Clints 32 GTR

[PranK]

Oh I see. The segmentation. Thanks.

[Clintox]

Mmm lobster...

 

I got the solid rack bushes second hand (unused) Josh...For the life of me cant remember the brand. was BMK or BMR or something like that, They had a website because I checked it out when I bought these but google isnt coming up with anything.

[jmknights93]

1 hour ago, PranK said:

Great pics.

The exhaust piece is a work of art! 

(What does 'lobster it' mean?)

The welds on the pipe bends look like lobster tails. Another example below.

[PranK]

Thanks guys.  Makes sense now.  

[Clintox]

Double post *delete*

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by Clintox

[Clintox]

Contacted the bloke I got the rack bushes from... Was HFM

https://www.hfm.parts/shop/under-the-hood/nissan-rack-pinion-solid-mount-kit-silvia-skyline/

[jmknights93]

4 hours ago, Clintox said:

Contacted the bloke I got the rack bushes from... Was HFM

https://www.hfm.parts/shop/under-the-hood/nissan-rack-pinion-solid-mount-kit-silvia-skyline/

Thanks mate.

[Clintox]

Ok so waiting for some supplies to build some other stuff but was bored today and I enjoyed making the lobster/segmented section the other day so decided to some more.

P.S. The wrap will be coming off shortly

[GH05T]

looks neat

[Clintox]

Started relocating the battery in the boot to make way for some custom tanks.

Ran the cable under the car along with the fuel/brake lines safely out of the way inside some split lock conduit, Comes up into the boot through a cable gland.

Mounted the battery isolation switch here. (need to get some shorter bolts)

Made up a battery mount for my Odyssey Battery (have allowed for some 3mm closed cell foam to fill in the gaps around the battery and under it)

Thats where im up to so far, Battery will be mounted here. Just need to secure that, terminate the cables and she will be good to go.

[jmknights93]

That battery bracket looks neat as! Nice work.

[Clintox]

Cheers Josh... There are billet ones available for a decent price, But this only cost me abit of time and I made it so Im happy.

Finished the battery in boot conversion:

I used one of these power distribution posts from Jaycar:

Fitted it just off to the side of the fuse box (circled red) ran the cable from the battery to there then just connected all the cables that used to run to the battery to that (not 100% happy with it, cables look a little messy so might have to remake the cables from scratch. Just put a rubber grommet and vac cap over it for now... will look for a better cover tho. Heaps of room for me to make a custom overflow/catchcan combo now.

I got 3 Innovative motorsports MTX-D dual function digital gauges a little while ago... turned out side by side there was not enough space to fit them in the gap of the center console, So had to get a little creative and recess the guages and they juuuust fit. Bolts in place of the factory gauges.

From left to right is #1 Exhaust Gas Temperature, #2 Oil temp (outer ring) Oil pressure (Digital Number) #3 Battery Volts (outer ring) Water Temp (digital number)

Was planning to paint the guage face plate black, but sorta liking the brushed alloy look for now...

 

Since im using a Haltech Wide band o2 which is fitted just after where the exhausts from both turbos Merge, to fit the EGT probe I simply drilled a hole in a O2 sensor bung and welded the EGT mount in that and it bolted straight in place of where the stock o2 sensor goes on the front turbo dump pipe. Saved me from having to try remove one of the dumps which would have been a major PITA... Once I convert to single Turbo it will be places Pre-Turbo.

The gauge mount plates are decent but made by hand so measurements are off half a mm here and there and the Chamfer was done by hand so certainly isnt spot on. But was good for a prototype to make sure it all fits up and works properly. So I made some CAD drawings ill send off to be Laser cut in the new year

 

Hmm what to do next...

 

 

[Clintox]

Went for abit of a day trip yesterday, Nice 300km+ round trip to Gordan dam which had some excellent twisty roads through the mountains, Was abit cautious on the way out with the roads being very wet but on the way back they had dried up enough to instill enough confidence to have some real fun

[Steve85]

Ive been here on holidays (last Nov). Windiest road to no-where ive ever taken. Also i think i saw your car at Salamnca place in Hobart. I was so excited i took like 20 photos of your car in the car park. My wife just shook her head...

[Clintox]

Haha thats gold Steve, yeh have been to Salamanca with the GTR a few times.

[CEF33Y]

The livery is so good! Nice fab work too, is that what you do for a living?

[Clintox]

Used to be when I lived in Perth... Had my own business, just do my own stuff now mostly.

Can check out the facebook page I made for myself to see some of the other stuff Ive done:

https://www.facebook.com/WOTRaceandFab/

[Clintox]

Tiny update... Got bored the other day and dont use my lathe as much as I would like to so looked for a little project to mess about with and came up with this:

Matches nicely with the Gauge surround being bare alloy for now too..

I don't actually use a cigarette lighter so thinking of stripping the guts out of a USB charger and putting it inside this so I can actually use it.

Also picked up these from ebay, not bad for the price... Thinking of welding on some bits to the side just to make them look abit more beefy, do the job fine tho.

And here is a pic of the engine bay just because I dont think Ive posted one before... mainly as its the worst part of the car, But I dont want to paint it until Im happy with the mods (single turbo etc) that way I dont have to stress about paint too much while working on it.

[BunsenBurna]

Just love this - keep it up!

[Bilga]

Loving the build it's sick can't wait for more!