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hows the head gasket goin, Eugene?

we did a compression test and it's perfect across all 6, quite surprised considering the abuse (engine has 100K). the oil that was pissing out turned out to be a cam seal, so that was amended followed by a fresh service and she's healthy as!

got in some adjustable camber and castor, so we'll see how the suspension goes this weekend at a motorkhana i'm going. there's really not much else to do to the car suspension wise and i'm not really interested in getting more power at the moment, a number of factors; i'm starting a phd, money (going to be buying a house late next year) and most importantly the headache.

i'm sure i can still go another 5-10 seconds faster on any track with more practice and a tweak of the suspension. i've bought a stringline wheel alignment kit a few months back so i'll be playing around with my settings over the next couple of months to try and find the sweet spot.

how's things your end Cris?

and skyline's will always be a never ending pit of cash. kinda keen in throwing my money on a newer car VE ute has taken my fancy of late.

RB30 block is still sitting in my laundry ;)

Thats lucky Eugene.. head gaskets are not fun to fix, and then you still need to hunt down the cause.

Congrats on finishing the degree by the way!

I was thinking you were taking some time off for a project of yours.. :D

Wow, 5 - 10 seconds is large gap dude. I suppose racetrack brking is very difficult to get right. Have you set down any times anywhere yet?

Unfortunatelly all forms of motorsport have taken a backseat. After being flat chat broke after several weekends of general maintanence the car was mechanically perfect! But now im missing a front end. Im trying to save to get GTR bonnet, quarter panel bent out with radiator support too, then re-spray. Still hunting down a couple of parts too.

Next plan after that was to fit my GTR and DBA brakes and get it back on the road for a Sydney to Tasmania trip.

hahahaha.. well the RB30DE build has been put off indefinately, I may evn have to sell the parts I have hunted and gathered to fund the car too.. ;)

Why, oh why couldn't I be interested in pottery, or a book club, something thats not so bloody expensive!

p.s. - love the silhouette with those LMGT2 rims!!! hot!!

Thanks dude! She's my baby.

Its rare to see such a nice and clean 31!

Love it!

More pics please :rofl:

Ask and you shall receive! She could look better in these pics - needs a polish. Will take some mad ones with an SLR in a few days.

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Why, oh why couldn't I be interested in pottery, or a book club, something thats not so bloody expensive!

thanks yeah i decided to divert all my car funds into my hecs debt, i'm officially debt free now. i can finally start concentrating on doing other things without having that sitting at the back of my mind.

lol @ pottery, but i do agree why do we have such expensive hobbies!? sorry to hear about the motor build, such is life unfortunately - i've never met a single person that had a flawless and easy engine conversion, engine build, etc.

a guy i know made some crazy 400+ HP and at the beginning of this year he only wanted to spend 10-15K max, i think he's tripled that figure now and still counting.

also to keep the thread on topic here are some photos from yesterday courtesy of zennon

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dodging cones

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the missus getting in on it

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it doesnt look THAT high does it?

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weigh in (pounds) minus driver = 1340kg

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3/4 fuel load weigh in

Thanks dude! She's my baby.

Ask and you shall receive! She could look better in these pics - needs a polish. Will take some mad ones with an SLR in a few days.

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man hot 31

although on any car I HATE trim, take the black trim off and it'd be porn!!!

Rob, you should consider a Coupe style lip for your 31...might just finish it off i rekn, or it could ruin it...but no matter how many times i look at your car tho it instantly strikes me as a coupe, very neatly done 31 4dr thats for sure :laugh:

did you get hotplates or are they standard Silhouette tailights?

man hot 31

although on any car I HATE trim, take the black trim off and it'd be porn!!!

Do you mean the black waistband? Without it they look a bit odd.. as basically every 31 was made with them bar the GTS2 which had a red waistband.. Hmm off to photoshop!!

Rob, you should consider a Coupe style lip for your 31...might just finish it off i rekn, or it could ruin it...but no matter how many times i look at your car tho it instantly strikes me as a coupe, very neatly done 31 4dr thats for sure :/

did you get hotplates or are they standard Silhouette tailights?

I just finished putting an RB25DE into her so once all the little bits and pieces and problems are sorted I'm going to save up for a bodykit.. In my mind is CCS side skirts and rear bar, and an R31House front lip which look f**king awesome in my opinion.

Taillights are Series 3 hot plates which have been tinted. Pics belooowww. (excuse the dent in the rear bar - some idiot ran up the back of me. getting it fixed in a week or so)

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And this is the R31House front lip which I am hoping to have on my car within a few months. (the red one - so it gives a pretty good idea of what mine will look like! eg. awesome)

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Do you mean the black waistband? Without it they look a bit odd.. as basically every 31 was made with them bar the GTS2 which had a red waistband.. Hmm off to photoshop!!

I just finished putting an RB25DE into her so once all the little bits and pieces and problems are sorted I'm going to save up for a bodykit.. In my mind is CCS side skirts and rear bar, and an R31House front lip which look f**king awesome in my opinion.

Taillights are Series 3 hot plates which have been tinted. Pics belooowww. (excuse the dent in the rear bar - some idiot ran up the back of me. getting it fixed in a week or so)

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And this is the R31House front lip which I am hoping to have on my car within a few months. (the red one - so it gives a pretty good idea of what mine will look like! eg. awesome)

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Niiiiice!! I love the old school Skylines with the hot plates! Very nice clean ride too man!

hey fellas

ive been lurking around and posting but never pics of my car

so here it is

1995 series 1.5 gts4

go it for 14 grand with rims cat back and lowerd had 49000 genuine k's on the clock and has just hit over 51000 id like

to lower it some more and shuv some 20's in there but im not sure yet i think ill get the interior retrimed in pleather first

hope you like

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