Bnr32 Gtr, saving a Datsun

[Stephen_rx7]

1 hour ago, jmknights93 said:

Where did you order those old style nismo stickers???

I'll send you a pm man 

9 minutes ago, SiR_RB said:

Mad work so far !

watching this thread closely, love the attention to detail☺️

 

Thanks, appreciate the comments 

[Stephen_rx7]

For anyone following along at home i suggest some tissues or even a towel for this update haha 

So i got all alot of the cooler pipes and bov pipes back the other day, so i decided to assemble the recirc system 

I have a second system because it's a bit over complicated lol

So i kind of freshened up the rubber joiners and brand new clamps all round 

Looks heaps better than before 

So this is the part where you need a towel 

So being a s2 my car naturally had s2 heaslights, they were by mo means in bad shape, especially because gtr headlights are glass 

But i went to buy some parts and got a bit carried away with a full wallet haha 

Whats in there you say?

A new badge set to suit a crystal white r32 gtr 

Brand new door jamb rubber set 

Brand new wing gasket set 

New c pillar trims, common issue on every r32 

And the piece to really put a horn on a Jelly fish

Brand new n1 headlights

Edited July 26, 2016 by Stephen_rx7

[niZmO_Man]

Psst, tell them about the rubber bits behind the headlights ;).

[Trex]

This is looking like a fantastic build. 

 

Havent seen one like this is years! 

[WantGTR]

3 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Psst, tell them about the rubber bits behind the headlights ;).

Lol

[Stephen_rx7]

15 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Psst, tell them about the rubber bits behind the headlights ;).

 

Haha that's still coming 

[Stephen_rx7]

15 hours ago, Trex said:

This is looking like a fantastic build. 

 

Havent seen one like this is years! 

 

Thanks man, I thought it'd be a regular occurrence on here, I'll need to have a better look around 

[Stephen_rx7]

Alrighty another half an update, nothing majorly significant 

I removed the last remaining things from the engine bay, the clutch and brake boosters were a pita because it's sitting on a hoist so access under the dash was limited and uncomfortable 

So i decided when i was looking at the gtr i really didn't like the big ugly indicators they had fitted at compliance, no worries Ill contact andrew at kudos and line up a new pair.

Well so i thought, it seems everyone crashes these things on the lhs and it means lhs guards are discontinued, damn 

So i started the hunt for a good second hand pair, i found a white gtr being wrecked at the gold coast and pounced on the guards!

No holes and better cond bumper mount tabs!

So i decided while i had abit of motivation that i wanted to strip the guards off and everything forward of the windscreen so my painter could paint under the wiper cowel

I was abit nervous about removing these panels because you never know what previous damage or rust your going to find 

And I've seen a lot of gtrs at auction with rust in the back corners of the bay 

Nuts for the wiper pivots are a little rusty but that's it, no rust on the car itself which is a big relief 

The area under the guards will also be painted instead of just being under coated so it won't rust in the future

I was also happy to see no rust under the brake/clutch boosters or under the abs unit

A problem i did have though was the flare nuts in the wheel wells were siezed and rounded off with pipe spanners, even vice grips wouldn't work so i had to cut them off and use special sockets for rounded nuts

Another issue I've encountered is the brake lines don't fit properly, the stud on the upright is too big for the brake line, so you can see the hole next to the stud they used to tech screw it down which is prerty rough haha

Might be an excuse to buy braided brake lines haha 

So with cut off brake lines it got me thinking, im going to have to order lhs and rhs brake pipes 

But then i got thinking i don't want to put an old abs unit into a freshly painted bay, especially when they are known to leak, so i ordered this 

R32 gtr n1 brake master cyl, i also ordered the correct engibe bay clips to secure the lines as well as the 3 brake lines i need to remove the abs unit 

I then decided to strip down the alternator to rebuild and tidy up

Bearings are abit tired so they are ordered, and the brushes are shorter than id like so ill pickup some replacement brushes, the pulley has been powdercoated and the casing will be sandblasted and probably cleared 

And abit of a cosmetic update

R32 gtr n1 boot lip :-)

Some people love it some people hate it, personally i love it

[WantGTR]

what kind of animal used to own this car seriously...

 

re boot lip, is that an aftermarket stick on or did the boot have holes?

[Stephen_rx7]

The guys name was nick haha, he is on here somewhere

 

the exterior is fine, just the engine bay he abused and dirtied the f$&@ out of 

 

the boot lip is the only non genuine n1 part I have, the Oem ones require holes in the boot, the studs rust which I don't like and also the plastic goes to shit and they bulge out past the boot line 

 

tried to buy a couple genuine second hand and they were very average 

[Stephen_rx7]

Another update 

Bulk new engine bay parts :-O

Basically all the stuff that breaks when you go removing stuff from the engine bay 

The wiring housing for the cas wiring at the front of the engine 

Was broken on my loom 

Heater hose clamps and pipe clamps for the carbon canister pipe and brake pipe on the firewall  

Abs firewall clamps which funnily enough now i don't need, engine loom p clamp 

Engine bay main harness cable clamps 

Series 1 gtr horn wire 

 

Fuel line clamp for rhs chassis rail 

Nissan calls it a brake clamp but it actually holds the carbon canister line and a/c pipe to the lhs firewall 

And 10x dump pipe nuts finally 

Been waiting on these for ages

[jmknights93]

Love these photos man.

[Stephen_rx7]

Thanks josh 

appreciate the comments

 

Abit of a parts update 

More n1 parts, a brand new bm50 non abs master cylinder turned up

Some brand new SSR centre caps, I'm not a big fan of the unusual centre caps in the indy500s so I figured I'd order the latest style Ssr caps 
These will be fitted to the Indys once the centre bore is machined to accept them and they are refurbished 

A s2 gtr horn button to be fitted to my s2 gtr wheel, have to decide which wheel I want to run once the s2 wheel is retrimmed later in the year 

Some brand new oem Nissan parts

New timing belt to replace the gates belt that's on there, the gates racing belt is apparently brand new but I'll replace it with new oem for piece of mind 

A couple breather hoses for the stock cam covers, and brand new bellhousing bolts as well as some copper washers 

Also a rebuild kit for the alternator, bearing were a bit tired and brushes a bit short so I'll fix that why it's apart

And a set of black silicone heater hoses, I'll probably sell these as I've got some oem heater hoses on the way 

Hopefully see some of these parts be fitted this week

[Stephen_rx7]

Ok an update I've been looking to make for awhile, cars rolled out side and gave it a quick hose down to get the dust off 

First time it's seen daylight since I've had it haha 

Not much of a car at the moment 

Painter is semi ready for it, so tow truck booked and on its way!

So she's out of my hair for the next 2-3 weeks

Nismo decal turned up, they actually sent 3 which was awesome incase I stuff one up, looks like it is placed pretty well to me tho 

I apologise for some pics being Abit blurry, Samsung phones don't like to focus, I really need a decent camera 

A couple more parts back from powdercoating 

All my pipe work for the turbos, cam gears, fuel rails and brackets have been sand blasted, and I dropped them off for zink coating yesterday 
For anyone thinking of doing the same soda blasting is advised so your parts come out with a nice shine, apparently sand blasting takes the shine off and leaves them Abit dull after coating 

I'll be removing the golebys adjustable cam gears and putting them in the bin and fitting up the oem cam gears 

Also the alternator housings aren't pictured but I have decided to leave them with the powdercoater to have coated to protect them for the future instead of being raw alloy which soaks up all the oil, grease and gunk which quickly makes them look black 

I wasn't 100% happy with my rear wing, the base mounting plates were a little crusty, so you'll notice in the pics it's missing, it's been sold off

And I've ordered a wing from Japan that looks brand new 

Unfortunately shipping alone is $200 aud to bring it over, but it's hard to find parts in this condition locally, still waiting on this part to arrive 

Nismo floor mats and brand new oem O2 sensors ordered and coming with the wing from Japan 

Also last but not least some very exciting purchases of new old stock n1 parts

Brand new n1 bonnet lip, long since discontinued, managed to pick one up that someone had on the shelf, sadly it's grey but it'll be repainted white

And the last known set of n1 front vents brand new in circulation from supplier, will go well with the brand new n1 bumper and lip

Pretty exciting times.

At this stage it looks like a lot of parts

But soon things will come together and parts will be getting fitted 

Cheers

[junkie]

Damn, this is awesome

I love these "resto" builds. Much more interesting then all out power builds where so much of this stock stuff just gets trashed

[reaper]

How much is the blasting and zincking/powder coating setting you back for all these bits and pieces? Considering doing it with mine.

[jmknights93]

@Stephen_rx7 I ordered those stickers from the same place. What was the turn around for you?

Pics and updates look awesome. Whats happening with paint? Anything special going on there?

[Stephen_rx7]

4 hours ago, junkie said:

Damn, this is awesome

I love these "resto" builds. Much more interesting then all out power builds where so much of this stock stuff just gets trashed

thanks man, I feel the same, resto with a few improvements is what I'm about 

 

4 hours ago, reaper said:

How much is the blasting and zincking/powder coating setting you back for all these bits and pieces? Considering doing it with mine.

The blasting can sometimes be more expensive then the powder coating itself 

All the pipes/cam gears/ brackets you see there were from memory were about $150 to blast 

 

for the big lot of powdercoating on the previous page I think from memory about 250, engine covers and HPC manifolds/exh housings was around 700

so it's definitely not cheap but it's durable 

 

3 hours ago, jmknights93 said:

@Stephen_rx7 I ordered those stickers from the same place. What was the turn around for you?

Pics and updates look awesome. Whats happening with paint? Anything special going on there?

They were surprisingly quick about a week from memory

for now it's just had the bay painted, I wanna get the engine back in then running and do the complete outside then it'll basically be where I want it 

im not too Into special, it's a factory white car so it'll stay the 326 white, it looks great in good condition, I'm hoping to get a bit of wow factor from the nismo additions 

 

cheers

[Stephen_rx7]

Alrighty 

While I'm waiting on the shell to come back i thought I'd start on some other jobs

Pulled the brush box for the alternator apart, brushes were abit more worn than id like

New brush vs old brush 

And thats basically how you re-brush an alternator

Still waiting on the housings and bearing puller to replace the rear bearing 

So i removed the twin turbo pipe and clutch pedal, common for people to buy nismo clutch pedals which are basically stock pedals with a couple extra tack welds so they don't break as easy

My fab guy did the splitter mod and stitch welded the pedal with some gussets so it doesn't break ever 

Last couple hoses for under the plenum arrived and fitted those 

New breather hoses eventually became available from nissan, ive had to try to order 3 times as there has been nil stock 

You can spy the brand new lifting points, not sure why but everyone removes these from these engines, another item that was difficult to order

One difficult part about building one of these cars is the parts becoming disscontinued, i tried to order some of these headlight flaps but they sadly aren't available anymore

And they sell for 400 a pair for new old stock !

So mine are completly busted and only 1/4 remains

So i needed to find a pair on a r32 being parted that aren't mangled too badly that i can make a template 

After scouting facebook i found a guy wrecking a r32 gtst and he has these

Should be good enough to make a template and im going to try have a couple sets of these reproduced for anyone interested

[r32-25t]

Those lifting points don't come on the car factory and if you leave them on I think they hit the bonnet