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Lil bit of a thread bout the car........what ive been thru since the 14th april 2004

Bought 14th April 2004 as a dual fuel RB30e dead stocker (with exception of mags, spoiler and colour coding)

295,000 km, no stereo, $2000

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Replaced things that were dodgy (fuel pump, tyres, head unit) and stayed happy

Wanted an exhaust done, so got a 2.25" cat back system done by a mate. Sounded phat as

Then xmas of 04 came round, and so did a white racing sticker.........lpg tank had never had a 10 year test done

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A trip to regency and the car copped more of an arse reaming than ever, so had to spend a few bucks getting it to legal

While on defect, i got the opportunity to pick up a nics RB20DET cheap, with a 25 turbo already on it.

Had that fitted in march 2005, which was a bit of a botch job

the workshop thought a radiator hose would be good for a temporary cooler pipe >:)

got the small things fixed, had a play with it..........bought an autospoiler for 100 bucks complete with motors and a set of watanabe rs8s........got the beast lookin more jap spec

then december came round, and a lil squirt out to mannum resulted in a very dead redtop

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pulled that out over xmas / new years 05/06 and replaced with a silvertop we built out of pieces (bought a block complete with head for 300 bucks, then bought other bits and pieces to fit)

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got the silvertop in, then the S3 auto box decided to slip like a bitch, so i sourced an R32 GTSt box with 75k history. Slotted that in, then 2 days later the silvertop went bang. Mix and match of series 2 and series 1 r32 parts didnt help it.

Went to Boost Worx for a new silvertop to be transplanted. Shawn did a top job, binned the 25 turbo i had cos the main seal was rooted and wasnt worth repairing. (only worked out yesterday that its comin up for near on 12 months since this motor went in)

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got a good thrashing at the skyline nationals in shepparton last year

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some shots during and after small car sunday 06

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day of pete's (66 Skyline GT) wedding

then there was fun had at a remote location which has left me with no power steering........3 months and counting ben..............i havent forgotten lol

more recently the mods hav started

no autospoiler, but cooler instead :P

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yes the car does need a respray badly i know

also got my latest addition thanks to luke (ORGZMC)

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Still gotta chuck in my fuel pump and do all the suspension............bushes came in today, springs are due this week hopefully, then i can chuck it all in with some help from the boys and the missus (yes this car DOES pull chicks :) ). definitely will be cleaning rims up and getting powdercoating happening cos they get dirty very easy.

and the final whoring of the thread with pics.........from sat nite with a few mates

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im gettin happier that things are gettin there slowly. Sorry for such a long winded and non-56k friendly thread.........we should almost hav a members cars thread for SA i reckon, do a bit of a spiel and a few piccies of everyones cars thats member only accessible

big thanks has to go to pete for a lot of the recent work (not just doing one manual conversion, but changing a blown manual box in a matter of hours too just afta xmas)

who owns that R32 in the group shot thats porn ;)

Hah scotty, i wonder :)

Lookin good matty. So when do i get a drive? :D

I drove it when she was auto - think it was the first skyline ive ever driven too!

car looks great matty...

and lol at putin a 25 in.....

as much fun as that would be this car is fun enough with the silvertop..

ive taken it for a few ahem "spirited drives" and its great. when the new sus goes in im sure itll be even better... hopefully ill get a chance to take it for another "spin" lol....

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