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How long have you had the car?

Weather's not looking good

I'll be keen for a catchup for sure

How'd you go with the history check?

58,000kms??? The condition of that engine bay says otherwise. would have that verified by these guys: http://www.japanesehistorycheck.com Get a copy of the original auction sheet and rego history. Galvsport here in WA are a reputable workshop. Give them a call and ask if they can perform a pre purchase inspection. Check for the usual GTR things. CV boots, suspension bushes, rust, chassis rails damaged from incorrect jacking, crunchy gearbox syncros, compression test engine. Check paint thickness for signs of past repairs etc. Remember, you're spending $60k on a 16 year old car. Get it checked thoroughly, and don't be afraid to walk away. Best of luck.

Decided to paint the mesh on the front grill today. Annoyed me that the paint was starting to flake off to reveal the steel underneath. Bought some pressure pack black, masked it up and gave it a few coats. Also had a play with the hard wired Bel STiR Plus radar detector. Nice bit of kit, and one of the advantages of living in WA

Yes bought locally Dan. Look forward to taking it out to the strip to see what it runs. Hit me up if you're ever out and about. Would love to check out your beast.

No worries bud. Just washed the beast, so let us know

Forecast is looking good for this afternoon. Anyone still keen?

First thing to resolve on the GTR was a strange whirring noise when the car was at operating temp and why it kept destroying power steering belts. After a bit of investigation, I determined that the noise was coming from the timing belt and the aftermarket Ross harmonic balancer was not aligned correctly to the power steering pump pulley. Knowing how serious a problem could be in relation to the timing belt, I booked it into a local workshop and they began looking into the problem. 1. First problem was that the timing belt was way too tight. 2. The Ross performance harmonic balancer was from 2012, and has a known alignment issue. 3. Who ever recently replaced the timing belt, failed to inspect and replace the leaking crank and cam seals, so they were leaking. 4. The previous owner obviously took the cam covers off and painted them red, though decided to use standard set screws to torque down them down. This caused the gaskets to be pinched and started leaking. 5. The half moon key way on the front of the crank was also damaged. So this was cleaned up and replaced. All of the above has been rectified by doing the following: 1. Get rid of shitty Ross harmonic balancer, and replace with Nissan OEM item. 2. Replace cam & crank seals and cam cover gaskets & bolts / washers. 3. Fit new idler / tension bearings and Nissan OEM timing belt 4. New key way There is a valuable lesson here, and that's if you're contemplating to attempt this type of mechanical work and you don't know what you're doing, then take my advice and leave it to the professionals.

Hi All, Thought I would post up some details on my recent purchase. Have been a member on these forums for 14 years, though disappeared for a while when I sold my old R33 GTST around 2004. Have owned a few cars since then, such as an S15 200sx, which I kept relatively stock. Followed by an 11 second XR6 Turbo that had a few bits & pieces. My last car was a 2007 BF FPV Super Pursuit ute, which was supercharged, cams, water / methanol injection, etc. I relocated to Perth from Brisbane last year and decided to sell the ute, at which point I missed not having a performance car, so decided to go down the R33 GTR route. I looked at a midnight purple one on the Sunshine Coast before I left, which was described as 'good condition', only to be found to have lots of body filler in the passenger door, no air con compressor and a pair of HKS GTRS turbos that surged..... I then looked at one here in Perth, which presented fairly well, though had a leaking rear main seal, and before I left the first viewing, the owner informed me that it was leaking oil into the coolant. I obviously passed on this one, and subsequently saw it appear on Car Sales at a Dealer (hope that leaking head / gasket was fixed....). So I looked at a 1997 Series 3 in February, which had a few mods and checked out well. I decided to make an offer and a week later the car was mine. Details are: 1997 Series 3 R33 GTR KR4 Silver Power FC djetro Nismo clutch Greddy intake kit Nismo suspension Nismo fuel pump 19x10 wheels -5 turbos Alpine sub and amps (not sure whether I'll keep this...) Overall the car is in excellent condition, and happy with the purchase. My plans are to just to maintain it well, and enjoy it on the weekends. Not going to go crazy with engine rebuilds or bigger turbo/s. I'll be posting in here what things I've had to replace / repair along the way, which will serve as a bit of a journal. Hope to eventually meet up with Perth based enthusiasts at a track day or meet. Enjoy the pics.

Yeah I'm keen mate. Got my GTR back this week. Let me know where.

2nd vote for Galvsport. Josh will sort you out.

Relax mate. It's a good idea, just pointing out that if you're performing a major 100km service, then do everything. The previous owner of the car I just bought took shortcuts, and now I'm having to redo everything. Though if you've done all that, then what you've posted is a great tip.

Not bad if you only plan on doing half a job. What about crank and cam seals??

Nice. Will try and make it for sure