RB26 Rebuild

[curtisgoodman]

Got no where to work on the car so yesterday i picked up some lumber... 6 sheets 5/8" pressure treated plywood, 12 4"x4" 12' pressure treated. Building a 12'x16' platform to roll the car onto to start ripping it apart. Gotta get that leaky steering rack off and change the upper control arms to so i can start knocking off items on my safety to do list before summer is over. Will grab some pics of the process when I start it.

[steveo1502]

Been flipping through the GTR shop manual and i cant tell if the front subframe needs to be removed to get the power steering rack off... i'll have to put the car up in the air and have a look see...

Subframe dosnt have to come right off, but I had to loosen the back side and let it drop about an inch to get it out of there

[curtisgoodman]

Subframe dosnt have to come right off, but I had to loosen the back side and let it drop about an inch to get it out of there

Thanks for the info that'll help out alot!

[curtisgoodman]

Platform Complete

4x4 floor joist laid and laser leveled with a slight angle for water to run off



Plywood screwed down



Done...

[curtisgoodman]

Got her up in the air the other day... just gotta get out there and start taking things apart... got the catalytic converter coming (Thanks Mental-26) and i got DBA 4000 rotors and EBC yellow stuff pads coming from another member (Thanks wannabe_sky) so the wheels are coming off and I'll start taking apart the power steering rack so i can get it sent out for rebuild... thank god its not gonna rain this weekend!

Gtr up in the air

[steveo1502]

Man that looks like a beautiful spot to work on a gtr, just need one of those temp garage things for the rain, pull the roof off when it's nice

[curtisgoodman]

yeah i got a pretty piece of property on the winnipeg river in northern ontario 2 acres and 385m of water front. live is good

[curtisgoodman]

Got the powersteering rack off today

hardlines


Its out!!!




had to drop the right side of the front subframe down a little to clear it but we got it out!

[curtisgoodman]

Got my pads and rotors the other day going to work on that today if the rain stops. Will snap some photos of course of the old and the new

[curtisgoodman]

After doing some other projects around the property I got one side of the brakes done today.

Out with the old




In with the new... ish





Tomorrow morning gotta get the other side done!

[curtisgoodman]

I think i may clean those up and re-sell they have lots meat left on them and I wont be needing them since I probably will be updating the brakes next season or over the winter just gotta pass this stupid safety...

[curtisgoodman]

Finished the brakes and packed up and sent my powersteering rack away for rebuild to John Stuart Power Brake in Stoney Creek Ontario. The used catalytic converter is on the way as well... now just about to get a hold of Daryl and Right Drive for some front outter ball joints one has a ripped boot some im going to do them both. Then going to order a set of upper control arms as soon as i decided which ones are best... havent quite figured that out yet most good companies make non-adjustable FUCA's and other companies are the ones that make adj. ones (ie. AMS, Driftworks, Powertrix, etc etc) whereas ikeya formula, nismo, cusco dont... maybe due to failures or something not to sure.

any input would be greatly appreciated

[Skym]

The design is wrong on R32 which causes the failure. On R33 they fixed it. From what I understand, it's the way the upper arm distributes the load. Also on Group-A R32 GTR they fixed it by redesigning it to match R33 design, which is where I assume the R33 design came from.

[curtisgoodman]

That would be nice if there was a kit to change it to R33 style... someone get on this lol there's money to be made in custom parts!

[curtisgoodman]

Another question, If my car isnt lowered at the moment but will be in the future when i get new FUCA's should i get the ones that are already camber corrected for lowering? If im at stock ride height will that mess up the geometry?