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I spent last weekend doing the front suspension conversion with my gf's bro. Some limitation I don't quite understand (despite DumHed's best efforts) with the shock the Cusco's won't wind up higher so the car is f**king ridiculously low!

(Rear not done yet). I gotta get some base height adjustable coilovers (thank you mr too_much) :huh:

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hehe, those are my old coilovers :) They wont be much good to you though, what with them only having spring preload adjustment, not base height adjustment. I spoke to anthony about these coilovers on sunday and told him he was a wang for not knowing they wouldnt work in a 31.

LOVE the front lip!! :)

What did you do with the tierods? Ive got yet another R31 (fluro bronchitis phlegm green, s3 manual silo), and have leftover S13 parts after doing the 5stud conversion on the 180 (which is for sale wink wink nudge nudge)

OMFG!!!

what did you do to my old car tom!!! it actually looks pretty tough. Intercooler connected to anything yet?

remember I can remap the ecu for you when you get to that.

What did you do with the tierods? Ive got yet another R31 (fluro bronchitis phlegm green, s3 manual silo), and have leftover S13 parts after doing the 5stud conversion on the 180 (which is for sale wink wink nudge nudge)

Tie rods? LOL I couldn't crack the driverside one at all, so it's still in with 15 turns or whatever causing mischief (namely making the wheel aim like 10-20 degrees away from where it's meant to). The passenger one is attached with 3-4 threads just for now. I should be getting a r33 rack this afternoon with any luck.

OMFG!!!

what did you do to my old car tom!!! it actually looks pretty tough. Intercooler connected to anything yet?

remember I can remap the ecu for you when you get to that.

OMFG --- it does hey, and the rear coilovers aren't even in. Nor are the flares on nor have the spacers arrived :)

The cooler ain't connected to anything cos I don't have a turbo. I installed it because I wanted to get the most work done on the car and didn't have anything else ready at that point.

Thanks for the offer I'll need it - what do you need from me? I'm keen on getting it all together because at best case scenario another set of coilovers will go in this weekend and it'll get pink slipped during the week. Then the turbo will go on (assuming I can find one, get injectors and gaskets and a welder and exhaust pipe) :laugh:

I even got import sun visors in there now too lol :laugh:

I'll put some more pics later... on the conversion and all.

I got my guard roller machine so the I'm flaring the guards today.... should look fatter still :)

Far out Tom, thats loking Hot for an R31, makes me want get one as a track hack aswell..

Should look hot with those flares on :)

Give me a buzz if you need a hand fitting them up.

Thanks Phill. I'm keen to have a go myself but will give you a yell if I need help :)

I should probably officially kick off the project with a banner image! (well, it started a few weeks ago but whatever) :(

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Project MAYHEM - IT STARTS

I tried flaring the guards last saturday with one of those hub roller machines.

The damn things too low at the front and the roller won't roll because it has no clearance (i.e. when you put it onto the hub it can't get under the guard) :(

The rear was too hard, sat with a heat gun and all I managed to do is pump it a tiny bit, nowhere near as much as I wanted to. I think I'll sell the guard roller and stick with the flares O_o

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Anyway, changed the fronts over the week before last to HSDs I got from replicate.

They're a bit bouncy than my liking but I think if I let the spring out with the adjustment, and counter the change in height by changing the base adjustment it will allow the spring more travel which will hopefully better match the dampened ability of the shocks. Am I on the right track there?

Also... last weekend finally changed my rears from stock. The difference is a fair bit and yet they're still about 60mm higher than the front O_o

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Can't wait till it's all adjusted properly .... which will probably take ages. Still need to put in my r32 rack.

The rears buggered it needs what I think are called the rear trailing arm bushes or something....

This thing is stupid now with the coilovers.. it gets stuck going 45 degrees up Sarah's driveway. Chris had to sit on that side of the car to get the wheel on the ground.

Spacers are here.. 35mm but the machining seems off. The wheels don't fit onto the outside lip :\ Might have to get more machining done.

I dropped the rear this weekend and put in the remaining bolts on the rear top hat (the shop didn't have enough bolts last weekend).

Car's been degreased a few times but still seems to leak oil from the head :huh: More ever since I did the oil change (it wasn't even 5/40...)

I'm keen to get the spacers on and put the flares on so I can start on puttying up the flares in and get the hood thing puttied in too :wacko: Then maybe you can make a trip to Sydney to help me spray it haha :D

Update.

I managed to crack the tie rod end. Stupid thing was so corroded on the inside I had to get my gf's dad to grind the tie rod on each side to give it an edge. After breaking an adjustable spanner and stuffing another had to resort to getting the 30-40kg vice and attaching the tie rod under the car. That finally got it.. only took half a day :\

The good news is though that now the angles are a bit better. Wheels still squeel at each other over 40-50km. Before it was 20-30 :)

Next weekend it will be getting the r32 rack in. That will mean no more dodgy shaved tie rod end and more than 4 threads holding it into the rack.

I have to figure out how to customise the power steering lines before the rack can go in.

I think I'll go with what the guy at enzed said.. The first is cut the power steering line and crimp on connectors. He said those connectors are good for 40,000 PSI or something stupid - so no worries there. Then use a non-flexing line that goes to the banjo fittings.

Can anyone see any problems with this approach? Assuming I get non-flexing lines it should be right shouldn't it?

Also, while I'm messing with this - is there any benefit or need to having a power steering cooler? I'm thinkin no, not for an r31 that isn't spending the majority of the time on the track. Any thoughts?

Also, I adjusted the front dampening to the hardest setting and the front is no longer bouncey - woohoo!!

No Nic no no2 yet :happy:

Well, I had custom lines made up so I could fit the r32 rack into it.. f**king f**kers cost me $211 :(

Here's what they look like:

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Basically all I have to do is cut the power steering lines in the right spot and put the crimp attachments on then it's good to go so I must admit it's easier than welding etc. Pity I gave em the wrong measurements for the lines so I gotta exchange the crimp attachment thingies for the right size next week (assuming I get a r32 steering shaft in time).

On another note does anyone know about the HICAS steering racks? I wanna know if I have to block these 2 holes up or if I can just leave them as is?

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you have to block them!

just put some bolts in and weld them up :happy: dont forget thread tape!

im digging it hard... and i hate 31's with a passion

i wanna do an r30 4 door build! so hotness!

i dont think its too low at the front - the rear just needs to come down and spacers!

you have to block them!

just put some bolts in and weld them up :P dont forget thread tape!

im digging it hard... and i hate 31's with a passion

i wanna do an r30 4 door build! so hotness!

i dont think its too low at the front - the rear just needs to come down and spacers!

Hey thanks man - it suprises me too that I catch it on a front angle and I think 'ahh it doesn't look too bad for a fridge'.

Cool as. If I'm welding it though I won't need tape? I mean, it'll be sealed :P Also if I'm welding it up I CBA threading the holes (they're don't have threads, so.. yeah)

r30 4 door?? pics please :O

While I agree it looks cool that low believe me it was too impractical, I also don't want a slow car that can't take corners cos it's on it's bump stops. So to do that I took the cusco's out and put in HSDs. Obviously I would have preferred the cuscos but what can you do...

So now the back is dropped and the front is a little higher. Looks ok just not quite even enough (I get the feeling the back is a little too high still, and I've wound the base adjustment to it's lowest setting, I might have a go at compressing the spring a little to maybe get 15mm out of it). I'll post a pic soon :(

Got a lotta work to do this weekend (I can only work on the car on weekends)...

Next weekend gonna try to wake up early and (in this order):

- take out r31 rack

- cut power steering lines

- take r32 rack to any mechanic who'll bung/weld those holes up

- take segments of lines to enzed to exchange my incorrectly purcashed crimp thingies for the correctly sized ones

- pickup r32 rack :laugh:

- install r32 rack

- get to the wheel alignment place all before midday

Hopefully that'll mean it will be ready for rego... well mostly, gotta put the rear seat back in and putty some tiny muffler holes :(

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