R32 Project

[Lonewolf]

Sold the Bora as it was going to cost a lot of money to get it as fast as I want, and given I want to do more track work would have broken something expensive eventually :)

Moved over to this, a 1993 R32 Gts-t, you would recognize it from the previous owner Dan (Bangn).

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/R32/R32.jpg

Mods/work done:
45V1 R33 Turbo running 14.5psi
Nistune Ecu - tuned to 236.5rwhp
Bosch 040 Fuel Pump
3" Bellmouth Dump Pipe
3" Mandrel Bend Exhaust System
All new Power steering hoses
All new Cooling hoses and bypass hoses
All new Vac & Breather Hoses
All new fuel hoses from tank to the front of the car
New Rocker Cover Gaskets, D Rubbers & Bolt Washer Rubbers
New Injector Seals upper and lower
Intake Manifold stripped off, acid bathed and re-sealed
Hicas Lock Bar
Gearbox overhauled with new bearings and seals
New K sport Coilovers
New Front Nolathane Camber Adjustment Bushes
New Front Nolathane Caster Adjustment Bushes
New Front Nolathane Lower Control Arm Bushes
17" Buddy club P1s wrapped with 235 GT Radials on the rear and 225's on front
Oldschool Momo Wheel
Greddy/Grex Diamond Gearknob
GTR front Bumper Rio
VZ Commodore Side Guard Flashers
Stripped back the GT Badges to Chrome Finish
Sound deadner and all sound insulation removed, boot also stripped
324mm GTR front rotors with unique autosport caliper brackets
Brand New DBA 4000 Wiper Slot front and rear Rotors
Brand New EBC redstuff pads front and rear
BeeR rev limiter
Fire Extinguisher fitted to passenger floor
18% Tint

Its very clean inside too:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/R32/Interior.jpg

Plans:
GTR seats for a bit more headroom and better support
Raise suspension for better ground clearance
Varex exhaust (maybe)
new alarm/central locking
2nd set of rims with r-comps
Get to the track and enjoy it :D

Long term probably look at injectors and a bigger turbo, something along the lines of a HKS 25/30, but dont want a lag monster for the motorsport I want to do.

[kurbn]

2530 would be nice...

Enjoy mate, I hope to see vids of peelouts on trackdays.

[mys1]

HKS TO4E - they love it!

[Alt_F4]

Great pickup Blake!

[Drift_R32]

droolz..one hot, clean 32...

Can anyone shed some light on the bellmouth dump pipes? are they any good say compared to the split styles flow wise, ive got one on a GTRS turbo, wondering if its worth getting rid of

[Justooon]

Serious amount of love for this car.. a lot of attention given by the previous owner..

Keen to see how she goes on the track!

[duste]

Very nice pick-up Blake!

In theory, divorced dump-pipes are great but they're only really viable performance-wise if you have a division in the turbine housing itself to separate the wastegate and turbine exhaust flows. Otherwise the flows will merge in the turbine housing then try to split themselves up for the dump-pipe, and defeats the purpose of the split-style. Basically bell-mouth dump-pipes just provide a smooth transition between the size of the turbine housing and the required exhaust size.

[kurbn]

pretty much ^

I have had both split and bellmouth..

bellmouth provided better midrange and seemed to be less restrictive too and boosted faster. Its also alot smoother exit out the turbo rather than gases trying to merge into eachother further down the line.

[adrenalin]

Nice blake

Bout time you went to RWD

[stumps.]

Fuckin clean

[kurbn]

Is because u drive the ****ing Gts with the back fire~ u think u are big ,is it!! ***

Version 2.0

[Milhouse]

Nice car Blake, I still see your 180sx from time to time parked up outside work, its lived a very hard life it seems !

[Justooon]

http://i53.tinypic.com/amfh1s.jpg

[Milhouse]

^ LOL !

[d1mitch]

thats a clean 32, nice buy, i wish both of mine were as tidy as this.

[Torquen]

Bombed 32!

[Atomic_FD]

those P1's yea?

Are they painted or powder coated? I want to do mine black.

[SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS]

http://i53.tinypic.com/amfh1s.jpg

We should be freinds!

[monk_13]

Nice pick up Blake. Any particular reason for not chasing an R?

[kurbn]

those P1's yea?

Are they painted or powder coated? I want to do mine black.

Powdercoated... dont paint, after a month stone chips will make your rims look shit. You will get a much better finish getting them soda blasted and coated.

[Alt_F4]

Nice pick up Blake. Any particular reason for not chasing an R?
He knows GTR's are a money pit ;)

[Lonewolf]

He knows GTR's are a money pit ;)

Yeah I dont have the pockets to fix a GTR if something major breaks, very hard to find a clean one too, let alone for what this cost me :)

[DRKWRX]

Nice! car is smooth as, Dan is a fussy pingpingpingping with his cars so you know its been looked after!

[AGIT8D]

Powdercoated... dont paint, after a month stone chips will make your rims look shit. You will get a much better finish getting them soda blasted and coated.

I've got no stone chips in mine, black with pearl paint and clear..

[duste]

I've got no stone chips in mine, black with pearl paint and clear..

Can't get stone chips if the car's not driven!

[HANS YOLO]

i too have dreams of cheaper mods! did a forum member pick up the Dub? spewing i didn't get to see/hear it before you moved on

nice buy, great looking car!

[duste]

i too have dreams of cheaper mods! did a forum member pick up the Dub? spewing i didn't get to see/hear it before you moved on

nice buy, great looking car!

http://antilag.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41420

Swappsies n shit.

[Lonewolf]

Working 500m down the road from JPC is bad, lol.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/R32/GTR_Seats.JPG

[rucker_]

Those seats will be the best mod you will ever do believe me.

Great buy mate

[Aristoman]

Nice pickup Blake ! Wow impressive condition testament to the previous owner.

Off to PC to give it some light track work ;)

[180SXTCY]

bombed 32. so neat and tidy.

[Nic_A31]

mismatched seatbelt clips :O you're going to ruin the mint condition of the whole car!

[PAGZ]

talk to jc trimming and make the seats as clean as the rest of the car!

[RELEASE]

very very nice pickup blake!

when you said to me you wanted to get something more track orientated i didnt know you would move this quick into getting one. good work :D

[Lonewolf]

Seats are in
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/R32/seats_in.JPG

So much more supportive than the standard seats, and gives me a few CM more headroom.
Good incentive to lose some more weight though, haha.

[kurbn]

really needed some decent seats, wont have to pin yourself against the door now.

[thrtytwo]

Just watched you run a flat 15 :P hope the show gets a bit better mate :P

[DCEVO]

Best 32 Ive seen for ages.

[Aristoman]

Just watched you run a flat 15 :P hope the show gets a bit better mate :P

:eek:

Maybe Blake was nursing the car ?

[thrtytwo]

:eek:

Maybe Blake was nursing the car ?

Haha take it easy mate. Was just jokin around.

[monk_13]

Burnout pics failing to load Blake... FOR SHAME!

[thrtytwo]

Nice 14.2. Made up for the 15 :P

[sweeney]

sic car bro.

[thrtytwo]

Best I seen was a 14.12 nice run man. You get any better?

[Lonewolf]

nah that was the quickest of the night, 14.1@102mph with a 2.37 60'
I cant launch it for shit but getting the hang of it, axle tramps a lot.

Mph is about right for the power level, would sneak a 13 with a better launch :)

[DanWA]

sneak? i ran a 13.3 with 239rwhp

let someone else drive

however 1/4 times mean shit!

[Lonewolf]

pfft as if let someone else drive.
I'd rather run a 16 and drive myself than a 12 with someone else driving it!

Car isnt a straight line weapon, and never will be, further modifications will be in line with street/circuit use so nice and responsive.

[Passage GT]

sneak? i ran a 13.3 with 239rwhp

let someone else drive

however 1/4 times mean shit!

in an r32 with same power?
because different cars deliver power very very differently and there's an infinate amount of factors which could change times
everything from a 800kg datto with that power running 12s or better on slicks to a 2 tonne bohemoth doing 18s with a stock auto and shitty irs etc etc
i'm sure you get my point

[thrtytwo]

Yeh sounds like right times in that car/power to me. My car had 200rwhp on cred dyno. Best. Got was a 14.4 with bald tyres.

[space]

Good to see you in car more suited to your obvious motor sport blood. Keen to see what you end up doing with the 32.

[DanWA]

in an r32 with same power?
because different cars deliver power very very differently and there's an infinate amount of factors which could change times
everything from a 800kg datto with that power running 12s or better on slicks to a 2 tonne bohemoth doing 18s with a stock auto and shitty irs etc etc
i'm sure you get my point

yeah i get your point

[kurbn]

same deal as I had.. couldnt get it off the line properly, didnt have an axle tramp issue tho but when I did the 14.1 run I had a weak diff that kept going open centre.. Might be worth chucking in some rear subframe bushes/sleeves

car could easily do 13.8 with the right launch imo

[ED40]

Saw it last night at the drags went over to say hi but don't know what you look like. Had a good look at the car anyway, so clean!

[Lonewolf]

same deal as I had.. couldnt get it off the line properly, didnt have an axle tramp issue tho but when I did the 14.1 run I had a weak diff that kept going open centre.. Might be worth chucking in some rear subframe bushes/sleeves

car could easily do 13.8 with the right launch imo

Yeah, im sure I could get it down with some further practice.
2.2 60' would see a 13.


Saw it last night at the drags went over to say hi but don't know what you look like. Had a good look at the car anyway, so clean!

Cheers, I wasnt standing near it for most of the time in the lanes.

[Lonewolf]

new exhaust arrived today
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/R32/kakimoto.JPG

May lose me a couple of ponies but will be worth it for less noise/drone whilst still having a good note.
Also getting it raised up 20mm or so this week hopefully.

[31-EVO]

FAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

that is all

[Milhouse]

melted down coke can china spec ?

[Lonewolf]

Nah, Kakimoto, Japlish on box says "sol'id tuning"!

[kurbn]

at least that system will be lighter than the steel system.. Should be able to get some coin back too selling what was on it..had only done about 10k kms on the steel mandrel system. I didn't think it was that droney, just noisy on full noise :)

I like the titanium look tip, never really been a fan of big mufflers on 32s tho.

is that what you had on order from Justjap :P

[Gurney]

This WAS one of my favourite r32s, but getting rid of the exhaust and raising it....such a shame =[

[kurbn]

if hes doing motorsport in it, he will need to raise the front a bit as it can rub a little bit on hard turns, least then he can chuck it without worrying. Wilkinsons did say to me raising them up a bit makes them handle better as its just too low for the suspension design they rekn..

i said balls to that and dropped it on its hole... LOL

[Lonewolf]

yeah, its not optimal as it is front or rear, and not enough ground clearance for a good hills run, does look good slammed though, haha.

[Gurney]

i said balls to that and dropped it on its hole... LOLThat's the spirit!

[Joe]

DO WANT... Kakimoto ftw.

[heller44]

Nice and shiny..
I did however think that your car was reasonably quiet anyway..

[Lonewolf]

coilovers have been changed for a set of BC's and raised up a bit (especially at the rear).
Exhaust is now on too, and its the perfect balance of note without the drone, but ground clearance is a bit iffy. May look at getting it modified for a bit more room.

[ChrisGTR]

Nice work.
How do you rate the BC coilovers?
Did you get them with the external reservoir (ER Series)?

[Lonewolf]

The BC's are very good, they're not tein monoflex or DMS, but a level over the real cheap stuff.
I'll have some more thoughts on them once i've had a chance to play with the damper settings.

Didnt get the ER's, I dont think they make them for the R32. Picked these up cheap 2nd hand with about 1000km on them.

[sambo_xr6t]

nice car mate looks keen

[Lonewolf]

Did a drive day at the speed dome over the weekend, first time driving a rwd in anger, big learning curve but a lot of fun.

Needs a diff as it was single legging a bit, i'm leaning more towards a quaife helical LSD rather than a mechanical.

Coilovers were great, about mid-stiffness was best for the course, on full hard it bounced everywhere without enough compliance.

Car is also going to need some body work from my panel beating cousin:
Rust to be cut out of arches before it gets too bad
OEM GTR front bar to replace cracked and shitty paint fiberglass copy
Fix scratch on front guard
fill in holes in boot

[ChrisGTR]

I think you can shim the factory liminted slip diff for cheap and I've heard that it holds up and performs real good too. Might be something to look into.

[Milhouse]

Blake, try get a GTR bonnet for it, would look much nicer than the GTS-T one

[kurbn]

any pics blake? i love that one in the display pic. miss this thing bad

[Lonewolf]

I think you can shim the factory liminted slip diff for cheap and I've heard that it holds up and performs real good too. Might be something to look into.

Yeah, heard this might be an option, will look into it.


Blake, try get a GTR bonnet for it, would look much nicer than the GTS-T one

In an ideal world I'd love a gtr bonnet and grill for the weight saving, but unless one comes up cheap in the right colour its unlikely to happen.


any pics blake? i love that one in the display pic. miss this thing bad

Pics on facebook from the weekend

[kurbn]

U cant shim it, you cant disassemble the viscous unit. Already tried that :) Thats why I ended up welding my old diff as it went full open.

[Miggy]

Kakimoto make great exhausts, good pick up.

[Lonewolf]

Car developed a missfire whilst on a leisurely cruise last weekend.
Seems that coilpacks are a pretty common issue, and considering the car has done more than 225,000km (possibly still on originals), expected this was the issue.

Swapped out plugs and coilpacks for a set of "Yellow Jackets".
Splitfires would have been good, but these are 1/2 the price and have double the warranty so thought they'd be worth a shot.

Popped them in over the last few days (Pain in the ass with the crossover pipe), but fixed the issue it seems.
Does make me want to go to a forward facing plenum just so it would be easier in future lol.

Also now have a genuine GTR N1 front bar on its way from japan minus bottom lip. Probably buy a carbon lip to go with it :)

[AD4M]

splitfires have been made in china/taiwan now for the past few years and the qaulity of them has dropped, so spending less on the yellow jackets wont be a bad thing if they work well straight out the box (something splitfires weren't doing)

use bcp6es plugs and if you still have a slight miss just gap them down to .7 and you shouldn't have a problem.

try and find a GTR rio bar to go with the skin, it will make it a hell of alot easier to fit. there's a small mod you do to the mounting point that will make the skin sit flat to the gaurds without the need for gtr ones. shoot us a pm when you get that far and I'll explain it :)

[Lonewolf]

no missfire at idle, will take it for a good drive tomorrow to ensure its fixed.
Using BCPR6E-11 plugs, couldnt find the "ES" plugs and the NGK guide said these were fine.

Previous owner mentioned that the car already has a GTR reo bar, definitely be good to know of said trick when it comes time to mount the bar (though my cousin will be doing it not me as he's the panel beater)

[31-EVO]

I hope you gapped those plugs down.

[Lonewolf]

nah, running stock gap and feels fine

[Alt_F4]

Stronger spark fron new coilpacks should negate the need to gap down, at least until Blake smashes more boost in :D

[31-EVO]

Hahaha fair one.

[kurbn]

Hahaha fair one.

.8 is for us loosers with stock coil packs :)

[31-EVO]

I have china splitfires, but yer, same same probably.

[jengi]

I've always liked this 32, it's so tidy. Nice find Blake :)

[Lonewolf]

coilpacks have held up well, zero issues and fixed the missfire.
Still waiting on my front bar, but cant really afford to have it painted and fitted along with the other panel work so it will likely sit around for a while anyway.

Bought a set of Federal 595 RS-R tyres, given that I want to do a bit more track work and I only drive low KM so the 140 treadwear isnt such an issue.
Interested to see how they go.

Also considering swapping exhaust back to the one that was on it when I bought it. The kakimoto sounds great but has a bit of an issue with ground clearance due to the decat pipe being slightly different. Will decice on this next week.

Car will be paid off in a month, but need to start saving for a house so spending will slow down a bit.

Have been pondering engine options and come to the following choices:
a) keep the RB20
b) VQ30DET - should go in pretty easy
c) SR20VE+T - should also go in pretty easy (register car with sr20det first, then transplant head). lighter motor, further back in the chassis, better torque than RB20, and ability to make power very easily as well as being something different.

Both options are still a fair way from being viable financially, but its nice to dream. :)

[adrenalin]

rb25 ?

[Alt_F4]

VQ is the best option listed, will liven up the 32 without adding much weight at all.

But like I said the other day, go a vh45 :p

[Lonewolf]

rb25 ?

borrrrring

[cactus]

Nothing boring about an RB25 ... Especially when youve been driving N/A Sr20's all your life :P

But in all seriousness, if budget is major restriction, RB25 is best option. Then you can slap a big dirty 30 on the bottom later on and enjoy it in a nice light weight car :)

[Lonewolf]

I wont be doing any motor swap without having a fair bit of cash available to spend on it.
Every man and his dog has an RB25, so if going to the effort of an engine swap, might as well do something interesting.

[Mad_Aussie]

Put a rotor in it.

[R3N]

2J

[Milhouse]

B6T

[ben351]

351c

750 4 barrel

twin dumpers before the diff

sit back and watch tha panties drop

[mitchy]

I wont be doing any motor swap without having a fair bit of cash available to spend on it.
Every man and his dog has an RB25, so if going to the effort of an engine swap, might as well do something interesting.

did you ever think the reason people go 25 is because it's easy, and proven results?

VQ/SR/rubber band aint so easy.

[Lonewolf]

did you ever think the reason people go 25 is because it's easy, and proven results?

VQ/SR/rubber band aint so easy.

Of course its easy, and provides good results.
Its also not different enough to warrant pulling the RB20 out for in my opinion, rather put something more interesting in.

[R3N]

LS1

[cactus]

did you ever think the reason people go 25 is because it's easy, and proven results?

VQ/SR/rubber band aint so easy.

+1

Its not a show car, its a track/daily and an RB25 is a massive step up - the torque increase is incredible, and there is so much available for them its easy to make good power.

I don't see the point in putting in some random motor just to be 'different'.

[mr_mike]

ecotec + ebay spec china twin turbo kit

[Lonewolf]

+1

Its not a show car, its a track/daily and an RB25 is a massive step up - the torque increase is incredible, and there is so much available for them its easy to make good power.

I don't see the point in putting in some random motor just to be 'different'.

hardly a random motor when both fit in pretty easily thanks to sharing engine mounts and the like.
By you're theory, you should have stuck with a V8 in your car? Power productive and plenty of parts? :)

[cactus]

No ... cause my car didnt come out standard with a decent motor in it - it had 161 red motor in it, so more than enough reasons to change which I'm sure I don't need to spell out.

You already have an RB motor in your car - and yeah, maybe VQ/G share same mounts (?) as RB, but its not going to be as simple as an RB for RB swap.

[Lonewolf]

V8 would have gone in easier though?
I'm sure you like having something different in your car than the usual kingswood? :)

I already have an RB motor in my car, correct, hence if going to the time and expense of changing it out, its the perfect opportunity to do something else.

If everyone went with the easy and "logical" option life would be pretty fucking boring.

[adrenalin]

Cost effective wise rb25 will be cheapest.

And as said its only a 32 dude.

Wait till someone sells one with engine conversion done and buy it. Saves you alot of money \ time and hassle.

[mitchy]

V8 would have gone in easier though?
I'm sure you like having something different in your car than the usual kingswood? :)

I already have an RB motor in my car, correct, hence if going to the time and expense of changing it out, its the perfect opportunity to do something else.

If everyone went with the easy and "logical" option life would be pretty fucking boring.

the time and expense is proportional to the effort required.
swapping a 20 for a 25 is cheap and easy, so minimal time money.
swapping a 20 for a vq30 is going to cost more and be more difficult.

you're making it out as if you can slot any engine in there, be it a 25 or a V12 for the same price and effort.


and just FYI, i'm not telling you to put a 25 in it, i dont give a fuck what you do.

[cactus]

V8 would have gone in easier though?
I'm sure you like having something different in your car than the usual kingswood? :)

I already have an RB motor in my car, correct, hence if going to the time and expense of changing it out, its the perfect opportunity to do something else.

If everyone went with the easy and "logical" option life would be pretty fucking boring.

No. I had a VL doner car - free RB engine as opposed to having to purchase another V8. And besides that - my car isnt a Skyline - it is a ground-up rebuild of a HQ Prem which I had the time and money to do an engine conversion that made sense.

Putting a different motor in your car makes life all that more exciting, but in your case it just seems a waste of time and money when you already have a race bred (see what I did there) motor in it.

[Lonewolf]

you're making it out as if you can slot any engine in there, be it a 25 or a V1 for the same price and effort.

and just FYI, i'm not telling you to put a 25 in it, i dont give a fuck what you do.

Not really, nissans share a lot of shit (e.g. crossmembers and engine mounts can be shared between certain models which makes swaps much easier).
Not wanting to put a 2J/V12/EJ20 into it.

In the end, if it comes down wanting to do engine swap i'll do whatever the fuck I want, still a fair way away from doing anything on that front.

[Skitzo]

I completely see where you're coming from Lonewolf. Fuck the haters, why follow the trend?! If i wanted to do what's easiest, id be driving another pos nissan. Instead, i branched out and got something different.

Drop RB25 in it, and peeps will go "nice 32 mate, i have a few freinds with the conversion". Drop soemthign unique in there, and people will praise you for thinking outside the box/creativity, and doign something different.

If you're keeping a nissan motor, id go the VG/Q30 (Rrob doesn't like this).

[cactus]

Skitzo makes a good point - and Blake even more so, do what ever the fuck you want lol.

[d1mitch]

sr is always a good conversion, mount nice and far back enough room in there to get a v mount setup if you really want

[RRob]

If your gonna swap motor's make sure it's at least a 3L. Cubes is where it's at.

[kurbn]

sr is always a good conversion, mount nice and far back enough room in there to get a v mount setup if you really want

you're forgetting SR's are gay and sound terrible.
A 25 is going to be a stronger motor than an SR and produce more torque

however I would go VQ also :) Im not turning my back on the 25 conversion.. Im in love with the sound

[31-EVO]

ecotec + ebay spec china twin turbo kit

Certainly different, certainly gay. Although, I'd love the reactions on people's faces.

Liking the sounds of the future plans Blake, VQ would be decent, I wouldn't mind seeing what a 20 is capable of, you've seen one chop a HYPO GTR so what is to say yours couldn't as well.

[ED40]

BA motor mate? ahah
I love the idea of a VQ.

Cactus why not throw a 202 in the 'Q and turbo that sucker? They respond well to boost too :D

[Lonewolf]

After a hard run this morning the car overheated and shat a brick.
Being an RB20, it made it home despite it without so much as a cough or splutter.

Let it cool down, refilled with coolant and it looks like the water pump has shat itself (making lovely noises!).
Coolant and radiator are also clogged with shit.

Going to replace with an OEM water pump + 40mm alloy radiator + new thermostat and get the block flushed.
Hopefully the motor is still ok, if not the indestructable RB20 myth may be up!

In other news:
My new genuine N1 front bar arrived ex japan the other week.
Going to team it with these:
http://justjap.com/store/images/P/bnr32juncarblip.jpg

and these:
http://justjap.com/store/images/P/carbn1vents.jpg

Will go on once I have the cash to get them sprayed and the rust taken out of the rear guards.

Also picked up a set of GTR injectors which are 444cc, should suit my power requirements.
Will grab a Z32 AFM and then hunt for a turbo.
Likely to go for a HKS 25/30 if I can find one cheap, otherwise a t3 flanged GT28RS or GT2871R.
should provide a reliable ~300rwhp

[TJ]

Put a 1j in it

[TJ]

Put a 1j in it

[Risk10k]

lsx.

[Aristoman]

2J all the way.

Remember the issues the Jimih and his green wasabi 32 used to have with his old RB20 :( Once they overheat they're normally cactus overtime.

[thrtytwo]

is that garage saurus front lip ?? if so, V nice

[Lonewolf]

nah jun style carbon replica lip.

Wont be doing anything fancy if the motor is farked, another 20 or a 25 (since its so easy...), depending on costs.

[winstor]

4g63

[31-EVO]

4JJ1 3.0L common rail diesel.
If the 20 is dead, smash another one in, they cost like $5

[Buckets]

It's been said a few times, LSX I was even thinking of putting one in my RX7 instead of a 13B a while ago. It's a cheap conversion with plenty of room to make more power easily and cheaply.

[Mitchell]

Ls1 with a cam and tune 350ish+hp and put the power down well and don't get very hot

[Risk10k]

There was that yellow 32 with GTR fenders and an LS floating around over east, looked porn. Individual trumpets as well....


/Bandwagon. RB25/LS doesn't really matter, thats all WA cares about!

[Lonewolf]

good luck getting a v8 conversion legal!

found out water pump supposed to be changed every 100,000km, probably still on the original.
Also have doubts about the timing belt so going to do that too.

The joys of maintaining an 18 year/225,000km old nissan shitter!
Be a pain in the ass to do said work then find out its cooked, maybe on the hunt for a decent low km RB20...

[thrtytwo]

Can get 100,000k service kits for about $800 from memory. New water pump and full seals, timing belt and tensioners and some other stuff from memory I can't remember. Look on sauwa.

[Lonewolf]

more like $400 :)
would suck to put that through it then find that the motor is cooked.
cheap 2nd hand RB20 isnt much more than that, and will have the benefit of lower KMs

choices!

[Buckets]

Put RB20 in the bin and do this now !!!

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3159/skylinebaysq8.jpg

[Halle Terry]

CA18DET for the lols.

[SK]

rb25

but if you got the time and money then do what ever you want

[thrtytwo]

more like $400 :)
would suck to put that through it then find that the motor is cooked.
cheap 2nd hand RB20 isnt much more than that, and will have the benefit of lower KMs

choices!

Well there ya go. I bought a kit about 3 years ago so memory is a bit shady :P

[kurbn]

It won't be dead, first 20 I owned hit the H about 5 times with different cooling issues, never missed a beat. That's why I spend the time I do now on mechanical before cosmetic. Do a water pump and you'l be grinning imo

Tip - for the timing belt, the genuine idler for the
Rhs of the belt is 300 bucks from nissan, you can
Buy the exact same brand bearing from veales for about 60 bucks

[carlos spicy wener]

if the 20 is cooked, you may aswell do a swap to the motor you want now.

VQ is a good choice, and they are gaining in popularity for very good reason.
plenty of VQ conversions being undertaken, so imo vq into 32 isnt anything new.

alloy block so nice and light, V6 delivers plenty of torque, and sounds as good as if not better than RB on gate.

www.vq30.com

[Drift_R32]

my old R31 with a silvertop shat the front of the water pump because motor had been sitting around, practically poured out..drove it with no water for atleast 10mins i reckon without knowing(tempe guage was dicky)

new water pump on..no worries.

[Lonewolf]

will see, ordered new pump, radiator and thermostat.
Fact it made it home on hot for 30 minutes in 36 degree heat without so much of a cough or splutter still astounds me.

[mys1]

Blake, Do a CO2 test on the water, Just make sure its not done a gasket before spending to much time changing everything!

[family guy]

Blake, Do a CO2 test on the water, Just make sure its not done a gasket before spending to much time changing everything!

Smart man ^^ the old pregnacy test will tell all

[Lonewolf]

what does this involve?

[-Luke-]

http://www.blockchek.com/

Have one NOR if you get desperate

[DTM-031]

rb20 will be fine. mine got so hot it cracked an ally rad and still is fine

[mitchy]

what brand radiator..?

[Lonewolf]

Cooling Pro, the Blitz one i wanted is out of stock.
China all the way!

[family guy]

what does this involve?

Just a test on the radiator fluid. Having the car running and device that sits where the radiator caps goes. It has a fluid in it that changes colour if there is co2 in the radiator fluid. signilling if you have a blown head gasket or not. ie pregnant or not :P

http://www.arrowheadradiator.com/head_gasket_or_combustion_leak_test.htm

Most workshops have them

[Lonewolf]

Car is now back on the road and running thanks to joshg123 from here, mechanic extraordinaire!

Headgasket appears to be fine.

New water pump, thermostat, and timing belt are in for some preventative maintenance as wasnt sure when they were last done (supposed to be done every 100,000km).
Also fresh oil filter, oil, and coolant.

Turns out the radiator was pretty fubar, in fact the plastic fitting on the header tank had snapped off and was partway down the radiator hose, so pretty glad I turfed it for a 40mm alloy job.

RB20 should be good for another 225,000km now :D

Swapped the original exhaust back on the car too.

[joshg123]

Just keep your fingers crossed re-head, there is certainly nothing obvious, no bubbles in cooling system with water pump not spinning, and CO tested fine. But sometimes both tests, can play tricks on you.

But i think your in the clear

[heller44]

Which radiator did you buy? Asi or some other?

[mys1]

Why original exaust?

[Lonewolf]

Which radiator did you buy? Asi or some other?

Cooling Pro


Why original exaust?

Better ground clearance (as I have a custom front section which made the Kakimoto sit too low) and a bit more volume.
Also wanted to recoup some costs.

[mys1]

fair bump play on! more skid pics required