Danny's R34 Gtt Build / Diary / Log

[Ben C34]

A nice big skid will make up for the purple!

Good to see it all coming along.

[jmknights93]

Interested to see how the front bar turns out.

[vetter2769]

since the freddy went on i had to dodgy up some piping so i could drive to the exhaust shop to get my cooler piping made up,

I was also in the process of mounting my battery in the boot as i wanted that space free'd up for other things like my BOV, FPR  and oil filter.

 

 

I used the same battery mounts - just modified, a little. its really firm and in a good spot, kinda like the r33.

I also used a 100amp fuse right next to the battery ( in the spot were the cable ties the cable down)

 

i got 3" piping made up, and right before the plenum i had my adjustable GFB BOV mounted, along with the idle control port.

the BOV can still recirculate wasted air as the exhaust shop has made up a small 1" pipe that carry's the air from BOV back across the radiator and plumbed back into turbo.

when I was able to drive the car again i noticed my acceleration pedal was rather "sticky" that was due to a crappy throttle body, i tried modifying it and tried to make it better but it was hard to crack open and it liked to stay open after you take your foot of the pedal.

 

anyway my tune was booked in so i took her in and it was tuned with a dodgy throttle body on, shortly after replaced with a HyperTune Q45 throttle, and it was fantastic!

made just under 350kw's

I did still however have a high idle (1100rpm) with my idle adjustment screw wound in i found the only way to bring the idle down was to disconnect the electric adjusting motor, which i later put in a switch so i could keep the higher idle for cold starts.

Next up was re-going over my braking system.

I was using EBC blue stuff pads which didn't do too bad for the price, but i need something more reliable and something with more bite, so i switched over to Project U's HC 800 pads, coupled with some DBA track rotors, and HEL braided lines.

I got the pads and rotors in, but haven't yet done the brake lines

when changing over pads i for some stupid reason decide to throw out my anti squeal shims *angry face* so when i put this pads in they squeal like crazy!

so I did purchase some new anti squeal shims, along with seal kits for all 4 callipers, which i plan to instal soon.

 

This low KM 250GT popped up for sale real cheap, so it became the missus new daily!

 

 

 

[vetter2769]

I had been having drama's with the car -

it occasionally after a bit of a drive refused to start when warm... 5 mins later it would start.

as it got worst it started miss firing at around 3k rpm, eventually it refused to rev past 3krpm and just had ignition cut!
It turned out to be a faulty CAS!

the disk inside the CAS had scratches and wear marks on it, so replaced with another one and it came back alive

 

[vetter2769]

andddd because today was such a nice day i got some painting done

so happy with my devilbiss SGK 600! I fan it out a bit more when laying down colour, and then concentrate a tiny bit more for clear, and it comes out great!

it was still a little cold when i did my bonnet but nothing a block back and buff won't fix

[V28VX37]

Nice work!! That's some serious power, is that on 98 or E85?

[vetter2769]

8 hours ago, V28VX37 said:

Nice work!! That's some serious power, is that on 98 or E85?

Still on the jungle juice mate! 

[vetter2769]

Whilst at the tuners - he noticed a slight exhaust leak, also was told my intercooler isn't flowing to well..and then later to have a problematic CAS makes me think that I should go back for a re tune with a better cooler, probably plazmaman.

[vetter2769]

Went for a bit of a boost today while giving my new camera a run, and the Z-tune bonnet i had repaired ripped apart from the skin 

that was fun.

heres a video of it happening -

and some photos when i got it home.

 

[V28VX37]

51 minutes ago, vetter2769 said:

Went for a bit of a boost today while giving my new camera a run, and the Z-tune bonnet i had repaired ripped apart from the skin 

that was fun.

heres a video of it happening -

Whoa that's pretty extreme! You're lucky, doesn't look like any damage to the window or the roof – and no accidents!

I'm not too sold on aftermarket bonnets now having seen this...

[blah_blah]

Nice build mate

 

Very similiar to mine. 

Neo with an ATR45 turbo. Though i think yours is a newer design got mine a few years ago.

 

Differences:

Mines a build motor, brae side mount manifold, internal gate, stock airbox, return flow cooler

Can't find my dyno graph but this will do for now

 

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by blah_blah

[vetter2769]

Haven't done much recently, but still playing around with the body kit, I've sprayed up my side skirts, rear bar and fitted them.

I'm pretty happy with it.

I'm still looking into a new diff, then perhaps later down the track a plazmaman cooler new coil packs and a re tune.

added some photos i took with my mates too. 

 

I'm gonna say for the first time I am considering building the motor... No fancy 25/30 stuff either just straight up 25neo built.... maybe one day if the wallet allows. stay tuned.

[vetter2769]

Update - bought a second hand bonnet, cut the lip off, and it fits perfectly with the front bar. 

then cut out the Z tune fenders and threw it on!

looks like i could make this work.... 

now for some more cutting and bogging.

I've been adding regular videos to youtube just based around my 34, heres something i threw together after a day down the Great Ocean Road-

 

[vetter2769]

Got my lazy ass of the couch this weekend, made that bonnet fit - painted it gloss black, looks really good.

had to raise the front coil-overs a little just so i could get out of my driveway.

and was noticing it was becoming increasingly more and more difficult to start - I put this down to the E85 and cold weather but turns out the little battery just wasn't keeping up, turns out if these cars don't see a good amount of voltage they won't fire. 

I had already moved the battery to the boot so had plenty of room, I just upgraded to the biggest battery i could fit/afford, then used "0" gauge cable on it.

going to upgrade the starter and alternator wires to "O" gauge in the future.

 

Pics -

 

Battery before and after (exciting stuff)

[vetter2769]

Side note - not going to bother trying to fit that Z-tune style fins to the bonnet, it will require a bit of cutting and I can't really be bothered!