Sparkys

What an awesome day The only time I stopped smiling was when the instructor told us to come off the track coz it was all over! Car went like a champ all day. Can't wait for the photo's.

I'll meet you at the caltex at 7.00 am. I'll be in a grey R32 GTS-T.

Yes that would effect it slightly Looking forward to this!

Yeah I'm definitely still good to go! Just want to throw something out there.......anyone got an R32 GTR drivers seat I could borrow for the day? I hit my head on the roof with the standard 32 GTS-T seats which I put up with for daily driving but may not be so good on the track Normsta....what's wrong with taking a V35?

Had my follow up visit to Regency last week.....another good experience with a decent inspector who helped me out. Vehicle passed no worries, he mentioned that my adustable blow off valve may attract undue police attention but passed it as it was plumb back. He also showed me the paperwork for someone with an R32 GTR who had removed the hicas and fitted a lock bar plus adjustable HKS coilovers lowered 30mm all round.....all legal and engineered! This proves what I first stated, that coilovers are fine if they are engineered. Still don't see the big Regency problem!

Couple of important things. 1. Vehicle had it's second inspection at Regency and is now completely passed. The bushes that needed replacing were done and every issue is sorted to Regency satisfaction. The car now has a 'mod plate' inside the door frame to prove the car is registered with the new motor. Additionally the registration papers also have the new motor details on them now. 2. I identified where the water leak was coming from and have fixed it. Bump!

Crikey, 6.45 at the Caltex station! That's a 1.5 hour drive for me......but I'll see you there anyway.

After driving the car around as a daily for the last two weeks I have become aware of two things which I need to mention. 1. The speedometer is optimistic, it reads 10% higher than actual speed. I believe this is due to the R34 gearbox/R32 speedometer combination. 2. With a heavy rain some water comes in around the passenger door seal at the top. Bump and thank you for reading

I won't be pulling any intentional 'madd skidz' on the day, but if it's wet I wouldn't be surprised if some of us inexperienced drivers have a few spins we didn't mean to. I've found my skyline to be quite a handful in this weather compared to the cars I've owned previously! Kim, what other cars have you got coming? Did you manage to get any interest from the Porsche and FPV clubs?

Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the offer, I looked at the link and the car looks really nice, however it's probably not any more family friendly than the 32 I already have so I'll pass on it Good luck with finding another 32. Sparky

Here are the interior and engine bay pictures as promised One of the dash lights, one of the centre console, couple of the interior, the custom tweeter mounts and the engine bay (which I noticed needs cleaning badly). The engine cover has been painted with a combination of silver plus the same grey as the car, as has the strut brace. I've made the photo's quite small for the sake of a reasonable upload and thread viewing time, but if anyone wants higher resolution pictures please PM me your email address and I'll get them to you.

Yes, that was what my post was indicating. I've bought both and wouldn't get another cheapie, unless it was just a track hack

I don't have any good pics of the interior or motor but I'll get some this weekend and post them up as soon as I can. It's just a standard interior, but with a triple gauge cluster where the heater controls used to be. The heater controls have been shifted down to the bottom and the head unit is in the middle. I've taken the cloth inserts off the doors and the back vinyl covers and there is a bit of glue still on there. I was going to put new inserts in but have not done so yet and probably won't before it's sold. The steering wheel is not too bad for a 32 wheel, some of the vinyl is a bit patch but it's pretty good overall. Oh actually the sound system, I forgot to put those details! ICE: Kenwood USB compatible, bluetooth compatible CD player. Pioneer 6" splits in the front with custom fibreglass tweeter mounts behind the mirror panel, painted the same colour as the car. Sony 6" speakers in the back. 4 gauge power cable and earth run to the boot, with an anderson plug at the end of it. I have an amplifier and slimline subwoofer to go in, the speakers are all wired up so they can be plugged either into the amplifier or just run off the head unit. Kinda hard to explain on the net, but it's so I can take the sub/amp out if I want the boot space or the weight gone but still have sound from the speakers.

I've just had a Nistune ECU and an in-tank Walbro fuel pump put in this and got it tuned up, it's making 193rwkw on 9psi with the most perfect AFR line I've ever seen! Thanks Ashley (Classic Performance, Hackham). Driven it around for a couple of weeks and it's absolutely mad fun! BUT........I do need to sell it. I just can't keep it, it just doesn't work with the kid! I need to get a ute for work to free up the family car for my wife, or get another family car for myself. So the vehicle is relisted for sale There is NOTHING to spend on this car, it is quick, straight, clean and registered with this motor. All the parts that Regency required to be replaced have been done with brand new parts. So......buy me! (or at least the car anyway)

Kim, I may be in a position where I've moved my skyline on and have another vehicle, is there any issue with me bringing a different car?

Sorry took so long to reply, didn't check the thread and hadn't seen the question till now. I drive an R32 GTS-T and I didn't get the kit from a website. I bought it off a friend who had it sitting in his shed from when Origin had distributors in Adelaide.

Yeah I haven't heard anything bad about Jeff's work. BTW, I was just talking to a mate who's been getting Jeff to tune his 33 for a while and he said Jeff's been missing for three weeks and noone knows where he is! No wonder I couldn't get through to him.

Not sure why people are saying you need a Regency check for this I've bought two cars from interstate and my brother's bought one. Cars were Subaru Outback, R32 GTR and GTti. The GTR and the GTti were both seriously modified but all three cars only required a police check of the VIN and engine number then were regoed no worries.

My form has been mailed today thanks Kim. I have organised the day off work.

That's a whole heap of good reasons to keep it! Between that and the earful you gave me yesterday about keeping it.......and having my wife, dad, brother, sister, dog, cat etc tell me not to sell it I think I'll take your advice!! Vehicle is removed from sale folks.

Hi Kahli, Congrats on the baby to be, you'll love being a mum, we've got an 8 week old bub and my wife's just glowing with joy over him.....so am I. RE your car/conversion and workshop questions, I've got a 32 with a 25 Neo conversion and it's at Classic Performance now. Ash from CP is basically finishing off a few small things for me and giving it a tune and so far he seems like he knows what he's doing. He talked me through an Infiniti V8 conversion he did on his old classic (old panel van) and he's tuned it up to run on straight LPG. It now has 190rwkw, which is a far cry from the original 20 or so! I think he'd be interested in working on it for you and I think he'd do it well. Jeff at Speedlab also has a good reputation for tuning, but I don't think he'd be as interested in finishing the conversion as he seems more of a tuner. Others may be able to offer more information than that. Jeff is also very hard to get hold of, I tried for a week straight including actually dropping into his workshop but I couldn't get in contact with him so found Ash. Other than that, as others have said, the workshop that started the conversion will likely put more effort into finishing it properly. Or can your BF do it? I did most of mine then just got Ash to check it over. If you wish I can give you more feedback on Classic Performance after a week or so when I get mine back.

Nice pics man! Good luck with the sale

I'd never buy another cheap, ebay bodykit. The difference in quality between them and the genuine stuff is huge. Even the way the paint lies on it is different somehow, with the genuine stuff requiring so much less prep work to get the paint looking good, and the cheap stuff got bubbles in the resin as soon as the sun heated it up. Depending on what style you want you can get cheaper genuine stuff, I got a full Origin kit (one of the cheaper ones anyway) for $600 and it all bolted up without any cutting, sanding etc needed. Retained the stock reo and used all existing bumper holes too.

That's all mine needed with the Neo conversion, but they specified an engineer must do the test.....which is what I meant by having to get it 'engineered....maybe I didn't use the right terminology Anyway, the whole point is that it was easy to get through and make it all legal.

Thanks Evan. Let me know how you get on with the 25 conversion. PM me if you need any help.