Law of Murphy at Play for This Daily Driver BNR32

[louis110]

Hesitation Issue Resolved!

Changed the MAFs, and switched to the Apex'i intake system. My violent stuttering issue is totally gone. I'm a happy GTR owner once again.

New (erm...used) MAFs

[louis110]

Yellowjackets Installed - Will this fix my hesitation?!?

In my quest to eliminate the terrible hesitation my car is experiencing, I ordered a set of Yellowjackets from Performance Wise. They arrived within the week, which was impressive since it was coming from the other side of the planet lol. I wasn't expecting much from these coilpacks, it was just to try and remedy the car's hesitation. Upon install, I took the car out for a spin. Unfortunately it didn't fix the hesitation, but holy cow what a difference the coilpacks made when the car was driving properly. The engine ran so much smoother (when it wasn't bucking lol) and it really exceeded my expectations. Great upgrade!

Old Coilpacks


Yellowjacket Coilpacks - huge difference in power delivery

[louis110]

Godzilla Has Landed

The car arrived in Cold Lake a day earlier than scheduled from TFX Int'l and I was in Edmonton when the driver told me he was on his way to Cold Lake. He was willing to wait for me to come back that night, so by the time I got back, we started unloading the truck at 11pm. You can't see in the picture, but the trailer had a Ducati Diavel (the fastest production bike they make), a new Land Rover, and an Audi TTS on the lower platform. On the upper platform was my car, and a Ford GT with 11kms on it! The driver's next stop was picking up 6 Lambos from Calgary shipped to Arizona. The owners shipped them to Arizona and road tripped it to Las Vegas. The driver stayed in Vegas for a week on their bill. Dude must love his job.

[louis110]

Thanks! It was nice meeting you, and it's too bad I won't be able to join the Ontario crew for meets anymore.

[Snake556]

I'm sad I won't get a chance to see your car anymore! It was nice seeing her at RD! Such a nice GTR! Good luck out in Cold Lake, man! Get back here ASAP! :P

[louis110]

Time to Move!

So I've finally got my full posting to Cold Lake, AB. Very busy morning with the movers and the car shippers showing up at the same time. Two big rigs parked outside my house was kinda funny.







Ciao!

[louis110]

Some goodies I got from Daryl:

[louis110]

awesome man, looks sweet.

when painting the tires, did you just paint the yokohama or the entire sidewall?

I painted the Yokohama and the Advan lettering, then sprayed tire shine over it when it dried.

I'm loving this car and the thread. Keep up the good work, mang. Nice to see a clean R32 GTR!

I have to say I loved reading your story. And I truly beleive as Skyline owners we all are we can relate to this story in some way. But we all come to the same conclusion. Owning a skyline has its downfalls but overall they put a smile from ear to ear on our faces daily. I hope your Skyline brings good times to come man, just like all of ours have! You deserve it! And have a blast!

Thank you very much guys! I think the most satisfying part of owning this car is getting respect from other enthusiasts like yourselves that are active in the scene. Compliments paid by some gawker will never compare to those paid by someone who knows what it's all worth.

[OntarioR33]

I have to say I loved reading your story. And I truly beleive as Skyline owners we all are we can relate to this story in some way. But we all come to the same conclusion. Owning a skyline has its downfalls but overall they put a smile from ear to ear on our faces daily. I hope your Skyline brings good times to come man, just like all of ours have! You deserve it! And have a blast!

[DreadedFist]

I'm loving this car and the thread. Keep up the good work, mang. Nice to see a clean R32 GTR!

[Oakville]

awesome man, looks sweet.

when painting the tires, did you just paint the yokohama or the entire sidewall?

[louis110]

Speaker Install

The stock speakers in the GTR were not doing it for me. Now I'm not by any means an audiophile, but I certainly like listening to my tuneskis in the car with some pretty smooth bass. The stock 8 watt, POS, paper speakers were blown in the front, and sounded pathetic. Even my parents' Corolla has a better sound system.

I bought a set of Alpine SPS-600 (80 watt) speakers to replace the back and SPS-400 (45 watt) to replace the front from a forum member. They were already mounted to brackets so it was perfect.


Re: POS - notice how the foam around the speakers have completely disintegrated


New hotness



The only problem I ran into was that the existing screws for the front speakers were too short and I had to wait til the next day to get the proper hardware. For OEM replacements, they sound awesome. Silky smooooth.

[louis110]

Big Update!

Sorry guys, I've been pretty busy, and in all honestly, a little lazy too haha. Quite a bit of work done on the car since I last posted, HSD coilovers installed, summer wheels back on with the tires painted, CF JUN front lip and Top Secret rear diffuser installed, changed the brake rotors and pads, and some more gremlins popping up.

So I took a Saturday with my buddy Chris to install my HSD HA coilovers. These are the ones with the aluminum shock body. I hand tightened the spring perch lock collar to set the preload and I had the coilovers measured out and adjusted prior to the install.

Huge help!


Stock vs. HSD


In!


All the threads were greased with general purpose grease, and the some lubricant was sprayed into the ball joints in the top mount.



We had to set the ride height a couple of times, but overall I went with a 1.5" drop in the back, and 2" drop in the front which gave me an equal ride height all around. I put it on full soft to break in the coils. The ride is night and day. Even on full soft, the handling was incredible, while still being comfortable. Set it harder though, and get ready for some organ damage lol. Can't beat these for the price, excellent coilovers: 9/10 overall.



The next day I went out to get Testor model paint and a small brush to paint the lettering on the tires. DO NOT DO IT THIS WAY!! It took a really long time, and it flaked off as soon as I drove off. I ended up buying a white tire marker from Canadian Tire, and a red Testor paint marker, both of which work brilliantly. Easy to apply, and they last forever.

Painted tires = Big win!




A couple of weeks later I finally installed the CF JUN replica lip, and CF Top Secret replica diffuser that I got from C-Unit's group buy. The lip didn't come with predrilled holes, and it fit like poop. Combine that with a DIY job from a guy with no body work experience lol. It took me 5 hours to install a stupid front lip. The weave wasn't very good either but you'd have to look closely. Fitment = 5/10.


The diffuser was a little easier to work with. The holes were predrilled, some modification to the diffuser was needed to clear the exhaust and the mounting points on the sides. It came with mounting brackets (I used 2 out of 4 supplied, two of the brackets were useless). I didn't get pics, but one mounting bracket was used to fix the center point on the front of the diffuser to the underside of the car, the other was to attach the back of the diffuser to the license plate bracket. The sides mount into the existing holes for the rear mudflaps. I took it on a little test down a familiar road, and the car definitely felt more stable above 80 km/h. +1 for aerodynamics!! Fitment = 8.5/10.





After finding a day in my hectic schedule, I was able to book an alignment appointment at Speedstar in Markham, ON. Their new shop is freakin incredible, it's like a high end boutique. Really good service there, they kept me informed of the progress of the car, and were very friendly. Unfortunately they don't have much experience with Skylines, so they had to find specs off the net to load into their machine. I dealt with Elliot, super nice dude, ask for him if you ever deal with Speedstar.


Oh and look, a super done up R35, no big deal.



Next to go were my brakes. I was running OEM stuff and they were squeeling like hell. I went to PUR Auto to get brake parts since I was planning on doing the job myself, but they offered me a great deal on install so I hired them to do the whole job which took a huge load off my back. Went with DBA 4000 slotted in the front, Brembo blanks in the back, with Sumitomo pads all around. The pedal feel is a lot stiffer now, which is a good thing. Pani (who did the job) even painted the center hats black to prevent rust.




I also bought Alpine replacement speakers from Esh here on the forum. Pics and install to come.

The car has also been experiencing some mechanical issues.
- The car has been hesitating, and it got worse and worse. I cleaned out the MAFs which seemed to have solved the issue, but I still feel a slight hesitation from time to time.
- The car is leaking oil. Pur thought it was the turbos, but when I took it to RightDrive they got a better look at it and determined it was excess engine blowby. Time for a catch can!
- Pur and RightDrive both noted that my power steering pump was leaking. The culprit is the copper crush washer. Still needs to be fixed.

[louis110]

Gorgeous car man! how do you like your N1 water pump? Any problems with it when your cars sitting at idle?

I quite like the N1 water pump as I can hear it working (makes a satisfying winding noise) but it's hard to say if its had cavitation problems at idle. So far nothing wrong with it.

Yesterday 04:38 AMcurtisgoodman
did that tensioner kit come with golden grade 9 bolts or silver bolts?

pics of golden fail bolts

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/gt-r-pro...ebuild-15.html

sweet coil overs btw

I can't say because the tensioner kit didn't include the bolts. I'm not sure if the shop reused the original bolts or used new ones but based on the picture they sent me, looks like silver bolts. interesting how the gold bolts sheared like that though.

[curtisgoodman]

did that tensioner kit come with golden grade 9 bolts or silver bolts?

pics of golden fail bolts

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/gt-r-project-cars/24606-rb26-rebuild-15.html

sweet coil overs btw