My Hr31 Buildup

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

Hey guys’n’girls

I’ve been fooling around with 31s for the last decade (now i feel old ). Around 2-3 years ago I had started to think of myself as a fairly ok drifter and not wanting to take my chances with cops in the industrial areas of Canberra, i decided to build a track only car for DA. Only thing is, as most 31 enthusiasts, I’m cheap. Enter Budget Drift car super fun build!!!

Now, 2 years later, DA dies in the ass. So the plan now is to change a few bits(better quality as well) and turn it into a relatively cheap grip car. I plan on entering Supersprints , maybe some MRA days and just kick about trackdays with friends/SAU etc.

Anyway, here is my HR31 2 door GTS that i bought early '08 down in Adelaide, got it for 3k.

Still got a few thing i want to do to it. I'm in the middle of doing the cage atm but after stuff like r32/33 rear subframe setup, splitters etc. here’s where I’m up to...

Engine/Driveline

25/30 (slapper)

ViPEC (44 i think)

JJR coilpacks

Garrett GT35r, 0.82 rear

hi-mount mani

38mm external wastegate

3in exhaust

FMIC mounted where condenser used to be

Greddy copy plenum.

adj exhaust cam gear

Walbro pump

HKS 550cc injetors

Jaz fuel cell

R33 alloy radiator

GTR thermostat, twin thermos

23 row oil cooler

Power steering cooler

31 and 32 box’s

exedy 5-puk with up rated pressure plate and Carbonic pads

single piece tailshaft

KAZZ 2-way

Suspension/Brakes

S14 HSD HRs up front

S13 G4s in the rear

JJR Adj LCAs

JJR tierod ends

Adjustable castor rods

R32 calipers all ‘round with 32 front and rear rotors

G4 hydro

wildwood brake bias adj

Earls braided brake and clutch lines

Hicas gone and Z31 sub frame bushes

Interior

Stripped of course

Nardi wheel

Some old school rally seat

4 point harness

Alloy door/quarter/rear fire wall panels

Alloy dash with speco gauges

Exterior

CSS lip and skirts

HR side and passenger vents

Reverse bonnet vent

$15 crappy mirrors (but like 200g each)

Clear front/side indicators

Alloy Ducting for intercooler and oil cooler

Lexan rear and quarter windows

C-west t-wing

Manaray 17s

pictars

new car!

Cleaned up for NSW SAU wakie day 08 (ppl may remember the Redtop eating itself)

Ebay racing

On the turps and deciding to spaypaint it with Bullet32 (Hence Grumblebee)

as it sits now (mostly)

[N1GTR]

I remember wakie 08 and that motor...

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

yeah, it thought it was the batmobile and decided to make a smokescreen

engine bay now

with air box/shielding for extra coolness

fuel cell

main/lift pump

[zebra]

neat setup with the fuel cell

[sweefu]

Very nice mate.

[evil_weevil]

and this did a 1.10 didnt it the other month?

its a mad cheap built car - love it!

and yes, oil in 08 at wakie hehehe

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

yarr, but that was with 220kw and pads on the clutch soaked in oil. it was slippin a bit

now got a new clutch and more power maybe 1:09s?

[Chris Rogers]

what intake is that? (I's assuming Rb25 as well.)

[akw_]

very nice.

sweet fuel cell setup.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

neat setup with the fuel cell

cheers, i just recently changed it as it was on the left and side with the pick ups facing in. at the last wakie day it would get fuel serge with over half a tank!

since taken it to a motorkana - no surge at all

what intake is that? (I's assuming Rb25 as well.)

do you mean the plenum? its just a greddy copy for a 25.

if you get one of these, make sure you get it pressure tested and have the face machined before you put it on.

[Chris Rogers]

yep thats what i meant. PM the place where you bought it. (I'm looking at the real one from nengun now.)

[TiTAN]

you get them off ebay for the copy versions.

i <3 my genuine one.

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

im after some suggestions on spring rates as the car is set up for drift and is very stiff

I know the fronts are 8kg/cm but have no idea about the rear, I also i think its just rears that’s the problem as im bouncing around when putting the power down.

the car weighs 1150kg with out the cage, driver and fuel so say 1330-1350kg all up, and most of the weight came from behind the A-pillar

im also running stock swaybars atm, but adjustable ones are on the cards.

[Bullet32]

Just thought I'd add a few points to this thread for you James

Even thuough this car has been a "budget build" I have been amazed at just how well it goes, with consistent 1.10's at Wakefield (including fuel surge, slipping clutch, too much front camber and Federal 595RS-R tyres) after the work that has been done recently getting the power to a reasonable level (tuned by Glenn at ESP Racing), getting the power to the ground with some suspension tweaks, sorting out the fuel system and putting in plenty of cooling ducts for the engine and brakes, we should be able to get it into the 1.09's or lower with some stickier 'R-spec' rubber.

Here are a few more piccies of the build (hope you don't mind me adding these James)

Taking the old (blown) RB20 NICS out...

And putting in the new RB25/30...

Custom air guide for intercooler (oil cooler installed as well)...

Interior begins to take shape...

After about 14 or 15 beers we decide that it would be a great idea to paint the two tone bright yellow...

Not bad for a spray can job

The brakes looked a bit dull...

Wakefield Park (the shakedown day)...

More photos to come...

[Bullet32]

A couple more photos of how it looks (and goes) now...

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

cheers man

cage is nearly done and im thinking of respraying the cabin.

been thinking either all white, all black or maybe black with the cage yellow.

i thought that white might be a bit too reflective but there seems to be a lot of race cars with interiors...

Any suggestions?

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

ohh yeah i have a thread in here

not much to update really. i got the cage in, it and the interior are now black.

took it to a SOTS at wakie for some fun (round 1:10s hand timed) i think the coils are sparking out as it would start to miss something bad around 5k.

also ive order some new smaller front spacers in the effort of trying to dial out some camber. after a full day, a hole inch on the out side of the fronts were still clean! spose thats what you get for have the alignment setup for sliding

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

been doing a little bit lately. trying to get the car ready for the SAU V REACT day on the 28th. im excited

shortened the LCAs 20mm to curb some of the ridiculous camber, also splurged and got a wheel alignment too J now running -3.5deg camber all round, 5deg castor, 2mm tow out at the front and 2mm in at the rear

Installed some cool mirrors (cheapies, but i don't care )

mounted my new seat to the floor without rail as my head was being push to one side by the cage padding. Also put the fifth point in for the harness.

Got in some splitfires to replace the f**ked JJR coils. Hopefully these will hast more than a half dozen runs...

neato airbox thing

with guide

bullet32 drew me up a pic that i got made up as a sticker for the wing

hmmm thats all for now i think. cant wait for the 28th

[Ad's]

Been following this on the 31 club. A mate of mine test drove this car with the old 20 in it, he ended up walking away as it was too much of a pig. But you have turned it into something alot better than it was.

Good work champ!

[Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham]

cheers, ive like yours too. the white on white with blue nuts looks freaking awesome.