My Gtr Build

[gtr_scottie]

heya guys i thought i might start myself a little thread detailing my work on my gtr. I bought it in feb this year and well i love it but it defiantly has been a pain lol. I bought it cheap and i know it had a few problems but i am fixing them all slowly. It started in my possession looking like this.

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The mods on the car where

Built 26 with cp pistons eagle rods, n1 pumps, standard head and cams ect it was basically a freshen up rebuild with a new crank after a oil pump failure, high flowed turbos and a cat back exhaust power fc computer and it was producing 240 kw

It also had billstein coil overs and that was about it.

It needed afair bit of work when i got it for rego. Needed 4 new tyres, front upper control arm bushes, tyre rod ends on the rear, and acouple of oil leaks fixed up. I decided on getting a new set of wheels for the old gurl when i got the tyres and it took me a good couple of months to find them ones i wanted. I would have loved to go for a set of volk gt-c's but wheel i wasnt paying $3000 for a set of wheels without rubber. I settled for a set of Lenso DR1's which i thought looked tuff as and where one of the few wheels with the offset to suit the gtr. Next problem arrised well who supplied them well back in apirl no one seemed to be supplying the wheels and i found one place drift garage in sydney where like the only people that where bring them in. So i ordered them in and picked them up for $1300 for 18*9 with a + 15 offset i went for the 9 inch wide because i thought at the time 10 inch wide rims all round would be abit over the top. Than it was off to tempe tyres to get some rubber for it and i settled on a set of kumo ku31's. So all up the package sett me back alittle over $2000 which i was pretty happy about and this is how they look now.

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As money was a little bit of a issue well lets face it i was being a tight ass i chose to go and get a sett of camber adjustable arms all round for the gtr and i end up using the jjr ones from just jap which seem to have done the job pretty well. I am not tracking the car atm so for street they should be fine for now.

Also when i picked the car up i knew that the gearbox had the typical 4th and 5th sincro problem so i picked myself up a second hand box and transfer at the right price. All was going well for about 2 months and it all went pear shaped as gtr owns would know it seems. Pulled up to work one day and when i was reversing into the car spot i knowticed a heap of whitish smoke blowing pasted the front and well i didn't know what to think at that stage. I keeped abit of a eye on it and well it just got worse and worse, I original thought it was turbo as the catch can had no oil coming through it but after racking my brain for weeks i took it into hunter and thoams automotive in newcastle he confirmed the worst this was about 3 months ago now.

So yeah the time came to search for a place to do a engine rebuild as i was not game to tempt fate and do it myself risking so much money. I have built quite a few stock cars falcons, and commodores but not a 26. I spoke to crd and a few other people and they where looking like the best bet with a exchange motor with the following

- Nitto 20 thou over pistons

- Nitto H beam rods

- Blue printed and balanced block and crank

- Nitto hi volume pump

- Nitto head gasket

- Tomei type b pon cams

- Gasket kit and ect

For $9000 exchange if my block was ok.

I was just about to go through with this and i finaly got ahold of Paul from Red R racing. Thank Christ i did, So than came the fun part of ripping out the motor as i did it myself and i gave it to paul to build. Here is some photos from the engine removal and stripping.

[gtr_scottie]

When i droped it off to paul it was really ment to be a basic rebuild to get me going again but that soon changed as everything does. I ended up deciding and ending up with over a 4 or 5 week period.

reuse my CP 40 over pistons and eagle rods however my rods studs where resized

Tomei type b pon cams and valve springs and a pair of adjustable cam gears

Hks hi volume oil pump

Hks 1000cc injectors

Jim berry clutch

Rb30 flywheel as mine is time bomb to happen (stress fractures)

crank collar

Oil restrictor

Ross 1000hp 25 % over driven harmonic balancer

hi volume sump

A pair of 2860-5's which are on there way soon

Acl bearings and new rings ect

Nitto head gasket i believe

Gates timing belt and new tensioners ect

New Nissan water pump and all the other borning but necessary parts

The block ended up been to far over bored and had bad scoring so it was used as a boat ancher. The hunt was on for a new block it came in a form of a early series's block that had a oil pump failure with a standard bore it appeared to all good till paul measured up the crank tunnel and found it was out of alignment bugger, however paul saved me looking for another block and we did a trade as he could use my block.

Pretty much thats where we stand atm, the block is coming back from the machine shop this week and it can be reassembled.

[gtr_scottie]

As far as the cosmetic side of things are concerned the engine bay and parts where beyond flithy for a 60 000 km old motor or it wasnt cleaned correctly when the last rebuild. Any how with the engine nearing completion it was time to get a move on with cleaning up the engine parts for the fitment of the new motor. Like painting the throttle bodies and thermostat housing and ect

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as you can see a huge improvement i will be getting the linkages and ect re-zink coated to make them look new again also

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You get the idea pretty much most things will be repainted and with the engine covers they are going wrinkle coated black like this and me inlet manifold will be done the same i was also maybe getting the twin turbo compressor pipes done to but i will see how it looks when it is back together it can be always done latter

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With the engine bay i have decided to paint it white from the chassis rails up because well it is just beyond discussing. By all means this will be not a perfect job and i am not a professional painter by any means well actually this will be my first with a proper spray gun lol it will be the same colour as the car white to clean the engine bay up and make it look like it has been well looked after and clean not the way it is now. No point seeing my house deposit go into a dirty home. Here are some pics over the last 2 nights of work

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How it looked just after the motor came out

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Most of the engine bay has been cleared out to paint, i will be removing the guards and tucking the wiring in behind them and than start preping for the under coat. I also removed my front bar as i will be removing the intercooler to get it cleaned and pressure tested as it had alot of oil go through it was well as the piping here is acouple of pics just before we locked up tonight

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I think it is time to call it a night there will be more work done tomorrow where the degreasing again for the 3rd time lol prep work and sanding will begin and the removal of the intercooler.

[gtr_scottie]

Quick update picked up my pair of r34 gtr v-spec dump pipes thanks barbsgtr and motor should be completed in the next week or so, so paul says hopefully the car will be sent off to get the engine bay painted next week weather permitting i still have to remove the last bits of wiring.

[akw_]

just reading over some threads and SHIT you guys spend some cash on your cars. i like it!

looking nice man keep it up.

Edited November 3, 2010 by akw_

[gtr_scottie]

lol yeah its not cheap at all but i rather know the motor is built right and will last than chucking in a second hand on which is likely to do the same thing

[gtr_scottie]

quick update block is back from machining just waiting on the crank now and it can start going back together. I also picked up a oil filter relocation kit and a hose kit. I should have a short motor by the end of next week which i am cheering about

[1000AWHP]

Please post pics of the short motor build when you can.

[gtr_scottie]

Engine bay is finished just waiting for the paint to dry and i will start refitting the wiring harnesses back in and stuff. By then the motor will be ready to drop in starting to get excited.

[gtr_scottie]

Bottom end is done more photos to come

[gtr_scottie]

acouple more photos of the short motor

[gtr_scottie]

engine bay is reassembled today thanks to my mate joshy for giving me a hand its all starting to come together hopefully can drop the motor in this weekend coming photos up tomorrow

[mattlikewhoa]

This is going to be a great build!

[gtr_scottie]

some before and after photos of the engine bay

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[OBSESSION]

Very Nice!

[J'z-R33]

The bay is looking really good mate, the coat of paint made such a big difference!

Your in good hands with Paul, he certainly knows his way around an RB!

Cheers

Johno

[gtr_scottie]

Well its been a long time since i last updated this. All i can say it has been a character building process. With alot of delays and problems but firstly i have to say a huge thank you to paul at red r he truly went above and beyond that was required we spent a few very late nights getting this car back together. The end result is atm 320awkw. With drama's on the dyno we just ran out of time to tune it propley to its full potential. Saying that the power difference to what it was with the old motor and this one there is no compassion and there isnt a huge difference in lag time. All seemed to be going ok however a oil leak has raised its ugly head around the turbo oil lines which all i can say about that is FML. But i guess it is one of those little tests that life throws at you ey. So where it stands at the moment is :

• Fix the oil leak
• Fix a dead wheel bearing
• Get the muffler made up its insanely loud but awesome lol
• Bigger front mount
• New O2 sensors
• Get another tune
• Get the body work done
• And finaly replace all the disc rotors and pads

So yeah there is abit more to do but atm i got to tell myself it is back on the road and is drivable and it is a hole heap of fun to drive. I will up load some photos of the motor and ect this weekend