Sir_daniel - Skyline R32 Gts-t -93 Tokyo Police

[Daniel Landström]

Here is a summary of the project so far.

bought it in the summer of 2007 with a bad engine...

Time for me to make a project thread here aswell

the car:

Nissan Skyline R32 gts-t 1993

3" exhaust

hks airfilter

Hks Coilovers

Hks boostcontroller

Blitz blow of valve

removed speedlimiter

17" advan wheels

bought it this summer from a fellow at Skyline.se (sweden's skyline forum) with low compression on 1 cylinder (6th).

found out after taking the cylinderhead of that the pistonring on the 6th cylinder was crap and had made too deep marks in the cylinder that i had to go to overdimention and redrill the cylinder.

wasn't to happy about that so i bought an engine with blown headgasket from skylineowners.com that had run for 60000 km.

got the package home and replaces the whole engine after i checked that the cylinderhead wasn't damaged by the headgasket problem.

pictures of the transplant

engine arrives

ARP headbults was fitted

1 of 2 mates that helped me (Magnus)

the owner...

we tried to mount the engine with the gearbox still in the car... didn't work

strutbar test fitted

[Daniel Landström]

but it would be too sad to have a standard R32...

so i bought some stuff that i during the winter will mount on the car...

JDL tuning bodykit

picture without the R33 gtr look grill

picture with the R33 gtr look grill

i will paint the black center in the rims goldmetallic or buy Ultralite Hikari rims

will paint the car in white with gold "flakes" (not that 80's flakes but more metallic flaces) to make it shine in the sun

will also have the graphics in gold similar to this newer skyline

some of the stuff that i have bought:

complete gasket set for rb20det

gtr rearseat and panels

white siderepeaters

gtr 444cc injectors

front strutbar

bonus picture of the car with just the roof spoiler

[Daniel Landström]

nismo style hoodlip that will cover the front of the hood when i cut it to make it look like a gtr bonnet

Things i'm planning to buy

or in carbon fiber

unforenually so didn't put back the cooling fan before i took the car to my job to show it... so the car boiled and the headgasket was gone again

so now is there a Cometic 3 layer steel gasket laying in the garage just waiting to be used

started to lift the cylinderhead today... but got stopped when i should unscrew the headbults, my specialtool (2 sockets velded together) didn't take the Nm that was needed to get them loose...

the reason that i made my own socket is that not any of the shops that i visited when the cylinderhead was mounted last time had any inverted-hexagon socket that was needed to mount the cylinderhead with the ARP bults...

ordered some in right size that will come tomorrow morning.

some pictures of todays work.

testfitted the carbonfiber camcover and sparkplug cover (for RB26 but what the heck, is worth a try)

the cover for the sparkplugs didn't really fit

but the camcover fitted perfectly

the rest of the enginebay at the moment

finally got the right socket i needed to loosen the cylinderheadbults.

so now is the cylinderhead out of the car and will be checked so it didn't get damaged when the headgasket boild/blew away

tomorrow will i go to my paintguy and look at some colour samples...

also bought a new steeringwheel today

Some pictures of what happended today and yesterday.

the new downpipe was mounted after it had been checked that it wasn't curved.

The cylinderhead and headgasket (3 layered steel gasket from Cometic) was mounted and now am i mounting the other things that was disconnected.

cylinderhead came out

the new downpipe was mounted

the cylinderhead comes in...

the cylinderhead in its right place

the car is alive!

it started smoothly and runs as it should

need to change the oil hence there is some water in it after the headgasket problem...

also bought me a new sport/racing catalysator (or how it is spelled) with 3" inlet and outlet from KatalysatorTeknik 013-13 48 92

hopeing for a fast delivery so the car can get ready for MOT and then The MAKEOVER

got a time for MOT the 23 November, just need that racekatalysator to make it 100% roadlegal... might lover the boost and hide the boostcontroller (instead of having right behind the steeringwheel )

after the MOT will this be installed...

R33 turbo

444 gtr injectors

FMIC

Oilcooler with relocation of the oilfilter

better fuelpump

[Daniel Landström]

nismo style hoodlip that will cover the front of the hood when i cut it to make it look like a gtr bonnet

Things i'm planning to buy

or in carbon fiber

unforenually so didn't put back the cooling fan before i took the car to my job to show it... so the car boiled and the headgasket was gone again

so now is there a Cometic 3 layer steel gasket laying in the garage just waiting to be used

started to lift the cylinderhead today... but got stopped when i should unscrew the headbults, my specialtool (2 sockets velded together) didn't take the Nm that was needed to get them loose...

the reason that i made my own socket is that not any of the shops that i visited when the cylinderhead was mounted last time had any inverted-hexagon socket that was needed to mount the cylinderhead with the ARP bults...

ordered some in right size that will come tomorrow morning.

some pictures of todays work.

testfitted the carbonfiber camcover and sparkplug cover (for RB26 but what the heck, is worth a try)

the cover for the sparkplugs didn't really fit

but the camcover fitted perfectly

the rest of the enginebay at the moment

finally got the right socket i needed to loosen the cylinderheadbults.

so now is the cylinderhead out of the car and will be checked so it didn't get damaged when the headgasket boild/blew away

tomorrow will i go to my paintguy and look at some colour samples...

also bought a new steeringwheel today

Some pictures of what happended today and yesterday.

the new downpipe was mounted after it had been checked that it wasn't curved.

The cylinderhead and headgasket (3 layered steel gasket from Cometic) was mounted and now am i mounting the other things that was disconnected.

cylinderhead came out

the new downpipe was mounted

the cylinderhead comes in...

the cylinderhead in its right place

the car is alive!

it started smoothly and runs as it should

need to change the oil hence there is some water in it after the headgasket problem...

also bought me a new sport/racing catalysator (or how it is spelled) with 3" inlet and outlet from KatalysatorTeknik 013-13 48 92

hopeing for a fast delivery so the car can get ready for MOT and then The MAKEOVER

got a time for MOT the 23 November, just need that racekatalysator to make it 100% roadlegal... might lover the boost and hide the boostcontroller (instead of having right behind the steeringwheel )

after the MOT will this be installed...

R33 turbo

444 gtr injectors

FMIC

Oilcooler with relocation of the oilfilter

better fuelpump

[Daniel Landström]

Thats more or less what will be done with the hk, then will the engine room be "blinged" and add small things that makes much for the look eg. siliconehoses, painted and polished things, some carbonfiber parts, hide some wirening and so on, somewhat similar what i did with my last car Honda Civic eg5 esi

Before

after

and the car.

just wait until you see the before picture of the car

and not to forget my datsun 280zx (wich i still have)

honda

the datsun

before

after

[Daniel Landström]

Now is the bodykit mounted.

relasied that the coilover in the left front end of the car was lower then the right front end, hence i didn't have the proper tool or time to adjust it i just changed the wheel to another that didn't scratch the bodykit.

LED taillight lighted hence i forgot to connect the cable before

the hoodlip testfitted

time for paint

seen the paint today and you will need sunglasses not to go snowblinde

while i returned the trailer (or what it is called) jimmy (the painter) walshed and polished the car to get rid of al the dirt that was stuck on it, don't think i have seen the car this shiny while i owned it

now is everything exept the body painted.

a sneakpeak of the paint...

the colour is from a toyota that is produced 2003-2007 (maybe even next year)

some more pictures

[Daniel Landström]

colour code: toyota 070

that is WHITE PEARL (think it is from toyota prius)

last night was the last layer of clearcoat painted on the car

some pictures of the progress until the paint was painted on the car, more pictures of the painted car will come tonight when i been at the painters place.

and some pictures of painted parts.

something happened today.

cut out the adapters for the 8" speakers that will go in the doors.

it will be placed something like this

A small update of what happened today.

started to build one of the door cards, by the time i went home had the polyester hardened and tomorrow will i put some filler on it and also make the backside of it.

Not to forget start the other door card

[Daniel Landström]

Some progress with the car...

The subwoofer box is almost finnised, just some more fiberglass and polyester after that some fiberglassfiller.

The Subwoofers will play towards the coupe, to make the sound go through the backseat will i cut up a hole there.

Put in one of my Honda S2000 front seats aswell today, not mounted but to see how they would look

Also bought some nice things to make shore that people wont miss the herritage of the Japanese "warior"

And now are we where i am today

Small update of what has happened during this weekend.

Sound deathend the car so it won't sound like a bucket when the speakers kick in

Also modifyed the standard brackets from the standard front Seats and welded them together with the Honda S2000 brackets and got them mounted.

Turned out really good i think

test fitted the new sidemirrors today

They will be painted black so i get rid of the ugly ABS plastic "look"

You have GOT to what your friend done on photoshop for you!:

now are the sideskirts mounted, the glue is hardening so tomorrow will the front and rear bumper be mounted.

Some pictures how it looks with the sideskirts mounted

one of the frontfender wideners are also mounted and also the front bumper, but that one needs to be slightly adjusted to line up with the front fenders

Finally managed to pay for my CLEAR LENS headlight lens

did pickup some package yesterday...

red led bulbs for the interior (speedo and so on)

grey alcantara (same colour as light grey alcantara as the gt-r has on its rear seat.

that i will use to cover the armrest and other parts in the car

also alcantara shift "cover" and handbrake "cover"

today did i glue and cover the doorcards (did forget to take a picture of the result, will do that tomorrow) and sort out some other things.

[Daniel Landström]

Some pictures of how it all looks when the door cars are retrimed.

will put some sort of wire/sealer to make a nicer transfer between the grey alcantara sand the black vinyl.

got the beuty out in the sun for the first time, must say that i am more then pleased of how she looks

she is dirty (in many ways ) so the paint doesn't shine a it suppose to...

plenty of room between the bodykit and the tarmac

rearpart of the sideskirts

front of the sideskirts

front

[Daniel Landström]

thanks, most people has their thoughts about the rear, but that just means that they have seen the car and noticed it

finally got the new headlight covers earlier this week.

painted the inside of the headlight and testfitted the cover.

will today do the otherone and mount this one, hopes it looks good with the white paint

Here's some pictures of the graphics

the Theme of the car is my version of a Japanese police car, there will also be a LED lightbar on the roof

any ideas of what else i can add on the outside of the car? canards? additional grapics?

bought some carbon fiber canards, don't know where they will fit (or if the even do)

was at the first show this weekend.

a picture of me in the hotdog line (me on the right side of the picture)

some pictures of the car, it's not finnished and needs the right wheels in the back (same as in the front, but i didn't get the tires in time...)

last weekend did i get a sound from the engine (metallic) turned out that it was one of the bolts for the cam gears that was "on the run" then i noticed that a spacer for the cambelt cover was stuck in the cambelt(!).

those problems where fixed and i drove home and stopped several times just to be shore that the car would not keep falling apart... if that wasn't enough did the cooling liquid start to turn dark and the expantiontank started to smell of unburned petrol/oil = headgasket change (again).

when i got the cylinder head back was the problem quite clear, the last guy that did the work on it made some scratches between the 5th and 6th cylinder... and cometic headgasked couldn't keep the compression inside the cylinders....

BUT we noticed that someone had done some work on the intake side

so i ordered a greddy cambelt and a standard headgasket and changed it this weekend...

so the car is alive... again

the first testdrive ended at StreetCarsFest outside of Stockholm (Sweden) live about 20km from the show so i thought that why not drive there

And now is we where i am today 2008 12th of may

[NYTSKY]

Would have to be a record for the longest first page EVER!

Good stuff mate,certainly alot of went into it.The bodykit is very....Japspec

Get some power mods into it,will be a real head turner.

[bombtrack]

Fantastic mate. Most in depth build post I have ever seen anyway.

Where can I get carbon fibre spark plug and cam covers for my RB25!?

Thanks for your hard work and good luck with the rest (if there's anything left to do!)

[Daniel Landström]

hence i haven't made a project thread on this forum before so did i think it was best to give you guys a summary

[Dragonforce]

Mate,

Awesome build write up

Really good to see your dedication!

And yes, the body kit could take some getting used to! but by gods you will turn heads

Keep it up buddy!

[tp1gts2]

nice work! love the headlights and wheels

what are the headlights like in the dark with the clear lens's and painted black? are they still any good?

where did you pick the clear lens's up from? i want some!

[bryyy]

Not my thing, but nice build, can see alot of hard work has gone into it.

Just needs power and handling now

[Got Boost?]

Awesome! Very different, i like it

[typevu]

Looks hot! Nice work.

[Yidz]

Very nice man. Should look heaps better with the matching rims on the back.

[GUN_METAL_GTR32]

i like the interior. . . . . thats about it though

i respect that a lot of work has gone into it but im just so over body kits

thanks for a good read up

cheers