R32 Gtst Project Exceed

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  1. sx-si

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    Well ive been looking for another r32 gtst for a while after building my old white one and getting bored of s-bodys




    how it started
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    when i was done(ish) with it
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    after spending a few months searching the uk and ireland i didnt find anything that was either a decent enough spec or wasnt destroyed / rottern


    after speaking to a few old friends i decided theres more choice in japan
    another 3 months pass after looking on japanese used cars twice a day i decided on this
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    well it was a nightmare from the get go
    car was listed 6hours before it went to auction
    juc said they wouldnt have time to view or bid but i asked nicely and they went and bit for me
    few hours later i win the car :D
    well then it went bad again, after a few days i got a message from juc saying they cant get the car taken to the port yet
    reason being that it was too low for a transported and also because it was in the far north (where theyre a bit backwards/ inbred) they also coundnt find a garage to raise the car
    well 60,000 yen later for a special transporter it gets too the docks


    after a few weeks i get the date to say what boat its on and when its due
    its supposed to land in southampton on the 12th of january 2014
    it didnt, after talking to kleerfreight they told me the 16th of january ??
    so i call up the shipping company on the 8th of january and guess what
    its been at the docs since yesterday :(
    so i panic and pay stuipid amounts to a friend to go get the car now as i couldnt collect on the weekend like planned


    we get to the docks after 2 hours sitting in traffic due to 5 ships coming in the same time and the fun begins again
    the papers were all in order
    but we had to wait on some woman in the shipping company main office to send a email to the guys at the port saying all customs and stuff had been paid
    well she didnt for another 3 hours (long lunch break)
    while waiting i was chatting to the guys that move the cars, and they said it was driven onto the boat (great news)


    well after the long wait we went over too the car and thats where my heart sank
    sorry i didnt take pics i was now tired and really upset
    the car was in a right state
    it wouldnt start, so we tryed to jump start nope no luck
    the front bumper was broken in 8-9 places atleast
    front passanger wing had a big dent
    front passanger side light broken
    intercooler dented beaten and hanging by the pipes
    curbing in all 4 wheels (fresh)
    soo many scratchs all over, just to name a few
    anyway we winched it onto the trailer and took it home
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    i went up the next day to try and get it running
    charged the battery overnight and brought a jerrycan full of shell v-power
    nope it now runs on 2 cylinders out of 6
    a new set of spark plugs and she runs :D
    but the coilpacks are arking out


    so here we are in feb
    ive bought a set of splitfires to fit to it
    spent 2 days pulling out wires that wasnt attached at either end
    spent a few £££ on upgrades which ill take pics of when im putting them on
    the front bumper is on its way to life again :) things are starting to look up
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    the front trial too see how much of a pull the arch needs
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    rears not too bad either
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  2. SdR

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    mate sorry to hear all that bad news!!
    doesn't put a lot of trust in importing a motor for me, but i'm sure once you've done with it it will be a nice motor again!
    see ya soon bud.
     
  3. Chunky Nugget

    Chunky Nugget honkeytits!!

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    Big homo, stop your wining, do a fucking skid braahhh, dont start tarting it up slag tits. your too Si for your own good. smoochies.
     
  4. Drifttrader

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    That's shit mate, How much did you pay for the car?
     
  5. sx-si

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    Ha ha thanks Aaron
    I'd defiantly import another car it's just the 32s are getting hard to find and I'd look more towards a drift exporter than juc
    But I'd use juc if I wanted somthing like a ra27 celiac or a minty mint stockish car

    Joe you big slut, I've not done any tarting up, the polishes are firmly in the box
    I'm simply trying to make it work :)
    Are the lower arm ball joints the same as r33 and s13-15 ?

    Drift trader the car owes me around 4.7k after it all
     
  6. sx-si

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    had a few hours to play with it yesterday
    removed the hid kit that i couldnt get a bulb for and fitted a new one
    broke the bulb on the same side of the new kit (well the wire fell out)

    managed to get my gauges lit up and working but didnt leave the car running long enough to check all of them, atleast the engine has oil pressure lol

    front wing is off getting the dent removed
    might paint the front bumper and bits on pay day

    still need to replace
    o/s/f lower balljoint and tie rod end
    new egt sensor
    find a white greddy boost guage
    fit a rb25det aircon setup
    change all the oils
    fit the splitfire coilpacks
    flare all the arches
    wire in a diffrent turbo timer, boost controller, guages and the headunit
    replace all speakers
    find sombody that will supply and fit a cat 1 alarm
    get it on the road
    and check how its running on a rolling road :( as i think it needs a map

    and do all that while trying to fix the gf's r33
     
  7. Jizzle

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    Nice R32 mate, any more info on its current spec apart from not happy? :)

    Keep up the hard work though, itll pay off, theres nothing like a decent R32 imo!

    if you need any R33 bits let me know just clearing out the garage atm.
     
  8. sx-si

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    ok got some more done today and have had a quick look around too see what bits it has

    original spec from japan
    full aero
    led rear lights
    lsd (might sell this)
    rb20-rb25
    diffrent turbine
    bride front seat
    meters
    greddy boost controller

    they didnt even tell me what suspension its on
    what ive found is
    hks 2530
    hks turbo timer (removed)
    apexi coilovers
    5 stud conversion
    15mm front hub spacers with longer studs
    larger calipers
    unknown rad
    greddy guages, oil temp, pressure and egt (broken sensor)
    nismo front arms
    thicker anti roll bars

    car going up :)
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    removed the shagged n/s/f lower balljoint and tie rod end
    i forgot how much of a pig it is to get the lower one out
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    and then fitted the new ones,
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    engine bay needs a tidy up soon
    but ill be stripping the car down over winter so will paint lots of bits then :)
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    so close with the wiring :)
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    i guess this isnt a remappable ecu?
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    but im wondering if its worth selling the hks turbo and just running a stockish turbo with a stage blah blah chip?
     
  9. jasy d

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    very nice car looks well white
     
  10. sx-si

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    wow its been over 2 months since i worked on the car

    i spent 10hours on saturday fitting my rebuilt turbo dynamics turbo and new kinguwahwah braided lines which are actully quite good
    all though i spent ages looking for tools and cleaning / painting pipes and loctite-ing the joins in the feeds to prevent them leaking later on
    i was expecting to bin the when i seen the blingy banjo bolts that looked like alloy in the bag
    they are quite good but ill edit this if they die in 3months time :)
    only thing that annoyed me is its not the full line on the top water feed, and so i left quite a bit of the oem pipe just incase it bursts at the joint to the braided line
    heres what i got Turbo Oil & Water Line Kit 6AN Line Nissan Skyline RB25DET with Stock T3 Turbo | eBay
    (£48 delivered) and no vat or import charges made me very happy
    sorry i didnt take any pics and the quality sucks because i used my phone but heres a pic of my engine bay now
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    ive got some wringkle red paint and new rocker cover gaskets to do soon, i cant decide if i should paint the silver pipes gloss black or polish them all up and get some red samco joiners

    the only thing im bothered about is when i strip the car down to refurb it i wont want much black in the engine bay so i can spot issues sooner, but i really dont want to be polishing the engine bay every week :)

    i seriously need to get a decent front facing plenum before i get it mapped

    today ive spent 6-ish hours doing the electrics (never again)
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    i did take apart the gauge cluster to install some plazma dials but got a tad nervous about how the pointers come off, so cleaned up the plastic on the inside and out and put it back together
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    it looks a bit OTT with the guages, but i love my 90mm boost gauge and i might remove the 42mm one next to the boost controller and fit some switchs
    although i like to look after a car i tend to drive it hard when i can :)

    next is to fit a r33 diff when i get some poly bushes for the front of it and fit my nardi
    then its all running, just and alarm and making it road legal and some paint :D
    i would like to replace the oem pipes in the engine bay at some point as theyre very brittile
     
  11. Ped

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    Mad 32. I imported mine last year. Didn't have any issues like you thankfully. You mentioned a 5 stud conversion. I believe all skylines are 5 stud from production.
     
  12. H05TYL

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    Non turbo 32's and 33's are 4 stud. ;)
     
  13. Chunky Nugget

    Chunky Nugget honkeytits!!

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    Are you gay???

    Do a fucking skid man, stop polishing stuff, i will kick you in the nutties!!!
     
  14. sx-si

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    ive not polished anything so you can suck my balls, i wirer wheeled the pipes as they was cruddy and minging and painted one pipe
    ill text you in a min as im still after that neon green coolant, im after a full rb25det aircon setup now :)
     
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  15. Ped

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    Ah was this a non-turbo?
     
  16. bigdave z20

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    My car is due from Japan this week. Reading that first post scares the bejesus outta me!lol
    Good to see you making the most of it tho dude! :)
     
  17. sx-si

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    Nope
    Think it was rb20det in silver

    Dave I think I jumped the gun when I bought this, I waited over 3 months searching daily for a r32
    On the spec sheet it did say there was dents in the roof n stuff, I'm claiming back for all the damage caused by the shipping company
    As for the running issues what you expect when the tanks run dry and pulled up over 21years of grit into the fuel filter :)
     
  18. bigdave z20

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    Lol, very true mate. Suppose it's a nightmare to claim back off the shipping company?

    My car had 2 bars of fuel in the tank in the pics after the auction. I will make sure it goes to good use if it's still there when I get it!lol
     
  19. sx-si

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    its not too bad to be fair
    hopefully they pay enough to repaint the whole car as nobody has a clue what colour it is, closest ive seen is house of colours paint :(
     
  20. bigdave z20

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    Got news that mine is at the importers yard so nerves are jangling!lol

    Maybe try taking it to a paint supplier who have the device that reads the paint and can match it that way? Iv poke to fellas in work (bodyshop) about it. Sounds a good job
     

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