Bnr32 Gtr, saving a Datsun

[Shoota_77]

14 hours ago, Stephen_rx7 said:

Lol i don't know about that, i trust corolla parts more than nissan parts personally, that and they look better, do the job better, last longer and are a third of the price, seems a no brainer to me?

If i could toyotaise the engine internals i would haha 

Its got a brand new n1 oil pump and a tomei baffle, dont know if that'll suffice for what I'm doing or not tho 

Billet oil pump gears would be nice, its a long nose crank engine so touch wood no issues there 

Sell it and buy another Toyota then?  Or ditch the AWD and throw a 2JZ in it.

I had an N1 oil pump.  I didn't limiter bash.  It died.  I'd flick it while you have the chance.  At the very least whack a set of billet gears in it for a bit of extra protection.

[Stephen_rx7]

i have a 2jz jzx100 chaser so no need to push the gtr hard for power, just trying to make it as tough as possible without dropping 40k on an engine build, its a shame rbs arent spline drive from factory

there's no way of doing a 2jz swap without ruining the car so not an option 

what power did you break your n1 pump with?

 

Edited July 25, 2016 by Stephen_rx7

[Stephen_rx7]

Alrighty so i did abit of a test fit of the twin setup

New banjo bolts in everything

Interestingly the rb26 exhaust manifolds are slotted so are adjustable to a certain extent forward and back

Side on shot of the twins 

Thats prerty much it for the hotside till a few more bits arrive, still need some new oil drain hoses, the hose between the front and rear twin turbo pipes

Also on the cold side waiting on a thermostat and a few other bits and pieces 

Cheers

[Stephen_rx7]

Ok so update time 

New parts arrived

Under plenum water/vac lines were abit sad so i bought a new one, im tossing up the idea of just buying every external water/oil/vaccum pipe brand new

I then pulled off the vaccum chamber and replaced the o rings

Most are for vaccum but the 3 small ones are for coolant 

There were also some dodgy looking bolts for the clutch fan, so i fitted up brand new oem studs

Also picked up some seatbelt stalks, both pairs of seats i bought were missing these, surprisingly hard to find these

I also did abit of a parts run down to the gold coast 

Picked up a centre console, Powersteering pump, steering wheel, nismo front strut brace, a parcel shelf and a brand new oem n1 reo bar

Nismo brace is abit fruity but itll come up nice after a resto

N1 reo trial fit

Shitty picture but a brand new twin turbo badge 

The bay prerty much stripped for painting 

Going to remove the front guards, 2 remaining brake lines and the brake/clutch boosters

Shes booked for the bay painting in 2/3weeks time so fingers crossed this goes to plan

[Stephen_rx7]

The bay is filthy, white doesn't help either, I've cleaned alot of the soot off with wax and grease remover, so its probably half as bad as it was lol.

The second steering wheel i bought because this happened 

So i needed a wheel to push it around with, once i bought the second gtr wheel i noticed there are differences between the two and with abit of research there is s1 and s2 wheels.

My gtr is a 1992 series 2, and unfortunately the wheel i had restored is a 89-91 series 1 wheel and it may not fit 

Which is abit sad so i may have to sell it.

[Sinista32]

Both/Either will fit.

[GH05T]

I believe it trips your hicas but it does fit.
I have an 89 with a later steering wheel and thats what mine does.

[Scooby32]

Have to ask how you broke the steering wheel...

[Stephen_rx7]

Thanks for the heads up guys, hicas is removed so it should be all good yeh? 

Haha its a cheap chinese piece of crap wheel lol

Removing the wheel it snapped, a proper wheel should have strong spokes that tie into a metal ring for the outer circle of the wheel

This thing has some flimsy metal for the spokes and thats it 

From the front the spokes are slightly thinner on the s1 wheel, the horn button is different and they aren't interchangeable between s1 and s2  

From the back the s1 wheel has a round plastic surround 

The s2 has the plastic extend out to the spokes with a screw on each spoke to secure, and you'll notice the holes in the rear plastic housing are offset in s1 and straight up and down on the s2

So now i need to chase down a s2 gtr horn button and get tge s2 wheel restored by the looks.

Edited July 25, 2016 by Stephen_rx7

[Stephen_rx7]

So i had to get the puller out to get the wheel off lol, with the fine spline they really hold on 

So the s1 wheel fits a s2 fine its just the wire for the horn is different, so i think ill run the s1 wheel, thinner spokes appeal to me more 

So i put in an order for all the little plastic pipe organizers in the bay, surprisingly alot of them 

And I've basically taken every bracket/pipe/pulley i have and dropped off to my local powdercoater to have refinished 

So all mint brackets and stuff should set off the engine bay being freshly painted white

Edited July 25, 2016 by Stephen_rx7

[Shoota_77]

 

11 hours ago, Stephen_rx7 said:

i have a 2jz jzx100 chaser so no need to push the gtr hard for power, just trying to make it as tough as possible without dropping 40k on an engine build, its a shame rbs arent spline drive from factory

there's no way of doing a 2jz swap without ruining the car so not an option 

what power did you break your n1 pump with?

 

320kw. 

Engine bay is gunna look a million bucks after a paint. That bitch is filthy!

[Stephen_rx7]

Hmm I might look at the gears then, better to do it now than do a motor 

Priced up Reimax gears, similar price to the spool gears, is any brand in particular better? 

Yeh the previous owner really made a mess in there sadly 

Edited July 25, 2016 by Stephen_rx7

[mr_rbman]

you look to know your stuff so im sure you've already got a solution but are you aware the Z32 AFM's won't mate up to your standard airbox?!

[Stephen_rx7]

Hey man 

they can be made to fit the factory airbox but I'm not a big fans of mafs, just bought a new ecu today but I'll post updates on that once I'm up to date till now 

[Stephen_rx7]

Alrighty then abit more progress 

New thermostat turned up, slightly different design to the original one

I was waiting on the thermostat to fit the coolant necks, so abit of toyota grey fipg and they are on 

Mounted up the front coolant pipe to the cam belt cover with some nice new stainless bolts 

New oil drain hoses

Fitted up nicely, also fitted the original lower heat shield, and all the support brackets with new bolts

The remaining banjo bolts turned up, new vs old,  they don't age well

Tried polishing the cas but because it's poor quality cast alloy it doesn't polish well, so black it is

Inner guard liners removed and cleaned the wheel arches with wax and grease remover

I also nearly forgot to add the pic of my front pipe 

It was unknown what brand it was, turns out its a mines stainless steel front pipe and rrp is  $1050 new in japan :-o

[Stephen_rx7]

Alright a small update 

Parts back from powdercoating

Picked up some new stainless steel cap screws for them so it looks brand new, i just need an original nismo strut brace decal which ill be ordering tonight 

Pretty happy with how it came out, itll get put on the shelf till the rest of the bay is finished 

So I've removed the wheels and started looking at them, deciding what i should do with them, restore them or sell them, i think ill have a crack at restoring them 

Ive ordered some nicer style ssr centre caps but they require mods to the hub bore, also had some decals made up as replicas of the original, i got 2 sets done 1 with white writing and one with black.

I can't decide if i should colour match the centre's white or do them kh1 r32 gtr gunmetal or just gloss black 

Whats people's thoughts?

The centre of the wheel is pretty unusual where the centre cap goes

Here are the decals i had made, abit hard to make out the white ones

[Stephen_rx7]

So as you guys have probably noticed I like my stuff pretty original so I ordered 2 of these 

Available in silver or gold, I ordered 2 silver decals, so hopefully they turn up soon, I think it's the small touches that make the car stand out

The whole aim is to make it look period correct 90s jap style 

I'm thinking black or gunmetal centres on the SSRs

They are pretty rare wheels so I haven't found much of them in other colours 

I did manage to find a guy who refinished his set from silver to black in the UK

Before resto 

After resto 

I also had thoughts of satin black but still not sure

The more input the better

[jmknights93]

Where did you order those old style nismo stickers???

[SiR_RB]

Mad work so far !

watching this thread closely, love the attention to detail☺️

Edited July 26, 2016 by SiR_RB
Mistake

[Stephen_rx7]

1 hour ago, jmknights93 said:

Where did you order those old style nismo stickers???

I'll send you a pm man 

8 minutes ago, SiR_RB said:

Mad work so far !

watching this thread closely, love the attention to detail☺️

 

Thanks, appreciate the comments