Frankiman's street/track GTR project

[frankiman]

Chapter ## Before Skymeet 2012
quick recap of 2011 and 2012 activities since last chapter, 2/5

after that, i got inspired by GTS-S oem inner fenders which have flaps to let hot air from the intercooler get out of the fender



then i got into an accident during the huge Ultraride rally (400+ cars)
some random dude came out of a corner 4 wheel drifting (in the wet) a 2009 civic slamming directly into the front of a participating cars, a grey ep civic, which backed into another 2009 civic, which backep into an MK5 GTI which backep into me,
i got lucky though, could have been much worst, crash led to 2 totalled cars, 1 that needed heavy repairs and the GTI just a fender and a door, no casualties i think







hmm i forgot about skymeet 2011..

4 cars left together from Montreal



picked up Trickey and DarkCaporal in Brockville





riding with style...



i was voted best R32-GTR by attendees (thanks again guys!!!)



hit up some warp speed on the way back



the whole ride (1250km) was a total bug genocide



the next morning my car looked like a total dump



and i got my personnal GTRC sticker thanks to Chris !



i was also able to practice my photog skills and snapped a couple of epic frames







i also got the car into my first ever car show



and got Best RHD



and with all my photog friends.. well i got some very nice pictures of the car throughout all the 2011 season












END OF 2011 quick quick recap

onto 2012.... in part 3/5

[frankiman]

Chapter ## Before Skymeet 2012
quick recap of 2011 and 2012 activities since last chapter, 1/5

i've been too busy and lazy lately to continue my updates

but in the midst of the 2012 Skymeet, i've decided to do a little recap

this is pretty much what i've done day-to-day on my facebook page, highlights of what i do with a little description

the point of this is to make sure people know at which stage the car is at, if they want to ask questions and such
since last year i got there with a whole bunch of new stuff that i hadn't covered

so after i got the car detailed, i went for an alignment directly at a Nissan dealership, thinking they'd know this car, but no, they just messed it all up.. had to get it redone by another shop




then designed a custom catch can, but when i learned how much it would cost, i decided to modify my current Cusco can to fit my new system




which eventually looked like this



i got around to fit brake cooling ducts/deflectors



since they are made to fit onto SPL tension rods, a bit of custom bracketing was needed



i also got more carbon fiber by mail



a set of bnr32 specific canards (i was the first one in canada to order/use these by the way)



and vortex generators for the TS diffuser



decided to roll the front fenders to make sure the 265s would fit perfectly



to make even more room, i cut a 1" large section of the inner fender to be able to keep it in place still, and pulled the fenders out by about 1/8"



then i troubleshooted by heavy steering feel, well... fml



a quick look of how the front underside looked at that point



then went for a time attack event
started the day with a 1;06;xx on low boost
then upped the boost and did a 1;05;xx on the following session
after that it dropped to 1;03;xx
and ended with a best of 1;02;171
which got me 3rd place in Street AWD class




the very next day i went back to the same track for weekly lapping night, and had a "situation"



it turned out 1 injector exploded, and an IC piping blew off




later, i did an oil change after the standard 5000km mark and sent some oil samples to Hewitt labs for tests
which came back pretty remarkable for such an old engine



and since time was very limited, i got my 550cc injectors rebuilt, but of course the 1 couldn't be saved,
could source a similar injector locally, so i ordered through RHDjapan which had them on back order for 3 weeks,
i had to move fast so i bought some Sard 720cc from a guy in BC
received them late, on the actual day of my dyno session



luckily, my tuner (Almasi) agreed to tune me on a holiday monday, but since i was going from 550cc injectors to 720cc i couldn't drive the car, had to get it towed again



got a good 415whp with a slightly better boost curve than the last dyno tune



then, just to see how much power my very old steel HKS Legal cat-back was holding back, i disconnected it just 1 run,
gained 20whp !



another one of my "most comprehensible" dyno charts, that was 2011 keep in mind




continued in part 2/5

[Salar]

did you manage well to keep up with that GT3 RS?

edit: nvm, saw the last page. lol

[frankiman]

ill just drop this here.. for the people who have seen it on FB, this is the edited version





+ bonus

classic 3 foot backfire

[frankiman]

more pics here

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150859184531459.406245.668156458&type=3

[Messiahlee]

Pic with flame looks wicked.
Must have been sick.

[GTRADDICT]

I thought you were going to say you fliped it!
Nice pics!

[frankiman]

of course i spanked the GT3, so did 6 other people

[LuckyGTR]

good job !

[Sri-LanKING]

did you beat the Porsche? but yeah your car is beeeaastt....

[RABBIT]

[coston]

Looks like you had fun! Your car is awesome!

[frankiman]

yup, its called Dynolicious

[coston]

That an iPhone app? Love the fireball!

[frankiman]

so i just went to a track day yesterday and... well....