Shoota_77

Don't give my son ideas....

I'll be sure not to put a full motor/transmission/subframe on it then! I've got a setup for that already so shouldn't have to use it for that.

I hope you're right and it somehow justifies it's existence!

Right, so God, it's been nearly 12 months since my last confession.... The main confession is I'm a horrible car modifier (amongst other things). Obviously the pool was a massive distraction for the entirety of last year but really doesn't excuse me for doing nothing at all on the car for this year. To be honest this year was a mental break to get over the extreme mental torment and pressure I put myself through putting the pool in! It really was a slog. The pool is still not completely finished but it might never be.... The kids love it and the wifey and I love it so mission success! I have spent a grand total of 30 minutes working on the car since when I commenced on the pool. I just have not had a spare brain cell to be able to focus on it. The thought of working on it just seems abhorrent to be honest. My heart is just not into it. Yet..... What I have done is decide that I'm a clown to not paint ALL of the underside of the car while I'm at it. Originally I was stopping at the start of the rear subframe to then "get back to it later on once I'm ready". Let's be honest, later on might never happen so may as well keep diving in! I'm already balls deep so may as well go a bit deeper! So...... I've just purchased a hydraulic scissor lift table to be able to take the rear subframe out as a whole unit without having to dick around with jack stands rolling around on the ground. Us 6' 8" blokes don't operate well at ground level! One of these- Anyway, will the investment in an expensive tool that I'll probably only ever use for one job motivate me to crack on? Only time will tell..... Wish me luck!

Bugger.... Thought I was on there for a second!

Enjoy Japan! Need someone to carry your bags........??

Woo hoo, nearly back in action! Heading in the right direction anyway!

Towards the end of Motives latest video it echoes exactly the discussion in here about the cycle of GT-R modification- stage 1 - bolt on parts from Japan, stage 2 - fab your own parts because Japanese parts are out of date…. Aussies (and the Kiwi choice bro’s) went through the cycle years ago, America is going through it now and then in time they will start to align with Aus/Inzid and get busy cranking out their own stuff which some companies obviously are but no where near the scale of Australia particularly given the size of the US market. When they do, it will be to the benefit of all!

Sounds amazing! Please share some body work inspiration! We all need to soak up each others progress to help us out with our own!

Any development on the mighty RB is always well and truly welcomed IMO. You do have to get to a point where you say enough is enough however.... Particularly for us non Sydney based "normal" GT-R owners that don't want or need 1000hp. It may be an unfair opinion but I really feel that the Japanese (tuners/worshops/performance part manufacturers) have become irrelevant in many ways. The vast majority of the "big name" tuners and workshops are just basic workshops using basic tools and basic principals. There are obviously some that are absolute artisans at what they do and for some, the work they do is what they're after. The Japanese have become famous for NOT innovating. Take cars and motorbikes for example. Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi to name a few sell very outdated, very basic vehicles. They're running "new" tech that Euro brands were using 5-10 years ago.... All of the motorbike brands we knew and loved as kids are now so outdated they're almost not relevant in todays offroad market (Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki are the main culprits). When I was 12 or 13 I would have given anything to own a KX80 or CR80 two stroke dirt bike. They were just so iconic back then. Now there's no chance I'm riding anything other than a KTM, Husky, etc as they're chalk and cheese in terms of tech, bike weight, ergonomics, etc. I bought a brand new Suzuki for my son a few years back and it was so bad (heavy, drum brakes, etc) that I sold it and bought him a 2 years older KTM 2 stroke that is 10 years more advanced than that bucket of a Suzuki. Greddy to name one previously massively respected and somewhat innovative brand has to a large part realised they're no longer relevant and are leaning on Aussie companies (PRP, Artec, etc) to supply "their" new tech. Maybe HKS are still big enough and relevant enough to actually pull off some significant RND and then produce some up to date components to bring to market? As previously stated however they're living in the past when they were still relevant when they work out their pricing. It's ludicrous what they charge for their "Fine Spec Engines". I'd go to CRD/Powertune/Dahtone/ETC and spend half the money for twice the outcome any day of the week. HKS are only relevant to American Youtubers who haven't caught on yet (yes you TommYFYeah you flop) that Japanese stuff is (unfortunately) not what is used to be. Who knows, maybe this will be the first big step in the right direction and inspires other Japanese performance shops to break the mould and move with the times! The yanks will no doubt really ramp things up over the next few years too. Through shear weight of numbers they will come to the party with development of new RB platform add ons. Copies of Aussie stuff to start with then they'll no doubt find their own lane and add their own spin on things. Either way it's awesome that so many businesses across the world are still developing a dirty stinken lump of steel block from back in 1985!

Awesome! So..... Have they given you the FULL story as to what it was? Warped sleeve, cocked sleeve, cracked, driver error 🤪...??

You are killing it with the progress!!! God I wish I was that focussed!! Looking good, keep it up!

Yeah enjoy installing that fitting with everything in place!!

Awesome work! You'll be able to get a job with "Home Built by Jeff" with that trimming work!

That means it's a level of love beyond the normal levels of care for an object. It's your primal urge to maintain and care for it and nurture it back to health like a wounded dog. I wonder at what point it became a primal urge for a bloke to start tending to the lawns around his cave/humpy? They would have all laughed at the first Neanderthal as he sharpened up a stick purely for the purposes of tending to his patch of dirt! Next minute everyone has a garden shed full of sharp sticks. I digress..... you love that bloody car!! 🤣