R32 Gtr Long Term Love, Now Project

[r32-25t]

Decided I’d change all the door hinges while the guards were off and they’re easy to get to. 

seeing as they come raw I painted them all black 

and then put them on, the old ones were held on with seam sealer and it took the paint off while getting them off, I threw some paint over the bare metal to stop any chance of rust 

[r32-25t]

the old bottles looked old and haggard and decided to buy a fresh set 

window one is in and you can also see the emap sensor sitting in its home 

[r32-25t]

Also 

 

 

[Shoota_77]

16 hours ago, r32-25t said:

Also 

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Fancy!!

Looking awesome mate.  Great to see you on the homeward stretch!

[r32-25t]

Thanks mate, hopefully everything goes smoothly 

[r32-25t]

Turbine housing finally came back so on went the turbo and of corse the exhaust bolted straight back up and oil feed and return were also perfect 

then the compressor housing 

[r32-25t]

Then I figure I’m pretty much done in the bay so I may as well throw the guards on

and then the bonnet 

also grabbed some new rubbers, new prop rod holder and prop rod 

Really starting to look like a car again 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Hot, looking good mate!

Looks like you'll make it to All Jap Day

[r32-25t]

Hopefully but not going to count my chickens before they hatch, it’s now week 8 of waiting for a radiator 

[SiR_RB]

Amazing work, coming along nicely 

 

il buy ur ticket if u don’t make it 😀

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

27 minutes ago, SiR_RB said:

Amazing work, coming along nicely 

 

il buy ur ticket if u don’t make it 😀

No no no...

You two are racing, I'm recording in the camera car, ie the slow R33 lol.

[r32-25t]

11 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

No no no...

You two are racing, I'm recording in the camera car, ie the slow R33 lol.

Won’t be racing without tickets 

[r32-25t]

Ordered a new intercooler and when it arrived it turn out the order had been messed up with the intercooler having Wiggins on it instead of hose ends, decided to just live with it and use it as a forced upgrade. We then towed the car to my mates workshop for the fab work to make everything thing work 

first welded a 90 onto the compressor housing and fitted the intercooler to the car 

new intercooler pipes are now built 

got it home and made the reinforcement fit, that took a lot of time and cutting and if I could go back I wouldn’t have chosen the wide core just due to the amount of cutting required. I also lost the return pipe for the blow off valves because it didn’t fit anymore either 

[Robzilla32]

That engine bay looks the goods alright and that is a lot of intercooler you have there.

[r32-25t]

It’s the hypertune 100mm bolt on cooler with the 680mm wide core, the idea is once you put the front bar on all you see is core and not end tanks 

[r32-25t]

Test fitted the front bar just to see how it would go, looks like I’ll get to keep the mesh which I was surprised about 

also now that the return for the blow off valves can’t be used due to clearance issues I decided to get rid of the bulky plenum and etc that they use and grabbed a good ole Aussie turbo smart race port 

it just pushes into the original hose and gives a lot more room 

[MBS206]

21 hours ago, r32-25t said:

Test fitted the front bar just to see how it would go, looks like I’ll get to keep the mesh which I was surprised about 

also now that the return for the blow off valves can’t be used due to clearance issues I decided to get rid of the bulky plenum and etc that they use and grabbed a good ole Aussie turbo smart race port 

it just pushes into the original hose and gives a lot more room 

I think @Duncan was looking for the parts you've likely removed for the Blow Off Valves Brett if you're looking to part ways with them.

[r32-25t]

Won’t be selling the old parts, I’ve kept all my original parts so that if I ever decide to got back to a more simple set up again I can 

[Duncan]

good call, but damn. I'm always on the lookout for the BOV return because it's the first thing that gets destroyed in any sort of rally incident

[r32-25t]

Yay I got my radiator, didn’t take any where near as long as i thought it might

got some brand new genuine rubbers for the bottom mounts as well 

dropped It in, the fans clear the oil pump and etc so a win there but I still can’t catch a break

so now I need to move the air temp sensor and also the oil Filter is in the way of where the header tank is supposed to go, I hated where the oil filter was and now I guess I have no choice but to move it. f**k I HATE CARS