New Car New Build after write off!

[Direza]

Now they more than fit

Now I had to tuck all the wiring away and get rid of the plastic shielding under the guard

Need a flare of the rear quarters and more low in the rear.
Before

After

Next up was wheel alignment as with everything changed everything was out of whack, even though I got it as close as I could..
This is how it was when I actually got an alignment

I have gone with a semi aggressive 3* of camber on left and right.

.

Not...too sure I can go any lower...to be perfectly honest...

Present from my girlfriend for Valentines Rear door cards recovered

Luse..

 

[Direza]

Interior finishing tiem

Rotors and pads arrived.

Flared the Rear Guards a little for better fittment

Old

Quiet day at work means more work...whait whaot....

New Centre Tailshaft Bearing

All brand new Bushes by Pedders.

Brand new Brake hoses and Handbrake Cables (Expensive bastards). Greased up to hell.

Was time to sort out the rear calipers, I have heard a lot of crap about the R31 Calipers ceazing and not working properly so try to explain a few things, yeah it isn't ideal to use it for anything "spirited" because of the design but if they are done properly and adjusted properly there shouldn't be any issues, as told by several mechanics including ours.

Culprit, right rear was seized on as it hadn't been used in awhile properly hence why no handbrake feeling.

New Kits through them, and new Pistons and bearings = Brand new

All brakes bled and adjusted the handbrake. Locks up really easy and really well, so shall be good fun now.

So that's where its at. The Diff feels awesome, and the ratio made a huge difference, locks up so easily, Was going to do a full time locker but decided against as the girlfriend isn't very fond of the idea of it whipping out the arse end all the time in the wet.

Finally decided to put my stickers on too.

New Front Suspension (S13 Conversion) - Done
New Diff finished and in - Done
New Rear Brake Setup - Done
New Front Brake Setup - Done.


Going to put in my 10kg rear springs instead of the current tall 8kg then
Drop the rear of the car around another Inch (2-3cm)
Make up intercooler Ducting In Bumper.
Interior needs Hoodlining to be put in and the rear parsel shelf reupholstered in black leather then maybe some Carbon fibre film to be put on the plastics on the dash (Still not sure about that one).
Reseal Rear Window
Replace Front Window
Window Tint (Anyone know what the legal maximum is?)
Window Washers hooked up.
New Steering Wheel
Horn Hooked up.
Exhaust! finally.
Front Swaybar.
Rear Swaybar.
PAINT! Gun Metal Gray! or BMW Gray.

 

[Direza]

Hmm Yay or nay?

Luse.

 

[Blackett]

Too narrow really.

Ian.

 

[RobinvdH]

yeah it's too narrow

 

[dacky20]

to small id just stick a rocket bunny style spoiler on that or m5 lip

 

[4ever_sideways]

No, just no.

 

[Direza]

No, just no.

I'm thinking something like this.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2855864172_047cbd3bce.jpg
Luse.

 

[Direza]

Update tiem

Update time.
Got hold of..

the guy i bought the car off is selling another so....
But the only thing..
Tell me what you all think and whether I should do it
It has R32 GTST brakes front and rear R32 brakes IRS suspension <3 Standard HR suspension
Beefy interior with a gauge pod thing on the A pillar. Nice black and dark blue interior.. Really clean outside and inside..

Only few issues are there is rust at the bottom of the hinges where it bolts the bonnet onto the chassis and where the water runs into vents in front of the windscreen.

Car has done 140,000kms
It is running an RB20DET with a VG30 Turbo and a really quality expensive intercooler (branded) and HKS turbo timer and Stainlesssteel exhaust manifold, f**ked coils need replacing, needs a clean up, has full exhaust from dump full stainless steel internal wastegate, really quiet motor.
What do you all think I should do?

 

[Direza]

Loving the new grill so much better and neater.

Got her into the workshop tonight to fix a major issue that has been bugging me for the past 6 months.. many of you may know of it and have experienced it or who are here is a fix. Symptoms are sluggish performance, hard starts, rough idle just to name a few.

Okay today I finally, after 6-7 months fixed the car entirely, performance wise. and the culprit you may ask?

Was always set at 8v at idle, and was completely wrong, but I could never set it properly. Now its set at 0.5v at idle, and it boosts properly now, where as before it used to pull sluggishly.


This took me! 6-7 MONTHS to diagnose and fix.
took it off, redrilled new holes, rotated the TPS and volt meter..tested it.. and bam.. perfect everything, Idle has gone from 1400 rpm to 1000-1100 rpm smooth idle, finally.

So happy!

With the car fixed, I returned the spring onto the throttle butterfly, as Its just too easy to put your foot down and lose traction especially with a harsh ride 10kg springs front 8kg rear soon to be 10kg so..this makes it more difficult to do if you fly over a bump for example, as you have to press harder to get into the pedal.

Its complicated...

Lusunt

 

[Direza]

Time to get a lip and a boot spoiler GTSR style.

 

[Direza]

DYNO time

Pic of my Doors

Finally decided to replace the stupid damaged surround around the door.
Was hard to find a good one.
Old all the plastic had been ripped off.

New needs a clean

Luse.


Alright, there have been issues with timing and boost creep and a whole lot of other crap so I decided to take it and get it redyno'd tomorrow morning.
Removed the Twin Cam badge off the grill.

Lowered the rear 1/3 of an inch

New LED Parker Bulbs out of my 33.

Which currently looks like this

Engine will be going into a R31 S1 Wagon that we recently purchased.

And here is where my issue lies...

Hence why the car is practically undrivable at the moment, but on the plus side, we know its not leaning out
Secret spec Sparkplugs for tomorrow's dyno shake down.

Car is booked in for monday to the auto electrician. They are going to tidy and hide all of this after they turn it into a new harness, as the battery tray will be getting cut out and the bashed arch will be pulled out.

sooo...upon thinking about it the other day..33 interior will be grafted gradually into my 31 interior, like some of the buttons form the dash and the centre console etc

and last but not least my R34 GTT 4 door Seats to go into the 31, just need to get time to whip them all apart and clean them and put the rails together.

Then its off for a mod plate for everythinggg.g.......suspension, seats, diff, brakes etc.

But first things first tomorrow... DYNO!ANDTUNE!
Lusunt.

 

[Direza]

finally working as it should, had to pull some timing as the exhaust is very very restrictive at the moment with quite a blocked cat and a restrictive size pipe in the rear. So exhaust is next on the cards as are many other things..list goes on and on..

- TPS was not set properly and ECU had no idea when it was going into idle, and had sat at WOT during hence the black plugs.
- Timing was way way out.. way too retarded.
- Idle Mixture was way too rich
- Idle RPM was way too high 1100

Best tool ever

Lusunt.

 

[Direza]

Shitty photo's excuse me, it was night time

Alright, this morning the car went to the auto electrician to sort out the drivers side wiring mess and the voltage drop.

Clips for the Spark Plug Leads to separate them up and clean it up. Still needs to be tidied up when i get time, it was rushed.

Before:

What it used to look like after the battery removal

After:

Engine bay is very dirty needs to be cleaned thoroughly
Distribution block.

Wiring has been all tucked away

new Plugs, needs to be tucked a little bit more now

Before

After

Disregard those random wires around the newly wrapped harness, its going to be redone since it was hooked up wrong last time.

Still lots of tidying up to do

Exhaust is done.
Mandrel Bent 3 inch with stainless steel 3 inch inlet and outlet Cat, into 3 inch mild steel, to under diff to cannon @ rear.
The Wastegate plumbs in at almost dead flat 170* angle into the dump before cat.

I went under the diff even though a lot of members were saying go over, but just can't get it on the right angle, and there would be a lot of bends in that case. I still get plenty of ground clearance and at full droop the diff doesn't hit the exhaust.

Now the exhaust is finished, I can concentrate on electrical side of things before the retune, need to get a good boost controller and get proper set of gauges.

 

[jimjam19927]

That was a nice read dude! looks like a great build, not to sure I'm a fan of the old skool modding but yeah bet it will slide!

 

[Direza]

That was a nice read dude! looks like a great build, not to sure I'm a fan of the old skool modding but yeah bet it will slide!

Thanks Jimjam yeah it sure will, what do you mean by old skool modding?

 

[hansen]

STRAYA!! nice work dude, this has come up awesome! will we see you at winton at all?

 

[Direza]

Alrightey happy St Patricks day everyone

My weekend cracked off like this..literally..

Piping was so brittle that it kept breaking further up the line so had to replace the entire hose.
Polished up the manifold too while i was at it, since it has a coating on it but coating was so dirteh

Then started getting carried away with polishing..

Any ideas on Catch can placement? and where to get a good one?
Then again I get no blow by what so ever, so its maybe pointless..

And anyone who can give me a colour to spray my Rocker cover with will be a genious

- - - Updated - - -

New Dash board surround Going to be making a custom dash since majority of it will be R33 but will still be the same shape as a R31 just incorporating some of the stuff out of my old car.

HR31 Guards

Annd new bonnet

My stash ready to go in soon,

Stickers be gone.

For a wash

The new bonnet isn't exact colour match but will do for now until it is ready for paint.

And also got a new bumper off a HR31 just need to clean it up

Luse.

 

[Direza]

its a little complicated with the 31 but everyone just expects the 33 stuff to not fit, its basically the same size just requires a bit of trimming and moulding to suit

Went to see a friend of mine George, who kept trying to convince me to get on the track but after looking at the chassis rail damage that he has got, I may stick to the skid pan until I gain a further Skill set.

George hangin for it

Picked up my HR31 Bumper to fit onto my new lip.

Lusunt.

- - - Updated - - -

This is what the dash parts I got which i'll be making my custom dash out of

Alright, needed to get a few things sorted.

Radiator mounts were..well.zipties..so I got into the Engineering shop today and knocked myself up some mounts

Changed bolts to hex.

Lusunt

 

[Direza]

Got my muffler made up, Getting my Double Barrel shotgun style Pig pipes In stainless steel fitted tomorrow

Will look like this
http://www.epracing.co.uk/uploads/img_p_large/3742-R32 Shotgun Backbox 1.jpg