Ev's - R32 Gtr - Targa/sprint/hill Climb Build

[355GTS]

Damn this thing looks good, great work, keep it up

I will try to keep it going, but cash is now running out. I now know what "R32 money pit" means...

She will be going to the track in November but it will be with a stock engine & drive train. These works will have to be carried over to the future stage 2 works.

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I purchased a second hand set of BOVs from one of the SAU members and these will be fitted returning the cars BOV setup to stock.

RPM tell me that stock is the best setup and to dump the "trumpet" BOV setup.

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RPM Custom Exhaust going in:

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[Waxhead]

Awesome exhaust. I got one too. Nice and quiet, but flows really well. Great build thread !!

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Not long to go until stage 1 finished.

Plan to take the car to Lake Mountain in Nov. I have it entered so fingers crossed it gets out of the work shop.

Being an R32 its turning into a true money pit.......4wd fault lights, ABS fault lights......$$$$,,,,,more $$$$

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Brake Kit QUESTION?????

I have Rays TE37 18x10 wheels. What is the biggest AP racing rotor I can fit?

According to some of the forums you can go up to 380mm rotor with TE37s.....

When I rang the ebay guy selling the AP racing kit he told me only 356mm rotor will fit the 18 inch rim.

Conflicting stories.....does anyone have the same TE37 rims and 378mm fitted?

taa

[Roy]

You have a few options. Assuming you are running an AP 6 pot from the 5000 series then you will be fine with up to a 380mm rotor. I would personally try and run something thicker than 32mm if you are going to be doing a dedicated targa car where you dont have the time to even detect, handle and live with any brake fade.

So depending what you are looking to do you can go for a setup you can either try and grab some R35 rotors and hats. You can grab some V8 Supercar rotors and get hats made up to suit a caliper of your chosing. Stoptech do a 380x35mm

But generally I would be looking at an AP or Alcon caliper that will do a 376-380mm with a thickness of 34-35.5mm. Inside a TE37 they will fit fine and still have clearance for rocks etc

[355GTS]

Thanks Roy. that is really helpful. I will start looking for the bigger stuff today and see what I can find.

[355GTS]

just found a set of AP 378mm x 36mm with 6 pots on ebay. Will go for these I think.

[355GTS]

Hey Roy, one more for you. I have been told that I need to purchase an R34 brake master cylinder for this big brake upgrade. Will simply replacing the master cylinder do or do I need the R34 brake booster as well?

[sycorb]

i got 380mm alcons on my car running te37sl and enkei's

[355GTS]

i got 380mm alcons on my car running te37sl and enkei's

thats great to know. I am heading down the AP 378mm with 36mm width road. What are "enkei's"

cheers.

[Roy]

The whole brake master cylinder thing is not that big a deal if you have ABS. Depends on what you are running now and which AP caliper it is you are buying. You have done well to find an AP kit for a GTR with that sized rotor as they are normally custom and not off the shelf AP with that rotor size

[sav man]

You should ditch the booster, you will get much better brake feel. And you will need to run a R33/R34 Master Cylinder, the big rotors will give you a fair wack of pad knock off, and when your at the bottom of the mountain decent, it's nicer just to have to tap the brake pedal once to bring the pads back.

[Roy]

You sometimes get pad knock off on some kits but its definitely not the norm. I have never driven a Skyline without the booster so cant comment on that but the Catherham, friends App J Historic Touring car all felt great without a master. But they are light cars with little tyres, ;little horsepower with little in the way of braking capacity. Be interested to see how a Skyline feels in contrast, if it feels the same then great....at the end of the day if its a Targa car with ABS I say dont stress there are other things more important to mess with like suspension to get the car to stop

[sycorb]

thats great to know. I am heading down the AP 378mm with 36mm width road. What are "enkei's"

cheers.

rpf1 18x10.5+15,te37sl 18x10+20 did have to do i little grinding of the allen key head of bolt nothing major

hope that helps