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Hello everyone! Nathan here, got myself into a massive project in july '17 buying an r32 coupe with an rb20det, r33 gearbox and unfortunately a rooted chassis rail! Going for a road going first track car, i bought a bare shell and the job of swapping everything over, and finding all the dodgy suprises left from the previous owner, has begun...20170703_182916.jpg20170702_141952.jpg20170825_170005.jpg

 

As you can see the new shell has been hit in the rear but to my rescue a smash repairer and mate helped me straighten the rear out, remove the beaver panel and steal the rear out of the now parts only car!20170823_182733.jpg20170826_143908.jpg20170927_151028.jpg

 

With that sorted and a new gtr front end purchased, the next job to tackle was the engine bay, a quick tidy up removal or surface rust and respray was done by myself in my shed while saving for more parts and to prepare for the big swap. 20171108_180110.jpg20170903_114128.jpg20180503_114450.jpg20180504_155141.jpg20180504_165441.jpg20180510_092212.jpg

 

With all that done and ready to go we recently started taking the engine out, inspecting what I need to replace and transferring all the bay equipment to get ready for the rb20det 20180526_090217.jpg20180526_102046.jpg20180526_160013.jpg20180526_155931.jpg

 

Still a bloody long way to go and this is my first big project like this so I am enjoying the education and the opportunity to really get my hands dirty and make the car my own.

 

Please let me know what you think and what advice you have i still need a lot of parts like a speedo cable to match the r33 rb25det box to the r32 cluster, bellhousing bolts (as 3 were simply not there haha) and ideas for the customised gearbox crossmember in reference to the qld registration. Also thanks to the previous owners low life addiction... a better sump haha. Peace everyone [emoji111]

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