Skyline GTR build/project *lots of pics + document

[archaeic_bloke]

:O whats this>? a box with nissan stamped on it!:? hrmmm what is it?




....... mmm new R34 N1 crank!... i measured with a micrometer and the oil pump fits 100% perfectly with ZERO play onto the crank nose with full engagement!


the plan is the engine will be going to Autoworx (a local shop) shortly to have the new crank and oil pump fitted along with ACL bearings, the rest as like always lately will be done by myself.

so in order to get the engine over there it had to be seperated from the transmission to make less work for the mechanic which means less paying $$ for me. so i disconnected the forward prop shaft.


then i spent many hours wrestling this awful heavy lunk my god its SO hard to get off by yourself! its heavy and awkward and is super difficult to handle. lol.. anyways i finally got it seperated

[frankiman]

what clutch is that?
think it will hold?

[nelsonmxmarc]

Mmmmmmmm.. Stock clutch. So grey.

[NismoS-tune]

price on those -5?

At best would be $1900.

....... mmm new R34 N1 crank

Which is the same as a regular R34 crank. Some people sell as N1 to mark it up but it's the same crank lol

[archaeic_bloke]

i PM'd him the price i paid lol,
@ NismoS-tune - hahah ya i know, i didnt buy it for a rediculuous price tho, so no worries!

as for the stock clutch... well guys don't forget even though the car will be able to crank out big power, it won't be doing so until mid summer... need to wait for the fuel system upgrades to handle the power. so the stock clutch will actually be just fine for now...

ok so update today... i actually did all this stuff yesterday and didnt have time to update it, so im posting this up now, then ill go do more work, then ill come back and post more tonight.. hopefully. thats the plan anyways lol.

so this came in the mail yesterday: its some various sized vacuum silicone hoses again to replace the old ones on the engine, sizing is 5mm, 7mm and 10mm.


and also in my order from summit racing came the battery relocation kit: its 1 gauge wires and all the grommets and clips needed and a battery box.... my cut-off switch is on the way too so it'll be a wicked electrical set-up.


so as seems to be lately any time i try to use a work light.. it gets destroyed *sigh* yep, i yanked the wires right out of the bottom of the work light... so i needed to fix this one otherwise i couldnt keep working... so re-wired it and it works great now.


k so i put the final rubberized coating over the POR-15 base paint, heres the frame rail, the other side looks the same.


and of course the finished wheel well:


and now the fun stuff. im finally ready to start putting things back on the car. so i started with the rear cusco upper arms... every piece i put back on gets a dab of anti-seize between all moving parts... wanna keep everything nice and mobile.



followed by the Tein rear coli-overs, again anti-seized. and the nismo rear strut tower bar went back in at the same time. (my garage is definitley becoming more emtpy!


and i thought, hey, why not do the BOV's at the same time... i don't like having parts just kicking around everywhere.

[frankiman]

your POR15 job looks absolutely amazing!!!

though i really don't understand how your finding the time to do this stuff, i'm in my last 3 weeks of the semester and can barely keep my eyes open i'm so tired of all the projects and papers i have to do, and exams are just coming up..

[archaeic_bloke]

im in physics man! i don't exactly study for my exams... my exams are 3 hours long and usually consist of 2 or 3 questions... thats it! if you did your work during the entire semester (and i did )... and you learned the stuff properly, then whats to study? the exam will come and either u know how to solve the problems or u dont. physics isnt like engineering where they give u tons of problems and u repeat them over and over until the method is for ever imprinted in ur brain... theres no method to solving most physics problems, basic ones ya... but when you're dealing with quantum mechanics and solid state nano physics.. lol its all just magic to me. hahahah

the other thing is that i don't sleep a whole lot. in bed around 5 am, up by 11 for class... except today when my russian neighbors who've been renovatin their apartment beside mine FOR THE LAST EFFING ENTIRE YEAR decided to break out the jack hammer at 9 am... lemme set the mood for this situation... my GF is alrdy awake, and our 2 dogs are up too (a small yappy pomeranian and a chill chihuahua that doesnt normally bark)...

so 9am rolls around... jack hammer starts.. my walls and floor start vibrating, the dogs start barking the GF is now yelling... and oomffg i wanted to die.. hahah..

thats ok though, i hate sleeping, im so unproductive while i sleep! nothing gets done!

anyways back to car stuff.




as promised, another update tonight (although i don't know if anyone actually reads this thing or if im just wasting time? post something, just say hi! if u do read this - im curious)

so you all remember my project to relocate the washer bottle to the trunk right? well have a look at this what do u see?




NOTHING! - hhahaha.. and thats because its finished.. tucked away in the rear quarter pannel.... so its finished! the usual front spray washer button sprays the front windshield, and the "rear" spray button triggers the intercooler spray... mmmm success



yes of course i realize ill need a funnell to fill the thing but honestly, i think i used it so little last summer that i never even filled it once. my window just doesnt get that dirty .. or i wash my car a lot haha

ok now tonight i got some more new pieces, these are super rare, in fact ive never seen anyone else who has them. i think they've been out of production for more than a decade already, so REALLY rare.

RS*R divided turbo outlet pipes, made from really high grade stainless steel!



these are super bada$$ and now i can install my turbos with out worrying about having to take it apart again later



and i proceeded to finish off the battery relocation wiring. i ran my redundant negative cable under the car since it doesnt matter if it rubs and touches anything. but the positive cable i ran through the interior in the wiring channels. both are 1 gauge wires. and i connected the red (positive) to the clamp where it usually connects to the battery up front. and secured the wire. its covered with eletrical tape for protection, lots of tape.



heres the situation i have to handle later on, im waiting for my cutoff switch to arrive so i can decide where to mount the switch, as the switch will determine my wiring in the trunk. i like to tuck wires when possible.

and the ground point in the trunk will be the center of the spare tire well. its begging for it.

[cobrAA]

Are you sure divided dump pipe are better than single big piping?

[DJ]

some say it's better to eliminate the turbulence that way

[archaeic_bloke]

wow awesome, thanks guys for the support!

well as some of u guys know, its exam season right now at school, so this hasn't been getting much attention lately (from me anyways).. but it has been from Autoworx in MTL here... the engine is at autoworx for another week or so, fitting the new crank, N1 oil pump, ACL race main and rod bearings.


thats gonna be a fresh bottom end, pistons we know are all still good since the compression was so good.

so i found a wicked good deal on a complete turbo back to catalytic exhaust kit made by the legendary RS*R.. they haven't produced anything in like a decade for the R32 GTR so it was a rare find, ... and to keep it as a kit (downpipe + turbo outlets) ill be selling my trust downpipe.

so heres the downpipe, u saw the split dump pipes before in my last post.



then i mounted my alloy coolant reservoir...


then because theres not much i can do i decided to polish my strut tower bar.


mmm pretty shiny

[cobrAA]

i love that fuse box.. Ummmm I would like to copy your idea hahah!

[SxyBeast]

Great build so far man, looks like she will turn out very clean looking. And I like the different stuff. That coolant overflow looks huge, is it sealed? I'm curious because I bought one aswell and it's sealed. I'm wondering if this will creat air pockets propably not if i install it correctly with the line at the bottom. Are you mounting battery on left side? I just finnished mounting mine

Curious as to where your negative battery wire runs along under the car. Looks like you delete HICAS correct. did you run it along HICAS lines used to be?

[cyberspyder]

I dunno if it's just me, but when I first get any car, I'm spraying the engine compartment with water...lots of it. That way, when I do maintenance, it's nice and clean.

[frankiman]

yeah but there old cars sometimes have exposed wiring from worn covers and tape,
so you might be creating more damage than good

but i thrust that Josh's engine bay will look like new by the time the engine goes back in

[flipridah17]

Excellent build man!