Ok this thread is well over due but as im using my phone i will keep it short and sweet with as many pics as i can, that being said i was a muppet and lost my phone on a night out which had all the pictures of the car when i got it and the first part of the build :-/ It started life as a totally bone stock 2.5 na manual. Im sure some of you will be aware of my previous builds and my ocd for them lol this build was ment to be a simple, body kit and resale but as you will see..... that hasnt happend lol
Skipping lots of work but i changed my mind and wanted to go with a gtr front conversion... Now as Ive played this game before i know just how much goes into a gtr conversion so i wanted to do things alittle different, i wanted to cut the lip off the gtt bonnet and make everything else fit that! Lucky i had lots of skyline parts from my last build like a genuine gtr front bumper, coilovers ect ect the problem with cutting the lip off the bonnet and matching up a gtr bumper is the line dont match up atall, plus the gtr bumper is wider. so i cut the lip off the bonnet, made a fiberglass skin of the upper grill and the grafted it to the standard bumper, i also has a spare z-tune bumper which was warped so cut the vents out and set about making them fit the standard bumper too. end result is a completely one off bumper which i then fitted a spec2 lower lip too.
Oh, i also fitted a nismo vent amd blended that in to go To go with the awesome front end i set about making some n1 style skirts and also got some n1 rear spats which i then modified to fit the gtt bumper nice I fitted the tein coilovers i had sitting here, custom fitted a 3" decat exhaust system and enjoyed some track time.... until the box got noisey :-/ Long story short, it wasnt the gearbox, it was the diff so got another vlsd and its fixed lol in the time the car was broken i managed to secure a new premises so moved in and now really going to town on it!
The plan is, new plenum, top mount turbo, full respray blue! So yeah, Ive skipped shit loads of spec and work done but i will now keep this thread up to date with the progress And the last couple of days worth of work plus extra pics as we all love pretty pictures lol
Our lex and our friends r34 before a show. The colour the body is going! The colour the rockercovers are going. The diff that died a noble death! The daily driver lol
Got the engine out and on the stand, Its now strippes down and painted ready for the sexy bits to come also got the engine bay painted tonight.... lets see what i get done tomorrow!
Started getting the engine bay back together tonight, also had a the manifold and rb26 cam cover turn up so thought i would offer them up ... Thats about it for tonight
So i finally got some parts! The plenum wasnt a straight bolt on, it might of been but as Italy a neo engine they did say some mods are needed also picked up a rather sexy rad too. Managed to get a full day on it yesterday and got loads done, started at 9.00am finished at 11.30 Attack position lol The fruits of my labour!
Well since you asked.... got the body painted also got the cam covers sprayed, need to pull my finget out with this but been side tracked with our new s-body lol
Had to get it down on its wheels and out side today, give the workshop a much needed clean and make space for our silvia coming tomorrow Stacking parts up in one Corner.... to make a nice space for the s body..
so i got the front end bits painted, just the bonnet to go now Also fully fitted the fuel rail and injectors in the plenum, just waiting for a couple of little bits to come to complete the turbo side of things, i have been a very good boy though and not touched the s14, i dont know how much longer i will be able to control myself though lol
