The Little R32 That Could...

[slipn]

Nice R32 and a great build what boost are you runing at the moment.

Running 13 psi. It drops back to about 10 at high revs, I guess this cause of the stock turbo, you do notice it a bit and really have to shift earlier to get solid power.

[slipn]

Just a quick update.
The R32 has been packed away in my garage for the next few months as I will be away in Norway with my Fiancee visiting her family.

Oh an I will be going to a little festival known as Gatebil.....
Full writeup coming soon.

[Manuel Kasko]

Looking forward to the write up

[gtr jet]

Mo too. Farkin love Gatebil!

[slipn]

Ok instead of throwing up all the pics of Gatebil in this thread I created a new thread in the motorsport section.

Check it out here GATEBIL 2014

[slipn]

Well I am back home now after 2 months of chilling and going broke in Norway so I can continue with the updates.

The day I arrived home I could not believe it but the car started first go!! I had disconnected the battery and luckily it is brand new. I took it for a drive and all seemed to be ok.

The next day however.....



The water line that runs next to the exhaust manifold and around the back of the block had hardened and totally split dumping all the coolant on my garage floor.
Thankfully I had the day off and I got some water hose and fixed it. Was lucky I had the day off cause the next day was another Slidewize Skidpan day up at Gympie.

Car was amazing this day and I put it all down to running the 17" rims and new tyres, It totally changed the car, so much grip and much more controllable at the limit. I never will run worn down tyres for driving events again, they were the reason the car was understeering so much last time.
Not sure if it was going to so many drifting events while in Norway but if feels like I am getting better and can pretty much link all the different tracks they had setup on the day... MAybe time to try it on dry tarmac?

[#skyginer]

Nice car man, Did u notice any difference using the gk tech solid shifter bush?

[slipn]

Nice car man, Did u notice any difference using the gk tech solid shifter bush?

Almost no difference at all.. Honestly I did not notice any change

[slipn]

Car is in getting painted right now

Following is going down:

OEM rear bumper getting put on with GTR Pods. (Old fibreglass bar was filled with bog and cracks)
Front bar getting resprayed
Roof Spoiler

Took the old bar off and noticed that whoever put that vertex bar on has angle grinded off the rear tow hooks to make it fit... This sucks because I think they are one of the defining looks of the R32, makes it look more race car!!
So I found a wrecked one and cut them off and getting them welded on.

Hopefully get it back this week.

Also chasing GTR front guards and bonnet if anyone knows of some up for sale...


And in super fun happy amazing exciting news......
I ordered this from Japan!



Nismo GT LSD PRO!!
Without a doubt the most expensive thing I have bought yet but from speaking to plenty of guys and considering this car is street driven and I just do wet skid pan days I have been told this is the best upgrade for the money.
I am sure the old one is worn too and lost any of its "limited slip function" 200,000 kms and and more than factory power will probably do that.
So pumped to get it in the car!!

Can anyone recommend a good diff oil to use with it?

[slipn]

Sneaky shot of how it is looking now... Could not be happier.
Paint is all done and factory rear bar is on. Also just picked up R32 GTR Bonnet and grill.

Plans this weekend include:
Steering rack bushes
Rear Sway bar and bushes
New Nismo gearknob... (Has an alloy one now and in the Queensland summer it literally scalds your hands when parked outside)

More pictures coming very soon...

[slipn]

Could not help myself, here is a few more.
Will try to get better ones over the weekend.

Decision was made to put on the plates I have owned since I was 23. Actually used to be on my old 180sx back in 2004... funny how fads come and go...

[slipn]

Spent the last weekend under the car replacing the rear swaybar and steering rack bushes.

Rear swaybar is a Whiteline 24mm. Not super hard to put on, hardest thing was removing the old one, there was not room for it to come out because of the exhaust.
No noticeable difference yet, it does feel a little more solid in the rear end but until its driven hard its difficult to tell.
I also adjusted it to the softest setting, so might play around with the 2 settings.

Size comparison between the stock R32 swaybar and Whiteline 24mm.

Upgraded steering rack bushed to Superpro ones.
These where a bitch to fit, actually it was just the drivers side one. There is just no room for it to go in and it can only be mounted one way. I got it in multiple times but it was upside down.
Just used a ton of silicon spray and tied a rope around the steering rack to the strut brace to lift the rack up a bit so I could use 2 hands.

Noticed a big difference with these. Steering is much more direct and responsive. It also feels much more solid.


Old Bushings

[slipn]

Overnight parts from Japan....



Nismo LSD and a couple of other goodies....

[slipn]

Nismo LSD is going in today... little nervous as to how its going to drive. I really want it to retain some streetability.
You can adjust its torque settings so I am going to leave it to Medium and have it set to 1.5 way.

From all the research I have done these are very street friendly and not a whole lot of noise at low speed turns and regular driving but that remains to be seen.

I also went for Fuchs Titan Sintopoid 75W-140 gear oil..



Of all the online research I did this oil was not mentioned once. Everyone seems to say Redline but it was just too expensive and I could not get it in time. The guy at Bursons said this is lightweight and shockproof and the exact same as the Redline stuff. Also said that plenty of race teams are running it now. In fact he only had one bottle left and had to run next door to some Rally workshop to get another for me.

Description online:
Premium gear oil for axle and transfer gearboxes, formulated with fully-synthetic base oils. Offers best cold start behaviour. Suitable for axle and transfer gearboxes with and without limited slip differential. SINTOPOID LS 75W-90 is suitable as trouble shooter for conventional manual transmissions.

Really hope it all works out as I am going to the all Skyline Skidpan day at Gympie this weekend so I am totally out of time if something goes wrong.

[joey91]

Car is looking good man, where abouts did you buy the diff from if you don't mind me asking and how long did it take to arrive?

[slipn]

Car is looking good man, where abouts did you buy the diff from if you don't mind me asking and how long did it take to arrive?

Bought it from Nengun Online. It was damn expensive... about $1200 plus the customs fees. I was looking forever on Yahoo Japan and locally but none showed up, or if they did they were thrashed.

Of all the guys I have spoken too who drift and race cars they say the best thing you can do is get a proper LSD, and because I wanted to retain drivability and legality I went for this.

Only took about 5 weeks, they told me it was going to be late November but a few days ago I got an email saying it had been shipped from Japan.

[timmy_89]

Nice thread mate. Looks like a clean car and you are only improving on that

I have the Nismo 1.5way and I have to admit it was probably the best mod I did to the car, following by bigger swaybars front and rear.

I also saw you Gatebil thread when you first posted it, super jealous!!! Lol.

[slipn]

Diff is in all but all did not go plan...

So got the diff in yesterday and I admit it "was" awesome. Felt super soild and more aggressive than standard. felt like it tightened everything up in the rear end.
Was a small amount inside wheel spin on tight corners but totally manageable and very easy to live with.

Went to the Skyline Skidpan day in Gympie and it was awesome, very responsive and would kick the rear end out with ease and felt controllable and you did not need to put huge amounts of steering input in to keep it sideways.

And then badness happened...

It felt like it happened instantly but I just got very loud bangs and knock when going around corners. At first I thought it was a cone but nothing was under the car. I got off the track and just did some tight corners and it sounds like the rear wheels are going to fall off, just loud bangs and knocks and very violent.
When driving in a straight line it is fine though, no noises at all. Only around corners.

My mate thinks its the oil, it has broken down and not doing its job. Im unsure...

Anyone have any input on this? I might try to change the oil tomorrow and see if it makes a difference.

[slipn]

Nice thread mate. Looks like a clean car and you are only improving on that

I have the Nismo 1.5way and I have to admit it was probably the best mod I did to the car, following by bigger swaybars front and rear.

I also saw you Gatebil thread when you first posted it, super jealous!!! Lol.

Thanks mate!! Yeah already planning Gatebil 2015, I cant wait!! I recommend it to anyone who loves fast cars.

May I ask what oil you are running in your diff? How is yours on the street?

[ZCR]

Nice build thread! Glad you made it home without any dramas yesterday. Hopefully your diff issue is easy and cheap to fix.