Jump to content
SAU Community

Hello All.. Finally!

alexk

By alexk,
in Victoria

 Share

Recommended Posts

alexk Collaborator

alexk

Posted
Posted

Hello All,

I've been a member for almost a year now, but haven't had the chance to introduce myself or come on any events as yet.

Here's the story..

Was a big dirt bike rider since i can remember, but in recent year having some descent stacks and now risking losing a kidney, it was time to give up bikes. Having cracked the sads and mild depression kicking in, my friend decided to take me for a spin in his s14 up to Mt Macedon (we live 10 minutes away). Not having any interest in cars and knowing next to f*ck all about them, i reluctantly went with him up the mount and was absolutely blown away! .. I simply had no idea that cars could give you such a rush

The following week I started test driving s15's, evo's, wrx's, s14's, v8's, etc but in the end I took the advise of the same friend to take R32 GTR for spin and was instantly sold! I soon found myself a stock as a rock gtr in this rare blue i hadn't seen before.

Anyways, after about 4 months of ownership i hit a 6 foot kangaroo one night driving home and mashed the front of the car. Only hit him at about 80km.. pic attached

After f**king around with the insurance companies for 5 months, they finally paid me out and i made the decision to repair her. I should add that the roo only damaged everything up to the engine, no chassis rails were touched, engine was fine and it really wasn't that big of a deal.

Finally, got the car repaired and added a few mods while i was there :)

I took a few pics at the farm with my phone, but as you can see she still needs a few little finishing touches.

Hopefully i'll meet some of you guys soon!

Cheers,

Alex

P.s sorry for the life story.

post-33511-1199673254_thumb.jpg

post-33511-1199673661_thumb.jpg

post-33511-1199674656_thumb.jpg

post-33511-1199674687_thumb.jpg

post-33511-1199674710_thumb.jpg

post-33511-1199674734_thumb.jpg

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/200502-hello-all-finally/
Share on other sites
inark Grand Master

inark

Posted
Posted

Welcome to the boards... these guys and gals are pretty good people... apart from ash and zee germans! :) watch your bum around them.

man that roo made a mess of it... looks awesome now tho!

Samon Proficient

Samon

Posted
Posted

As others have said, welcome!

I hit a 'roo just over a year ago (Christmas Eve actually... "Merry Christmas" hey!) and certainly made a mess of my car... not as bad as yours by the look of things though. I wrote about it here.

Al Grand Master

Al

Posted
Posted

Welcome Alex,

Awesome looking car mate :yes:

It's funny how a car comes out 10X better after an accident; mine included :blink: We are never happy to spend all that money and time, just to restore it to it's original glory, always wanting to go to the next level :D

Well at the very least you MUST come to the Macedon cruise, that usually happens early-mid year, but hope to see you and your car before then.

Good luck!

Alan

alexk Collaborator

alexk

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Sam: Yeah it sounds similar to my experience.. i hit the roo mid jump, crushed the bonnet, hit the top of the windscreen and then landed on the other side of the road. The roo was killed instantly which was a good thing, i hate seeing & hearing animals in pain, but i was lucky the roo didn't fly through the window and crush and/or kick the sh*t out of me. In the end i wasn't that upset that the car was broken. Just glad i was ok, too many stories of kangaroos going through windscreens and killing people

Ronin: Genuine do-luck type 2. i had trouble finding an original factory front bar for a descent price and a friend had the kit going very cheap sitting in a warehouse, just got lucky this time.

Awesome quality kit though, best i have seen by far. The kit is definitely not 'ricey' at all, which i was a little concerned about at first and the 18x10 bbs lm wheels complement the car very nicely

alexk Collaborator

alexk

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Alan: lol.. it took about me about 11 months from time of crash to finished product and during that time i just kept on collecting mods/parts for the car. definitely turned out a much better car.. But all that time and energy chasing parts, dealing with insurance, etc took its toll and i was almost over the whole thing.. almost :D

DNGRUS: I'm always at macedon at least once a week. Awsome road up the top section and down the back, but a little short and very tight if you know what i mean. But there are some great roads in the surrounding area. I'll say hello if we meet up there or even join us for a drive :yes:

Al Grand Master

Al

Posted
Posted
Alan: lol.. it took about me about 11 months from time of crash to finished product and during that time i just kept on collecting mods/parts for the car. definitely turned out a much better car.. But all that time and energy chasing parts, dealing with insurance, etc took its toll and i was almost over the whole thing.. almost :D

DNGRUS: I'm always at macedon at least once a week. Awsome road up the top section and down the back, but a little short and very tight if you know what i mean. But there are some great roads in the surrounding area. I'll say hello if we meet up there or even join us for a drive :yes:

I know exactly what you mean. Went through the same phase, but kept my 33GTST body kit stock as the fibre glass bars would smash to pieces when i hit witches hats at motorkahnas, etc :blink:

Now i am going through the same type of phase again, this time mechanically, as i blew my engine in Feb '07 and the car is still off the road. Should be back soon though.

alexk Collaborator

alexk

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Alex, i so want that front bar! but I wanted to keep it stock, so ended up leaving the original...

Do luck is by far my favourite aftermarket kit :yes:

closely followed by the BeeR R34 conversion

well done!

You'd like the front bar.. it lets a shit load more air into the car. Pics don't do it justice (as always).

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • TurboTapin
      R32 GTST - 600KW+ RB28/CD009 Build

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      Driveline vibration is resolved. I ended up loosening all my engine mount and trans mount bolts, giving it a good shake then retightening everything and it's gone... Let's just say I was surprised that fixed it.  I've been happily driving it around again but unfortunately put zero time into my direct port/constant pressure WMI setup. I'm on vacation next week, so I'll try and finalize it then.  On a different note, I spent all week fuel/ignition mapping 2x 216L V16 engines. Turbo's were burning glycol and we swapped them out for larger units. We also had planned emissions testing on site, so I figured I'd be there the same week to use their instrumentation and massage any emissions issues out if needed. This was a first for me. Fuel management is similar in certain ways to automotive (i.e air density as load variable) but very different in others. It's all PLC based and AFR's are controlled by air and not fuel. They use a control valve between the turbo and air manifold to control pressure which in turn controls AFR's. Due to this, target AFR tables supplied by the OEM are in pressures and not mass which really through me off. They use air pressure vs fuel pressure tables. I also relied on an O2 concentration sensor the emissions team had in the exhaust. Ignition timing was also all over the place and we were losing a fair bit of power. They're now happily sitting at 16-40BTDC depending on load. We were making about 1600kw at 900rpm at 90% load. Engines were running a lot smoother as well.    
    • Duncan
      1992 R32 GT-R Race Car

      By Duncan · Posted

      heh, aint no R32 ever meeting modern targa cage rules unless the driver is veeeery short OP, good luck with the sale, since its already in the land of freedom I'm sure you will find a good buyer.
    • Duncan
      Oil pan for RB25DET NEO Stagea "version"

      By Duncan · Posted

      meh, it was a good video, clear about the issue and how he dealt with it. A bit heavy on the RTV and very brave to put an RB in anything without rebuilding it first, but otherwise I thought it was good Dose, I'm not sure that having the pickup forward is a big issue; yes of course the oil could shift under brakes but the sump should never be empty enough for that to be a problem (unless you also have a higher volume oil pump, and that oil can't return from the head to the sump quickly enough)
    • MBS206
      Starting again

      By MBS206 · Posted

      I can donate $100 to your upgrade fund. So long as you can donate the IC7 my way....
    • MBS206
      Starting again

      By MBS206 · Posted

      I'd love a Haltech ECU, and Haltech 10 dash. Was having a chat with Rob and Andy @ Haltech when Rob put one in his MR2. First one I'm kind of interested in too, as you can dim it RIGHT down. Andy was saying bright dashes is one of his peeves too!
×
×
  • Create New...