R32 Gtr Long Term Love, Now Project

[r32-25t]

Been working on it doing a little bit at a time

To clean the engine bay up a little more I moved the battery into boot

Started with it in the normal place, which it never fit correctly due to being to short

Ran the wiring through the car to hide it all

[r32-25t]

Then bought a battery tray from one stop batteries and proceeded to mount it in the boot

Started by putting 4x 8mm rivnuts into the boot floor

After vacuuming out the metal shavings I then bolted the battery tray into position

[r32-25t]

Sat the battery into the tray and put the new clamp to hold it in

Lastly finished up the wiring and trimmed the carpet to suit and refitted the interior

[sneakey pete]

Don't forget to add in a breaker or something, should that feed wire ever rub through there's no fuse against the body.

[r32-25t]

There is a big main fuse behind the battery for exactly that reason, the wiring is also secured down (didn't get a photo of it) and any where there are sharp edges there is rubber lining them to even further prevent that from happening

[r32-25t]

Just picked up my catch can and was the main reason for the battery being moved

Is custom made with internal baffles and etc

[r32-25t]

Test fitted it to make sure i didn't stuff up my measurements

Made and welded a bracket to go to the original bolt hole for the battery bracket and put a filter on, had planed to do something a bit different for that but the neatest way ended up being to just fit the filter there

Then after another trip to the fitting shop I swapped the 90° fittings for some 45s and made up the lines and fitted them

Im going to grab some hose spacer/holders for the lines to tidy it up a little, I also plan to powder coat the catch can but that can wait for now

[r32-25t]

Had the car detailed by Eugene and what a difference he was able to make to the paint. It now has so much more depth and the swirl marks are all gone. It has actually changed the colour of the car (in a good way) and it looks like the day I purchased it in 2003 again

The reason for having it detailed was I had entered it into the show and shine at the Gtr festival at wisd today

Quick snap taken by the wife

Oh and I changed the wheels lol

[admS15]

Looks mint[emoji106]

[r32-25t]

Thanks mate

[AMR33]

Looks good man. Engine bay starting to look nice. But that plenum needs some attention

[r32-25t]

Thanks, I agree about the plenum but am just undecided about which way i want to go with that at the moment

[jmknights93]

That colour caught my attention. Looks awesome in person.

[r32-25t]

Thanks mate

[r32-25t]

The old wheels are now up forsale

http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/465299-te37sl-with-tyres/#entry7744407

[r32-25t]

Been a while but have been really the last couple of months 

a couple of months ago I decided I'd go for a drive to gosford with it. Well I didn't make it due to a it over heating and had it towed back 

got home and opened the radiator and blocked would have been an improvement compared to what I could see in there

[r32-25t]

And it's being replaced with these shiney bits, I decided while I was in there I'd replace the fan clutch with another one

 

[Darmanin10]

When you installed the valve springs, did you find it unnecessary to upgrade the retainers aswell?

Only asking, as ill be putting cams and headstuds into my car, and thought while I was there would up upgrade the springs and possibly the retainers. 

 

[r32-25t]

The springs I used didn't require retainers, I'm also not reving the engine fast enough and by using the original ones it also meant I knew I wouldn't have to adjust any of the valve clearances 

[r32-25t]

Bought this today as the old one died and the alarm kept draining the battery