Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 210
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

ahhh so his name WAS Sam. hehe dun tell the big man tho, I dun want a big hairy leb raping me when I come down to brooklyn next time.

Anyways, troy, how come it looks like your engine bay has a million and one rivets in it? Is it like that from factory or is that your doin? I thought you joined the front half somewhere on the A-Pillar. I've seen tons of car in Option mags which looks lik they went crazy with the rivet gun.... wuts the deal y0? :)

ahhh so his name WAS Sam. hehe dun tell the big man tho, I dun want a big hairy leb raping me when I come down to brooklyn next time.

Anyways, troy, how come it looks like your engine bay has a million and one rivets in it? Is it like that from factory or is that your doin? I thought you joined the front half somewhere on the A-Pillar. I've seen tons of car in Option mags which looks lik they went crazy with the rivet gun.... wuts the deal y0? :P

Rivets????WTF????And you go to uni???What do they teach you there??The future looks scary when its in the hands of the youth of today!

probably just jacking.. or forklifts at the extreme. I'm sure once they put them on the boat to be shipped to australia the last thing on their mind is the happiness of the final customer.

But coming togther really well there troy. .its been a long while since the "incident".. can't wait to see it all back together.

no you mong, i was talkin bout all the dots on your engine bay, reminded me of this engine bay I saw... hence i asked what's with the rivets...

Check out the pic n tell me why there's so many in it.

no you mong, i was talkin bout all the dots on your engine bay, reminded me of this engine bay I saw... hence i asked what's with the rivets...

Check out the pic n tell me why there's so many in it.

looks like a dodgy way of stiffening.....id rather weld the seams if i was doing that...i have factory spotwelds and maybe what you see is bolt holes?

  • 2 weeks later...

well my pc has died and havent been able to load any pics up on the pc i am using but i have fitted the dash,engine and the front suspension....i ended up building up the engine/gearbox/ front suspension as a unit on the floor then lowering the body over it all.Check the link for the engine mods i have done...car shouldnt be to far away now....http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=34937

well my pc has died
hmm do you break everything you touch?... :P

Quick question, is the engine mountable from the top or does it have to be done from the bottom. I'm thinking of doing an engine swap in the near future and go no access to a hoist to lift the car, can you put an engine in from the top? Or do GTR's only allow em from the bottom.

I've seen pics of RB25 swaps into R32's where the engine is being put in at an angle, I'm assuming the gearbox is out and the engine has been connected and then both are sorta pivoted into place?

its possible to take out or put in from the top...but personally i dont like doing it that way....especially when you got new paint on the engine bay and fancy shit on the engine....its very easy to scratch going from the top......

and did it run?

I turned to my brother and said the following...."I,Doctor emit brown,am about to embark on a historic journey"(as quoted by none other than doctor emit brown from back to the future)Turned the key...and it rumbled into life :)

lol well you'll have enough power in that car sooner or later to cause a time warp guranteed... now if only you can stop droping your phone in your own doo doo...

have all the other goodies been put in, or was this a dry run with the engine outside the car, in whhich case I'd say... did you do an engine dyno on it?

Thats great news Troy. If the engine is in and running whats left to do now other than put the interior etc back in place?

But its also great to see that in the tradition of all good mechanincs the car isn't ready by the date you said it would be...........

:D

in that case Troy must be the best mechanic around, lol he's over a month overdue... then again he's the firt mechanic I know who's attempted to rebuild an R34 from ground up without a service manual :D

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Hey everyone, I recently bought myself a 2001 Nissan Stegea M35, and I've had a few issues that I had to fix, my car would start intermittently and I had a bad rocker cover leak, after a couple days of looking I finally found a part number that interchanges with the OEM starter as the OEM starters at $1300 and I can't afford that, this starter was only $270 and I replaced the start and still had the same issues, I posted a video asking for help online and it went very well, some guy said it was probably a bad ignition switch so I took my dash apart and turns out my ignition switch was half screwed in and was loose, once it was tightened it fired right up, I found a local place called "Boost factory" and they sold me a part of OEM Nissan rocker covers, they were $600 which was a shocker but I couldn't find them anywhere else, so I installed them and fixed my oil leak as the old rocker cover was cracked and warped, I now need to replace my boost air inlet hoses as they have some cracks.
    • I am being real ocd and do not want to make amy mistakes so appreciate all help provided. I am overly cautious so asking for opinion even if i know the answer   few questions,   1.re tensioner, should spring be greased lightly?    2.tensioner has two washers , one pressure washer and other has recessed/ seat. I am going to put the recessed one facing tensioner where edges are cut out and pressure washer on top   3. my car has custom triger kit sold few years ago by guy who initially built the engine. I moved the crank gear and it moved in and out easy, only way to remove belt is to slide the crankshaft gear forward which I did. I have seen these being very tough to move , anything to do with my woodruff key?   it has a crank sensor shown in purple which I assume reads from the 12 teeth position mounted to the crankcase gear   4. timing belt doesn’t have arrow stating front or back just a arrow which I think is direction of rotation . Do you agree?   5.i figured out why my crankcase cover was worn as there was no washer installed over the crankcase cover before the harmonic balancer was put in place. It is missing, anyone knows the part number? It looks like this https://justjap.com/products/genuine-nissan-crankshaft-timing-gear-rear-plate-washer-nissan-s13-ca18-a31-r32-rb20-r33-r34-c33-c34-c35-rb25?currency=USD   https://tinypic.host/image/IMG-4535.382Zy2 https://tinypic.host/image/IMG-4537.382dSz https://tinypic.host/image/IMG-4534.382q4U  
    • CTIS (Central Tire Inflation System) has existed since the 80's. I'm looking into buying a Hummer H1 and they generally included it. 
    • My idle is set at 950rpm though - Moving the timing around 20 degrees is not really what I'd call a calm idle. That said... neither is chop, by definition. The LS ECU likes to adjust timing to hold idle as opposed to air. It'd work, but generally speaking there'd be a discrepancy in the base idle and the IACV would want to move the timing around anyway to maintain said idle. I think I'm just going to keep the timing steady anyway. Preserve my engine mounts.  My aircon is now officially regassed. As the guy was reversing I noticed my reverse lights do not operate, along with my reverse cam. This is a bit distressing, because 100% of guides talk about which wire to connect to backup cams as "the goes with the [other color] wire". Often when doing conversions. Unfortunately the R34 colour wires aren't documented Unfortunately I had a T56 Magnum gearbox with it's reverse switch, which also isn't documented. Unfortunately there's definitely not documentation for people with both of these in the one car. Unfortunately I forgot. After many hours of this, I have a reverse cam and reverse lights again. The wire going through the trans tunnel to the reverse switch had broken. Upon inspection, it looks like this one wire had about 7 spade terminals and extensions in it.. for reasons I cannot possibly comprehend. I also spent the 750 hours required to clean up the wiring behind my head unit which now looks like this: This is a monumental improvement relative to what used to be there WRT triple gauges, head unit, traction control, wideband controller, and whatever the f**k OEM stuff still exists there in various states of connectivity/needed. Next step is to check in at the Exhaust shop to see/confirm how much clearance I have, to decide what mid mufflers or 'resonators' (which are just straight through, narrower mufflers) I can add and hopefully cut out a lot of exhaust leaks, pinhole, v-band or otherwise. But first step will be to 'take a look' before the next step.
    • Fark the AFM card and Nistune, Haltech Nexus S3, DBW, cruise control, flex fuel, dis dat.  
×
×
  • Create New...