Project: Nismo S-tune Rebirth

[Harvey]

Ok, some of u guys know that I have sold my old S-tune motor that was rebuild by Nissan a month ago to WeZza because he had an unfortunate engine failure because of his timing belt. At the same time, Leonard from MS auto had a brand new Nur spec engine assemble from XS engineering which he ordered a couple months ago just sitting there. WeZza was gonna leave the country and sell the car in the short time. The best way for him was to purchase a known well working motor. Since he was my good friend and the Brand new nur spec motor was really temping. I just say... ahh.. screw it, might as well go big. 8-) I dropped off the car at MS auto on Nov 10th and they started removing my motor on the 11th.... by 15th of November, His car was out of the shop and running perfectly. And his car is off to the new happy owner now, hopefully he enjoys it. Anyways, from here, I am gonna start the build thread.

Few of my cars pics from the first days of I picked up my car back in Oct 2005:






Some pics over the years









Before my car went in for the heart transplant, here was what I found out of the car:

Engine/transmission:

Nismo refresh motor (done in Oct 2000, don't know what exactly they did but I know the fellowing were done for sure)
Nismo 1.2mm Headgasket
Nissan N1 oil pump
Nissan N1 water pump
Nissan N1 pistons
Hitachi Crank angle sensor
Blitz Oil cooler/Oil filter relocation kit
AttKD Oil catch tank
Fujitsubo Legalis Super R 3.5 inch catback
Fujutsubo equal length downpipe
Nismo hiflow cat
Bosch racing sparkplugs
Greddy intercooler hard pipings
Cusco Charged pipe
Greddy Timing Belt
HKS cam gears
Apexi intakes
Apexi Power FC L-jetro

Transmission:

Nismo stainless steel clutch line
Nismo clutch slave

suspension/brake:

Nismo front upper and lower control arms
Nismo Rear upper and lower control arms
Nismo Stainless steel Brake lines
Nismo front strut tower brace with brake master cylinder stopper
Nismo rear strut tower brace
Nismo Stune G-attack shocks and springs
A&T racing 6 pot BBK
APP SS brake lines
ATTKD Hicas delete bar

Wheels/tires:

Nismo LMGT4 2005 Limited edtion 18x9.5
Advan A048 265/35/18

interior/exterior:

Nismo front bumper
Nismo side skirts
Nismo rear bumper add-ons
Nismo rear under spoiler (removed)
Nismo Shift knob
Greddy gauges
Pivot turbo timer
6500 HID kit
Pioneer DVD deck
Nardi Orido style Limited edition steering wheel/HKB hub/NRG quick release

[Harvey]

Weird!! how come my pics only shows up as a links not actually pics??? Anyones knows how to make them show up? THANKS a bunch!!

[Harvey]

Engine removed




Engine bay cleaned!!! Notice a lil rust on the firewall above the heater lines? Props for MS auto body shop guys of doing a great job of covering all the hose ends and wiring connections prior doing all the cleaning.



The new engine!!



I have decided to get the Engine bay painted after I decided to get the whole car painted because my paint has some scratches and some part of it has faded. The colour I choose is R34 GTR Nismo Z-tune Silver.

Engine is painted first!! before the engine goes in. Look at the difference!! I originally decided to only paint the top of the strut tower, underside of the hood and rad support, because of the difficulty of so many parts getting in the way. But those MS auto guys never stop to surprise me... They called me to take a look the engine bay... They actually painted every thing before the strut tower!!! and fix the rust on the firewall, match the paint and put some how put some clear on it to match the painted part better...



See the colour difference between the old paint and new paint!!



Underside of the hood is nice and glossy



Firewall rust is fixed!!

[Bern]

man...Tom does some awesome work eh?

Any other plans for the engine, Harvey?

[ZENITANI_GTR]

wow.... you are a great tuner harvey..everything done with the highest level of quality and no expenses spared. great job man!

and its not like the car was sick before...hehehhee

[Bruizer]

How do you find the Nismo Stune G-attack shocks and springs? Are they height and stiffness adjustable? How do they ride? I'm undecided between those and the apexi n1 evolution street coilovers.

[pmdawg]

meez likes alot :P

Definitly Authentic.

[PH_Motorsports]

I was under the impression, that there was only 2 true S-tune R32.
If thats the case, that car would have been priceless. (almost priceless that is lol)

[Harvey]

How do you find the Nismo Stune G-attack shocks and springs? Are they height and stiffness adjustable? How do they ride? I'm undecided between those and the apexi n1 evolution street coilovers.

They are comfortable.. Firm but not too stiff... They are 5 way stiffness adjustable. They look like this


Thanks for the kinda words... I will post some more pictures later today...

[Harvey]

man...Tom does some awesome work eh?

Any other plans for the engine, Harvey?

Actually, I am just gonna leave it stock now to run in the motor.... Stock turbos and stuff... Someone buy my GT-RS turbos... lol so I can get a smaller set of turbos to achieve my reliable/quick/great driverability car.... 8)

[BigBlueR32]

I was under the impression, that there was only 2 true S-tune R32.
If thats the case, that car would have been priceless. (almost priceless that is lol)

Harvey's car is not one the 2 demo's they made, but it is a R32 S-Tune.

[JZ]

Harvey, I fixed your links but man those pics need to be shrunken!

[Harvey]

Harvey, I fixed your links but man those pics need to be shrunken!

Actually... I just got them all fixed....Thanks for letting me figure out how to fix... lol JZ u can take out the warning big pics out on my title...

[Harvey]

Harvey's car is not one the 2 demo's they made, but it is a R32 S-Tune.

yeap!!.. that is it...

[pmdawg]

Break in period is going to be boring

unless you wanna break it in on a dyno