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I'm right near the north end of the ring road - Greensborough. When can i organise to see you and we will talk prices. I could even see you today if it suits, give me a call. -Patrick

Yes the car landed on the 23rd of December. I have a new thread on it here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=59504 -Patrick

I need the following parts: Air con Drier bottle Air con Thermo fan Front Bar Support Alternator Air con condenser Rubber mounts Air con condenser Intercooler Rear seatbelts (complete) Rear Discs Front Lower Lip Radiator Support Panel Radiator + Rubber Mounts Idler & Tensioner You can contact me on 0421 284 330 or via PM. Thanks for all your help so far guys, -Patrick

Did a compression test today after cleaning out all the water from the spark plug holes.. 1: 120psi 2: 120psi 3: 105psi 4: 115psi 5: 115psi 6: 105psi Remember that compression test results are dependent both on the type of compression tester used and the speed of crank, so these results should be taken as an indication only. Overally I am quite happy with what this suggest: No major internal engine problems with the pistons, rings and valve seating. A question for you guys, this car is currently running NGK R number 9 spark plugs. Another forum member has suggested NGB BCPR7ES plugs, does anyone know if these will be ok, or do i need a colder heat rating? Also, when i had power to the car today i checked out the boost controller - the two settings currently programmed are 1.2 bar (~17.5psi) and 1.4 bar (~20.5psi). Apart from this I cleaned a rear wheel today... It took about 5 hours with ~1600psi of high pressure cleaner and a whole bottle of wheel cleaner. I want to hurt whoever let these wheels get this dirty!! Any comments welcome, -Patrick

I'm going to try to avoid that at all costs.. The way things are looking it's not going to be necessary anyway. I will post some more pics up soon that show the front in more detail now that the radiator and air con are out.. -Patrick

I discovered today that the turbos in this car are very hard to remove. After some broken tools, a broken turbo stud, a number of skinned knuckles, and not a great deal of progress, it's definitely time to go to bed.

Update: Today i removed Headlights Indicators Air conditioning condenser Radiator (bloody hard to get out) Bottom radiator support definitely needs to be replaced. It is bent in to within 20mm of the engine fan. LH Chassis rail is straight, RH has been bent diagonally in and up by around 25mm. The area where the intercooler piping returns towards the plenum is where most of the damage is, although this pipe does not appear to have been damaged. The battery platform is still in the right place. Unfortunately it looks like the rear turbo has been spitting out some oil.. not a great deal, but there is some in the piping from this turbo. I have no pictures at the moment, my mate wanted his digital camera back for christmas. -Patrick

Shit. Removed.. -Patrick

It also needs a new set of rear discs.. I think someone did an absolute monster burn out in this thing - extreme brake dust on rear rims, rear discs are ~3mm worn on each side!! Pic: I'll get a better picture of this once the wheels are off and the car in the air.. -Patrick

Definitely not into the firewall.. the damage is limited to in front of the front subframe

The idea is basically this: I'll strip the front of the car back, guards, lights, cooler, radiator, air-con, oil cooler etc, then assess the damage, if it looks like it really needs a bench (which i think it does) i will get it done by the pros. They can do the radiator support and chassis rail and i will bolt the car back together.. -Patrick

when you say back into the bulkhead, where do you mean? As far as i can tell, this is the only rail damage: Lower Radiator Support: Shot from the front: And one more thing.. these cars are bloody heavy!! Had to push it up the hill into the garage yesterday.. If you want any more pictures let me know.. -Patrick

ylwgtr2: I have put one more photo in my gallery that is a low front on shot. The front subframe is untouched. I'm sure the lower support could be fixed, but if one is easily available it will be replaced. I would like to check the underbody measurements properly, it's no use fixing it by half. As far as pulling it, we haven't decided exactly how to do that yet, either on a rack or with a porta-power or something similar. Do you know of a good source for a lower radiator support? -Patrick

Also looks suspiciously like a R34 GT-R Intercooler, here is a pic: http://www.upimports.com.au/UPI_Parts/Pics...ercooler_02.jpg The mounts and top bracket all look identical. -Patrick

I think i managed to get all of the photos working in the gallery now.. some of them have been duplicated though. I actually got it running yesterday - taped up holes in intercooler and started it. Ran like a bucket of shit (as i expected) there are probably still lots of leaks in the air flow path, looked like it was running rich as buggery, and sounded like only 3 or 4 cylinders.. Going to do a compression test soon.. -Patrick