Jordy's R34 Gtt

[B-rice]

Nice work with the diff I have been doing the same with mine. If you get time you should also consider changing every bolt to a zinc plate and powder coating the whole subframe. There are a few mods that you can do to the subframe to improve on traction.

Nice thread

[Jordy32]

I've been incredibly lazy with updating this and I'm sorry!

I've been up to a few things, like driving the car servicing it and installing my Nismo 1.5 Diff, see below, picture heavy as always!

Along with the diff i installed a new sub frame with fresh bushes and weld in reinforcement plates which makes the rear end feel much more stable.

Started by jacking up the car and dropping this big old slab of fun out of the back..



I then unbolted all of the arms from the subframe, and carried them over to the new one and bolted them on.



I left all the bolts on the hub side done up which saved a bit of time.

From there I filled up the diff with oil



..and bolted up the ABS sensors

aaand finished up by bolting the biff in as well as the shafts



This was the remainder:



I then helped my mate install a turbo back exhaust on his R32. Of course the "bolt on" just-jap was 80mm too long and needed to be cut and shortened but it was a good laugh..



All in all a pretty good day!
 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

time for skids!

[Jordy32]

3 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

time for skids!

She rips a mean skid i will say!

Poor clutch has had a bit of a hammering in all this rain i will admit..  

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

22 hours ago, Jordy32 said:

She rips a mean skid i will say!

Poor clutch has had a bit of a hammering in all this rain i will admit..  

Somewhere in Mexico ?

[Jordy32]

Private road! ?

 

Im not here to f**k spiders as they say ?

[jmknights93]

On 6/9/2017 at 6:07 PM, Jordy32 said:

I then helped my mate install a turbo back exhaust on his R32. Of course the "bolt on" just-jap was 80mm too long and needed to be cut and shortened but it was a good laugh..



All in all a pretty good day!
 

Do you have any more photos of the exhaust, where it needed to be modified ect. I'm more than happy to take this information back to our supplier.

[kingtube69]

Good work with the subframe and diff - I pulled my subframe on the weekend and it was a PITA even with a hoist so mad respect to you for doing it with stands and a jack. 

 

[Jordy32]

Thanks mate! Yeah it's a bit of a pain but with some tunes on and the right tools you get into a groove and eventually it comes out.. eventually..

[Dale FZ1]

100% the right sort of diff these things need.

Put a few km on it and report back with impressions.

Just don't run any friction modifiers in the diff oil.  LSX90 is all that's required for maximum effect.

 

[Jordy32]

I've done about 700km with it now, there's certainly more sounds and feelings compared to the stock one, but I knew that was coming and I personally don't really care. Once it's warm it feels pretty standard and makes no noises anyway.

It's improved nearly every other aspect of actually driving the car and I love it. I highly recommend it!

[Jordy32]

I also popped some HSD coilovers in over the weekend. Not an overly difficult job at all. Actually I think that comes down to patience but eh.

I ordered these via @Street to Track who was really helpful! I already had an idea of what I was after, but he was able to answer any questions I had, and I had the coilovers only a fee days after ordering for a great price. I also got a braided clutch line, however didn't install that on the day.



Drove up to the garage, opened up the box and jacked up the front of the car.



For the fronts you're required to clamp a metal braked to the shock body which holds the abs sensor wire. Not too difficult at all.

Once that's on, unbolt your old leaky nismo shock and slide it out of the way, and slip the new one in!



Do the bolts up tight and re-attach the abs sensor bracket to hold the wire out of harms reach. While the car was up I also took the time to move the wheel arch loom a little closer to the body with some extra cable ties and clips.

For the back it's similar enough, I did however undo the rear swaybar as it was making the bolts a bit hard to un-do, but that's 4 bolts away from being on the floor

I know they're not the best coil over of all time, but they fit my needs perfectly and didn't cost too much. They're not overly uncomfortable either and it has dramatically increased the handling/feel of the car. Car has some pretty mean rear end grip with the new suspension and 1.5 way 

I think nismo S-Tune stuff would have been great out of the box, however mine was fairly thrashed out by this stage with 2/4 shocks leaking and the car feeling very boaty/bouncy

Since then I've ordered a full water hose kit from kudos for the car so the next job is to replace the gktech replacement clutch fan with a new OEM item as my previous was starting to get the famous stress cracks along the hub and replace all of the rubber hoses in the car. While I'm in there i'll also look at buying or making a set of braided turbo lines for peace of mind.

 

 

[Jordy32]

Went to Japan for a little bit, mucked around and checked out tourist side as well as the car side of things there which was great fun.

With that, I also brought myself a host of goodies home which I've been either giving away to friends, or adding to my car. I've so far installed the Nismo GT500 Shift Knob Titanium Version which I bought from Nismo, an endless brake sock this cool LED Flare as my car didn't come with a flare. It's basically a replica with a heap of LED's in the top and runs off a couple of AAA Batteries, pretty neat!



Anyway, so that was fun! But after driving my car for a little while which has been great fun my friend told me my centre brake light had stopped working So I ordered an LED replacement from eBay as some what of an experiment and I've added some pics below.

Excuse the somewhat uninteresting photos..

Started by unclipping all of the trip clips


Which leaves you with...


In this case you'll need to remove the whole housing, so unbolt the two big bolts and pull it all out


From there you need to seperate the red lens and the housing which is held in with 2 clips.. Once this is done I plugged in the LED pannel and mounted it in place with the supplied double sided tape, and 2 tiiiiny screws.


I put it all back together as well as put some sound deadening on the boot lid while it was all apart and gave it a test!



It's bright, quite bright actually! But honestly for a brake like I think that's a good thing anyway.. Another little job done!

[Jordy32]

I've got a motorkhana / wet pan day coming up this Monday which I'm keen for. I've done a few little service items to get the car in shape for it as you would for any other track day.

I started by getting a wheel alignment, I hadn't gotten a wheel alignment after installing the diff and new subframe, or the coilovers so this was well and truly overdue.


I then took it home for a wash


I also got a water temp gauge as the standard one isn't overly helpful. I'm not a huge fan of aftermarket gauges so I've put it in the glovebox with an alarm set on it. It's out of the way and can still get my attention if needed.

I started by running power and signal wires from the glovebox over to the steering column area where all the other wiring is



Plugged in and mocked up a spot for the gauge



I then put the sensor into an aeroflow temp sensor adapter I bought:



And put the top rad hose back on;



Gave the cooling system a quick bleed, set the alarm and we're done!



Simple peace of mind mod!

[Jordy32]

Happy new year!!

Been doing a little bit of work here and there on the car. I've since replaced the radiator with a thicker alloy radiator and while I was in there replaced the GKTech fan with a brand new Nissan item, soooo much quieter.

Picture heavy update below!

Old gear out:


New gear in:




All finished!

Went on a bunch of drives





Signed up for a Motorkahna / Wet Pan day









Which was an absolute blast, highly recommend it! This was an awesome time to really put the Nismo diff and latest suspension bits to the test. The car was a beauty to drive, no issues at all and had no problem both gripping and sliding all day.

Drove it to the track, thrashed it and drove it home.. Can't ask for more than that!

Life was good! Until i went for a quiet drive one rainy night when suddenly I could smell that hot steamy coolant smell. Both stock, and my aftermarket water temp gauges hadn't moved, but I wanted to be sure so I pulled over and good thing I did, a small hose from the inlet manifold to the oil cooler had a pinhole leak and was leaking coolant.

Turned off the car and got a mate to come rescue me with a trailer and put it in the garage.



I think it looks mean without a bumper!

At this stage I'm working through replacing every rubber hose under the intake manifold with genuine Nissan parts which yes is expensive, but really is the best way to go about it. I've got all 14 or so rubber hoses with new metal fittings and stainless clamps for the whole lot. I'm also going to replace everything else that's under there, don't want to go back under the intake unless I really have to.

Check out the difference between a new, and the old hoses!



More updates coming soon!
 

[Dale FZ1]

Keep the pics coming.  Great to see people enjoying their rides safe and responsible.

Hoses do perish.  Make sure you have reasonably fresh fuel hoses too.  My 33 developed a pinhole in the pressure feed to the rail, about 2 months after it came off the boat.  Could have ended in a flaming mess on the roadside.  On inspection, there was a bulge in that pinhole area and it just gave way.

[mlracing]

Those hoses are a major pain in the ass to replace but definitely worth doing

[Jordy32]

On 1/16/2018 at 8:37 AM, Dale FZ1 said:

Keep the pics coming.  Great to see people enjoying their rides safe and responsible.

Hoses do perish.  Make sure you have reasonably fresh fuel hoses too.  My 33 developed a pinhole in the pressure feed to the rail, about 2 months after it came off the boat.  Could have ended in a flaming mess on the roadside.  On inspection, there was a bulge in that pinhole area and it just gave way.

Thanks mate

They sure do! I've got new fuel line and a filter to replace all of the fuel lines in the engine bay while it's all apart.. Cheap and simple maintenance while it's all apart anyway

[Jordy32]

22 hours ago, mlracing said:

Those hoses are a major pain in the ass to replace but definitely worth doing

Too right mate.

In saying that, it's a good chance to do it once and do it right as well as clean up and paint a few other things that are otherwise a bit of a pain to get to.

[Jordy32]

Slowly but surely getting the job done with these hoses, glad I'm in here, there's no way these hoses have been touched since Nissan put them there, all of them are seized up and need to be cut to get off. VERY glad I decided to replace them all in one go, rather than 1 by 1 because another failure was just around the corner.



Replaced with a brand new fitting



All new hoses installed with any bad hose clamps replaced with new stainless ones.



While the car was apart it was a good time for me to give the rocker covers a coat of paint. From the factory, the Neo covers come raw and tend to soak up all sorts of oil/dirt.

Gave them a good wash with degreaser and the pressure washer before masking them up for paint.



Being raw alloy I used some etch primer on them, I used this back on my intercooler piping and had great results.



And to finish them off, hit them with a low gloss/quick dry black.



I then replaced the gaskets with new ones using a "Platinum Gaskets" kit, just from eBay, this came with the gaskets, half moons, bolt seals and an oil cap gasket all for $70, pretty happy with that.



They fit pretty well and seem like a tight fit, I guess time will tell. The good thing is they are blue, if they do leak it will be very visible and I can replace them with OEM items but honestly it's a rocker cover, not an oil pump..