thought id start a thread for my new little project.
an r32 gtr skyline.

picked it up as a non runner on sunday.






it did run but really badly mega rich and fluffing terrible.
so i made up a fitting for the air filter and pressurized the system to check for any air leaks





has a massive air leak somewhere will not build any pressure at all, i havnt found it yet need to get it on the ramp and check from underneath next.

the engine and gearbox have only done 1300 miles since complete rebuild with je forged pistons and new garrett 2860-7 twin turbos capable of 560 hp max.

a couple of pics of the car in the workshop






the car has a veilside exhaust in the pictures above but i got a hks silent hipower with it aswell so i fitted that as it has 2 silencers, the veilside had middle box removed and was too loud it sounded shit imo.
exhaust i fitted :



and thats as far as ive got since sunday.

 

Cool project, is that part of a drive shaft blocking a boost pipe?

 

lol yes its the axle end of the propshaft im making for my dragster kit car, it was the only thing i could find the right size lol

 

love these things, hope you get it sorted.

 

Nice, R32 is the best looking skyline IMO!

 

Love the r32's

 

id take the whole set up from the supra and fit it in the liner

 

I love these cars. Will one day have a sierra and one of these in race livery in the shed.

Whats the grand plan, get it running and use or?

 

What did you pay for it if you dont mind me asking.

 

Good luck with it, my favourite Skyline as well.
Cant believe they are over 20 years old now

 

fook that mate the supra is pristine, i love that car its awesome but it is ridiculously savage in anything other than burning hot tarmac, skyline will be so much fun 500 hp will be perfect and useable everywhere

 

£3750 and an extra £150 for strut brace, alpine usb, bluetooth cd player, new momo steering wheel, chrome cam cover and a hks boost gauge, the hks exhaust he gave me for free ! proper genuine guy the seller.

 

thanks i love em big time

fix it up and use it, ive been prepping the back arches today, not a proper full on job just wire wheel back then kurust it all, filler and repaint.
this ones for using not cleaning

 

Thats quite some bargain you got there
I bet the running issue is an easy fix too

 

well been busy today fitted the aem wideband, checked the turbo timer and it works runs on for 1, 3, or 5 minutes dependant on setting.

and ive dug out the rust at the back arches, wire wheeled it and kurust treated it, then primed it ready for fillering tommorrow

the pictures have come out backwards lol start from the bottom, second pic up i tried a trust copy fibre glass rear spat but there shit imo so im just gonna put to standard with nismo lip.









aside from the rear arches it is a really nice shell for 21 years old, the arches had filler in so has been repaired to a high standard in 2004 i suspect before import.

 

Cool project, i had a feeling one of these was going to appear in your possession.

 

the 900 hp one was calling me so i needed something to fill the gap, £3750 is better than £28000 and more fun as its useable anywhere, anytime.

 

got the rear arch holes blanked off with screwed in alloy plate and mesh, fillered and sanded then final skimmed, just gotta sand tommorow morning then start painting hopefully.




the car wont take long at this rate, i probably spend 2 - 3 hours a day on it between heavy equipment repair jobs it ties in quite well tbh.

 

Good luck with your new project - I love these - alot of bang for your buck there.
Cracking colour too..
Secretly always fancied a Skyline engine in my 3dr - if the V8 doesn't work out then a GTR engine will find it's way in!
I look forward to seeing your progress.
Cheers
Iain

 

love these ,like the tow motor had one for years good workhorse.

 

ugly looking things but there fast if done right, enjoy it mate

 

well what an eventful morning, primed the arches and a pic of my ramp wheel free, i love it its a 4 poster then runs wheel free like a 2 poster





then remasked it up to blend base coat, i found what casued the rear right back bottom arch rot it was full of yen lol





and wheels on, its by no means perfect but will stop the rot and tidy enough for its purpose




but the main thing is it starts and runs idles at 14.7 warm, it had blown a dump valve blank out from inside the bumper ! very difficult to see it but i found it blanked it off and its running and fueling perfect sat in the barn idling and revving.

just need the paint to fully set then il run it up the road, oil pressure is 2 bar hot idle, 6 bar from 4k revs up so looks good for stock oil pump.

 

You lucky fucker if that's all that was wrong with it!

 

Ha Ha

 

Hey that looks nice mate.

 

well ive just got in, ran it upto 1 bar so far, afr holds 11.1 ish richening up to high 10s top of revs, felt to be pulling ok pulling roughly 75 mph in 1/8 mile at 1 bar id guess 400 hp

 

its looking that way



hey andy yes its alright mate, not mint but tidy really for 21 years old mechanicaly touch wood feels spot on, i wanna try some more boost but may leave it til on mgt dyno, i can watch fuelling but i dont have anything to check ign with.

 

well ive just got in, ive set the tps to idle, had to rasie idle to 1150 rpm otherwise it sometimes stalls when coming of the throttle as it has a dump to atmosphere dump valve, they dont like them for some reason, it goes mega rich when it dumps air out as its looseing air the mafs have seen.
gonna leave going above 1 bar boost til its on the dyno in proper controlled conditions and checked for det.
scrubbed it for an hour as the paintwork literally felt like sandpaper lol

 

ive put a carbon bonnet lip on it



touched up the other little marks with a touch up pen.

it went straight through mot no advisorys

afaik im ready for a dyno run now and give it some more boost .........

 

Nice progress, Love R32 gtr's

 

Thats a nice bit of kit!
Them arches came up amazing!! Looks really good now!

 

that number plate looks huge, it looks like its blocking a lot of the intercooler.

 

Can't see the pics?

 

Band width exceeded.

Can't see a single pic, gutted.

 

all sorted now

 

thanks considering there an utter bodge im happy

i thought that to but i was on the dyno monday getting it mapped and the dyno cell was 34 degrees, inlet temps peaked at 48 degrees so 14 degrees above ambient shows an efficient intercooler, will work even better on the road.

 

just remembered to update.
i went to mgt racing monday.
they hard wired the fuel pump so it gets constant full voltage.
checked base ignition timing was 4 degrees retarded.
got on the dyno and it would spike 1 bar but drop to 0.6 bar and get in the high 9s afr and misfire at 7k rpm !
i thought my greedy bleed valve was making funny noises so i asked if they had a bleed valve and they did a tomei one, so i fitted it and vwalla boost on setting 1 was 1 bar, setting 2 was 1.4 bar spike, 1.2 bar held but fuelling was still well over and only made 270 hub power !
so i got out my new power fc and garth commenced mapping, after a few hours we finished at 416 rwhp at 1.2 bar ! air flow meters almost flat out within 0.2v 550cc injectors at 80%, dyno cell temperature was 34 degrees ! acts maxed out at 48 degrees so prooves the stock intercooler is still well upto the task.
we could have tried more boost but needed to leave a bit of headroom in airflow meters and injectors as a cool day will reguire more fuel for the extra air, i went with 400+ whp in mind so im happy.




it is a completely different car to drive now, it slightly torque steers now in first and second gear as it should.
ive got the air con rad and pipeing fitted just needs pump fitting now.
fixed oil temp gauge and cigarette lighter.
shes getting close for some gtech testing its not as quick as my old one but its not far behind, the gtech will tell all soon

 

ive been thinking about what you said today so i measured the plate its 12" x 8" ! lol

so ive took it off and ordered some different options of plate

i had a 12" x 3" here 5 digit, and a stock rear plate so i tried them on



full size plate at the bottom is a no no for me it just looks soooo shit.

i like the 12" x 3" it looks awesome but to small and a puller i guess.

so ive ordered a 12" x 6" that is fully legal, and a custom 14" x 4", now im hopeing the 14" x 4" will have legal size lettering but i wont know for sure til it gets here.

 

Nice project you have there.Are mgt local?????

 

how wrong could i of been it made 230 wheel hp lol

they are in nuneaton which is 75 miles away from me, if theres anything ive learned its that in tuneing distance is irrelevant, company reputation is far more relevant.

take the guy i bought my car from, it seems to me he trusted a local garage down the road from him and they diagnosed my new car as needing minimum £2500 spending on it to fix it, they couldnt even diagnose a boost leak and thought the ecu, injectors, fuel pump and loom where at fault mileage is irrelevant for me