Paul's R32 Gtr Track Build

[DJRIFT]

To nice to throw at trees.......

[$$slowmedown]

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[paulR32gtr]

x3, how about concrete walls?

HPI braided clutch line arrived. Comes with the banjo bolt for the master cylinder end, 4 x copper washers and some cable ties.

Bolted on to master cyl.

Sure enough I had the bolts for the slave in the starter so swapped those over and installed. Just simplifies things down a little in this area.

Shows how the battery cable is routed into the bay, around behind the steering and secured at a few points along the rail.

Before shot of the thermo - was 4/5mm off the balancer. Probably would have been alright but have sorted some spacers at the bottom to prop it up a bit higher. All sits nicely once bolted up.

Engine bay coming along. Bolted up the power steering pump as well, need a slightly shorter belt for the alternator and water pump so sourcing that this week.

[paulR32gtr]

Got my hands on new belt that fits the ATI balancer, pulley and alternator and got all the belts tensioned up. Now that the radiator can stay put I made up the oil cooler lines and put the sandwich block on.

Pretty close to the power steering pump lines so going to see if I can swing them around or make up new lines to make a bit more space.

Radiator spaced up now plenty of space between the thermo and the balancer.

Also finished off the fuel lines, replaced a few that had split, accelerator cable hooked up.

[Ants]

Just finished reading your build thread mate and wished I read this earlier.

Really ace stuff Paul. So much time and effort has been given. I respect the dedication and love you have for this.

Good to see that you still went ahead with project despite thinking of pulling out. But I can completely understand this as any project like this require lots of $$$$$$ and time.

Would love to see this through.

Keep it up.

BTW, your engine covers reminds of the mines engine covers - VHT wrinkle paint looks awesome

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Edited February 21, 2013 by Ants

[paulR32gtr]

Just finished reading your build thread mate and wished I read this earlier.

Thanks Anthony, yeah very glad I didn't pull the pin on this. Would be happy working on it all day every day if I could.

[$$slowmedown]

HPI clutch is the go! Have now opted for one of these over the Nismo item

All coming together nicely Paul, tidy work. What size SPAL thermo did you run with? It come with mounts?

[paulR32gtr]

HPI clutch is the go! Have now opted for one of these over the Nismo item

All coming together nicely Paul, tidy work. What size SPAL thermo did you run with? It come with mounts?

Nice yeah was good not having to put that mess back on. The thermo is 16 blade skewed, not sure of exact dimensions though, PWR organised it including how it mounts to the radiator.

Going to try and get stuck into some more over the next few weeks, have been o/s and now catching up on work but getting there.

[paulR32gtr]

Got some time to spend on the car on Saturday.

The filthy power steering pump has been bothering me, and the factory high pressure line looks like it would interfere with the oil cooler line once the engine is moving.

So pulled it off and gave it a clean.

Also cut down the retaining bracket and gave it a bit of paint.

I then ripped all this gear out including the front factory cooling loop.

And set about replacing it with this. Seeing the entire rear HICAS has been removed including all lines, and then this stuff I figured I better put a cooling core in.

The rear stage of the pump will be used to pump the low pressure fluid through the core and back to the reservoir, this will hopefully stop the fluid from boiling out the top of the reservoir.

Started making up the lines.

And back on.

Made up a mount for the core with some right angle alloy strips, need to hit it with some black paint.

[paulR32gtr]

I am working out the best way to replace the high pressure line. I think the Speedflow 200 series will do it, and I am planning on flaring an AN fitting on to the factory hard line.

[$$slowmedown]

Beautiful work yet again Paul, how close are you getting to turn now?

What are you thoughts on the need for a cooler for the power steer, only really required if doing extended targa/racing events..?

[nick_7g]

Awsome build. Can't wait to see it all finished (not as much as Paul can I'm sure).

[paulR32gtr]

Beautiful work yet again Paul, how close are you getting to turn now?

What are you thoughts on the need for a cooler for the power steer, only really required if doing extended targa/racing events..?

Not too far. I have completed most of the wiring as well, ECU is in etc. Just waiting on a few bits that should be here today so I can continue assembly.

I still need to decide on a 3.5" exhaust, and also need my 34 back so I can test fit the airbox and see if it is going to work. Planning on getting stuck in over the coming weeks so I reckon probably another month or so - also dependent on when Race pace can fit me in to set up the ECU, turn the key and tune.

As I understand it with the rear HICAS removed and the lines that run up and back this takes a lot of the cooling capacity out of the system. I remember Sydneykid saying they put cores on their 32 race cars because the fluid got quite hot on the track, he said the standard loop plumbed in as I had it was fine for the street. I know with my 34 it tends to heat up and overflow out the reservoir a bit on the track, you can chuck a sock around it but I thought I would have a play around with a cooler and see how it went.

[355GTS]

hey Paul,

looks like the build is progressing really nicely. You must be getting anxious to get it out for a shakedown one day in the near future??

This build must be close to one of the best on this forum to my eye. It makes me wish I had have been less impatient with mine and done a full strip and build over a longer time......... alas regrets.....

How long to you get it to racepace?

Good luck with the whats left.

[paulR32gtr]

How long to you get it to racepace?

Good luck with the whats left.

Hi Evan, cheers! Yeah very anxious to get it finished!

Have been going hammer and tong at it this weekend starting to get close in the engine bay. Very happy with the way its coming together. Will be in a position to start assembling the intake and order an exhaust this week.

From there it's almost there - I keep forgetting I need to sort out brakes which is a big expense but I want to do that properly.

Timing will depend on how much funding I can devote to the cause over the coming few months but I reckon minus brakes about a month. Might try to get some stock brakes in the mean time so tuning can begin. Wheels need to change with brakes as well so yeah it goes on!

[paulR32gtr]

Another busy day on the car...

A few odds and ends arrived from Nissan this week. Radiator overflow because I have lost mine somewhere, also some clips as most of them didn't entirely survive the strip plus they are old, brittle and ugly. Also borrowed an oil air separator / windscreen washer from Racepace so I can measure up where I want tabs to bolt it down.

Nice clean overflow installed. I have decided to stick with the 32 fuse box here and find a suitable +ve battery cable junction block. Having a look at the 34 one it's just too big and unnecessary.

Overflow line installed. Radiator cap is going to be replaced with a standard Nissan 0.9bar.

Rivnut will be going in here.

.. and mount to factory hole here.

P/s cooler lines sneaking past the radiator, got some cable organiser brackets as well.

Lines finalised with some new head shield sleeve to replace the factory p/s reservoir return line ones which were a mess

Bracket painted and all bolted in - I am making up one more bracket to brace the left hand side, its not too bad but to be sure

These clamps were in pretty bad shape, all the rubber had perished, I had tried to add some foam in there but not good enough.

Enter new ones...

Much better, also replaced the one just below the booster hose, came in black instead of white - nice.

Changed the oil cooler lines around a bit wasn't happy with the existing routing. Also the blue and red fittings made me cringe - pretty much everything is easily available in black now.

Still need to do some work to secure these properly, but almost there

Micolour has done an ace job - it's such a pleasure to work on.

Engine bay as it stands ... amazing how much time you can sink into it. Those manifold heat shields are annoying me, want to blast and ceramic coat them, but reluctant to pull all that stuff apart when its all bolted together so nicely.

[Ants]

She's looking really nice Paul.

I think that putting a cooler for the PS fluid is almost mandatory for a GTR that is used for track/ circuit racing.

So your certainly doing yourself a favour there. The fittings and cooler look really neat.

What brake kit are you thinking of putting on the car? I know it's an expensive exercise, but again so worth it on theses cars. I know that my AP's are going to bite sooooo much better than standard OEM brakes.

Can't wait until t'ill it's complete and ready for tunning.

[paulR32gtr]

I think that putting a cooler for the PS fluid is almost mandatory for a GTR that is used for track/ circuit racing.

Yeah hopefully does the trick. Good thing is the next two sizes up in the PWR transmission coolers are the same width so I can easily chuck a bigger core on without changing anything else if need be.

What brake kit are you thinking of putting on the car? I know it's an expensive exercise, but again so worth it on theses cars. I know that my AP's are going to bite sooooo much better than standard OEM brakes.

Have finally decided today that I am going to replicate the setup from my 34. So alcon 4 pot kit on the rear, AP CP5555 on the front with the v8 supercar size rotors (can get a decent ex test pair for ~$300), and get the 34's rotor hats and dog bones replicated.

It's going to be ridiculously over braked ... just how I like it.

Will also use the Pagid RS29 yellow's - I love these pads, excellent from cold with that setup, handle everything I have thrown at them and much better feel than Ferodo's I find.

[White GTS-T]

I'd be interested in the standard front and rear calipers if your looking to sell.

[paulR32gtr]

I'd be interested in the standard front and rear calipers if your looking to sell.

Would do but the stockies are long gone unfortunately sold off. Otherwise I would be tempted to chuck them back on as a stop gap to getting the car moving.