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Hey! I know I havent posted on here for a while but for those who still remember me :wub: I have news...

Over the past 4 weeks I (and James) have been a VERY busy bee!

As some of you know, I used to be the "R31 guy" along with Mark in the SAU ACT club and I used to drive a very tidy R31 silhouette with an R33 GTs-T RB25DET conversion (187rwkw on standard boost)... BUT times have changed!

I recently bought myself an R32 GTs-T (cos R32's rule) with basically no mods (dont worry though, the 31 is in good hands), anyway long story short - I wanted my RB25DET in place of the underpowered and boring RB20DET so we set about doing the swap...

The engines are in both cars and the exhaust's, tailshafts, crossmembers and wiring are almost all sorted out, once the 32 is running again I will be bolting and plugging in a few extra goodies (approx 260rwkw) - but that is another story for another time...

Well its almost done! Yay! It should only be another 2 weeks until I will be able to show it off again.

I will post pics up soon (I still need to edit them).

I will say one thing though... This is the last transplant I do because the 2 that I have done have both started fun but ended up becoming very stressfull, aggravating and expensive!

(Its all worth it in the end though) :P

Anywho - more updates and pics soon!

(Just thought you might want to hear about the progress Jayce :D)

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(Just thought you might want to hear about the progress Jayce :ermm:)

You guessed right! For those that never got to see the R31 conversion,let me say that Bullet32 + JESTER will have done this job with a bunch of experience behind them from the last number! Suffice to say,I'll be expecting a top notch finish in the best body shape Nissan has to offer!

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Here are a couple of pics, the first one is of the RB20 after we put it into the R31 and th second is of my R32 with no engine in it (Look how high it sits!!!)...

Im trying to find the rest of the pics so expect to see more as I come across them! :(

I also need to say a great BIG thankyou to Luke (Frink) and Mark (Bluprint) for their help with the conversion, we couldnt have done it this quickly or well without you guys :happy:

*** Still more pics to come ***

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I FINALLY got the rest of the conversion pics! By the way... For those who care... ITS FINISHED!!! yay (well almost - its driving again) so if you would like to see my new hotness come to Jerra pub this Tuesday night and will be there! :P

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The above photo's lead me to suspect much tomfoolery was had,and the conversion may've been done in a quater of the time if not for said mucking around,LMAO!

Good job,lads! How handy are you at removing RB26DETT's?

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NO conversion is complete without brewskies!!!

You supply the beers and we'll remove the donk for ya Jayce!

I just thought Id add these pics for you to enjoy aswell... We went for a "photo cruise" tonight, how fast and furious do we look? Heh heh heh >_<

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I FINALLY got the rest of the conversion pics! By the way... For those who care... ITS FINISHED!!! yay (well almost - its driving again) so if you would like to see my new hotness come to Jerra pub this Tuesday night and will be there! :no:

what's that donk in the background with RB30 on the cambelt cover...looks like a twin cam to me. is there some rb25/30 goodness there?? :D

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what's that donk in the background with RB30 on the cambelt cover...looks like a twin cam to me. is there some rb25/30 goodness there?? :no:

Well spotted Scooby, its actually an RB30/20DET hybrid motor... yet to run, I shouldnt disclose anymore info on it cos its not mine but I will say that when its ready we expect a bit of a monster :D

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