My R32 4 Door Track/street Car

[sean133]

hey guys thought id throw up a quick rundown of my car and also my plans for the future of it.

will try to keep it short and simple.

owned this white r32 4 door for about 7 months now i think.

got it for an okay price, $4900

200000k's and a bit of rust here n there was the only let down, didnt bother me as i had plans for it

came with the following -

rb20

gtr BMC

superspark coilpacks

3 inch turbo back exhaust

greddy fmic

walbro fuel pump

52mm rad

front and rear cusco braces

tein coilovers

slotted front rotors green stuff pads

sp1 professors 17'

alpine type s splits pioneer 4 ways

greddy boost gauge

few pics

decided i wanted to make it clean

so i fixed heaps of stuff,

-new battery, battery clamp

-rb20 turbo went so i threw on a 25 turbo i had lying round, braided lines too.

-replaced a few missing dash vents, replaced a broken rear light

-bought a gtr wing and vanquish roof wing for it, but ditched the gtr wing soon after, didnt suite.

-bought a genuine n1 gtr front bar and smoked indicators, painted it, looked awesome.

-threw in a new boost gauge (greddy one didnt work)

-threw in a new climate control unit (old one didnt work)

-new pioneer head unit

-welded spoiler holes, primed and sprayed the whole boot

-installed some isc 52mm gauges , water temp, oil temp and oil pressure. oil ones still not wired up

-new o2 sensor

-new cam seals

-serviced

-sold the ssr's and ran it on stock r33 wheels for awhile until i buy something new

few pics to show

made it neat, did some cruises, hills runs all the time etc. loved it

impulse entered matsuri (ive never drifted before) because it basically was awesome to watch last time at mallala.

also entered a drift prac soon after

this is when it turned into a bit of a pig.

the damage,

tyre stacks to all corners

snapped speedo cable

broken exhaust

broken rear bar

but a whole lot of fun!

car felt fast enough, i run it on about 10 psi with the 25 turbo . everything else is stock

but it didnt handle well

so i started buying some parts and working on it after november drift prac and its sat in my shed since about a week ago when i put rego on it

-i bought a brand new 42mm asi radiator, and a gktech clutch fan with RB adaptor. temps were soooo good after this.

-bought a new speedo cable and replaced that

-made some straight pipes (for track use only) sounds insane!

- put a titanium screamer on but soon took it off after because basically, theyre crap.

- nardi steering wheel

-handbrake button

-catch can

-shimmed my diff with a 1.37 shim

-installed a hydro handbrake

-isc hicas lock bar, new tie rods, and new tie rod ends on the front. completely deleted hicas, solenoids in the engine bay, all the lines, the lot.

- steering lock spacers (12mm)

- RB25 gearbox (came off a r33 i wrecked)

-gktech castor arms and aluminium steering shaft spacer

-coolant hose with temp sensor

-genuine takata harness

-bought a go pro hero 3+

-made a decat pipe

also nearly put a rb25 in it at one stage, but i am staying faithful to the rb20... for now

few pics

so at the moment i have just finished the hydro handbrake install, bled it today.

castor arms are on order, then its wheel alignment and out to the track again!

aiming for a feb/march drift prac

up to date spec list is as follows

-gtr bmc

-hks pod/airbox

-3 inch exhaust / spare straight pipes for the track

-greddy fmic

-walbro fuel pump

-superspark coilpacks

-42mm rad, gktech fan

-cusco braces

-tein coilovers

-slotted rotors green stuff pads

-r33 stockies, stagea stockies, about 10 spare r16 tyres

-catch can

-roof spoiler

-isc gauges

-shimmed diff

-hydro handbrake

-hicas lock bar

-lock spacers

-nardi wheel

Plans for the car !!

GTR front seats

drag wing

dmax roof spoiler

gtr bonnet

r33 LCAS, move steering rack forward to suite

bolt in half cage

castor arms

gtr front guards,

widebody rear

full respray ( done by me )

non hicas rear subframe, solid bushes

kaaz/nismo 2 way

and when its a full time track car no rego

fully strip interior minus front door trims, dash.

full cage

paint interior

relocate battery to behind drivers seat

harness installed

paint engine bay,

relocate fuse box and all boxes etc to behind dash.

completely strip wiring, back to a bare shell.

run a painless wiring kit

fuel cell in the boot

thanks for reading

will update regularly with many more pictures.

[Willis]

I like it!

Quite funny how at the start "I wanted to make it clean"

Goes drifting.. Now she's a drift pig

Looks like a bucket of fun.

Had a chance to test out the shimming of the diff yet? I'll be giving either that a go or welding mine in a few months

[On Edge]

Good stuff Sean good luck with it all!!!

[sean133]

I like it!

Quite funny how at the start "I wanted to make it clean"

Goes drifting.. Now she's a drift pig

Looks like a bucket of fun.

Had a chance to test out the shimming of the diff yet? I'll be giving either that a go or welding mine in a few months

yeah i know haha but i swear theres no such thing as a neat gtst , one day i want to own another r32 gtr again. my old one was too perfect.

i originally welded a r33 diff to go in, but bailed in the end, still have it as a backup diff.

but the shimmed locks up well, it loosens up a bit after time , so a welded is prefered if you want it to be predictable every time. but i think the shim is predictable enough. maybe every 6 months or so ill chuck a fresh shim in there.

Good stuff Sean good luck with it all!!!

cheers man, hope your car is going ok??

[sean133]

few more pics and slight update

got a set of 32 gtrs for skidders

good sizes, light, fit a lot of sizes of tyres, perfect, chasing another set too

bought another rb20

dissassembled it today

sending it off to lewis engines for block machining and head work, crack testing chemical wash etc.

also cleaned the rb25 box today, so good working with parts that are so clean!

big plans for this car once the motor is built, a big make over is in the works

[sean133]

feb drift prac few pics

car performed flawlessly as usual

diff was awesome

[sean133]

[sean133]

spent about 15 hours this weekend cleaning and preparing the engine bay.

a lot of time involved but it paid off in the end.

fuse box is now behind the cd player and easily accessible. i didnt even have to cut any wires to move it

relocated a few other random boxes behind the dash too. again easily accessible.

fitted a solid steering shaft spacer.

ordered a HEL abs delete kit, so i stripped the abs out.

entire front end was stripped bare, degreased, pressure cleaned, sanded and then primed.

threw in the motor last thing while i give the primer a few days to dry, so i can dummy up a new PS reservoir mount and lines, run new vac lines, wiring etc.

while the primer is drying i need to re wire about 10 plugs in total i think, which will be run through the guard, eliminating electrical issues if i get a hit on the front guard.

i also re did my cam cover seals (leaking)

fitted my rb25 gearbox with new thrust bearing.

drilled out a snapped turbo stud

looped heater lines, replaced all hoses with new clamps etc.

few pics

more soon, for now, i need a beer, or 7

before

after

[wild31]

Awesome stuff!

[sean133]

Thanks buddy

[Calsonic14U]

Nice build mate. Soon enough it will have a full cage, cable ties everywhere and different coloured panels. Interesting to see what your going to do with the motor. My track car has the 20 with a 25 turbo. Love the combo

[sean133]

yeah probably haha.

is yours the blue one with 4 stud ? gtr wing ssr's etc.

halfway through engine bay first coat of paint

bayside blue mmmmmmm best colour

[sean133]

paint came up sooooo nice! 3 coats of bayside blue down and 9 coats of clear

so smooth, dropping tools dont damage it, it doesnt peel, its baked on nicely.

now i have the confidence to do the whole car

so started putting stuff back together. new fuel filter, lines and hose clamps.

HEL braided clutch line

HEL abs delete kit

wiring is gonna be fun ....... not

[gtr judd]

Looks awesome. Kudos on the colour choice too

[sean133]

Cheers man. Can't go wrong with bayside blue! Best colour

[Mohsen]

f**k yeah!

[sean133]

fk this car!

nah , shes ok sometimes

everytime i go to finish off the car with fluids, something goes wrong

filled ps reservoir,a hicas line split

filled and did a brake bleed

brake line split

filled clutch line and bled clutch, slave cylinder is seized so car wouldnt move

filled coolant and did a coolant flush, thermostat opens, water pump spews it all out !

i have a new oem slave coming monday,

need to source a water pump too

but heres some pics and stuff to update it all

full front end re wire

fuse box behind dash

rb25 gearbox in, tailshaft done

interior back together

abs brake lines ran through firewall

also, began cage

[sean133]

[Bushy]

Done an awesome job mate, well done!

[sean133]

Cheers man