Frankiman's street/track GTR project

[Sri-LanKING]

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

[LuckyGTR]

good job !

[frankiman]

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

[GTRADDICT]

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

[Messiahlee]

Pic with flame looks wicked.
Must have been sick.

[frankiman]

more pics here

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

[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

[Salar]

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

edit: nvm, saw the last page. lol

[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

[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, 3/5

onto 2012...



i bought a "new old" Veilside stainless 3" catback with 4" tip, for cheap



then spent a couple hours, days, over winter cleaning it up



sourced a replacement gasket



installed the new cat-back, the design itself is clearly better



got some new sweet parts from japan



got the new Cusco large swaybar installed too



fabbed up a custom frame brace (in line with the firewall)



tired of the look, i used my artistic perception, and got the diffuser pods partially wrapped in white 3M vynil to match the body lines



and did the same with the canards, got only the vertical section wrapped, to hide them



then i worked about 25 hours fabricating my flat underside, out of aluminum



made 14 alu hanging brackets to hold it



and... done



then made a very ghetto NACA duct out of cartboard and short strand fiber glass, this is to get air to the rear diff



installed the frame brace after paint



got some new brakes to endure even more track action;
BNCR33 4000 series DBA rotors and PMU HC+ pads



then i had to get the 720cc injectors rebuilt because of jamming issues



then found i had a BOV fitting broken, for god only knows how long ?!



painted the fuel rail while i was at it



then proceeded to be the first in north america to installed Spoon subframe collars



did it all on my own which took about 5 hours (just did the front)



installed my new progressive shift light



went back on the dyno, with the rebuilt injectors and new better flowing exhaust



and got an oustanding 445whp at the same boost lvls as last year, so 30whp more !!!!




and took about an hour to setup the shift light (it doesn't like 6cyl engines lol)





continued in part 4/5

[bellis_GTR]

Yeah those are some crazy pictures. Awesomeness

[frankiman]

Chapter ## Before Skymeet 2012
quick recap of 2011 and 2012 activities since last chapter, 4/4

then following Rabbit's advice, i painted my aging headlights



went back for another 2 hour alignment at the same place i had it "redone" after Nissan ****** it up in 2011
its the secret to good tire wear (i bet i get better mileage out of my Star Specs than anyone else here)



got the car through its yearly detailling action by Cobraa





embelished my wall of stickers



ghetto fixed my front bumper with RIVETS !!!



added some custom braces to my front lip and the ABf diffuser to spread the load, epoxy and RIVETS



and finally got my side skirt properly glue on after 2 years..



replaced my broken front bumper intake, which a generic item fron Daryl, which needs to be glued on, hence the kilo of tape




swapped most of the lighting to LED




current engine bay : (looking to swap the brake fluid cover to a black one)



i keep on daily driving the car, to school, to my cottage and to alot of meets..







attended a track day a couple weeks ago with some buddies




wooped some GT3RS arse, and got some nice shots of my signature backfires




was a nice day overall, but the GTR feels soooo heavy on a go-kart sized track, G-sensor shows it




continued in part 5/5...

[frankiman]

Chapter ## Before Skymeet 2012
quick recap of 2011 and 2012 activities since last chapter, 4/5

recently i broke (cracked) the whole front of the ABf diffuser on a huge bump
my buddy even tore his gtr lip off on the same bump



it hit so hard, it bent some of the brackets holding the diffuser



but anyway, its still solidly in place, so i made temporary skid plates to make it last a little longer



did a little surgery on my BOV, changed both fittings since the HKS ones kept breaking



i weighed the car with the spare, a full tank of gas, and some scrap in the car (no more than 5lbs of it)
she's heavy



just a couple days ago, i tore off a tire at the track
it was my former front left tire which had alot of camber wear that now had rear left duty
but on that day, i was at the track from noon to be the camera car for a drift video and had the whole track (rented) for myself most of the time so i did alot of free laps of different configurations
later i stayed for the weekly lapping night, and tore the tire off on my cooldown lap of my "last" session on the slowest corner on the track
chipped a very small amount of paint of the rim, but no biggy
overall, i had done over 70 laps of the track throughout the day... ouch



changed the rim in the center of the track (took an hour) and i was able to get home with a buddy's wheel




thanks to TireRack i had my replacement tire withing 48 hours



inspected my brakes for serious, SERIOUS heat



and got some nice shots of my backfires from this monday's lapping night

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151121342766995&set=t.668156458&type=3

now thats pretty much up to date.... ready for this Saturday's Skymeet !!!!!




thanks for looking, again

[gtrjon]

where and how much for the personal stickers??