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i thought this would be the more appropriate area to put my build thread in, being that the R31 is currently naturally aspirated, and will be for a while.....

ok so not sure how build thread are normally written (lol) but ill give it my best shot and start from the beginning :)

soo i managed to pick up the R31 for nothing (woo hooo!) lol, however didnt know anything about it, not even what series it was...all i knew was that it was a reddy brown colour and had been sitting in a shed for the last 2 years.......

so here are the first pics of "Abby"

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i thought i was quite lucky to find that she was a series 3 gxe......very straight body wise too.....

so first problem: hadnt been started in nearly 2 years....thats ok put a battery charger on for a bit, check radiator and oil levels.....go to start her.....hmmm can smell fuel pretty strongly.....

have a look underneath the car to find she popped a fuel line that was on the fuel tank.....

so ended up having to winch her on the trailer instead of driving her on...

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decided to go to the car wash and give her a good wash! and she came up oh so pretty :) lol

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so that was all on a thursday....purposely took the day off work to go get her considering she was 2 and half hours away from mildura.. :D

so the weekend arrived......

in the mean time i gotten a sponsor for the paint...Formula Paints in Renmark.

despite them trying to pursue me to paint her normally, i insisted rattle can lol so the colour? Matte Black....it couldnt be anything else!!! i had this picture in my mind of a matte black car with weld pro stars ...

so i started at 9pm saturday and finished painting at 5am sunday morning.......all i can say is never paint a car with rattle can lol i lost all feeling in the finger i was using to hold the nozzle down lol

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suprisingly enough it all came out very well, and other than doing a few touch up while she was sitting in the sun in the sunday arvo, she looked fantastic! so photos were taken and emailed to Formula Paints....even the guys there couldnt believe how fast i painted the car...

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so graphics.....yes graphics i know most of you probably dont like the fact i got graphics on the R34, but meh. lol

so talking to my graphic designer Simon, we decided to go with gloss black graphics over the matte black....aswell as all sponsors put on the car aswell.

so far sponsors for the car are.....DZignFX, Formula Paints, Discount Steel Supplies, Sprints Auto Parts, Berklee Exhausts

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Looks great after a bit of a wash, didnt do the whole wash yourself tho? Cause the engine bay looks great. What did you use to clean it?

just used the pressure spray at the car wash.....

Looking good! How did you get so many sponsors so quickly? Lol. I'll be keeping an eye on this!

just went and asked, didnt expect tho.......as the old saying goes you wont know unless you ask....

Car looks the goods ...

What are ya using the car for since it is sponsored ... ( show car , or track car ?

drag car

End goal for the car?

supercharged rb30 drag car

well this weekend proved to be quite interesting working on the car...i had so many things i wanted to get done....and not all of it happened :(

the shifter i was given needs quite a few modifications to fit......

however i did get all the interior stripped finally, dash removed, aluminium on one of the doors, new aluminium dash made up... new leads and spark plugs put in, pod filter put on aswell, air con and heating all removed.......

the end result for the weekend really didnt feel like i got much done.....but the most time was getting the interior stripped and the dash removed and working out whether to use the stock dash or to make up one....

AND i didnt get my seat or harness on sat morning like i was hoping, so couldnt even put that in.....should get it this week hopefully...

also ended cutting the exhaust off for shits and giggles......sounded, well like crap hahahaha really needs a muffler on

i know nobody told me it was going to be easy.......but even know it is testing my patience, big time, and i thought the 34 pushed it.....not as bad as what the 31 is....

i guess its because i just wanna get out there on the track and race - for the fun of it....not to try and be better than anyone else, or to prove something, but to have fun, try and beat my time over and over and get quicker and quicker...build the car to be better and better....

also got a little but busy with the nightshades too :)

anyways here are the pics:

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Sound deadening removed?

Weight = evil

will be done later on.....i need dry ice to get it out

where did you pick that up from? looks like the Ozpride carwash in 15th st by the pics lol, thats probably the best one in town..

yeah it was at the ozpride carwash lol

the car was out at yonder woop woop, literally about a 2 1/2 hour drive from mildura

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