My GTR Thread

[pentae]

Hey Guys,

Its been raining all day today so I have not been able to get pics.. I am exhausted!

The mechanic report came back with:

- 165 to 168 psi across all 6 cylinders

- rhr axle oil seal leaking

- front upper inner bushes worn

- front and rear discs, pads, rotors need replacing

- front upper shock absorber bushes need replacing

- front caster bar bushes need replacing

I drove it around (on trade plates) for most of today and she drives very well, everything works, the air con will need regassing.

With a bit of effort I managed to remove both of the cup holders, unfortunately one of the vents was already broken and moves on its own, so i'm going to see if i can repair it with super glue when i take Gav's advice on fixing the bubble in the dash.

writeoff: Yeah! I feel your pain man. I spent most of today in prayer driving around like a grandma letting the car get used to functioning again.. I'm so glad everything seems okay because the spare cash i've had sitting around for the car has been burning a hole in my pocket for 6 months, and now that its finally here i'm a bit poor

Its finally in the garage wooohooo!!

[BZERK32]

congrats!

thats a hell of a wait tho.... you poor poor man

my last car arrived after about 2.5 months from the purchase and is now getting complied

[Japtastic-UK]

Do customs over there always take so long releasing cars?

I ordered a R33 GTST on 10/03/05 and it has arrived 2 days ago and will be ready to pick up on Monday

[PSI_GTSII]

I bought my R32 GTR on the 31st March 05 and recieved an email today saying it is confirmed on the next vessel to Fremantle and should arrive 10th May 05!

Heres hoping

[benm]

Looks like a good buy with minor/expected problems. I'd be interested to see what sorta power it makes in stock form on a dyno being 15yo.

/waits for some under bonnet and interior closeup pics.

[pentae]

Hey Guys.

I've got a major problem.

I live on the top of a very steep drive way.. with not a great deal of runup. It's short and on quite an incline. I think its going to kill my car.

In a normal RWD'er with enough balls, (or even the old pulsar gtir) I can kind of point it up there, give it a bit of revs, let out the clutch completely at the bottom and storm up the top. (This is the ideal way to do it without burning out my clutch)

I've realised that with the GTR and ATTESSA it kind of bogs down on the low end on anything below about 4000rpm, the poor car putts up the driveway and is either burning the crap out of my (a) clutch (B) transfer case © gear box .. or maybe all of the above. It smells bad.

if I give it enough to do a proper launch i can still smell the clutch burning, so either way i seem to lose.

The only solution I can think of, is tommorow i'll try taking the 4wd fuse out and see how I go, and rely on a bit of clutch slippage at the bottom.

I'm probably still getting used to the car but having to rev over 3,500rpm every time I want to go up my driveway seems excessive, and I dont want to damage the transfer case.

What do you guys think?

[lwells]

You could always get one of those HKS or Ms ATTESSA controllers and lock it in RWD.

LW.

[benm]

Time to move to a new house, or pull the fuse

[pentae]

LOL..

Yeah, If RWD doesnt work i'll be packing the end of this week .. parking on the street? inconceivable!

Mark: Btw, Thanks mate, hows your girl these days?

Also, is there anything else I have to do other than pull the 4wd fuse? Anything that can happen that I should be wary of?

[benm]

Just park it at my house, plenty of room here. Sure its abit of a hike to pick it up on weekends but just think how much nicer you will be treating that clutch

[NXTIME]

Bolt an electric winch to the top of your driveway and use the front towhook

[Japtastic-UK]

Electric winch the best idea yet!

[pentae]

NXTIME: Thats a great idea, I love it. And I am crazy enough to do it. But i'm too lazy to walk up the top of the driveway to get the winch.

[NXTIME]

pentae: No need - just leave it hooked up and reverse the car down when you leave Just don't forget to unhook it before you tramp it up the street!

it will be at the bottom of the driveway when you get home

PS, could be also used as an anti-theft device for an unwitting thief

[pentae]

Nxtime: Damn, that would actually work.

But i'd still need to get out of the car

Can anyone please tell me if I can pull the 4wd fuse out / put it back in, while the car is running, without damaging anything?

I dont know enough about auto electrics to make my own decision.

I think I might just get a simple toggle switch.. for AWD on / off.. I dont care too much about adjusting the drive split.. I just want an on off switch. Surely this can be done by an auto electrician fairly cheaply? Does anyone else have a toggle switch? Can it be used while driving?

Thanks everyone..

edit: ps. More pics in a few hours!

[lwells]

I wouldn't yank the 4WD fuse while the car is on personally: I have done this for other fuses while the car is on an noticed a nice big blue spark.

Remember when you pull the 4WD fuse you also loose the ABS.

LW.

[pentae]

She be a crazy demon with no fuse! Whoa!

I just took about 20 photos after a wash, paint clean, polish and wax.. I will post them all up when I get back from dinner.. !

[pentae]

Hey Guys,

Click Here FOR 12 PICS I took of the car after a clean!!

I love this car. I'm still bummed about having to wait 6 months, but i'm happy with the end result.

Can anyone tell me what the damn thing mounted where a turbo timer normally sits in picture 2 is? Its obviously got something to do with the stereo that used to be there.

It says Panasonic on it.

[benm]

Looks nice, time to find a new steering wheel and order a set of handbrake/gearstick leathers from the groupbuy section

[pentae]

Anyone?

benmn: Thanks buddy, yeah I will definately be doing that..