She's Here!

[predator]

Well after paying for the car in late July, late November, and the car finally has been delivered today!! Was pretty exciting to see the car carrier come deliver it today direct to my door.

Still needs to go through compliance, most of which I'm going to do myself I think, so its going to be a few weeks before its on the road. I'm in no hurry though with xmas and things coming up.

Overall pretty happy with the condition. No rust, no signs of any major accident, and interior is pretty great condition throughout. Most things seem to work ok.

Started her up, and the ol' rb20det seems to run nicely and smoothly, with no major issues I can see so far. Unfortunately with no compliance yet, its not going anywhere much further than the driveway.

Needs a clean and general tidy up over the next few weeks.. and if I ever find out the #@$#@$#@ who decided to sticky tape up the bonnet they're in trouble! Because cloth tape is an absolute BITCH to remove! (any suggestions???)

Paint has a few minor scratches and things but for a car 15 years old, as good as you'd expect. Only disappointment I guess is looks as if something has rubbed against it, or even suspiciously looks like a key mark along the rear left quarter .. that was never in the original condition report or photos

Sometime its going to need the bonnet redone (probably replaced with a GTR or CF job), and the rear side resprayed. Maybe even a full respray. But oh well, for the price I no complain.. few hundred bucks will fix all that some day. This car will never be about the looks anyhow..

For $7200 so far (yes, really, landed and to my door), you can't really complain

[predator]

Photos!

I hate cloth tape!!

Look, its the tiger car. Note the dodgy japanese repair job on the bonnet:

Engine needs a wash soonish, otherwise not too bad.

ass..

[predator]

sideview:

my car is attacked by warfie graffiti artists..

*grunt*

... and the coupe de' grace going in sometime in the next 6 months.. along with a manual box.. then lots of performance fun:

[strutto]

Looks good Pred!! 7 2 is an awesome price landed... Whens the "new" engine go in???

Whats the go with taping the bonnet anyway? Perhaps try some Big Kevs Goo Remover...

[Yotis]

Man.. congrats.. Looks great! (well other than the tape things) Hopefully mine will clear quarantine soon too....

[Horus]

good work gordo, I guess your turbo withdrawal is over

[Anquetil]

Cool!

Interesting Plenum Gordo. Wonder what the flow is like?

[predator]

Thanks guys.. its not perfect as you can see, but that is part of the challenge and fun of building it up from stock into a beast exactly the way I want it

I will try bigKev - hope it works.. I think because the bonnet latch needed bending back down (2 minute fix) they taped it all down.. *shrug* Its annoying whatever the reason!

RB25 is going in probably late jan. Its pretty much ready to go though and i have the loom, ecu, etc... no idea about that plenum mod, old owner said he had no problems (but was only running mild power levels). Harder to change than leave be unfortunately, so guess its staying. Goal is around 240-270rwkw once that goes in, so shall be interesting.

Yotis: if yours was on the same boat, it should be any day now. On the car carrier that came down here, there was another grey R32, so there are a few going through.

[japtaxi]

was that stimp's old rb25 u got it there?

car looks great.. guess it won't be long before it is all fixed

[dnb]

very nice man.

[hippy]

hey i've seen that plenum mob before, it seems alot of people have it, anyways theres nothing wrong with it and i'm sure its a little better than the standard crossover ...

can i ask? was that 7.2k landed for a manual? any other mods? is it possible to get one with rb25 already in there?

[Ska]

S W E E T !

[wados]

looks good pred, is it stock as a rock

[knore]

Nice

Gotta love project cars

[MM2death]

was that stimp's old rb25 u got it there?

car looks great.. guess it won't be long before it is all fixed

It looks like it's stimps' old RB25 cuz of the stuff (i forget what it was) that he coated the penum with....turned out that icky colour.

Good luck Gord with the 32. You got a good deal.

Scott

[silver gts-t]

how much did you pay for that yellow bucket?

nahh looks nice

you going to respray it?

[Oz]

hey gordo nice to see the wait is over & the car is here with no Big probs, as for taking the tape off try "Perp Wash" that should bring it off, if it dose make sure u use some paint cleaner after & then wax it.

As the name says its a prep wash for painting but is not to hard on the paint MAKE sure the car is parked in the shade & the paint is cool

[strutto]

Yeah thats a good call Oz... A bit of Prepsol should do the trick...

[Nexus9]

I love the "sticker work" on the bonnet Gordo, you should leave it on there

It'll make it go fasterer

[predator]

The tape must be the latest in Japanese rice.. I also have a bunch of receipts and a KFC receipt in Japanese, how exciting

Will and Scott are on the money.. it *is* stimps old engine.. not the twin turbo one (i hope!) but the other one he had... I'm going to take those off at some point and get them polished or anodised.

Where do you get this purpsol or prepsol stuff?