Frankiman's street/track GTR project

[frankiman]

i'm not sure if the bottom end is built, but upon inspection i've seen sealant around the oil pan that doesn't look oem-ish
the car might have been built or refreshed,
but in any situation, almost all the mods that were on the car when i purchased it were from the late 90s (coilovers, turbos, cams, boost controller, etc) so if any work was done to the engine it must have been around that time

[quadracer111]

What do you think the chances are you have upgraded rods and pistons? Just wondering considering the car already had upgraded camshafts and turbos..

For the amount of track work you do this rb has treated you very, very well (imo). Especially with an impressive dyno number. I've seen plenty of stock seemingly healthy rb26s bite the dust at much lower power numbers than what you are making, could come down to the tune, but even then, the rb26 doesn't have the best track record reliability wise here in Canada. Although I'm sure that does have something to do with people not really treating them with respect and bringing over not-so-clean (read: scrapyard worthy) examples. I was very hesitant to purchase a gtr for several years, but so far mine has been nothing but a pleasure.

Trying to decide the cars future, whether I should buy a pair of 2860s and try to hit ~400awhp on a stock bottom end, or save myself the headache and build it first. Your car gives me the motivation to do it on the stock engine, assuming yours is actually stock.

Regardless, I absolutely adore your car, your attention to detail, and how you have been writing this thread. Keep up the good work!

[RABBIT]

ooooffff thats that ass that makes you want to leave your car.

[SkyGrl]

Very nice! Definitely an epic revival. Thank you sir.

Skygrl

[frankiman]

thread revival like a boss

from last monday..

[MidnightBlue]

It be Cool i think if we can make a kinda GTR encycopedia. how to set the car up for certain events, step by step guides and such. pritty sure we would get enought people

[frankiman]

if i were to make the book, i'd need alot of interest for it, and money to back-up that interest, cuz its not gonna take me 20 hours to transform the thread into an awesome book format, it may take me over 100hours

[MidnightBlue]

What happened to your Book, il fly out to montreal for that thing if i have too

Great Build Franki

[R32_Track_Junkey]

WOW cant keep up but from what I have read so far its looking good

[Kunzz]

RS3's in 285/35/18 are a very good deal IMO.

[MarusGTR]

sooooorry

Better be.

[frankiman]

so i realize you must be pretty set on getting 285/35, but you dont feel like getting 285/30r18? i realize it sounds tiny for a sidewall compared to what most GTR owners have, but the over all diameter you have now compared to the new size (35) will be half inch bigger, and if you go to the 30 profile it will be half in smaller... might help a bit having a smaller over all diameter for the track.

probleme is theres no street tire in that size, only race tires, and i'm not ready to pay 400$/tire for AD08s

What's next Frankiman? updates? i'll even take some pics and write ups on at what angle you placed your stickers if you dont have nothing major that is!

well 2 things that are aligning me towards making new updates
1; i'm out of money, can't spent any of gaz, can't go anywhere
2; i've got 3 weeks of vacation

we'll see

*cough cough*

Edit: http://forums.gtrcanada.com/main-pag...-vaughn-6.html

sooooorry

[Spoonman]

Franki. The car has come soo far. Absolutely stunning. Would love to ride in a GTR this powerful one day.

[MarusGTR]

ccshepp made them for last year's skymeet


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*cough cough*

Edit: http://forums.gtrcanada.com/main-pag...-vaughn-6.html

[Rush_in]

What's next Frankiman? updates? i'll even take some pics and write ups on at what angle you placed your stickers if you dont have nothing major that is!