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The time has come to sell my beloved R32 GTR. Ive had this car for over 7 years and ive spent a lot of time and money fixing it up to a standard where im happy with it. Unfortunately priorities in life change and I need the money to purchase an investment property.

This GTR is an 89 model and is a real head turner. Every time I take this car out for a drive it receives compliments and plenty of ‘thumbs up’ lol. I wouldn’t say that the car is immaculate like many other sellers claim, but it’s a fine example of a GTR. The following list of mods include a lot of parts to make the car track suitable, though since the engine and box rebuild the car hasn’t seen the track or drag strip once.

As is, the engine is an absolute monster. It is currently running on a run in tune as the engine is fresh. It has now finished its run in period and is ready for a full tune. The engine is top notch and made 370rwkw on its first pull of on only 17psi. It was then backed off and is making around 360rwkw on gate pressure and pump fuel.  With a full flex tune, timing and more boost it will push a responsive 450rwkw. The Noise of this thing has to be heard to be believed.

Below is a link of the original 2.6 build. Going through more of the pages you will see some of the new parts and modifications as well as the run in tune result of the new set up.  The car has barely been driven over the last since the rebuild as ive been overseas for work since the start of the year.

VIDEO at bottom of page 3

http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/414766-gtr-joeys-r32-gtr-e-flex-twinscroll-8375-results/?page=1

Mod list

Engine

Built by Chris at ABE’s Engines.  For anyone who is familiar with Chris, they would know that he is an extremely sort after builder and he doesn’t just take any job. He was kind enough to build this engine for me over the period of several months whilst at the same time building WTAC engines that included the Tilton EVO (overall winner) and Sutton Bros S15. The engine is smooth and makes excellent power and response. Its running 9.3 compression, all balanced, includes light head work in regards to porting and has the following components included.

2.9 full counter weight single piece billet crank  79.4mm stroke (only a handful of these  cranks exist)

Nitto forged  I Beam rods

Custom forged  CP/Nitto Pistons 87mm

Custom ATI 1000hp balancer with trigger wheel to suit crank trigger (more in electronics), This balancer was custom made by ATI as I believe they have the best balancers on the market.  The custom hub on the balancer was made to enable a trigger disc to be fitted to the rear and now runs with the Ross trigger kit.

Racepace extended  baffled sump

Ferrea dual valve springs, retainers, seats and locks

Unigroup custom cams (perfect for response and top end) 260 duration with 10.8mm lift.

Tomei adjustable cam gears

Tomei cam cap bolts

New Gates timing belt and genuine tension with crank gear

Valves are new and were kept standard size to ensure maximum air speed and response, intake are standard and exhaust are supertech I believe.

ACL Bearings

ARP Main and head studs

JUN high flow oil pump

Genuine Nissan water pump

Mines cam cover baffle kit

Nismo Engine mounts

Oil restrictors in block

All gaskets replaced inc Nitto head gasket

Painted rocker and cam cover gaskets, Cam cover has “RB 29” template

Catch can with -12 fittings from rocker cover and sump breather

Induction/exhaust

Borg Warner 83/75 turbo with ceramic coated exhaust housing and twin scroll entry

Full race twin scroll manifold, ceramic coated with 38 mm gate flanges

Twin Tial 38mm waste gates with braided boost lines and water cooling capability

4 inch ceramic coated stainless dump pipe, high flow cat that is followed by a 3.5 inch rear end

Ceramic coated waste gate piping that’s plumbed into the dump

Koya 100mm front mount intercooler

Greddy hard pipe kit

HKS metal exhaust manifold gaskets

Nitto intake manifold exhaust gaskets

Transmission

Standard rebuilt gear box, has new bearings and syncros. Currently runs on Redline oil and also has the transfer case mod that places pre load on the 4WD actuator to reduce response times for 4WD engagement. This gear box is very smooth and has been well looked after.

Nismo gear box mount

Nismo twin plate coppermix clutch

Short shifter

Quaife front diff installed by AWARD Diff

Torque split controller

Wheels:

Nismo LMGT4s  18 x 9.5 + 12 with machined lip

Yokahama AD08R tyres 18 x 265 x 35 (Near new)

Nismo valve caps

Brakes/Steering

Brake kit has had next to no work and callipers have been painted red. Callipers look simply amazing behind the LMGT4’s and perform very well.

ALPHA OMEGA EVO 350mm front brake conversion kit W/ Endless MX72 brake pads

ALPHA OMEGA Rear brake kit w/ 350mm rear rotor and Evo 10 callipers

Rotors are new DBA items

Braided brake lines

BM57 (R33) brake master cylinder and booster

Suspension

Suspension mods once again had track duties in mind though I wanted to keep it nice enough to drive on the street. As a result I purchased a set of Tein RA coil overs and had them sent straight to RACE PACE to have them modified with new valving and springs. They are quite nice to drive on the street and would be great for the track . All rear diff and sub frame bushes have been changed. Mods also include:

Tein RA coil overs (modified by RACE PACE)

R33 GTR rear subframe, improves Geometry and adds to aggressiveness of rear offset

HKS Kansai front strut brace

Rear Strut brace

White line front and rear Sway bar

Rear adjustable arms

Hicas lock out bar

R33 power steering pump and aftermarket reservoir

Electronics/Electrical

Link G4 ECU

Ethanol sensor

RH9 high output alternator

Ethanol digital display

Ross crank trigger

Defi DIN Gauges which include Water temp, oil temp and oil pressure

Apexi AVCR boost controller w/display

 Aftermarket air intake sensor fitted to I/C piping as the standard one in the manifold is useless 

Battery relocated to boot

Immobiliser and central locking

Cooling

Cooling was set up with the idea of having the car ready for track work. The cooling system includes:

Race pace triple flow radiator with standard shroud

Greddy oil cooler sandwich plate w/thermostat and engine oil cooler

Brand new thermostat

Water return from the back of the head to prevent over heating of cylinder 6

Heater hoses replaced with Samco items

Under car fuel cooler

Fuel System

Fuel system has been setup to an E85, injectors, pumps and lines are big enough to make more hp then most people will ever need. The fuel system consists of:

CNC machined surge tank W/ twin intank walbro 450 (e85 compatible) fuel pumps

Nismo intank feed pump

ID 2000’s fuel injectors

Sard fuel pressure regulator

After market twin entry rail

Dual inline fuel filters

All fittings and lines are Teflon braided lines (no rubber here)

Ignition

After having multiple ignition problems I went all out and gave the entire system an overhaul. Upgraded parts include:

Spit fire coil packs

Morristec ignitor

Brand new coil pack loom

NGK copper spark plugs

Interior

In terms of the interior I have spent a bit of money getting it back up to scratch. Ive replaced a few of the standard parts and added some after market touches as well. These include

New Dash (no bubbles)

New genuine steering wheel

New window seals

New rear window/B pillar trims

Standard R32 GTR seats with no tears or damage

Nismo 260km cluster showing a touch over 100k

Nismo gear shifter

Defi Din Gauges oil temp, oil pressure and water temp

Genuine Nissan floor mats

Brand New Handbrake handle and mechanism (Not fitted but will be supplied for free if buyer doesn’t stuff me around)

Body

N1 front bar

Brand new front windscreen which include new wind screen seals

Custom radiator air guide “GODZILLA”

Rolled guards

 

Price: $39,000

Depending on interest that price may be negotiable. I will be willing to help pay for a full E flex tune if I receive a good offer. There’s probably more parts which I forgot to mention and I will add them as I remember.  I currently have people interested in the engine so if I had a reasonable offer for the car without the engine that would also be an option.

At the end of the day anyone could purchase this car and sell it in parts for more than purchased for. Im not in a super mad rush to sell. Car is coming up for rego in September so it will come with 6 months rego as of then. Is currently rego’d in QLD and does NOT come with plates as they were a gift from my partner. Will Negotiate Roadworthy with buyer on point of sale.

quick idle video

IMG_0558.MOV

 

Will post pics next week

 

Located Western Sydney

Contact via PM or mobile

 

Joey

 

 

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Guys, there has been a ton of interest already. I will have pics of the car by tomorrow night.

here is an old one I have on my phone. More detailed ones to follow in the next day or so

 

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7 hours ago, WantGTR said:

This is a very good car for the asking price. I would expect this to sell for asking or very close to it.

 

Good luck with sale.

Thanks mate, it will be very sad to see it go, the mrs was very upset when I broke the news.

There is a lot of blood sweat, tears and $ in this car and will most likely be  sold by the end of the week based on the interest already 

 

 

SOLD! Deposit taken and will be on its way to SA next week.

To those waiting on inspections that I haven't got back to, sorry but I had a good offer and money up front.

Thankyou all for the interest, it was sad to see her go. 

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