Pics Of My Motor Build:

[ctnewman]

Took a half day and worked on the top end from 12-11. About half this was already done from a few days ago...

Pistons and rods installed:

Rods

Upgraded oil pump drive collar...

Windage tray on:

Oil pump on:

Rear main on:

Oil pan:

Oil pan baffles installed

Oil pan and motor mounts installed:

Other side:

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Water pump on:

Water pump pulley on

Alternator on:

Head on:

Intake manifold on:

Coolant pipe on:

Balance tube and IAC valve on (also a ghetto hose clamp in the middle of a hose trying to relieve a kink):

Kink fixed with prebent tube, waterneck on:

Injectors and oil filter in:

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Fuel rail on:

Plenum on:

Cams in, with custom valve shims...

Timing backing plate:

Timing gears and belt installed. All tensioned:

Rocker covers on:

Another shot:

Everything else. It's not really pink in person, it's more purple. The camera just doesn't represent it very well.

Engine mod list:

•R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R RB26DETT

•87mm bore/3 angle valve job

•Wiseco 87mm Pistons

•Eagle Rods

•HPE Crank collar

•ARP head studs

•ARP Flywheel Bolts

•ARP Exhaust manifold studs

•EPP valve guides

•Ferrea Dual valve springs

•Ferrea Valve spring locators

•Ferrea Retainers

•Ferrea Locks

•ACL Calico coated main and rod race bearings

•Garrett GT35R .82 A/R

Tial 38mm WG

•Spitfire Coilpacks

•New OEM Water Pump

•New OEM Oil Pump

•Trust Timing Belt

•Powdercoated valve covers

•OEM gasket kit

•Cometic MLS Head gasket

•Polished alternator

•ATI 1000HP Race Damper

•Custom valve shims

Rest of the car:

Chassis:

• 1987 BMW 325IS (manual)

•Seam Welded

•Vito Antonicelli 10 Point Cage

•Every suspension member powdercoated

Body:

•Ireland Engineering Fender flares

•OEM Mtech1 Valences and Sideskirts

•Euro Bumpers, Dechromed

•Shaved Side Moldings

•Shaved Fuel Door

•Shaved Sunroof

•Custom baby puke paint

•Newman Engine Mount

•Newman Transmission Mount

•Custom Tunnel

Transmission:

•Modified RB26DETT Transmission

•Nismo Flywheel

•EXEDY 3 puck clutch

•Custom Driveshaft

•E30 M3 LSD 4.11

Fuel:

•Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump

•Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of each other

•Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell

•Custom Fuel Cell hold down straps

•Custom Fuel Rail

•Braided -8AN Fuel inlet line

•Braided -8AN Fuel feed line

•Braided -8AN Fuel return line

•Aeromotive Rising rate regulator

•Summit Inline fuel Filter

•Custom filter and pump mounting brackets

Exhaust:

•Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold

•Newman 304SS exhaust

•Tial 38mm wastegate

Induction:

•Newman 304SS IC Plumbing

•PWR 24X11X3 IC core semi-custom endtanks

•Tial 50MM BOV

Cooling:

•MOXIES/Newman Radiator

Electrical/Management

•AEM EMS Speed Density Engine Management

•AEM UEGO controller

•AEM Serial Gauge

•HKS Turbo Timer

•New Engine Harness

•Kwikwire Chassis harness

•(4) Greddy warning gauges

Suspension:

•Ireland Engineering road race springs

•Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings

•Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts

•Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars

•Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit

•Bilstein HD Dampers

•New OEM wheel bearings

•New OEM F&R strut mounts

Wheels:

•Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset

•Falken Azenis RT-615 275/40/17, 245/45/17

•Vorshlag 90mm wheel studs

Interior:

•Sparco Evo Seats

•Corbeau Harnesses

•Sparco 300mm steering wheel

•Rhinoliner interior and trunk

Brakes:

•Wilwood billet forged superlite narrow body, differential bore 6 piston calipers (front)

•Wilwood superlite 4 piston caliper (rear)

•Wilwood 13X1.1 GT48 rotor (front)

•Wilwood 11.75X1.25 HD rotor (rear)

•Cutsom machined rotor hats and brackets

•Massive rear hat, ebrake ring and bracket

•Wilwood Q pads

•New OEM ebrake setup (backing plate, springs, adjusters, cables, pads, actuator, pin)

•Wilwood Prop valve (installed next to driver’s seat)

•Custom Brake Booster

•Polished Master cylinder

•-4AN stainless brake hardlines

•-4AN stainless braided brake hoses

For more interesting engineering crap, check out this link where I made custom valve shims from scratch...

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/showthread.php?t=46321

[Guilt-Toy]

you need to check the crank, where the crank collar is put on is the collar flush with the crank? this cost me a crank and it had to be replaced.

was it machined flush ? if not then it will need to be done.

[ctnewman]

you need to check the crank, where the crank collar is put on is the collar flush with the crank? this cost me a crank and it had to be replaced.

was it machined flush ? if not then it will need to be done.

Is what part machined flush?

The face where the timing gear rides or another side?

The crank collar came with detailed instructions from Horsepower Heaven, which was supplied to my machine shop.

What happened to your crank?

Edited July 11, 2009 by ctnewman

[PM-R33]

Wow looks good man. Keep us posted how you go. Couldn't keep the power steering with that exhaust manifold ay?

[ctnewman]

Wow looks good man. Keep us posted how you go. Couldn't keep the power steering with that exhaust manifold ay?

Haha, no, but I wasn't planning on putting PS in the car from the beginning. I really wanted an ATI damper with only the waterpump/alt pulley on it, but they said they don't make one.

[battery]

need pics of the car!!!!!!

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

great work, love the pics

[ctnewman]

great work, love the pics

The whole build blog is here:

http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

It's not together yet, but here is one of the few semi recent shots...

Some old ones:

[Parag0n]

Love the Garret GT35R's, great choice of turbo, but I might of gone a bigger housing if you're using an RB26.

Should be an awesome project when you're done though.

[PM-R33]

Wow, the way you've routed the exhaust is pretty cool. You got a pic of how the exhaust goes through the firewall?

[Benzino33]

sweet engine build man, that exhaust manifold looks maniac

[ctnewman]

Wow, the way you've routed the exhaust is pretty cool. You got a pic of how the exhaust goes through the firewall?

[Takahashi GTR]

Nice work ctnewman, great job on the custom exhaust. I like a unique project like this.

[Odium]

Man this is hot, keep up the good work.

Hope to see more pics of how it comes together... perhaps some vids of the first start?

[Daz305]

awesome idea of bmw with skyline engine... kinda a sleeper apart from u can c the massive intercooler which may give somethin away haha, good work but mate.

[beefcake4000]

not a bad idea...heard of them with everything from blown 350 chevs through 2jz's now rb swaps....im glad im not paying for the build tho!!!

planning to have it street registered or purely show/track car?

[ctnewman]

not a bad idea...heard of them with everything from blown 350 chevs through 2jz's now rb swaps....im glad im not paying for the build tho!!!

planning to have it street registered or purely show/track car?

i'm gonna street the shit out of this car!

my other street warrior:

[PWND]

left hand drive...