My 32 Gtr Build

[R32 Zilla]

Hey everyone, I thought id post up what I have done to my GTR over the past 5 years. Yes its been a slow build but its mostly done now. So this isnt really a progressive build thread as it happens .. its more how it happened. I plan to just enjoy it now and keep it well maintained. But we all know they are never finished so no doubt there will be more time and money spent.

Anyway this is what I started with...

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1990 model which had about 75000 km's on an aftermarket Nismo 320 speedo. This car has always driven so tight with no rattles and the wear on original stering wheel and in other areas would suggest it hadnt done too many more k's then what was on the speedo.

The motor had been rebuilt some time before I bought it. It came with R34 N1 turbos, PFC, apexi cooler, some suspension mods, chromie wheels, and a fully sick stezza. It was way out of tune so that was fixed straight up and I had a rebuilt 33 gearbox put straight in with a OS twin plate clutch. It went well. Made about 270 rwkw at 18psi and ran an 11.9 at the creek.

Ok iam no mechanic but iam a tradesman painter. So this is where I put in the hard yards. Full bare metal respray in midnight purple. I really like this colour and I wanted to keep it a factory GTR colour. It was a big job but well worth the effort. Once stripped to bare metal we had a nice surprise. It was VERY straight with only a handfull of very minor repairs.

All 'eddged out' ready for colour.

the mask up

base coat on

2 coats of clear

and a 3rd coat!

straight from the spray booth

Ok its late. Heaps more to come. Yes the chromies go.

Tim.

[R32 Zilla]

The bonnet was flow coated which means you put 2 or 3 coats of clear on it, bake it and let it cure for a few days then you give it a light rub back with fine sandpaper. Then it goes back in the spray booth and you hit it with one very wet coat of clear. This makes for nice deep gloss and a good finish.

more pics

This is what the bay use to look like. Note the air box . Little did I know how much power it was robbing me.

The cooler it came with. See the funky bar and plate design.

[Rapier46]

cool color man, what are your plans for the engine?

[R32 Zilla]

The only other external mods I have done to date are N1 bumper vents, tinted windows and Work XD9 18x9 wheels. I think the bronze on the purple looks great.

This is basically what it looks like today

stopped at the gtr's drink of choice

Still have the full mechanical overhaul and lots of action pics to come.

Edited May 16, 2010 by R32 Zilla

[R32 Zilla]

Even though i put a lot of time and effort into the body/paintwork of this car, my real interest in cars is performance. I have little interest in car shows id rather enter a hill climb or drag race it. I wanted to make this car really useable for all sorts of events and for it to be fun to drive on the street. The R34 N1's turbos did most things well. Really responsive for events like Texi and still managed an 11.6 @116 at the creek when I went back last year for another run. Before I did this run I got it tunned by Jim at CRD and it made 282 AWKW.

Texi in Canberra was really good. Wish they would bring it back. How cool was 'the back track' !! Anyway here are some pics from that event and one from the creek.

[FullySick26]

One very nice GT-R i love the colour

[R32 Zilla]

Finally found some time to post up a bit more of this build. Late last year I decided it was time to do the motor. I was going to get the 26 I had rebuilt but things got a bit out of hand. I sold the old motor and gathered together some good parts. After a lot of research and phone calls I dropped the parts off at Dart Automotive for the motor to be built. The aim was to make it strong and reliable. Plenty of torque and it had to rev. With this in mind I went with a full Jun 2.7 stroker kit in an N1 block. Turbo choice wasnt hard. 2860-5's would be ideal for what I use the car for. I wasnt able to get photos of everything but I will post up what I have.

Tomei cam gears

Sard twin entry fuel rail

N1 block

Jun 2.7 crank fitted with ACL bearings . Yep its black.

10L sump and baffle

will post up some more tomorrow

[R32 Zilla]

N1 water pump and Tomei oil pump were fitted

Found a head in good condition and it was then fully reconditioned. Jim fitted it with Tomei type B valve springs and new bronze exhaust guide inserts. It was also fitted with Grex 264/9.3 cams.

New -5's

HKS split dumps

Coming together now ...

Tomei metal gaskets

[R32 Zilla]

Time to drop the R off. Out came the old motor and Jim started on the fuel system. We went with twin Walbros fitted in tank and new briaded lines. Sard fuel rail, Sard FPR and Sard 700's.

Ok some parts I havnt mentioned yet...

some of which i already had

Apexi PFC

Ross Balancer

Z32 AFM's

100mm intercooler

Hard pipe kit

40mm alloy radiator

tuned length stainless front pipes, high flow cat, HKS cat back system

Splitfire coils

Brand new OS Giken TS2CD clutch

Nismo clutch pivot ball

Nismo engine mounts

rebuilt 33 GTR gearbox

Turbosmart Eboost 2

Finally it was time to hit the dyno! Jim and I were both impressed with the result. It was done on a Mainline dyno which apparently read 10 to 20kw below a DD dyno which most cars are tunned on. I wasnt that interested in peak power anyway. If I wanted that then I could have easily gone a big single. I wanted good area under the curve and thats what I got!

This is at 24psi and according to jim a very safe tune.

Note the 300kw at 125kmph.

377 RWKW

[ezy_09s]

Very nice.I love midnight purple..

Has it been back to the track with the 2.7 engine ?

[snozzle]

awesome colour for the 32, love it

[GTRBANDIT]

like the colour...

[GTRsean]

V nice. Love what you've done! a great all round package!

I never bothered respraying my 32, maybe I should have!

[R32 Zilla]

Very nice.I love midnight purple..

Has it been back to the track with the 2.7 engine ?

Yep it has been to the track but not your average one ..... I attended the Toyota Nationals in Dubbo at Easter this year. I have some good mates in the Toyota club and I have been out there for the weekend a few times. But this time I was able to have a go. I dont mind Toyotas. Infact the first car I moddified was a Ta22 Celica which i resprayed pearl green and fitted it with a 3T twincam turbo motor.

Yes it was a Toyota event but all cars are welcome and the event i entered (1/8th mile drags) was run by the Dubbo drag racing club and there were all sorts of cars there. There is also a show n shine and motorkhana on the same weekend. Its always a lot of fun and a very social weekend.

The drags are held at wellington airport and like all the events it was run very well. There were cars there from standard corollas through to 500kw supras and even a v8 altered rail. My car ran really well. I just need to chase down a miss it has which I think is from a lack of ignition/spark power. My best time was 7.2 @ 95.7mph with a 1.80 60'. This was good enough for 2nd outright! only loosing to the rail which which was running about 6 seconds flat. There were a number of 1JZ and 2JZ cars there running drag radials with decent power so I was happy to kick arse! Not bad for its first outing.

The car that got 3rd outright (quickest Toyota) belongs to my brother. He has an IS200 with a 2JZ and about 400 RWKW. Its the blue one.....

Here is a vid of my 7.2 run

more pics and vids to come!

[R32 Zilla]

I really need to get some better pics of the engine bay....

A mates JZA70 Supra with big single ... does very good skids

Lined up at the end of the strip after a run

Me v 500kw supra

brothers IS200

Cool plates and a quick car.. 1J of course

[R32 Zilla]

The race of the day

[willL]

awsome 32 man, love the midnight purple with xd9s, similar to mine

howcome you didnt go the big offset with the wheels though?

[R32 Zilla]

awsome 32 man, love the midnight purple with xd9s, similar to mine

howcome you didnt go the big offset with the wheels though?

I realise I could have got the 18x 10's now. When I bought mine they had just come out and there wasnt any that had been fitted to 32's. I was a bit worried about the offset sticking out and rubbing at the front inner guard. I am happy with the ones I have though. Can still fit 255's all round which is heaps of rubber.

[R32 Zilla]

Ok so I plan to hit WSID in about 2 weeks and hopfully soon after that Ill have a go at Wakefield. Iam thinking I should run about 11.2 at about 120 - 125 mph. I would love to run a 10 but think I might fall just short. Has anyone run a 10 on standard -5's and street rubber ? I will be running 255 Federal RSR's on the rear (which are normally on front) and falken 452's on the front. All tyres are in good nic. Like I said i have already run 11.6 @116 before when i had 282 awkw and Ive run the 7.2 1/8th @96 with the new motor. Iam also a bit worried about breakages. From what I have read Iam just at the power where things may break like 3rd gear. Anyway ... thoughts/predictions ??

[chrisp]

Very nice mate!!!