R32 Drift Car Build

[Ke55pig]

Hey

So i thought it was about time i put a build thread up as such on my R32 drift car.

I purchased the vehicle here in Adelaide it was defected for boost controller and to loud.The what i believe now was the smart decision i didnt go about getting it off would of ended me up with no licence.

I picked it up for a bit under $5000 in 2011 had a solid rb20 5 spd in it with

heavy duty clutch

greedy front mount

3" straight through with 2.5" twin drift pipes

Turbo timer

straight all round with no dent was great example.

First time out on the track i went out as is was impressed with how it went but of course it needed coil overs very boat like.

So went out again then had trouble with a single pegging diff and handbrake failing.

Fixed these issue's with some project mu handbrake shoes and got the diff shimmed up.

Car was sweet and very reliable at this stage but decided it could do with some suspension work so over the next couple pracs i purchased all adjustable arms and hd sway bars.

I had the car to the stage were it done what u wanted turned in nice and had got ridden of my understeer issue.

the next stage the car went through was i purchased a HG hiflow turbo and got it tuned down at Jaustech

Although i was now happy with the power i was getting annoyed with how laggy it was also bye this time the clutch had now started slipping.

So the gearbox came off and well it was off for a good 6 months i then came a cross a mate with a rb25 neo forsale for a very reasonable price with 72 though ks i couldnt not take this offer up.

The search came allong to find a gearbox i quickly sourced a low k gearbox out of a r34 a clutch was sourced to suit from npc a sprung button good for 350rwkw.car was then wired up for the neo thanks to simon .Off it went to jaustech for another tune this time with the neo ecu nisstuned

This setup i was impressed with the lag was no longer there it was now responsive and gd to drive.

[Ke55pig]

The dillemas began

3 pracs in none of which the car lasted throughout them due to braking the remaining stock suspension bits coil pack troubles and, then the big downer.

Headed out to the private day car was loving life running awesome was out for about 20 mins come back in for new set of tyres went over it done the basic checks got to the oil it milky shit head gaskets gone that would be right just my luck day over already.

Got the head off with no noticeable spots ok leakage on the head gasket so off it went to Rhemacs for a check over and get it faced,Received a call back from them saying it has corroded through in a spot which is un repairable just what i wanted to hear NOT!!

Search began for a new head bam simon m comes to the rescue again another neo head with some type b poncams

Hmm only a small turbo for the cams,the search began for some more goodies purchased

Genuine Greedy manifold

vh45 throttlebody

Sard 850cc injectors

Genuine Greedy twin feed fuel rail

Sard fuel reg

This had all the intake side sorted thanks to christian/coropral

A NZ steampipe manifold was purchased with a 48mm gate pipe

Tiall 48mm gate

Blitz twin solenoid ebc

I had custom dump pipe made up and some alloy cooler piping made up for flipped cooler.

Its now all together so off it went to Jaustech yet again for another tune and some minor wiring they comp tested with the new head and head gasket 0 comp in cyl 3 yep yet again more troubles this time it clicked ti what happened it was turned of accidently for like a millisecond with out the timing belt on.

Head comes of again of to Rhemacs bent valves so sourced new valves seats had to be redone cleaned it all up a bit with new guides and all that jazz so there went 1500 bucks plus another 1000 odd in taking head off and back on new steel head gasket as well this time with better quality gaskets allround.

Skip all the heart ache and empty wallets the cars finished with the new setup 311rwkw @ 19,5 left it with F all timing as i was sik of forking out cash try to keep it reliable.

[Ke55pig]

The next couple pracs left me with the thought the car is now lacking a couple thing enough grip to handle the power and i wanted more lock

so the rear cradle was swapped out for a s14 item this improved sideways traction quite alot.

Then i installed some jpp modded knuckles and some longer thicker tie rod ends to suit with some 25mm extended lcas aswell.

During this period ive also installed a full cams approved bolt in cage and genuine nardi wheel and short shifter

[Ke55pig]

This will bring up everyone up to current

About 2 pracs in with this setup i noticed the response of this setup went out the window like boost around the 5k mark.I checked over everything and came up with nothing so i went about taking the turbo off and to my horror the rear wheel looks like its been eaten up.

Without the cash to fix it i got to the turbo with some side cutters and got rid of all the daggy bits left on it it was driven like this for probably 4 prac days until this happend out on the skid pan at matsuri more failures.

So matsuri what a fun day well for first 3 hrs car was running on song was really enjoying the day smashed out 4 new pairs of achillies and neutons already went out to finish of me pair of 265 achillies 123s on the skid pan.The adrenalin was pumping using 3rd and baking hard with some friends and famialy watching on i was going hard at it 5k-to limiter for about 3 mins.On last lap before i was going to come in i heard a horrendous bang car come to a stop wouldn't turn over and wouldn't roll start, so clutch went in and was pushed down the line up and left till later in the day while i watched everyone else driving wast going to let it bring me day down.

got back to the car later in the day to load it up noticed oil around the front of the engine at this time im thinking the oil pump has failed.

Before the pull down of the motor i thought at the least it would need new bearings and oil pump. Well nope couldnt be that easy not for me

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The head came of only to find the rod sitting on top of the piston in the cyl some lovely 6mm deep scores in the bore smashed valves heavly smashed valve seats bits of piston ring stuck in the valves, and also some small score in me poncams .So also when we got the sump of we were left with a nice mix of smashed up parts

So now the newest conclusion is that all that time on limiter with the n1 oil pump it has filled the head with oil and left the bottom end dry.

Ive now purchased another 25 neo low k motor out of a awd Stagea The plan on this one is to go with a lewis head drain and gated sump and some oil restrictors to hopefully fix my past oiling issues another metal HG and some new head studs will tune up on e85 and 20 pound

Will update soon cheers for reading

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three words.....

big oil cooler-

[Ke55pig]

Pic of oil cooler on second update above the intercooler ase brand top notch

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I hope its a new one each time between engines....

[Ke55pig]

Yea got that sorted.just hope with everything else now itl be rellyable

[Ke55pig]

Engine bay has been scrubed and clean to remove all the oil n dust which had collected over it when the motor went.

Got ideas will be doing a power steering cooler probably similar to my oil cooler mount it under the intercooler.

Also some thoughts on changing from spitfires to a ls2 coilpack setup.

Aswell of maybe prettying up my surge tank setup to alloy hard line and going twin 044 instead of my current 1 044 and 1 040.

Sadly money is bit of issue at the current moment but trying to get it back out there asap

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... if cash is tight, only spend on things that will make you go faster or handle better or increase safety.

splitfires are more than up to the task, maybe look at the coilpack loom or power supply/earth to the loom.

[Ke55pig]

I haven't had trouble with the spitfires with 98 but heard people have had trouble with e85 and 19 psi >

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that's BS most of the time.... often people convince them self that they're better because they're cheaper. I'd say they are a stronger spark, but not by much and alot of fing around. stick with the splifires untill there is an issue.

i've always had splitfires in all of my rb's... 250-400+ rwkw never had spark issues that were coil related.

clean and insulate the boots, re-gap to .8mm, clean your contacts, run better earth and power to the loom.

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... spend the money on an accusump.

[Ke55pig]

I've seen them haven't really done enough research on them its like emergency oiling hey

[Ke55pig]

so have done a bit of research most people dont use a accusump if they have a well setup gated sump which is what ill be using so i dont think ill be needing one

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just trying to emphasis purchasing something that you'll get your money's worth out of.

The biggest weak link for any rb drifting is going to be oil pump gears....

My suggestions for oil control would be to either buy a nitto oil pump or remax gears in an N1 housing. I wouldn't bother with the oil return in the back of the head, especially with a later rb25. Buy rb26 cam baffles and rocker covers. Go conservative with oil restrictors depending what pump you use. Any extra capacity and pick up baffling is good.

An accusump isn't 'emergency' oiling, it's an oil pressure accumulator. It'll maintain pressure even if the pickup gets starved momentarily. I rate them for a drift car or anything changing direction quickly.

Cheers

J.

[Ke55pig]

Well its been awhile since i have posted in here there has been minimal progress with the car over the last 5 months. But it is all go again Will be getting budget built setup for the start of next year eg no metal hg and cams wont be going back in will b stock motor with all my boltons and e85 with low boost 17-18 ish just to get it on track start of next year.

[Ke55pig]

Well Alot has happend in the last couple month that put this way behind but today i got the result i wanted and still not on e85

[Ke55pig]

Will update with new streetcar build thread car blown gearbox and diff so has been reshelled in to a st car with all the good bits in it soon to be on the st of adelaide