to cost the insides, see how it goes though Terrible picture but brand new r34 gtr n1 1 bar adjustable actuators turned up So they have also been fitted up Also managed to pickup kudos's last radio surround I believe tour can still get the smooth one from the s1 which is strange, I think a lot of people update to the textured s2 in their s1 I think if I had a s1 I'd prefer the smooth look Cheers

Alrighty While I'm waiting on the shell to come back i thought I'd start on some other jobs Pulled the brush box for the alternator apart, brushes were abit more worn than id like New brush vs old brush And thats basically how you re-brush an alternator Still waiting on the housings and bearing puller to replace the rear bearing So i removed the twin turbo pipe and clutch pedal, common for people to buy nismo clutch pedals which are basically stock pedals with a couple extra tack welds so they don't break as easy My fab guy did the splitter mod and stitch welded the pedal with some gussets so it doesn't break ever Last couple hoses for under the plenum arrived and fitted those New breather hoses eventually became available from nissan, ive had to try to order 3 times as there has been nil stock You can spy the brand new lifting points, not sure why but everyone removes these from these engines, another item that was difficult to order One difficult part about building one of these cars is the parts becoming disscontinued, i tried to order some of these headlight flaps but they sadly aren't available anymore And they sell for 400 a pair for new old stock ! So mine are completly busted and only 1/4 remains So i needed to find a pair on a r32 being parted that aren't mangled too badly that i can make a template After scouting facebook i found a guy wrecking a r32 gtst and he has these Should be good enough to make a template and im going to try have a couple sets of these reproduced for anyone interested

thanks man, I feel the same, resto with a few improvements is what I'm about The blasting can sometimes be more expensive then the powder coating itself All the pipes/cam gears/ brackets you see there were from memory were about $150 to blast for the big lot of powdercoating on the previous page I think from memory about 250, engine covers and HPC manifolds/exh housings was around 700 so it's definitely not cheap but it's durable They were surprisingly quick about a week from memory for now it's just had the bay painted, I wanna get the engine back in then running and do the complete outside then it'll basically be where I want it im not too Into special, it's a factory white car so it'll stay the 326 white, it looks great in good condition, I'm hoping to get a bit of wow factor from the nismo additions cheers

Ok an update I've been looking to make for awhile, cars rolled out side and gave it a quick hose down to get the dust off First time it's seen daylight since I've had it haha Not much of a car at the moment Painter is semi ready for it, so tow truck booked and on its way! So she's out of my hair for the next 2-3 weeks Nismo decal turned up, they actually sent 3 which was awesome incase I stuff one up, looks like it is placed pretty well to me tho I apologise for some pics being Abit blurry, Samsung phones don't like to focus, I really need a decent camera A couple more parts back from powdercoating All my pipe work for the turbos, cam gears, fuel rails and brackets have been sand blasted, and I dropped them off for zink coating yesterday For anyone thinking of doing the same soda blasting is advised so your parts come out with a nice shine, apparently sand blasting takes the shine off and leaves them Abit dull after coating I'll be removing the golebys adjustable cam gears and putting them in the bin and fitting up the oem cam gears Also the alternator housings aren't pictured but I have decided to leave them with the powdercoater to have coated to protect them for the future instead of being raw alloy which soaks up all the oil, grease and gunk which quickly makes them look black I wasn't 100% happy with my rear wing, the base mounting plates were a little crusty, so you'll notice in the pics it's missing, it's been sold off And I've ordered a wing from Japan that looks brand new Unfortunately shipping alone is $200 aud to bring it over, but it's hard to find parts in this condition locally, still waiting on this part to arrive Nismo floor mats and brand new oem O2 sensors ordered and coming with the wing from Japan Also last but not least some very exciting purchases of new old stock n1 parts Brand new n1 bonnet lip, long since discontinued, managed to pick one up that someone had on the shelf, sadly it's grey but it'll be repainted white And the last known set of n1 front vents brand new in circulation from supplier, will go well with the brand new n1 bumper and lip Pretty exciting times. At this stage it looks like a lot of parts But soon things will come together and parts will be getting fitted Cheers

Thanks josh appreciate the comments Abit of a parts update More n1 parts, a brand new bm50 non abs master cylinder turned up Some brand new SSR centre caps, I'm not a big fan of the unusual centre caps in the indy500s so I figured I'd order the latest style Ssr caps These will be fitted to the Indys once the centre bore is machined to accept them and they are refurbished A s2 gtr horn button to be fitted to my s2 gtr wheel, have to decide which wheel I want to run once the s2 wheel is retrimmed later in the year Some brand new oem Nissan parts New timing belt to replace the gates belt that's on there, the gates racing belt is apparently brand new but I'll replace it with new oem for piece of mind A couple breather hoses for the stock cam covers, and brand new bellhousing bolts as well as some copper washers Also a rebuild kit for the alternator, bearing were a bit tired and brushes a bit short so I'll fix that why it's apart And a set of black silicone heater hoses, I'll probably sell these as I've got some oem heater hoses on the way Hopefully see some of these parts be fitted this week

Another update Bulk new engine bay parts :-O Basically all the stuff that breaks when you go removing stuff from the engine bay The wiring housing for the cas wiring at the front of the engine Was broken on my loom Heater hose clamps and pipe clamps for the carbon canister pipe and brake pipe on the firewall Abs firewall clamps which funnily enough now i don't need, engine loom p clamp Engine bay main harness cable clamps Series 1 gtr horn wire Fuel line clamp for rhs chassis rail Nissan calls it a brake clamp but it actually holds the carbon canister line and a/c pipe to the lhs firewall And 10x dump pipe nuts finally Been waiting on these for ages

The guys name was nick haha, he is on here somewhere the exterior is fine, just the engine bay he abused and dirtied the f$&@ out of the boot lip is the only non genuine n1 part I have, the Oem ones require holes in the boot, the studs rust which I don't like and also the plastic goes to shit and they bulge out past the boot line tried to buy a couple genuine second hand and they were very average

Alrighty another half an update, nothing majorly significant I removed the last remaining things from the engine bay, the clutch and brake boosters were a pita because it's sitting on a hoist so access under the dash was limited and uncomfortable So i decided when i was looking at the gtr i really didn't like the big ugly indicators they had fitted at compliance, no worries Ill contact andrew at kudos and line up a new pair. Well so i thought, it seems everyone crashes these things on the lhs and it means lhs guards are discontinued, damn So i started the hunt for a good second hand pair, i found a white gtr being wrecked at the gold coast and pounced on the guards! No holes and better cond bumper mount tabs! So i decided while i had abit of motivation that i wanted to strip the guards off and everything forward of the windscreen so my painter could paint under the wiper cowel I was abit nervous about removing these panels because you never know what previous damage or rust your going to find And I've seen a lot of gtrs at auction with rust in the back corners of the bay Nuts for the wiper pivots are a little rusty but that's it, no rust on the car itself which is a big relief The area under the guards will also be painted instead of just being under coated so it won't rust in the future I was also happy to see no rust under the brake/clutch boosters or under the abs unit A problem i did have though was the flare nuts in the wheel wells were siezed and rounded off with pipe spanners, even vice grips wouldn't work so i had to cut them off and use special sockets for rounded nuts Another issue I've encountered is the brake lines don't fit properly, the stud on the upright is too big for the brake line, so you can see the hole next to the stud they used to tech screw it down which is prerty rough haha Might be an excuse to buy braided brake lines haha So with cut off brake lines it got me thinking, im going to have to order lhs and rhs brake pipes But then i got thinking i don't want to put an old abs unit into a freshly painted bay, especially when they are known to leak, so i ordered this R32 gtr n1 brake master cyl, i also ordered the correct engibe bay clips to secure the lines as well as the 3 brake lines i need to remove the abs unit I then decided to strip down the alternator to rebuild and tidy up Bearings are abit tired so they are ordered, and the brushes are shorter than id like so ill pickup some replacement brushes, the pulley has been powdercoated and the casing will be sandblasted and probably cleared And abit of a cosmetic update R32 gtr n1 boot lip :-) Some people love it some people hate it, personally i love it

Thanks man, I thought it'd be a regular occurrence on here, I'll need to have a better look around