Hi all,
I recently bought a 1995 s1 r33 gtst, and have noticed a few things not right, and things that i'm going to need to start fixing. It has a few mods, most are pretty basic and were all done by previous owner.
- Power AFC
- Blitz V2 Electronic Boost Controller
- Lock Bar
- Front Mounted Intercooler
- Dual core radiator system
- Brake stopper
- Sard fuel pressure regulator
- Walbro 550 fuel pump
- H&R Coil Overs Green fully asjustable damper/height
- HKS Pod Filter
- Turbo timer
The current problems i've noticed are
- Gearbox bearings must be starting to go, or something like that. reverse is horrible. I've done quite a bit of searching and a few people have had the same sort of problem, horrible noises when letting the clutch out. It was explained in the threads but i can't quite remember what caused it. I think it'll just be one of them put up with it things, till it breaks.
- Possible diff noise, either way i'm pretty sure the diff has more or less had it. Doesn't lock up, just one wheel spins. I don't know what i'm going to do here yet. The noise is really bad, and someone has mentioned it's probably a pinion bearing. Just sounds like a hell of a lot of road noise or a really loud whine. starts at about 60km, and gets worse with speed. at 80-100, you can't even hear the engine/exhaust. so i need to look into this, Maybe try and find a second hand diff, or get a new lsd. I don't really know, the whole diff/lsd thing confuses me a little.
- Theres also a bad misfire(check engine light flashes) on boost at high rpm, which i'm pretty sure is just the coil packs, I'm going to get some decent electrical tape, and tape them up, as i'm sure they're probably cracked a little, but eventually i'd like to get a new set of spitfires, so i can put the new set of iridium plugs gapped at .11 i bought the other day in (current plugs must be gapped at .8, as it misses so much with the .11 plugs.
- Power steering resevoir is leaking out of the skinnier hose, pretty sure it's just the hose, so i'll have to try find a new one.
- New rocker cover gaskets as they are leaking. There also seems to be a tiny leak out of the intake? i'm pretty sure it's the intake.
- There's a really bad camber on the rear tyres, and also the fronts. I'm not sure how to fix this, I'd like to try do this myself, but i don't even really know what i need. A few people have said just need adjustable camber arms, others have said you need the adjustable rear radius rods as well.
Other than that, theres just a few cosmetic things i want to do, and a few locks and stuff that need fixing. So basically i'm just asking for any advice on the problems i've currently got, and when i do get them fixed up, what i should look at doing to get a little power.
Once i've got these problems sorted out i'd like to do a few track days, and maybe even a few runs down the strip.
Thanks!
Zac.
