My New R35

[Speedah]

Thank you Martin @ Willall for the WR600 package…it absolutely rips

Anyway, the trip home was a little slower from all of the extra weight shown below.

[MrBlonde]

Shit yeah! Big achievement

[Wardski]

No doubt this was a 50/50 affair. Martin provided the package, Speedah did the hard work behind the wheel.

Excellent job, both of you!

[Speedah]

No doubt this was a 50/50 affair. Martin provided the package, Speedah did the hard work behind the wheel.

Excellent job, both of you!

Thanks mate

Nice pic from JRM Photography

[Seano350GT]

This has to be one of my favourite threads to read through right from the start, very impressive numbers and MY GOD that is a beautiful car.

Well done you must be truly proud of what you have acheived!

[Speedah]

Hi ho Hi ho....its off to Willal I go...

Jumped in my car yesterday after having driven it 1/2 an hour earlier with no hint of what was to come.

Started it, shift to reverse, dash lights up like a Christmas tree with faults and throttle input does nothing...car wont move.

AWD system fault light is on (see top right below) along with check engine light.

Plugged in my Access Port and found code P0847

Had a look at the GTR service manual...code is the following...

Shit....doesn't sound good

Called Martin at Willall....common problem, factory pressure sensors shit themselves. There are 3 in the transmission and are not accessible.

Needs trans/diff removal and transmission disassembly to repair. I have my suspicions that the sensor is actually OK and the pressure is in fact low from a blown seal.

What pisses me off is that this failure has nothing to do with any mods to the car...it happens to bone stock R35s. If my car was stock I could take it to Nissan and they would replace the complete transmission under warranty.

So, car is being shipped to Willal on Friday...while the trans is out will do some bullet proofing mods.

All going well Im hoping to travel from Adelaide to Melbourne Saturday 2nd Feb, stay the night and have some runs at Heathcote drags on the Sunday (there are a few R35s going for runs). Heathcote allows sub 11 sec passes with no cage...will be good to have a play with different levels of the launch control and better my single pass 10.62 at WSID

This is the first and only fault I have had with the car in 2.5 years and I have absolutely flogged the arse out of this thing....cant complain

[Brockas]

Pretty standard failure. Talking to a few of the boys who do some work here on the West coast, they all seem to do it between 25,000-40,000kms. Sounds like you got to the very limit of age / kms before they let go.

'South Side Performance' now do complete plug-and-play sensors for the R35 as it's such a common problem.

They're only $200. Your biggest expense will be labour:

http://www.sspperformance.com/product/gr6-transmission-pressure-sensors-/

[Wardski]

Speedah did you try the Warranty path with Nissan???

Also another thing, what did the 2011 front end conversion set you back??? I'm considering doing this myself with my 2010

Edited January 16, 2013 by Wardski

[domino_z]

hope you can make it to Heathcote Kev

seeing what you can run with mod'd turbos vs my full bolt on stock turbo same day same track will be a great comparison for everyone (including myself) who is on the fence whether to take that next step

great opportunity to upgrade the trans - im still on the fence whether to do this as preventative or wait till something goes wrong

[Speedah]

Speedah did you try the Warranty path with Nissan???

Also another thing, what did the 2011 front end conversion set you back??? I'm considering doing this myself with my 2010

Yes, I talked to someone at Macarther Nissan who was very helpful...told him the full story. He explained the proceedure they have to go through to gain approval (from Japan I assume). Short story is the car would be there for a week or two while they diagnose/wait for a decision then I would be charged $600/$700 to then to say they can't help me.

Im not too worried...I would rather put parts in it that dont fail. I was very fortunate that it happned inside my workshop. A week ago I was driving in the Sydney City centre during peak hour...I dont know WTF I would have done if it decided to pack it in there.

Edited January 16, 2013 by Speedah

[Speedah]

hope you can make it to Heathcote Kev

seeing what you can run with mod'd turbos vs my full bolt on stock turbo same day same track will be a great comparison for everyone (including myself) who is on the fence whether to take that next step

great opportunity to upgrade the trans - im still on the fence whether to do this as preventative or wait till something goes wrong

Ill be there...try and round up as many R35s as you can.

[Speedah]

Stock wheels back on for Willal trip no. 2

Ready to go. (car has now been delivered to Willal)

If you need to transport your car from Wollongong/Sydney area interstate by someone that actually cares Mick is the man. Some of you may be familiar with his 7.4sec Torana MV454

[domino_z]

good spot, always great to have a recommendation when it comes to vehicle moving - every car ive received through ceva has had some issue

[Wardski]

I seriously hate transport companies all together. While I didn't have issues with CEVA, I had a fuel contamination issue a few weeks back and the GTR had to be tray back transported to Moorooka Nissan for draining. I made sure I taped up the front lip (2 layers) just in case it was scratched. Sure enough, the tape was fully scuffed when I picked it up from Nissan the next day. Luckily there was no damage.

The transport used was the GTR Roadside Assist preferred - Wilson Transport - in Brisbane. I do not recommend them, nor will ever use them again!

Edited January 19, 2013 by Wardski

[GT-R OZ]

Have they fixed this pressure sensor problem in the later model R35's?

[Wardski]

Have they fixed this pressure sensor problem in the later model R35's?

Nup. Transmissions are almost identical in that regard all the way to 2013. With all GT-R's its not a matter of if it will happen, its more like, when it will happen

Edited January 21, 2013 by Wardski

[BCNR33GT-R]

You can buy a my012 for 180k, that's abit steep for a 2010 model I would have thought.

[domino_z]

You can buy a my012 for 180k, that's abit steep for a 2010 model I would have thought.

welcome to

Posted 07 September 2010 - 09:47 PM

[BCNR33GT-R]

Haha my bad, how's it going u get it fixed up?

[Speedah]

rear sub frame with transmission and rear diff out.

Will find out exact issue tomorrow sometime