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As a long time reader I thought I should contribute and share my "build". Had the car for nearly 4 years now and was purchased and has been used as a street car. Now starting to take it to some track days and having tons of fun its starting to turn into more of a track based car. 

Basic information. Built RB25 with a GTX3582R gen 2 with the lovely T51R mod. Oil cooler, surge tank and a plazmaman plenum have recently been installed in preparation for the track. Front APG BBK with factory calipers and DBA T3 on the rear. Unfortunately still a stock 25 turbo box which is starting to show its age. Basic suspension setup to give a decent allignment for now. 

Plans for the car. Basically I enjoy working on it and doing stupid stuff most people wouldn't bother with so i want to clean and tidy the car up and hopefully do some more track days and see how long it lasts before copping a yellow sticker really. 

 

 

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So with the last few days off finally decided it was time to paint my boot so im not ashamed of it anymore. decided to go with QX1 white pearl to match the cam covers and its the colour I plan on painting the car one day. 

Removed all components and started to fix up the surface rust which thankfully there wasn't much of. removed the sound deadening from under wheel well and battery tray to give a decent finish and im a fan of my car being loud so I wasn't going to miss it. 

The battery tray was painted in wrinkle black and turned out better then I was expecting, the white pearl didn't pop as I was hoping but I finally feel like I can actually look at the boot and not feel like I own a shit box.

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On 4/21/2021 at 5:13 AM, reaper said:

Wow that came up super clean, well done

Thanks mate, surprised that the white actually looked good. Now it's just the struggle of keeping it clean ahahaha

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On 4/28/2021 at 6:11 PM, maddy400r33 said:

Looking clean, does it let in much water or have you resealed or replaced sealant around boot edge. 

Its never let in water even when I give her a wash the water never makes it into the boot itself fortunately so I just left all sealants as they were.

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so slight update on the car, installed a set of hypertune billet cam covers along with a PRP billet diff hat to go with the new Nismo 1.5 way diff. finally sorted my power steering setup with a koyorad oil cooler and a new reservoir to keep everything cool on track. a new IRP short shifter was installed and wow that totally changed the feel of the box and looks very tidy. had an awesome weekend at powercruise recently where the car was flawless but upon a gearbox oil change i found a tooth off an unknown gear so now the plan is to find a dog engagement gear set to install once the box does finally let go. if anyone has any good or bad experiences with gear sets and companies that do them as of late please let me know as i am very stuck rn ahahaha

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On 10/18/2021 at 9:27 PM, Neil said:

Love the build George. Did the car come with the top radiator guide or did you buy it?. I'm in need of one.

Cheers

Neil.

thanks Neil, i bought it from carbonetics over in Sydney definitely tidies up the bay nicely   

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On 10/19/2021 at 7:09 AM, Komdotkom said:

Interested to hear about this shifter, did you really pay $1k for it or do you have a connection for a more competitive price?

https://www.carmodsaustralia.com.au/short-shifter-5-speed-gearbox-skyline-r33-r34-gts

 

i bought it direct from IRP just make sure you don't pay VAT as you don't have to and if you have any issues email them, they are very helpful. https://www.irp.lt/individual-racing-parts-product/short-shifter-nissan-skyline-r33r34-gtsgts-t-5-speed-gearbox/

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On 10/20/2021 at 1:38 PM, r33cruiser said:

Boot looks great mate.

 

I'm thinking of doing something similar. The images look really blurry for some reason but did you get it done professionally or rattlecan it?

 

thanks mate, yeh im pretty sure i uploaded them from my phone which is why they are blurry but not too sure honestly. i just got some good paint match rattle cans made up and did it with about 6 cans, 3 of the base and 3 of the 2nd layer of the colour

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