Adam's R33 Skyrine

[Manuel Kasko]

From start to finish man its been crazy!

So much work!

Good to hear they are going to refund but still leaves you out of pocket for all the time at the tuners.

Think it will make it to EC?

Also are you guys heading to wakefield this weekend for the sunday

[33VOM]

Ferkin finally, good to know its sorted (nearly)

[Run-It-Hard]

From start to finish man its been crazy!

So much work!

Good to hear they are going to refund but still leaves you out of pocket for all the time at the tuners.

Think it will make it to EC?

Also are you guys heading to wakefield this weekend for the sunday

It's been crazy alright! Here I was thinking I'd have a car that wouldn't need many mods for me to enjoy and just get out there and have fun/improve etc...

It has been a massive rollercoaster and now the ride is coming to a stop for a bit, after I've returned this shitty engine.

I've lost out quite a bit from this saga, We've had to tow the car back and forth a few times, extra labour on fixing shit wrong with the engine and buying parts that should have already been in the engine and all that jazzz. But hey it's better then nothing and I'll have the piece of mind that the block won't last on me lol.

No way it'll make EC, new goal is november Matsuri lol

Benny, Jeff and I will be there erm today, only Benny will be out drifting though.

Ferkin finally, good to know its sorted (nearly)

It'll be good to close this chapter, that's for sure!

Edited June 16, 2012 by Run-It-Hard

[Manuel Kasko]

I came and checked out the white run it hard 33

Also met Trevor at the petrol station and they showed me the way to wakefield.

Forgot your mates name he swapped his 33 for the stagea, anyways I had a mad chat with him as well.

[Run-It-Hard]

Got some great news!

This whole ordeal has finally been sorted!!!

Le car is in my garage too, which gives me some motivation to work on it (normally sits on the bottom of the street ... steep driveway, finish work at 7pm etc).

Will do a blog post later tonight with more info, shit was whack to say the least!

[Run-It-Hard]

I came and checked out the white run it hard 33

Also met Trevor at the petrol station and they showed me the way to wakefield.

Forgot your mates name he swapped his 33 for the stagea, anyways I had a mad chat with him as well.

You saw Benny's car? I was there in the black Advan jacket!

Ah, that would be Jeff

[Run-It-Hard]

Last weekend was quite eventful. 9am Saturday morning, the tow track had arrived at my house. The R33 was heading to Dahtone Racing to pull out this dud engine. The reason why we were doing this was because Jo, Alister and I had come to an agreement. I would return the engine for a full refund.

Anthony, Brodie, Paulie, Jeff, Julie and I spent a few hours removing the engine from my Skyline, and stripping it bare … to what Powerplay had supplied me. After that was completed we got the R33 towed back to my house, the towie even managed to get it in my garage!

Sunday was the finale I wasn’t hoping for. Originally I was ment to meet Alister at a mutual location to do the exchange. Just under one hour before we were ment to meet, I received an SMS.

Basically it said something has come up, leave the engine in front of our warehouse on the pallet, and we’ll put the money into your account tomorrow. I let them have it, I was sick of getting f**ked around constantly and to think that I was going to leave the engine unattended for hours on end is just idiotic.

Jo-Anne kept repeating “it’s safe there are security guards and cameras everywhere”, I did a sweep of the whole street and I stayed there for over an hour. I did not see one guard, nor could I find any cameras. I continued on my rampage and told them to organise something else.

Anyway, I suggested for Jeff, Julie and I to drop the engine off at Biggie’s house, and we did just that. We had done everything they asked so now I needed to wait, and hope that they held their word for once. Today around 1pm the funds were in my account! I felt so relieved that all of these bullshit mind games were over. Now everyone involved can just move on and let this go.

Every day I regret that I had chosen Powerplay over Dahtone Racing on getting a “new engine”. Tell you what, this engine I purchased was a bucket of shit, half of the items in it were out of my old one, vital items like idler bolts were bought from Bunnings, f**k they even reused my old head studs!

More-so the way they handled this situation was a complete joke, They had no consideration for what had happened, and their attitude has been appalling. I’m glad that they are moving to another state because I don’t know what I’ll do if I ever saw them walking down the street one day.

So take it from me, once you find a kick ass mechanic, stick to them like glue! If you don’t have a mechanic you trust, then do yourself a favour and head down to Dahtone Racing.

IT's OVER!

[levinboy]

Great result mate!!!

Nice to see you finally got all sorted and you got a full refund

Planning to rebuild a new engine??

[Manuel Kasko]

You saw Benny's car? I was there in the black Advan jacket!

Ah, that would be Jeff

Yeah saw Bennys car.

I was hanging around when he popped the tire off the rim haha

Next time I will have to give you a heads up or get one of the guys to point you out

[Run-It-Hard]

Sounds good mang. Hopefully next time I'll have my car there haha. There haven't been many drift days this year (other than skidpan junk).

[Manuel Kasko]

Yeah true I went up hoping I could hang out at the pits and get a few passenger rides but not many act blokes went up there.

So any updates?

[Run-It-Hard]

fair enough dude, I'll take you for a ride when my car is running

Actually, yes! I just ordered my rear guards

[Marsss]

epic thread is definitely epic!

Can't wait to see the finished product man

[33VOM]

Mate there is more drama here than an episode of days of our lives , Gangsta wheel choice btw

[Run-It-Hard]

Cheers guys, things are looking up now though all that crap is over!

I just won another set of wheels, they are pretty cool ..

Also ordered the first batch of parts for the rebuild, I shall do a proper update soonish!

[Run-It-Hard]

It’s been a while since I posted about the R33, well truth be told not much progress has been made. Every night after work I get into the garage and tinker with one thing or another.

A week ago I started to doubt going ahead with this, basically rebuilding the car again in such a short time frame. I started to lose faith in myself, and I was convinced that the shell was cursed with bad luck. So I started toying with the idea of going back to my roots. Yeah, an MX-5.

So I had a look around, and a car in Queensland caught my attention. I was prepared to throw it all away for this drop top sports car I had just found. But then I started to think long and hard about the future, what I’d be doing to the MX5 and all that jazz. Still my heart was set on this little car and I was adamant upon purchasing it, until the seller knocked back my deposit offer. As someone else from interstate had to get back to him first.

I’m glad in a way that someone else snapped that car up, because I’m focused more than ever to get my Skyline up and running, the way I wanted it from the start.

A bucket-load of parts are currently on order for the new build, so for now I’ve been stripping things that are getting replaced, improved or redesigned.

I’ve got four months to get the car up and running again. The goal is to attend Raceline’s November Matsuri in my own car, which will be just over one year since I’ve driven it last.

There will be plenty of updates coming so stay tuned!

RETRIBUTION

Edited July 12, 2012 by Run-It-Hard

[Manuel Kasko]

Glad you didn't sell it dude!

Keep up the good work.

Can't wait for updates on these new parts

[Run-It-Hard]

As you know, Benny regularly searches for wheels on Yahoo Japan, although he has a stack of wheels, he still does it. You never know what you might come across.

Well last week he happened to find a whole set of Lehrmeisters! He and I were both stunned to say the least! So, as you probably already know, I placed a bid on them, and won.

These are currently 18×9 +35 and 18×10 +35, I’ll probably use the 18×10′s on the front of the car with a spacer, and change the lips on the 9J and 7.5J pairs.

The wheels were listed as “unknown” so I’ve still got no idea on the model name of these wheels.

I wonder if any more will pop up?

A SET OF WIN

[Manuel Kasko]

Fark you guys and your good rims!

[Run-It-Hard]

This weeks wallpaper was taken only a few days ago. As you can see Jeff is going hard, cutting into the front end of the car.

download here