Nisskid's 32 4 Door

[nisskid]

Ok, so i bought this thing back in late 2005 and brought it into Australia from Japan through Prestige Motorsport, here's a rough break down of the costs at the time:

Importing Process:

I imported through Prestige Motorsport

Car was bought for 360,000 yen

Brokers Fee $1,100

another $3,000 to get it into the country

$1,400 for compliance

and another roughly $1,000 to get it roadworthy

the car came in a bit rough condition, mainly the paint was faded in places and the body was a bit rough, interior was a little dirty, mechanically it was pretty good, just a few minor issues from sitting around in japan.

anyway this was it's beginning:

WHEN I GOT IT

IN JAPAN:

IN AUS:

[nisskid]

Then it was complied and registered, as soon as that was done it was time to get started:

pulled off the spoiler and did a duct tape job:

3" straight through catback with shitty resonator cannon, also chucked an ECV on, as well as a K&N pod:

quick dyno to see what she's pulling:

impressive for a close to stock engine (exhaust + pod)

gave the rims a paint:

then lowered it on king spring sports lows:

[nisskid]

bent and defected, she took a bit of a hit, went over a small wall.

barely any damage sustained to other side, even the front bumper was in good nick on that side until i ripped it off

see the top of the chassis, little bit grinded up

rest of the car is in good nick

see other side has been left untouched

suspension's f**ked, well most of it, springs seem to be untouched

[nisskid]

getting fixed, still very rough, but enough to pass regency after i fixed a few other things up.

then after a few months of saving and working, replaced:

-front bar (F/G GTR replica)

-wheels (URAS NS-01 - 17x8/9 +30)

-suspension (bilstein dampers, whiteline sway bars and misc whiteline adj bushes)

-exhaust (JunBL muffler with twin flutes + 3" dump and gutted cat)

-turbo (RB25 turbo), a FMIC (since i had mangled the standard SMIC)

-clutch (exedy heavy duty button clutch)

-locked the HICAS

-fuel pump (Bosch 040)

then the ECU was remapped by Jeff at the Speed Lab, 182rwkw on 12psi

time for some skids:

Grip praccy:

[nisskid]

the fibreglass front bar didnt last long, first it copped a nice serving on the apex of corner 9 at mallala, then took a ditch, was unrepairable so just went back to the plastic bar seen in the pic up the page a bit, i had this for quite a while.

also, on went some Volk GT-P's, 17x9 +16

then put the thing into a guard rail, thing just snapped understeer on me in the wet, nothing i could do but keep off the brakes and feather the steering, was taking it fairly easy, mainly just a setup issue + bad conditions + shocking corner, had some run flat full summer tyres stretched, not really good for wet lol.

this one cost me about the same, bought parts for a few hundred, stripped myself, sent it off to MC Doyle again, $500 or so for the repair.

had a praccy the next weekend so this was the result:

u should have seen the engineering behind it to get the car like this so it

A. didnt get defected on the drive there

B. didnt fall apart on the drive there, 110k's, no support for the guard or front bar at the LH front

C. didnt look bad enough not to make it on the track

what u see here is the car in my first post except with a hammered out bonnet, a ghetto spare guard i have held on with custom mounts (since the rad support and skirting were no longer there) and a lot of f**king praying :lol:

more skids:

New front bar (genuine GTR) and new wheels, Autostrada Modenas - 17x8.5 +45 (w/ 25mm spacers) & 17x9.5 +38

also R33 GTR rims powdercoated white, these were my 2nd pair of GTR rims but dont have any pics of the first pair:

getting a bit rough, note the defect sticker on the window in the last pic, off to regency again.

[nisskid]

Then came the make over, the plan was to bog up the body, get rid of any dents, flare the guards, fold the bonnet lip to make it GTR style and respray it the original gunmetal grey.

Front lip folded back in (GTR style)

Front Flare:

Rear Flare:

Freshly painted:

Together, dusty, and ready for regency:

Once it passed it was time to make her look real purty, my new suspension arrive (eibach springs with coilover kit), also put some ISC caster rods as the adj bushes werent cutting it. Also had some new wheels come, OZ racing, 17x9 +24.

rears with some 25mm spacers (17x9 -1):

[nisskid]

with the addition of a few things like Sparco Rev fixed bucket seat and dished steering wheel, more track work:

Recent grip practice at Mallala, ended up getting into the high 1:27's.

More skids:

[nisskid]

Current Specs:

The car is a 1989 HCR32 Skyline GTS-t 4 door manual (converted from auto)

Car:

1989 Nissan HCR32

Skyline GTS-t 4 door Type-M

Performance:

RB20DET

T3 RB25 Turbo

Turbotech Pnumatic Boost Controller

K&N Pod Filter

GKtech Front-Mounted Intercooler

Drift brand Exhaust Control Valve

AM 3" Split dump pipe with screamer

3" Custom Catback exhaust with JunBL muffler and twin Flutes, gutted cat

Straight pipe attachment to replace muffler for track

Bosch 040 fuel pump

Excedy Heavy Duty Button Clutch

TSL Remapped ECU

Power: 183rwkw at 12psi

Handling

Auto Strada Modena 3pce Wheels 17x8.5 and 17x9.5

OZ racing 3pce wheels 17x9 +24

Whiteline urethane adjustable Camber bushes

Whiteline adjustable 24/22 Sway Bars

ISC Adjustable Caster rods

Bilstein/Eibach Coilovers 6/4kg

Whiteline rear urethane subframe bushes

Locked HICAS

Steering Rack Spacer

Alignment: +5.5 caster, -1.5 R&F camber, R-toe in 2mm

Other

GTR front bar

Autometer semi-sweep electric Oil Pressure

Autometer mechanical Boost/Vaccum Gauge

Manual Conversion

GKtech 350mm dished steering wheel

Sparco Rev fixed bucket seat

[-Jimmy-]

Awesome write up mate, tuff car. Love the grip video as well as the drifting.

-Jimmy,

[nisskid]

cheers mate, yeh thought id chuck it all in sequence, a lot of it is covered in my thread on ns but its all over the place spaced out in 8 pages. still a lot more for this car to go, just waiting for the RB20 to blow haha

[Habler]

Good read. The guard work really offsets the look, no pun intended.

[nisskid]

haha yeh they came out pretty well considering it was our first time panel beating haha.

[Ceffy_SA]

Looks good mang, good read too, keep on going to praccys your doing really well out there oh and dont worry about the RB20 blowing, chances are it probably wont if its maintained

[nisskid]

yeh ive still got to save a bit for the RB30 so dont want it to blow just yet.

[SirRacer]

What was your technique in doing the guards?

[Rekin]

nice write-up. Looks awesome after the respray!

Thanks for the Uras's

[nisskid]

nice write-up. Looks awesome after the respray!

Thanks for the Uras's

haha cheers mate, hope the URAS's are treating u as well as they did me.

What was your technique in doing the guards?

hey mate, basically just used any grabbing tool, pliers, multigrips etc etc, and a few different types of hammers, just carefully pulled out the metal, using the hammer to keep a decent shape, ended up with a bare metal shape:

then just used bog to smooth it:

just sanded and rebogged until we got it right, it was our first time so it took a few tries to get the shape as close to right as possible.

[TheProDaniel]

Hey mate, the cars really come a long way and is looking good. I bought a steering rack off you a fair while ago when the car was in the process of getting repaired so it's good to see it now.

Keep up the good work.

[nisskid]

Hey mate, the cars really come a long way and is looking good. I bought a steering rack off you a fair while ago when the car was in the process of getting repaired so it's good to see it now.

Keep up the good work.

haha yeh think i remember that. buying a half cut was so overkill, in the end i only used like a tiny bit of the rad support and an arm or 2 for the repair, but got it at such a great price i couldnt resist.