[IN MEMORY] An R33 built in a best mates memory

[SUSS LUX]

Hey guys

So as the tittle states im building a S1 R33 but its a paticuarly centamentle build for me, five years ago my best mate passed away after crashing his S1 R33at high speeds.
He faught for his life in hospital for some time and in the end passed away.
I never had much money but i vowed to myself to one day rebuild an exact replica of his car with an strong engine under the bonnet as a token of my
rememberance to him.

He had a white S1 R33 Slammed on it ass with some awsome 18" wheels and some coilovers no engine mods at all.

Finaly I am in a position to be able to afford to build the car and so a few months ago i took ownership of a rolling shell that had been in a small mingel at a drift event, so now the build begins!
Basicly A very good mate of mine Luke had a R33 setup as a drift car with rego had a RB27 combo in it and the car was killa, but unfrotunatly at one of
the drift events in collie he had a small mingal with another drifter and decided to reshell the car rather than fix it and he was nice enough to donate the shell to me.

This was Luke at the event that wrecked the car
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Once the pannels where removed it looked like a prity straight forward fix, small kink in the rail and the majority of the wheel arche was mangeled!

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So i set out trying to find a donner car to repaire mine with basicly needed and intire front end including the structural front clip.
I managed the track down an extremmely written off S2 R33 for $2,500 witch also had a low km RB25det and manual box so i grabed the write off!

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There was an issue with the S2 i bought tho the front end was twisted so all the structural clip forward of the shock towers was no good.
Just in front of the strut towers is a factory join basicly you can drill out the factory welds remove the front clip and replace it with a new one.
So now i still needed to find a a good front clip.
The other problem was that it was a S2 and the car i was building a replica of was a S1 so i needed to swap front ends with some one witch i mananged o do recently.
I also managed to find a front clip with minimal damage!

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The front clip cost me $39 and about 30mins of my time LOL
Now that I had eveything needed to complete the repaires to the shell I sent it off to the pannel shop!

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The whole idea behind building the car was that it looked identicle to my mates car down to every aspect so I found an S1 front end, tracked down a S2 spoiler and found a set of the exact wheels he had on his car.
There are still a few small parts i need to top off the body but its getting there

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[SUSS LUX]

Now that the car was back at home and ready for an engine we stripped the engine box and loom from the S2 wreck and got to chasing some go fast bits
for it. I did my home work and looked into a good setup for a street/track car and these are the parts I came up with and i had them all polished as soon as I got them all.

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Now ive got all the parts for the engine to go in i inlisted the help of a good mate and his father Graham and Craig to help with the fidlly bit as they have both been involved in drift for over 5 years in WA and also the help of the boys at BRP.
We have got the engine to a state where its ready to be fitted into the shell with a new clutch but we have hit a small snag, we just need to move everything from one workshop to another and just havent had the time.

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The turbo is a GT3071 with a .89 rear (I think its .89)
The mani is a 6Boost item with a 38mm Tial gate
The plenum is obviously a copy but its already been on a car and worked very well
The fuelrail is won of th old LUMPY rails LOL
The fuel system was already in the car but im not muh of a fan i think ill change it all to an in tank pump setup.
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Ill keep adding pics as the build goes on
Cheers

[azzada1]

Coming along nicely mate, ash would be proud

[DenZel]

Great build thread (besides some spelling issues) and much respect to why you are doing it.

But I would hardly call those wheels "awesome".

Good luck with the build.

[DCEVO]

Hey bud Ive got a Bov and steering wheel I would like to donate to you for your build let me know if you want them and your more than welcome to them

Cheers Ken

[Breno]

WOW! car looks amazing compared to how it looked after collie :p
well done man, if ya need some help with anything, gimme a holla.

can't wait to see it back out on the black stuff.

[Buckets]

That's a big job starting with such a fucked shell. I would have thought it would have been easier & cheaper to get a straight rolling shell than do all of that.

Good on you for the sentiment behind the car.

[jaybee]

i think it's great what your doing, well done mate.

[Mistikal]

Fantastic job so far, Ash would be proud indeed :)

[SUSS LUX]

Thanks heaps for the comments guys this car means alot to me!
As for the spelling LOL sorry bout that was like 4am when i was typing, hey Ken thanks very much for the offer mate but I already have both items but know that I do
truly appreciate the offer.
With regards to the cost of the car, so far as it sits repaired shell and the engine combo it owes me $7,680 so having patience waiting for parts to pop up has paid off!!!
And trust me the car is by no means cosmetically built to my taste but the important thin to me is its identical in every way!!!

Here is a pic of the car as it was before Ash passed away!!
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[_oz]

You've got heart mate, well done!

[disc0-dan]

You've got heart mate, well done!

Agree'd you got a big heart, props to you good sir !

[VT SS]

hahaha i hope you dont intend on getting as many yellow stickers as ash did ! good luck with your build.

[magic1]

Ash = 4MYSON?

[INSINR8R]

Ash = 4MYSON?

Isn't 4MYSON Adrian Lee? The 180SX his mum helped pay for because he was dying?

[magic1]

Isn't 4MYSON Adrian Lee? The 180SX his mum helped pay for because he was dying?

ok, thats cool. thinking of the wrong kid

[H1GHROLLR]

Gordo ?

[Torquen]

Great idea mate, just once's it's built and you've taken photo's of the car being identical looking get some good non china spec rims :)

[JBAE]

Ash = 4MYSON?

Nah ma different ash, ashizzleee( Mr meaner) is nikkis (pink S14) brother from ye old mandurah days R.I.C.E ect

[SUSS LUX]

Great idea mate, just once's it's built and you've taken photo's of the car being identical looking get some good non china spec rims :)
Advan RZ-DF 17 x 10 and plus 15 offset ;-)

Yeah mark its me!!!

[DCEVO]

Yep agree with the others you sir are a legend and I would gladly cruise with you any day

Hint : Should be a cruise in his honour....

[NVIOUS]

Nice effort Gordo!

[Stef]

nah ash was MR MEANER. i recall the car well..

pros to your gordo for the build! ash would be stoked.

[INSINR8R]

ok, thats cool. thinking of the wrong kid

All good, I had to google to make sure.

[SUSS LUX]

Thanks for the comments guys I will be hitting the crusies with it once it running for sure!!!
Anybody know where you can get new headlights cheap!!!

[Torquen]

Jap Yahoo auctions if you don't mind second hand lights... otherwise Nissan, but be prepared to bend over for them.

[[Jacek]]

If you are looking to get new headlights because the old ones are fogged up, I highly recommend Mother's Powerball 4lights - used it on my Jimny that had deep scratches and bad oxidisation similar to the typical r33

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/07250.html

$70 is much cheaper than a new set of headlights

[AGIT8D]

This will be perfect for Mr Meaner cruises dude. :) Seeing the pic of Ash's 33 has sure brought back some memories hahaha. Fark he had that thing slammed. Def was not shy of swinging it about either.

[JBAE]

This will be perfect for Mr Meaner cruises dude. :) Seeing the pic of Ash's 33 has sure brought back some memories hahaha. Fark he had that thing slammed. Def was not shy of swinging it about either.

the shit we used to do in that car was redonculous! lol poor car had a hard life and loved skids

[Fujiwara13]

Props to you man, this is an awesome idea to go through with.

Btw, if you're planning on swinging this car around and you want a spare front bar/skirts I have the exact ones lying in my front garden from my own 33 that you're more than welcome to?

[SUSS LUX]

;887079']If you are looking to get new headlights because the old ones are fogged up, I highly recommend Mother's Powerball 4lights - used it on my Jimny that had deep scratches and bad oxidisation similar to the typical r33

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/07250.html

$70 is much cheaper than a new set of headlights

Hey dude nah when it got the S1 front end the headlights had a morone strip across the top like eyelids with i hate and wanted to just strip the paint but the paint said he couldn get it of so i painted it white for now!


This will be perfect for Mr Meaner cruises dude. :) Seeing the pic of Ash's 33 has sure brought back some memories hahaha. Fark he had that thing slammed. Def was not shy of swinging it about either.

Hey Dan yeah man cant wait to get it out ay I intend on having it just as low as he had it and Ill try to peddle it hard to lol


Props to you man, this is an awesome idea to go through with.

Btw, if you're planning on swinging this car around and you want a spare front bar/skirts I have the exact ones lying in my front garden from my own 33 that you're more than welcome to?

Sounds good actually dude I'm very keen on doing some drifting once Its running. How much are you chasing for them??

[Fujiwara13]

Shoot us a PM mate, happy to give 'em to you.

[ossie_21]

That maroon car you got the front part from is my old 33 lol, knew it looked familiar!

Heard about Ash as it was about the time I got my car, didn't even realise it was Nikki's brother for a long time.
Awesome cause you are doing it for, well done :)

[SUSS LUX]

That maroon car you got the front part from is my old 33 lol, knew it looked familiar!

Heard about Ash as it was about the time I got my car, didn't even realise it was Nikki's brother for a long time.
Awesome cause you are doing it for, well done :)

Oh really sweet sorry bud but not my taste!!

[ossie_21]

What, the colour?

[SUSS LUX]

Nah the painted on eye lid things

[OLSKOOL1800]

Hey Mate,
Nice work on dedicating the build to your mate, very touching indeed... Hats of to you!
When the car is complete, please get in touch with me via the forum so I can do a shoot and article about the experience for Perth Street Car.
Cheers,
Jordan.

[ossie_21]

Nah the painted on eye lid things

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo37/SUSSLUX/222001_196996940345025_100001041607108_556422_3814 612_n.jpg

Oh I meant that ^ I sold the wreck to Gavin who lives down Mandurah way if that's who you got it from. I just had normal headlights though?? Recognized what was left of my old car by that metal bar sitting at the bottom of the bay, had the gearbox tied up to it after I removed the engine.

ps - Sorry about taking this a bit off topic lol

[SUSS LUX]

Oh HA HA killa small world lol

Thanks Jordan will do man!!

[900]

is that nick and al's i saw?

[DCEVO]

Definately need a cruise in your friends honour when its ready let us know then Ill do a smallish skid for ya Lol

[AGIT8D]

There is one pretty much every year.. Quite a large peel out from one of the lads one year got the cops there fairly quickly. My brother was driving my car and he locked it up and went for a long walk down the beach to avoid a licky haha.

[SUSS LUX]

Ha Ha classic yeah Ill be getting it out for a big cruise once its running.
Dan Next anniversary Im bringing it to the cruise and I have the infamous afro wig B-)

Ive also been on the phone to CRD and Im now chasing some parst for it wink wink

[AGIT8D]

Hahahahaha good work on the wig!

[SUSS LUX]

Hey guys Im hoping some of you might be able to help me out.
The 6 year anniversary of Ash's passing is getting closer and closer and Im still missing a few parts, due to a double knee recon recently and not working for ten months funds are tight hoping you guys might have some stuff laying around as It would mean more than the world to me to get this thing on the cruise this year.

Im missing some after market coils.
A decent Throttle body
An Intercooler
and a Radiator.

Cheers Gordon

[morgazmatron]

you have a PM

Hopefully i can help out.