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  On 23/07/2013 at 12:01 PM, eric.marsh.bnr32 said:

Wow!! When your finished, she'll be worthy of the Nissan museum in Tokyo! Keep up the good work bro!

Haha cheers Eric, no way I will letting her sit her around in Jappa, can't wait to drive her everyday (for a while at least!!)

  On 23/07/2013 at 12:12 PM, gtr0321994 said:

One of the best builds

:thanks:

  On 23/07/2013 at 2:27 PM, ichi-go said:

My god, the level of detail - i agree with the comments on top, this should be kept in a controlled temp room to preserve it

Haha sorry guys, all this work, no way!

  On 23/07/2013 at 10:00 PM, R32GOJIRA said:

This just gets better and better everytime I look at it.

One day........

Cheers Damien

  On 24/07/2013 at 5:47 AM, SiR_RB said:

What did you end up doing to the engine internally?

Or did i miss it somewhere?

Not much for now mate, just new main & bottom end bearings and crank work

Couple more new bits

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At last :wub:

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such a great and thorough job, big props to you Robbie :thumbsup:

some mixed emotions tho

.... might go kick a tin can down the road

or go for a drive to get over some of this jealousy

  On 24/07/2013 at 9:16 PM, gtr jet said:

Not long now mate!

:yes: Can't come soon enough, still SOOOO much to do. Not sleeping much for the next couple months!

  On 24/07/2013 at 9:53 PM, Roy said:

Are you English by any chance? LOL this build reads SO much like the die hard Poms restoring their beloved Sierra Cosworths / Escorts etc! Great to see the same level of

attention going into a Nissan!

Haha

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Cheers Troy. Dream been realised right here!

  On 24/07/2013 at 10:01 PM, Sinista32 said:

such a great and thorough job, big props to you Robbie :thumbsup:

some mixed emotions tho

.... might go kick a tin can down the road

or go for a drive to get over some of this jealousy

Thanks again Richard. Haha :blush: I should be in Canberra with car approx mid/late October. Keen to go for a run?

  On 25/07/2013 at 12:21 PM, NathanR32 said:

Done once, done right :thumbsup:

Hells yeah! Only way I know how

Started getting rear end prep and painted so can get back together asap and get this thing rolling again!

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Will doing underside of these in underbody spray and overpainting in silver, as you can see they cop some serious spray!

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Next lot off to get zinc coated

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  On 31/07/2013 at 3:41 AM, Abdul11 said:

Real nice mate. One question (may sound silly) what does Zinc coating do and how is it done?

Cheers

It forms a layer on the part that prevents corrosion. It's usually done by dipping the parts in a molten bath of zinc. It's actually a lot like soldering really, the parts are chemically cleaned and then coated in a flux,which helps the zinc bond. The advantage of zinc plating over other anti-corrosion methods like paint etc. is even if the zinc layer gets scratched, the part underneath will still be protected.

Nifty stuff really.

  On 01/08/2013 at 11:08 PM, copycutter said:

*looks for zinc bath to drive my r33 into* :P

Make sure your air-con is on, might get a little stuffy at 450 degrees :laugh:

  On 01/08/2013 at 10:21 PM, Hanaldo said:

It forms a layer on the part that prevents corrosion. It's usually done by dipping the parts in a molten bath of zinc. It's actually a lot like soldering really, the parts are chemically cleaned and then coated in a flux,which helps the zinc bond. The advantage of zinc plating over other anti-corrosion methods like paint etc. is even if the zinc layer gets scratched, the part underneath will still be protected.

Nifty stuff really.

Cheers mate. Yeah it sounds really good. Im guessing there are places where you go and get that done and it would be limited to metal and cast iron parts, am I right?

Cheers

  On 31/07/2013 at 3:18 AM, fatz said:

how many litres of black have you gone though?

keep up the awesome work

Cheers Pete. Couple litres, cost of the black has been peanuts considering the quotes I have been getting to actually paint the body :(

These things truly are money pits!

  On 01/08/2013 at 3:35 AM, milanr34 said:

well done!

please be sure to clone your self and I will pick him up as soon as he can lift a tool.....seriously this one is for the ages to come

Thanks mate. Haha yeah might end up with something like these guys hahaha

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  On 01/08/2013 at 3:39 AM, Sinista32 said:

Yep - see you in Canberra in October.

happy to cruise with you

Look forward to some half decent roads!

Endless time in getting all these new lines done!

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Finally got some heat material sorted and started installing

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New foam bits n pieces going in

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New fuel line clips and dummying up lines

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Couple of underneath so far...

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Plenty more to do, never enough time

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