PM-R33

I was starting to have withdrawal symptoms! Good to be back, Merry Christmas all

Hahaha I bet I'm half way through fitting them now. Everything so far looks good, only issue is the factory 6 little screws that hold the cover in place are to thin to use on the new carbon covers so I have to go buy some slightly thicker ones. No biggy though. Also found out that two of my mounts holding the covers off are broken from when I hit a damn kangaroo damnit! I have to go to work soon, but I should be able to post pictures of the finished thing tonight if no dramas occur.

Yeah looks that way. I'll send him an email tonight to see how we are doing.

Hahaha cheers guys

Yep ditch it. DO NOT put it in a car. The oil would have broken down over so many years and would offer next to no protection.

UPDATE They came today! Was not expecting it this week at all; really going to thank Richard for spending the extra money on sending them with DHL Here is the gearbox/diff plugs, look very nice I might not get time to send them before this weekend though because of moving house, but will definetely send them first thing next week once the post office opens back up (if any one needs them urgently just let me know and I will try to send them out on Friday).

Sorry for the delay in the photos guys; currently in the process of moving house. Here they are, the quality is fantastic! Hopefully tomorow I will get some time to fit them so I can give the go ahead to start production for the rest of you guys

Probably crashed because of all the traffic. I so wanted to read the thread!

F**ked diff. Open wheeling the whole time.

+1

JUST RECEIVED THEM! THEY LOOK GORGEOUS! I don't have access to my camera at the moment but will post pictures of them tonight. Very happy with how they look so far

BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA at that Autospeed article! BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!

No worries man. I had mine fail on me while at a friends place with a pissed of ex gf at the time. Car wouldn't start and I couldn't figure out why. Rage doesn't begin to describe that night. So yeah, I realise how annoying CAS' can be

Not this debate AGAIN!

Do you mean the crank angle sensor? CAS? Just get a second hand one for $50-$100. Make sure you don't over tighten the bolts that hold it on because that can lead to failure. Or if you remove the timing belt cover and drive the car like that, make sure you use a few washers to space out the CAS. They seem to fail by putting to much force onto the spindle inside of it and it seperates from the wheel inside. Easy way to test it is to remove it from the car and spin the spindle. It should spin very freely and not make any noise. If it is a bit ruff or feels like there is sand in it (it is actually metal shavings) and makes a bit of a grinding noise than it is definetely on it's way out. Once it fails completely you will not be able to start the car.

The R34 GTT braided brake lines use a 90 degree fitting into the brake caliper and the mounts are slighly different. I dare say that the GTST ones would fit but i can't be sure. If you want me to get you R34 GTT brake lines just PM me.

So sick of sports car manufacturers making sedans and 4WD's. STOP IT!!

Yeah prices vary quite a lot, I understand that. The $1500-$2000 is what I got qouted when I was looking at getting R32 GTR seats and doing them in black real italian leather. To get them done in different cheaper materials was around $1000-$1500. I didn't end up going through with it and just bougt some black East Bear Sigma seats instead.

Awesome, I'm glad there is interest That rotor size was actually the larger one that we choose to fit with the brackets/calipers and also so that replacement rotor availability wouldn't be a problem in Australia (through DBA or such). They will definetely not be more than $2000 and like I said, depending on final freight costs might be around the $1850 mark or so. I will find out a bit more info regarding what the exact specs of the brake pads are, I know they are classed as a street/track pad with medium friction and light to medium wear. I can see if some people that want to pay a bit extra or something can get different brake pads suitable for more track use. Brake pad availability shouldn't be a problem. Here is the specs on the brake pads these calipers take if some one knows how to cross reference them to other brands or something: Also I have had two people PM me regarding what I plan on doing for the rear kit. The rear is a bit trickier due to the handbrake setup. There is two options for the rear and I like the idea of one more than the other but I'm unsure on how much it will exactly cost. If the cost will be to great than we will have to go with the cheaper option. Option 1: Matching some rotors that will work with the internal hand brake setup and than the same calipers but in a 4 piston setup. Option 2: Ditching the internal hand brake and running the same 2 piece rotor as on the front with the 4 piston calipers and then converting the hand brake setup to a single piston caliper as pictured below: I really like the idea of option 2, but if the costs will be to much it simply won't be worth it for most people. We shall see what happens

They will come to me and then I Express Post them out to every one in satchels.

Hey guys While the economy has been working in our favour, I have been organising some group buys to get some good prices on gear that I think a lot of people would be interested in (as many of you would know in the group buy section). I have been speaking with one on my suppliers in the US and we got talking about Wilwood brake kits. As many of you would know, Wilwood are a US based company that make a large amount of different brake setups for all different vehicles. These are very good quality brakes and are on par with many of the other well known brands. I currently have stock calipers on my GTST with just some EBC Red Stuff pads, RDA slotted and dimpled rotors and Hel braided brake lines. While the setup is very good, I have always wanted to upgrade the calipers and rotors to something bigger but spending $10,000+ on a big brake setup is just way to unrealistic for me, especially on something that is mainly a street car. So what is realistically available: FACTORY GTR BREMBO KIT Obviously a good bolt on option is to buy a R33/R34 GTR Brembo kit as many people do. However for what they are (old second hand kits that usually still need new rotors and pads and questionable calipers) they are quite expensive. Sure you can pick up a good set in great condition, but you still pay a lot of money for a second hand kit. Also given that the R33 GTR Brembo brake setup isn't that much better than the GTST one, it feels like a bit of a small upgrade for a lot of money so I have always been a bit hesitant. The R34 GTR kit is better, however than you get the nice premium price tag people charge for R34 GTR parts. For example this front R33 GTR Brembo kit on Ebay at the moment for $1500: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BCNR33-Nissan-Skyline-GTR-BREMBO-Front-Brake-Calipers-/380300021899?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item588ba5d08b D2/G4/K-SPORT KITS The other cheap option was one of the K-Sport/D2/G4 etc kits. While I have read good things about them, I dunno, it just worries me a bit going towards a "cheap" brake kit. Either way their kits are around the $2000+ mark for their cheapest kits as seen on Ebay for $2200: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/D2-8-Piston-Brake-kit-Front-356MM-SKYLINE-R34-GTS-99-02-/150531587186?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item230c61bc72 Or Just Jap for $2000: http://justjap.com/store/product.php?productid=18716&cat=&page=1 So anyway on to the Wilwood kit that we have put together. WILWOOD KIT I did a bit of research into what setup would be the best suited for most people while still keeping costs down to reasonable levels. I also had a discussion with Roy about it as I really valued his opinion on brake setups as in every brake thread I have ever read on here, his posts are always full of great information. There were a few threads regarding the bottom of the range Wilwood kits that you could get for cheap over seas, but they are quite average kits to say the least. Every brand always has to have something at the bottom of their range to get into that price group so I understood why even a good brake manufacturer would have some poor kits. We put together the following kit that would work well in harmony with everything and would suit our Skylines. Since Wilwood don't make kits for our cars, we had to work off the 240SX/300ZX and just upgrade the kit accordingly. The kit consists of Wilwoods fantastic black Forged Billet Superlite 6 Piston Calipers. These calipers have a piston area very similar to that of a GTR/GTST so it wouldn't throw out the brake bias. To go with the calipers is a set of 332mm x 32mm directional slotted 2 piece rotors with black light weight aluminium hats. (For comparison the R33 GTST is 296mm x 30mm and the GTR 324mm x 32mm.) A set of street compound brake pads would accompany the kit and obviously all mounting harder to fit our Skyline models (they also would fit all other Nissan models that use the same mounting). Here is basically what the kit looks like: As you can see it is a gorgeous kit in the black. I also dare say the overall kit would be lighter than the GTST/GTR setup so would reduce unsprung mass. I did not include braided brake lines in the kit as it would be cheaper for me to simply get the Hel lines for every one for cheap. The Hel GTST kit would be used for every one as it uses fittings going directly into the caliper, unlike the GTR ones that retain the factory hardline. I also dare say the Wilwood braided brake lines would not be ADR approved. As you will also notice it is simply just the fronts. If there was good interest in it, we could organise something for the rear aswell. Pricing wise for the group buy would come in at under $2000 Delivered Australia wide. The price would slightly vary depending on where you lived as to how much freight would be and the numbers we got for the group buy. It could even come to $1850 delivered or so. As you can see, this price is fantastic! For such a good quality kit that is brand new I dare say you will not find better, or at least I can't. The added benefit is you can sell your existing kit for a decent amount of money and in turn the kit works out even cheaper (Think of it from a R33 GTR owners point of view, they can literally sell their old factory setup for a bit under what this new kit would cost them! Bastards!) So basically I wanted to get some opinions, register interest etc. If there was some good interest I would try to do the group buy early next year. Any questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. Cheers guys Phil

Yes everything we ordered, all 90 items

Fuck yeah they look good! I havn't received them yet, but the mail is getting slow now. I had a postman rock up on Saturday to deliver something and he said they were doing the weekend to try and catch up because they are getting over run lol. I'll post plenty of pictures when they arrive

UPDATE They got sent prior to the weekend and Richard sent them with DHL instead of regular US post to make it quicker as a Christmas present