My Project :)

[welsh bob]

Hi guys and girls My name is Bob im from sunny South Wales
in Cardiff i drive a 1996 N plate spec 2 r33 gtst my story so far

25/10/2011 is the date I picked her up at a very very low
price of £2353 didn’t see the car as it was a few hundred miles decided to take
a chance and bid on eBay at the very last second and won so the next day I
hired a van and a trailer and told the mrs if it was a crap one we just leave
it there but fair play we got there and I was amazed at what I brought paid the
man there and then she had 318bhp
with only a hand full of mods nismo bodykit,alloys,boost controller, dump
valve, fuel pump, coil overs well enough talk here’s the beastie on the way
home from where we got it 2 hours to get there and 5 hours back with the stress
of towing this and stopping to check she was still strapped down well enough
talk here’s the pics

[welsh bob]

got her unloaded that night took the van and trailer back
then I started prodding as she was going to be on my drive until my insurance
was up for renewal. Found a goody underneath the seat a greddy ecu. Engine bay
started tiding up lots of bling now also relocated the boost controllers in the
dash also installed a gps system so I don’t have to take my satnav every where I
go also I have replaced all the bulbs and I know they are all working got a few
more things to do to her before she’s going back on the road any way here’s the
pics so far

Did a really stupid thing next and got stainless rad
brackets all looked amazing but 1 of the old bolts decided to snap and with out
me thinking I drilled out the snapped bolt hitting the loom underneath the
panel bugger ! Swore lots got on the phone managed to get a loom so I could see
what it was I drilled through L. Phone up lots of auto sparkies they wouldn’t help
bugger ! Next was rip out the damaged wires and re solder or replace what it
was I drilled through and guess what all the panic and it was just the reverse
light switch that goes to the gear box phew

And this is the fixed rad bracket you can see the bolt I
replaced

[welsh bob]

lots more done I managed to get a veilside spoiler at a

bargain price of £80 as the nuts and bolts were seized sorted those out with

aid of old nuts and my welder now at the spray shop Lots of stainless and

chrome is now under the engine bay needs 1 last polish to remove the water /

finger marks here’s before and after pics tho the polished looks dull in the

pics as it was a cold morning and they mist up but trust me these things are

mirrored polished

Before lots of Poo and dirt

After lots of shiny bits and bobs

Also found more goodies installed for more power when I took

the engine covers apart for polishing splitfire coil packs

Had a spare half a hour today so gave her another polish and

got rid of the finger marks the shine is unreal

she’s now fully armed with a cat 1 alarm and immobilizer boost and volt

gauges are now all working new veilside spoiler has been sent to the paint shop

mod list now stands at the following

BC Suspension with adjustable height and dampness

Nismo Smoked Indicators

Stainless steel engine covers

Custom made bottle tops with skyline lazed out

HKS Air filter

Blitz supersonic dump Valve

Greddy trust exhaust system

Greddy trust intercooler

Greddy emanage piggy back ecu

Kakimoto alloy Wheels

Uras rear bumper

Splitfire coil packs

Blitz sbc-id boost controller with fuel mapping system

Metal headgasket

Front splitter

Stainless steel rad brackets

Chrome dipped Cam cover

Polished rocker covers

Custom grille

Split fire coil packs

GTR Speedo gauge

GTST Leather handbrake and shifter covers

Short shifter

Boost Timer

Delimited and converted to mph

Sunpro volt and boost gauges

Razo pedals

Massive drift rev counter

[welsh bob]

Next I got the
spoiler back from the body shop at 8.30am yesterday so after a hour or so I got
bored and started to take off the standard rear spoiler now running bareback

Plugged up the
holes left in the boot and hopefully when it stops raining I can fit the new
spoiler

the veilside
spoiler its was in bad shape when I tried to take it apart the screws were all
rounded off and seized solid so I had no option to weld on a nut carefully not
to damage to much of the fiber glass that didn’t work in the end my trusty dremel
was to save the day as I grounded the heads off the screws once it was all
apart the damage the screws caused ripped holes in to the spoiler blade I
managed to cheat for the bolt holes I used a fiber filler first drilled a 10mm
hole and took a trip to wickes and found a drywall bolt thingy witch opens up
as the bolt tightens like a rawl plug to make a very strong anchor for the
bolts this is how she stands now not to worried about it now its strong as hell
that fiber filler and the bolts work wonders again just got to flat her down
for its next stage

Side 1

Side 2

Down the blade

just finished the
rubbing down to get rid of the runs the house is now a tip lol but all the
white marks are where the runs were must of been painted by a blind person
lol

made the most of
these past few days of heat and I managed to bond and bolt the spoiler on all
that’s left is a few more days to fit the spoiler blade once its all ready

[welsh bob]

well good news
the spoiler blade is now complete and ready to go on thanks to my mate Paul its
to fiddly for my ogre size hands lol

my original idea
of mounting this spoiler didn’t work so in the end I ended up using spring
toggle bolts but had to modify them to get it them to work my trusty bench
grinder done the trick

Here I am
drilling the holes and line every thing up

This is what she
will look like

One side all done
now for the other

Job complete

well had a nice
day out with the skyline yesterday too see my sister amazing to drive fair play
but hard to keep to the speed limits lol pulled over for a ciggie and to take a
few pics now my sisters husband has got a 3.0 litre supra automatic took him
out in the skyline he loved it and now wants a skyline lol any way here’s a few
pics sorry about the bird crap near the headlight

So much again has
happened some good some bad some dam right pain in the arse lol

The good:

Had my lights
tinted with the orange indicators/fog lights and the head lights did my head in
also installed hid headlights and led sidelights pics of headlights

Lights not
switched on in these pics

More good: went
out for a few pics

Now the bad:

after driving up
the mountain we heard a hissing sound thought I had a puncture but no turned
out the car decided to pee its water every where from some hidden pipes topped
up with water took it to the nearest petrol station filled it up with water
again but this time she would pee it out so fast I knew it was the day done
lucky I got breakdown cover on her

Now the pain in
the ass

Stripped out all
the hoses out of the car turns out its the water hose that supplies the heater in
car had a pin hole in it with age I thought to myself it wouldn’t loose that
much water with a pin hole connected a hose on low power to the rad and found
out there was another leak this time on my turbo water feed the pipe has
complety rotted away the skyline has done very little mileage in her life time
the water in the pipes have rotted every thing by the looks of it

The costly or not
as the case was:

turns out the
standard pipes what I need are £40 for second hand ones from the same age
skyline I decided new was the only safe option samco and sfs kits are on the
shelf for what I need at a total cost of £300 OUCH managed to take what I need the
from Japan delivered to my door for £140 so im now awaiting my parcel from Japan
to get her back on to the roads

[welsh bob]

you may of seen
in another post I had a water leak found the biggest problem being the turbo
water feed pipe was split in half also I had a pin hole on one of the pipes but
stripping her down the plastic connecters cracked and were in hell of a state
really brown and yucky lol just waiting for the hoses to come from Japan had a
amazing deal for the kit over half price than a uk kit here’s a pic of the
water feed pipe there’s a hose that attaches to the end of this it cant be any
more than 4 inches long that’s all the trouble was

Got these finally
in the post nice samco hoses

Hoses fitted
still got one or 2 left to also polished and cleaned the car today ready for
japfest

Car has been
treated to the following in this order

prewash

Shampoo

tcut

polish

dodo juice wax

Glass cleaner

Engine bay polish

Interior shine

well update again
few pics of the car at japfest wont bore you with hundreds of pics just a few
of the best ones of my car even a few on the track

[welsh bob]

Car seemed to be holding
back at certain revs turns out the stock boost controller was still wired
plumed in binned that and now she’s much much better and boost turned up at max
for the stock turbo

Also binned the standard
dump valve for the blitz one

More to come

with the nice
weather I started to seal my leaky boot stripped out the old sealant and
resealed with tiger seal also found out my rear lights are missing some bolts
snapped off that’s another part of the leak and why the lights filled up with
water so replacement ones ordered here’s a few pics of the tiger seal witch set
in 20mins with the heat today

I painted the
tiger seal with a small paint brush doesn’t look to bad until I get it done by
a sprayer most of my engine bay pipe work have been transformed now only a few
more to replace also changed the sparkplugs to ngk and she seems to be getting
better also carbon wrapped my rear panel for me so put a neon tube inside and
bobs your uncle got a light up rear sign also those who went to japfest will
remember me buying led bulbs for my rear number plate take a look how bright
they are oh and I fitted a massive bosh battery (HSB075) now as well

[welsh bob]

I sold my front
bumper. Saw a big deal on eBay for a do-luck front bumper with a fitment issue.
Got convinced to take a chance with it and well after a few hours looks like
its going to fit ok! All the fitment issue was the standard bumper brace bar
which I thought I would have to cut anyway. Pics as follows

All marked out
where I had to cut with my angle grinder, I was pooping myself at this point.
Also with front bumper off I noticed I have a trust greddy intercooler.

Most of it cut
out just a little tidy up

Cut out done now
weighs slightly less

Lost daylight but
this is what I have ended up with. All I got to do is drill holes to mount to
the wings and underneath the grill. I'm not looking forward to that

Best of all it
cost me £85 plus £15 postage

ordered a grill
from knight racer but wasn’t happy with it so got a refund with it and will
sling it in the bin never mind any how this is the bumper fitted as it stands
at the moment bare in mind it said fitment issues it does need slight
adjustment nothing major tho I couldn’t stomach drill a new bumper so custom
finishes got it on for me also front indicators installed smoked rover 25
wing ones al that’s left to do is a little bit of filler work and away for
painting

back from the
paint shop and omg what a difference all I got to do now grill needs adjusting
to fit also indicators are working now with a little help from a resister on
each one I think the bumper matches the style of the side skirts well what do
you all think ?

Well all done now
still unsure on the grill it is a gtr style one first pic I will show you I
love it. But second one I will show you im not too keen on it and the 3rd pic I
love it again opinions? Also silver sun strip has been replaced with a tint
from all blacked out as I couldn’t see through the silver one what do you think
on that as well?

I love the grill

im not to sure on
the grill

I love it again

[welsh bob]

I knew the grill
wasn’t sitting right as the bolts near the bonnet catch were pulling down the
bumper too much I ended up using the same bolts but quite thick washers between the bumper and
the support panel this is what I got also bonded the grill on now using a small
amount of tiger seal and left it over night I think job done looks much better

Thought a coil
pack was dead turns out the last owner buggered up the thread on a spark plug
hole all this time and problem solved no more misfire for me

my hid head light
have been a concern for me as they looked a nice shade of blue but were a
bugger to drive with in the wet and dangerous so what i done to day is got a
new set of hid 4300k headlights with stainless steel ballasts (more bling to be
polished) and I put the 6000k I had in to the full beam so now I have 4 hid
light on the front of the car

Pics

This shows new
headlights 4300k hid compared to the old 6000k hid much better

This shows full
beam

also my rear panel
has been doing my head in as I used a neon tube first time round and was
slightly short so half of the s and e were missing when side lights were on so I
changed the neon to a set of leds and installed them along with red sticky back
film to make the light more equal much better

Pics

This shows what I
did with the leds

This shows the
rear panel with camera flash

xmas was here
decided to treat the car for its years birthday of being with me and ordered a
carbon fiber bonnet thanks to auto extreme cant fault these guys will be
fitting in the next couple of days thanks again Wayne from auto extreme you
know how to make a man happy

Here are the pics

Whets in the box?

Side open

Bubble wrap off

Out she comes

Close up

Am I happy?

took 2 of us 20
mins to get old bonnet off and new bonnet on and fitting nicely was going to do
the catches but started raining again so I decided to leave it for another day
pics as follows slandered bonnet is
really heavy new one is so light its unreal so all that’s lest to do is fit
aerocatches and fit washer jets job done then fitted no problem at all and
better still makes the grill look perfect so its staying

Decided today
that I had enough balls to start fitting the aerocatches god I hated cutting a
carbon bonnet

I must of aged 20
years doing this lol

Nothing major
really first side cut out now lost light so tomorrow will do the other side and
bolt the catches up

other side done
and all fitted I ended up reinforcing catches using a high strength bold sealer
same stuff that’s holding my spoiler base to the boot so mega strong sorry for the crappy night pics will get
better ones when I clean all the dust of her

I was going to
wash the car before work over slept and the rain washed most of the dust away here’s
the day time pics

next on the list
was a oil change I have had the car on the road now for a year so decided it
was time to do this didn’t realize how much she needed it how dirty the old oil
was got the oil filter from Andy at S.P.A oil Found in my local asda store was
a offer on castrol gtx oil £20 for 4 liters so got 2 of these and the left over
is to share for the skyline top ups and my Mrs. car nothing else exciting yet
pic of old oil

Will drop the
castrol out of her in a few weeks to use some higher grade racing oil

update today I
got myself a set of gtr seats so out with the old in with the new my camera
makes out that they are dirty but they are not the seats are suede and have
different shades of colors when touched bloody hell they are so comfy was a
nice drive home with them well worth the price tag of £700

These out

These in

DAY TIME PICS

That’s my story
complete for now deffo skint now tho opps lol what do you all think?

[Got a Pulsar]

A whale with a Whale Tail, from Wales...

Priceless.

Bob. onyamate.

[welsh bob]

lol cheers matey

[welsh bob]

well solved a issue i had with a cylinder dropping out when starting from hot turns out it was the loom to the injector was shot so replace that next if i can get my shrek sized hands in there any good how tos ? also had the spoiler hydro dipped in carbon as the wrap didn't look real this is amazing now best of all the place is about 20 mins from my house so will be getting more stuff done pics to follow

and how it all looks together

[welsh bob]

well decided to rip the air con out took 3 hours with tea breaks all i got left to remove is the part under the glove box every thing else has been removed also removed all the sticky sound deadning in the boot i will weigh every thing and see how much weight i have saved

well heres a pic of all the stuff removed all thats left is the part under the glove box

weighed the stuff that came off the sounddeadning and aircon so far 2.475 stone which is 15.7kg

not a bad weight saved for some thing i dont use

more progress today once i got all the tar sound deadening of i painted the boot to stop it rusting

also i took off the stickers from my rear windows they were annoying me i much prefer a clean look

under the bonnet different story also i had the ones from my member pack you can see the much more room i have made by throwing the air con out

the last thing i did was relocate my stereo as it was sitting out too far and tidied up the mess behind this

all the cables i removed. In japan i bet my car was a alien hunter or some thing lol this crap didn't work so pulled it all out

one last job i did was change my brake stopper i had the nut the other end (closer to the servo) but after looking at other peoples mine was wrong so did that as well

[welsh bob]

well been thinking about my splitfire coil packs now its a shame to hide them in a cover but its good to keep the water out so decided to use perspex hope it can cope with the heat i wonder how hot it gets in there ? perspex becomes soft at 150C. But it starts to burn at around 160-165C and ifor water protection i used instant gasket in blue looks good tho what do you think ?

and my hands after changing the coil pack loom

and a little vid of first turn over after replacing the loom

That’s my story complete for now deffo skint now tho opps lol what do you all think?

[welsh bob]

good news spark plug cover is still good so its ok in the heat

Next decided to bin the rear wiper I have never liked it as it ruins the lines of the car

Also I have never used it and I can honestly say I cant see any thing out of my rear window due to the spoiler

Gone now 

Better lines on the car now

Now blanked off using a sample bung I ordered from a website and washer jet blanked by a screw cap

i Love dubstep so decided to make a little vid enjoy

well few more updates had my front bumper redone with a better body shop its no stable looking much much better grill sitting better and looking overall amazing now on the way home had a misshap with a kerb and my side skirt the kerb won so back down the body shop took the skirt off to find they are genuine greddy trust side skirts seem so rare i cant find any for sale any where to check prices of them so i decided to keep them and get the one repaired you can see the damage done on the pics

damage to skirt

trust greddy badge on rear of skirt

how the car looks now

pics of the reworked bumper = much better what do you all think ? all i gotta do is wash and polish the car and refit the sideskirt when i get time

bumper off again

[welsh bob]

more crap removed

jack holder

blow off pipe was blanked off so removed along with stereo cage

rest of the aircon (stuff under glovebox)

[welsh bob]

well a new walbro fuel pump now installed along with a new lambda sensor will finnish these off with a uprated fuel filter now and direct feed to the fuel pump so it can run better

haha think i have solved the flat battery issue since i brought the car battery only lasted 2 days brought a bigger bosh one it lats about 5 days before going flat changed the lambda sensor 2 weeks ago and went to start the car with me thinking i better get my jump leads and it fired like it just been run maybe as the old lamba had bits of metal coming out of it was causing a short and draining the battery as this is the only thing i have changed recently and like i said battery has been perfect YAY is this possible ??

next on the list hicas bar found some old car paint in the garage decided to paint it before i fit it didnt come out too bad considering i had to modifiy a 4 inch paint brush lol and car paint lol

managed to get the hicas unit off lots of swearing , hammers and ever a grinder to help lol but got there and replaced with the lock out bar

well took the car to be laser tracked today 4 wheel laser tracking done look at all the reds before and now car is a dream to drive the guy who did it said all 4 wheels were fighting each other and pulling every where oh dear lol and after adjustment he said i need adjustable camber arms now for the rear to make it spot on but no rush really as its a million times better thanks for coming along and taking me to the garage nitros and to celebrate a job well done met up with auto extreme for a catch up

decided to give the walbro fuel pump the 14 volt mod a try amazing difference fair play all flat spots seem to have gone car does seem to have more pick up and go and now its one less thing to do for the bigger turbo didn't take too long about a hour or so to make the wiring up and install it in the car also grounded the fuel pump as well dead easy to do just take your time and double check every thing

put relay here

neat as i could get it for today

also took the hicas wires from underneath and put the here cant see them now just need another 10 mins or so to make every thing look dead neat

[welsh bob]

Racing clutch ordered from ac competition its 6puck iron and carbon it can handle 740bhp it needs 500 miles to bed in tho not sure how to bed it in ?

This assembly features our advanced hybrid iron and carbon friction material riveted to our high torque disc assembly in a six puck style. The IronMan provides outstanding stability, smooth engagement, and less wear on opposing surfaces

The 1680 Series kit includes a performance pressure plate, a six puck high torque sprung disc with Iron/Carbon buttons, all applicable bearings, and the appropriate alignment tool.

fog light binned and put inside the drivers rear light where the reverse light was much neater than a bloody big foglamp hanging off the car

took the car with a few mates to a local place for some photos we found a nice pub in brecon had a shandy and had lots of people staring and taking pics and vids lol

also went to japfest 2 show was a bit crappy but still managed to have fun best pics i got sent to me were these

[welsh bob]

More updates

had a mini photoshoot done i love the pics fair play

Racing clutch ordered from ebay brand new in packets and had it at a bargain price as well happy days

its iron and carbon it can handle 740bhp it needs 500 miles to bed in tho price should of been around the £600 mark

This assembly features our advanced hybrid iron and carbon friction material riveted to our high torque disc assembly in a six puck style. The IronMan provides outstanding stability, smooth engagement, and less wear on opposing surfaces

The 1680 Series kit includes a performance pressure plate, a six puck high torque sprung disc with Iron/Carbon buttons, all applicable bearings, and the appropriate alignment tool.

i paid £200 delivered for it brand new in the box gotta love ebay

fog light binned and put inside the drivers rear light where the reverse light was much neater than a bloody big foglamp hanging off the car

time for a update again took the the dash out and gave it a lick of paint while it was out i managed to sort out my blitz meters and replaced the bulbs with white smd units

also took a pic of the fog light in the night much better now used a led bulb so its not red in the lens

decided i was going to treat the car again got a engine damper from auto extreme people say they are a pig to do but got it done less than a hour and even had a cuppa while doing it dead easy to do

job done also treated myself to a braided clutch line ready for when i fit the clutch cant go wrong with fitting a new line and a braided one at that

had a blast today with tancho tuning thanks to fred and his amazing staff my carbon fibre clutch is installed got to say the clutch feels not far off standard no muscles needed to push i only stalled once with it lol needs revs to pull off at lights otherwise she shakes lol the instructions say a 500mile bed in period but so far so good dead happy with it

old clutch

[Sinista32]

Dedicated. good stuff.

Mostly cosmetic - any plans to upgrade turbo, fuel system, ECU etc..?

Not sure about your FMIC.

Personally I like it when they cover the entire front bar grill area.