LUS31

Got my Apexiiieh turbo timer. Wired up the gauges Still need to change over my mechanical boost gauge from the corner of the drivers side pillar to the left side of the 3 gauge bracket as its a blue light instead of white. This one Dirty dash needs a clean with that protectant stuff to make it look like new again but anyway Turbo timer installed Finally finished the diff. Going for 3.89's this time, current is 3.70 Needs a lick of paint. Waiting on the wheel studs. Luse

Sorry guys for so many posts no idea how to edit a post on iPhone. Just waiting to get some tyres and a flare and It'll be lower. Got to love 18's being able to go low but not chassis low. Going to get started on the handles for the doors, Going to do a strip of leather and thread it through and bolt that onto the door. So its a strap not an actual handle. Test fitted the gauges too. My exhaust out of my R33. Got some handy dandy cutters.. And got cutting.. I guess it was a backyard job.. Stainless steel pipe welding onto a mild steel pipe = Leave it to the pro's with at least a tig welder... Who ever did this.. is my hero.. Exhaust all ready for welding Stay tuned. Luse.

Got a little bit Got a few things from work today, a Window Washer bottle and a motor and a smaller universal Radiator overflow bottle. These shall be hidden under the bumper. Luse. Wrapped the Wiring Harness in Black heatproof-ish tubing. Now need to hide it a bit further down and clip it in place and out of the way, then heatwrap the shit out of the dump pipe. Did this temporarily until the battery moves to the boot. Fit the new overflow bottle temporarily ziptied as the battery is in the way Purchased a Catylictic Converter 100CPI 3 inch Metal inner and stainless steel. Luse.

Alrightey update time, figured it was jungle gym clean up time so I did a bit of thinking.. Stripped a few panels and the breather hoses. Upon looking around a few of the photos of the members rides decided to follow in some of their foot steps. Started hiding every wire I can see. I also changed the 382 Omh resistor from a variable to a fixed which I put inside a pen and sealed it up against the weather. I have had the variable one change value because of vibration which was shit. (Lucky about no rust in the entire car ) Finished product I ended up moving the Catch can to the front passenger side and reran the hoses. Much neater. Before After Also got a new TPS, the old one failed on me and the cars response became way too choppy, on off on off. and Misfired like shit at top end Decided to get some Autosol and polish the crap out of everything that is Stainless or metal. I only have progress pics no finals so far. Now plans are to just finish the wiring harness off by wrapping it in the black ribbed tubing to make it neat and clip it neatly to the firewall. Get brand new Hard brake line and redo the one that is ugly on the top. Remove all of the stickers in the engine bay Change all the old bolts to new stainless steel with washers. Relocate the Alarm thing Cut 2nd plug off TPS for auto kickdown. Remove Aircon entirely with the lines from firewall etc. Make some brackets for the Radiator. Lengthen / Hide wiring for the CTS Change Rocker Cover Breather Hoses to longer ones so it Tee's near the catch can. (Maybe?) Upgrade to a EBC instead of the Turbosmart Tee (It is stuck can't be moved for some reason must be seized). or glued. Degrease and polish the engine bay. Polish the shit out of the metal's Skid Change the Brake Booster from R31 to R33 and new hose to suite. (too lazy to pull it out of my r33 still sitting in the back of the workshop). Still tossing up whether to remove the Recirc pipe and run no BOV as its so damn fugly with the recirc pipe.. or maybe make the recirc pipe run down by the FMIC under the headlights. Luse.

Alrightey so, in regard of coilovers if anyone is interested. I used height and damper adjustable coilovers from an R33 Skyline, All I had to do was take them all apart. Take the top hats off the old shocks and shove them onto the new coilovers. Then cut off some of the Bush to size Got the Roof / Boot / Bonnet resprayed in Gloss Black Fitted Adustable Panhard rod, as I was getting a bit of this.. Then adjusted the height, I still have a lot of room to go up or down. Admiring the craftsmenship of the exhaust manifold and its bracing. Pretty hardcoar Removed my R33 Muffler and am deciding on putting it on when I start on my exhaust system, Ofcourse Stainless steel cleaning up pretty damn well after a bit of elbow grease.. or put these on, with a little hot dog muffler. Plans now, are - Two front replacement Drift Tek's in 8.5j +25 (Arriving in 2 weeks on a container). (ones off the R33 are 9.5 and way too wide for the front as well as one is uberdamaged.) - S13 Adjustable LCA and Hubs. These are the LCA's I am going to go for. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/240SX-S13-S14-180SX-300ZX-Front-Adjustable-Lower-Control-Arm-Arms-Suspenison-RED-/200764970383?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ebe86558f - Coilovers to suit with Camber adjustable - Redrill my R33 Rotors to 4 stud - Get my Calipers out of my R33 to fit on the R31 - Start on Exhaust going 2.5 inch Dump pipe change over to 3 Inch just before the Wastegate replumb and 3 inch mandrel bent the rest. With a choice of Cannon or Twin pipes hmm.... - Relocate Battery to Boot. - Remove majority of the wiring that's in the engine bay and tidy the crap out of it.

So upon having my baby written off, I had to start afresh.. wasn't sure wether I actually wanted to continue building cars, as this is why we can't really have nice things. My car was parked up on the side of the road I was out doing my run. Anyway I settled on a new Project! First thing was first, Tidy up everything and get rid of brown.. blah.. Got hold of a black dash out of a Passage. And continued to make everything black. Did all of the oils and had a look under the car. Entire chassis is full of Nolathaine bushes on everything. Then the Issues started. Unfortunately the previous owner had put the passenger side loom, under the rear housing of the turbo which had melted a lot of wiring due to excessive heat and well.. Fuses = poof! and limp mode. Just before this happened, I managed to get a Mod Plate So I figured I'd do a bit of maintenance. Brand new Bosch Z32 MAF Rotor Button Distributor Cap New Coil New Plugs BCP7ES Had to buy a brand new Loom which I then proceeded to Strip and refresh the entire thing Next once the car was back and operational, cooling was next. Full service followed by my R33 Radiator adapted to suit R31 Installed Oil Pressure Gauge and Turbo Timer. Got a gauge bracket. And some gauges. Top hats off and on go the R33 Coilovers, The bottom part of the coilover was damaged and was too tall anyway, so I ended up making a custom setup. I have a choice of 10kg and 8kg springs for the rear. However 8kg is more than enough for the street for me.

Hey guys, figured I'd post it up finally. My story is a little bit different to others even though I am sure that many of you have had this happen as well. Alrightey I've owned my fair share of cars, however in the time of owning all of them none I had enjoyed more than this little gem. RB25-DET converted GTR and man! I loved that car! I did quite a bit of work on it. Spent moneys. Anyway, as much as I loved this car, fate was not meant to be Woman driving up our street where I work and lost control after having a heart attack and well... No insurance..= H^5!