Jump to content
SAU Community

New Old S.a. Member Now With Added R32 Gtr :)

WhO

By WhO,
in Introduce yourself

 Share

Recommended Posts

WhO Enthusiast

WhO

Posted
Posted (edited)

Hi Guys and Girls,

I've been a member here for quite a few years but never really browsed or posted much as i previously didnt own a skyline. I however have had a bit of a nissan history. Started off with a 1.6L ga16de pulsar which i did a +t conversion on sold that and moved onto a GTI-R sold that and moved onto a VW Bora 4motion shortly after which i then bought a 99vt commodore as a daily (was going to boost the bora)

Anyway recently i decided against boosting the bora and began the hunt for something else as a weekend / track car which brings us to the latest addition in my driveway,

Pics:

Edit: Just realised you guys cant see the pics if your not Pulsar Group of Australia members (they were linked from there)

Later when i get home from work i'll pop them up again!

That scrape on the right of the bumper in this pic pretty much polished out

Saw it on carsales Sunday i think, made the decision to fly out on wednesday morning 4am, got there late wed morning, checked out several gtr's and this was the best buy by far considering price and condition etc etc. Left syd for the drive thurs night and got back last night!

The Good

Its a 1990 gtr with 112000km on the clock

Koni Coilovers

Wheels you see in the pics

Trust Oil Cooler & filter relocation kit

Front and rear 3 point strutbraces

< 12 month old rebuilt gearbox

< 12 month old exedy twin plate clutch

Battery in the boot

Excellent condition interior

Shortshift

The Bad,

One turbo is munted but i'd already organised a replacement wed arvo i'll pick that up sometime this week

Car has minor hail damage on the roof and boot, bonnet however has some decent hits being alloy and all thus will likely need replacing

Striker plate for the drivers door latch needs to be welded up as the small crack that was there grew when i took a wrong turn and ended up on the bumpiest road known to man kind

Has a few oil leaks from the oil cooler setup, sump and rocker cover which i'll get around to fixing shortly

Short term plans are to clean it right up inside and out whilst the long term plans are to keep it clean and build it with track work in mind all whilst keeping the car as street legal and undefectable as possible.

I look forward to meeting some of you guys and learning more about the skylines, Hopefully i'll be able to come out to a few meets too and get to know the S.A. guys in the near future!

Cheers,

Rob

Edited by WhO
ChristiesR33 Rookie

ChristiesR33

Posted
Posted

Hey Rob, sounds like you got yourself a car with huge potential, would love to see it someday, so i hope we get a cruise happening in SA in the near future. hope you take shots of the car in its rebirth process step by step Look forward to seein some pics.

Cheers

Paul

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

    • Kinkstaah
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Well GTSBoy, prepare yourself further. I did a track day with 1/2 a day prep on Friday, inpromptu. The good news is that I got home, and didn't drive the car into a wall. Everything seemed mostly okay. The car was even a little faster than it was last time. I also got to get some good datalog data too. I also noticed a tiny bit of knock which was (luckily?) recorded. All I know is the knock sensors got recalibrated.... and are notorious for false knock. So I don't know if they are too sensitive, not sensitive enough... or some other third option. But I reduced timing anyway. It wasn't every pull through the session either. Think along the lines of -1 degree of timing for say, three instances while at the top of 4th in a 20 minute all-hot-lap session. Unfortunately at the end of session 2... I noticed a little oil. I borrowed some jack stands and a jack and took a look under there, but as is often the case, messing around with it kinda half cleaned it up, it was not conclusive where it was coming from. I decided to give it another go and see how it was. The amount of oil was maybe one/two small drops. I did another 20 minute session and car went well, and I was just starting to get into it and not be terrified of driving on track. I pulled over and checked in the pits and saw this: This is where I called it, packed up and went home as I live ~20 min from the track with a VERY VERY CLOSE EYE on Oil Pressure on the way home. The volume wasn't much but you never know. I checked it today when I had my own space/tools/time to find out what was going on, wanted to clean it up, run the car and see if any of the fittings from around the oil filter were causing it. I have like.. 5 fittings there, so I suspected one was (hopefully?) the culprit. It became immediately apparent as soon as I looked around more closely. 795d266d-a034-4b8c-89c9-d83860f5d00a.mp4       This is the R34 GTT oil sender connected via an adapter to an oil cooler block I have installed which runs AN lines to my cooler (and back). There's also an oil temp sensor on top.  Just after that video, I attempted to unthread the sensor to see if it's loose/worn and it disintegrated in my hand. So yes. I am glad I noticed that oil because it would appear that complete and utter catastrophic engine failure was about 1 second of engine runtime away. I did try to drill the fitting out, and only succeeded in drilling the middle hole much larger and now there's a... smooth hole in there with what looks like a damn sleeve still incredibly tight in there. Not really sure how to proceed from here. My options: 1) Find someone who can remove the stuck fitting, and use a steel adapter so it won't fatigue? (Female BSPT for the R34 sender to 1/8NPT male - HARD to find). IF it isn't possible to remove - Buy a new block ($320) and have someone tap a new 1/8NPT in the top of it ($????) and hope the steel adapter works better. 2) Buy a new block and give up on the OEM pressure sender for the dash entirely, and use the supplied 1/8 NPT for the oil temp sender. Having the oil pressure read 0 in the dash with the warning lamp will give me a lot of anxiety driving around. I do have the actual GM sensor/sender working, but it needs OBD2 as a gauge. If I'm datalogging I don't actually have a readout of what the gauge is currently displaying. 3) Other? Find a new location for the OEM sender? Though I don't know of anywhere that will work. I also don't know if a steel adapter is actually functionally smart here. It's clearly leveraged itself through vibration of the motor and snapped in half. This doesn't seem like a setup a smart person would replicate given the weight of the OEM sender. Still pretty happy being lucky for once and seeing this at the absolute last moment before bye bye motor in a big way, even if an adapter is apparently 6 weeks+ delivery and I have no way to free the current stuck/potentially destroyed threads in the current oil block.
    • Kinkstaah
      Jacks that fit under GTR lips that can reach the subframe?

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Whoops!
    • Dose Pipe Sutututu
      R32 GTST - 600KW+ RB28/CD009 Build

      By Dose Pipe Sutututu · Posted

      Literally looks like direct port nitrous haha
    • TurboTapin
      R32 GTST - 600KW+ RB28/CD009 Build

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      They are in fact just nozzles. They are there only to produce a spray pattern and limit flow. The injector itself is what I use to control flow to the 7x nozzles. My old system had no injector and only PWM the pump. This lead to a lot of inconsistencies, and poor atomization at low pressure when the pump was ramping up. 
    • Dose Pipe Sutututu
      UniClutch

      By Dose Pipe Sutututu · Posted

      Jim Roulette 
×
×
  • Create New...