Matty 31 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 After having a drift car for a couple of years (and doing a stunning job of writing it off), i decided it was time to build a new car, but with grip laps in mind. Less chance of me majorly damaging the car if i go offline. I am currently on my second shell as the first one id picked up was a bit ragged (and i really wish id picked up the other car he had.....found out it was an ex Gibson Motorsport HR31 shell, unused in racing but ready to hav stuff dropped into). Basic specs Car 1990 R31 Skyline S3 Exec sedan Engine / Driveline (planned stuff in italics as i havent got to them at the time of writing this) RB20DET ECCS (silvertop) High mount manifold Custom made forward facing plenum Garrett GT3071R (external gate version) Tial 38mm external wastegate 550cc Siemens injectors 450x300 FMIC Remote located oil filter and oil cooler kit Redtop RB20 rocker / cam gear covers (for a bit of classic look) RB25DET (series 1 r33) 5 speed box Exedy Sports Tuff 5 puck ceramic single plate clutch Custom 1 piece tailshaft with VLT yoke Live axle rear end with 28 spline axles (standard) Minispooled centre, 3.89 diff ratio (factory auto ratio) Interior Gutted dash Aluminium panel to fill cluster and vents/heater controls/stereo openings VDO Gauges (oil temp, oil pressure, water temp, boost, volts, tacho) Apexi RSM (speedo) - only because i already had it Custom switch panel (as most of the stalks / factory buttons will be removed) - battery iso - fuel pump - ignition - start button - hazard lights - wipers - etc etc 2x Sparco Sprint V fixed back seats (black) 2x TRS 5 point harnesses (red) Willwood pedal box for brake and clutch pedals Tilton master cylinders Willwood remote Brake Bias Adjustment cable (dash mount knob) Full cage (with extra side intrusion bracing) Internal door skins being cut out to save weight Perspex door windows Front/Rear glass remains standard Suspension / Wheels / Tyres ISC N1 Coilovers (S13) with front camber tops Custom front K frame with S13 power steering rack, S13 LCAs (re-drilled to suit R31 swaybar link mounts) extended tie rod ends and roll centre adjustment Whiteline 26mm front and rear swaybars Rota RB wheels - 17x9 (-13) front, 255/40/17 Toyo R888 17x9.5 (-19) rear, 255/40/17 Toyo R888 Exterior Standard white respray Kit of some form (not R31House as i dont quite have that much coin) 100mm CBY overfenders (as i have to contain the wheels somehow lol) Thats the starting point...............heres a few pics of where its at right now Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZM.031 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 wow.. this will be interesting to see what sort of machine this turns out to be... not many, if any, aussie R31s built for grip duties.. kudos to you for doing what i could not.. spend ridiculous amount of money in unkown territory. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5029815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawler Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hey man this could be interesting to see how it gose. Ill be keeping an eye on this on Might give me some ideas for setting mine up for grip work for the few time i will try it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5029833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 thanks for the positive comments so far. In essence, sinking 10k into it really isnt that much to sink into a 31, could easily spend more if i wanted to go completely stupid. a lot of the money is being saved by doing a lot of fabrication myself (or at least with the help of my mates). Plus i know my way around a 31 pretty well now, so will try and develop as much as i can before moving chassis the important stuff always costs, but ive worked out it can be used again in future projects (seats, steering wheel, fuel cell, engine/box package, suspension depending on what chassis i decide to move to in future) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5030371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawler Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I must say 31 arnt that hard to work your way around. Tho I know what you mean about 10k I think mine owes me about 12k already. Was there anything off your drift car that was worth saving for this one? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5031532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 I must say 31 arnt that hard to work your way around.Tho I know what you mean about 10k I think mine owes me about 12k already. Was there anything off your drift car that was worth saving for this one? the only thing ive really kept from the skidder is the motor, swaybars and the diff. was only running a mid 150rwkw setup with stock turbo in that car, so stock turbo and RB20 box / clutch were really going to be out-ranked here. I just had some generic jap Bride copy seat and a Personal wheel and a 4 point harness.........and some cheapie gauges that were effing useless half the time Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5032121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawler Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Ah ok im keen to see how this gose. Got much elce done to it yet? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5033239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 not a lot has been done, as there was an issue with the shell rego wise (long story, but i want to be able to use it for tarmac rally down the track so need to be able to register it), but thats been sorted out. put a hold on things happening for a good 7-8 weeks Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5033469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 pedals roughly put together for the purposes of photos, and pics of my new wheel with the hub kit attached Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5034523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkies Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 i will be following this! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5039783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawler Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Dam those pedals look cool Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5040004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 this weekend im utilising to the max (i have an RDO monday, so 4 day weekend w00t). getting some dry ice and doing the sound deadening, and removing the rest of the un-neccesary crap. brake pedal and booster / master cylinder has to come out. got hold of my new coilovers tonight, so they might be heading towards being bolted in sometime soon too. the main holdup i have at the moment is waiting for the latest shipment of wheels to arrive at Otomoto, its not till mid february. Once they've arrived we can finalise the amount of work needed on the guards. once the basic prep has been done she can go off and be caged up, then it all gets cracking from there Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5041665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Can i ask where you got the Wilwood pedals/masters from and how much? I would love a set for my car...but looks like a lot of work to get them to fit nicely Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5043187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Can i ask where you got the Wilwood pedals/masters from and how much?I would love a set for my car...but looks like a lot of work to get them to fit nicely I got them through Peter Hall at Autosport here in adelaide http://www.autosportdirect.com.au. All up with master cylinders and the bias adjuster it was a bit over 1100 bucks Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5043654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST1LO Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 you have too much money Mr T. where is the latest update? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5055451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 lol, no brendan, the bank has too much money available to me. Latest update - nothing lol. Gavin and I are heading out today to swap my diff (much to my fabricator's disgust as he hates pushing my car around with the locker in) plus we thought it was worth chuckin the k frame and the ISCs in Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5055646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandingo Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Nice work mate waiting patiently for updates Can you tell us about the custom K-Frame please? Cheers. Dale Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5055874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Flipmo, all i know this far about the custom K frame is it was modified off the original R31 item, but has been made to suit an S13 power steering rack. It also for some reason sits the engine about an inch further forward, which seems rather odd to me. will hunt some pics out later on Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5057200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKBANANA Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) Details on those pedals mate? Ie price and where from! Look very interesting. Will be watching this build closely. Edited January 28, 2010 by OKBANANA Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5058480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 31 Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Details on those pedals mate?Ie price and where from! I got them through Peter Hall at Autosport here in adelaide http://www.autosportdirect.com.au. All up with master cylinders and the bias adjuster it was a bit over 1100 bucks there ya go mate, someone had asked before about it serious progress will be on a slow start over the next couple of weeks. rear coils and the locker went in yesterday, but theres a few minor details i gotta chase up (a few bolts here and there) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/303499-my-r31-grip-car-build/#findComment-5058854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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