C33 25Det Build

[gkenshin]

So I've never Really been a big fan of nissans wasn't really my thing. then one day my friend wanted to leave his a31 at mine for a bit while he moved houses,being the nice person i am i said not a problem.
It sat around for a few weeks so i decided to take it down the road, soon as that happened i fell in love with it.
it just sat there for a few more week, then i decided to be cheeky and ask if he would sell it, few minutes latter i got a reply sure.
next day the money was in his hand.

(wasn't the cleanest a31 out)
As I started tiding it up then found that much rust on the body and chassis rails it wasn't worth the hassle tiding up.
the motor, gearbox, hubs etc were still in great conditions so i thought i would just find a body and put it all in to that.

Found a really tidy C33 body from a client at work and brought that, then started putting all the good parts onto it

First thing i swapped over was the 5 stud and 4 pot brakes, while i had the hubs off i put new bearing in them all

time to give the motor a good clean, paint and service (timing,seals etc..)
had to get rid of the stupid cut and shut inlet manifold someone had made up

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managed to get a Front facing plenum and throttle body adapter

got to love Saturday delivery
Got a New steering wheel, 2 fan mounting kits, clutch tool, fuel rail adaptor, another 10'' fan and a 2 core ally radiator

Alloy radiator fitted

new stream tube manifold finally arrived after it somehow ended up going all the way to Christchurch but it finally is here
hopefully have it on the motor on Sunday and maybe just maybe have the motor back in as well. Haven't really been able to work on the car due to the lack of daylight after work and plus i haven't set up power in the workshop too (just been lazy) but not really much left to do on the motor just have to install 2 helicoils due to the tread being stuffed on two exhaust stud holes, who ever done it before used silicone to hold the studs in

Finally got the motor in today
had to grid the R/H engine mount bracket down due the the new exhaust manifold wouldn't clear it, found that the L/H engine mount thread on the studs were stuffed so had to clean that up before anything went in.
next thing will be to clean up the engine wiring loom now and finish rebuilding the 25 big box (will post photos of it getting rebuilt soon), put the gear box in and mount the intercooler piping

So been a bit of a fun weekend
got the gearbox mounted up only problem I've got now is that i don't have a gearbox cross-member to suit a c33, r32 and a31 don't fit they are way to short . will just be using a RP71C gearbox while I rebuild the 25 big box
finally got some wiring sleeve so now i can start making the new wiring loom, going to move it so it come out of the aircon pipe hole keep the engine bay looking clean
and plus manged to get a new turbo aswell

Another little update

Engine Wiring loom is coming along really well, just hit the speed bump of what ecu am i going to run or get the factory one chipped and tuned, leaning towards a megasquirt ecu at the moment.

Finally tracked down the right gearbox crossmember, so thats on its way and hopefully have that in on saturday.

And got all new adjustable arms and rear subframe lock kit

[skylinecouple]

I really hope you continue as you are going. This looks good. Please don't change the body in any way. Just keep it clean and sleeper style. Good work so far. Any ideas what that Holset will make ? Do yourself a favour and change the subframe bushes as soon as you can as the lock rings aren't as good as solid subframe bushes or if you are going to use it for regular road driving then urethane bushes will be a better bet.

[gkenshin]

I really hope you continue as you are going. This looks good. Please don't change the body in any way. Just keep it clean and sleeper style. Good work so far. Any ideas what that Holset will make ? Do yourself a favour and change the subframe bushes as soon as you can as the lock rings aren't as good as solid subframe bushes or if you are going to use it for regular road driving then urethane bushes will be a better bet.

Body will stay as is nice and clean, just need to find a new front bumper thats uncut. unsure on the holset, if i made 250 kw id be happy.

will be changing to solid subframe bushes.

[gkenshin]

Been slow on a few updates, had to upgrade daily run about (Spent to much $$$$$)

But had to get a new wiring loom due to the old one had been chopped only problem i had come across was the tps plugs, old loom had two plugs going to the tps sensor and the new loom only has one

also finally got an ecu

will be running a link G4+ plug and play, got all the extras as well, air temp sensor and electronic boost controller which the ecu will controller

[PranK]

This is looking great. Loving the pics.

[gkenshin]

Thanks prank

Edited August 10, 2014 by gkenshin

[gkenshin]

Exhaust pipe final arrived on friday 3 meters of 3'' aluminized tube, 2x 3" 45 bends, 2x 90 bends and 1x donut BUT ......................... our storeman unloaded the tube off the truck and forgot where he put it then drove the forklift into it yay right in the middle as well

[Bushy]

If it helps the tps on my 25 has two plugs but only one is used, perhaps the unused one is something to do with cruise control, or if fitted with auto transmission? Not sure, but it doesn't cause any issues and I've seen a lot of others the same

[gkenshin]

If it helps the tps on my 25 has two plugs but only one is used, perhaps the unused one is something to do with cruise control, or if fitted with auto transmission? Not sure, but it doesn't cause any issues and I've seen a lot of others the same

Cheers for that, i've been doing some research into its aswell and have come across the same thing 1 plug is tps and the other one is used for throttle fully open and throttle fully closed.

[gkenshin]

Little Update

Cleaned up the intercooler and the front bumper support and gave them a quick coat of paint looks so much better now and also finally got a hks ssqv bov

[gkenshin]

I decided to change turbos, have now gone with a gt3540 which with hopefully spool up faster, started making at exhaust over the weekend, downpipe done now just waiting for the vband clamps and mufflers to arrive and then we are away and moving.Clear coated the spare guard over the week, came out great

[gkenshin]

Exhaust has been slowly coming along

[gtr jet]

Shit this thing is awesome. Can't wait to see what it sounds like with that exhaust.

[skylinecouple]

Hurry up, I'm old. Want to see this finished before I die.

[gkenshin]

Shit this thing is awesome. Can't wait to see what it sounds like with that exhaust.

Yea should hopefully sound great might be a little to loud tho.

Hurry up, I'm old. Want to see this finished before I die.

I know lol, i feel the same away and i'm the one building it

Got a bit board last night (waiting for vband clamps) thought id made up a side exit exhaust

[gkenshin]

I've still been mucking around with the exhaust system, still got to plum the wastegate pipe in, but the main exhaust is done its all welded up and just waiting for the paint to dry.

I finally got my hand on a oil filter stud, nissan here in Rotorua, New Zealand have no idea what the are doing half the time, had to find the part number my self

so now i've gotten rid of the factory oil cooler and will be running an aftermarket 10 row cooler

[gkenshin]

thought id replace the front lower ball joints today, got them pressed out then noticed the power steering rack boot and a some out coming out of it, so i decided id have a look at the boot and could this

now got to track down a new rack. would anyone know if a r32,r33,s14,s14 rack would be the same as a c33

[timmy_89]

This thing is looking awesome. Great thread. What your future plans for the car? Track car?

[gkenshin]

This thing is looking awesome. Great thread. What your future plans for the car? Track car?

Thanks Timmy, yea will be track car / weekend cruiser

[gkenshin]

Its getting so close, just got a few thing i want to tidy up then i can send it to the auto sparky and get the wiring done.

To do...

wastegate pipe, i'm thinking about running it the full length of the car and having it come out next to the exhaust.

Fuel injectors / fuel lines

alternator

power steering rack / lines

apart from the to do list i haven't been doing much on the car, made a few workbenches, painted the front control arms, waiting for the intercooler pipes to come back from the engineer.