Law of Murphy at Play for This Daily Driver BNR32

[louis110]

I couldn't get my twin turbo pipe divided in time for next weekend so I got it back, painted it and put my engine bay back together in 3 hours lol. Talk about curing time for paint! I also stitched together a sock monkey to cover my power steering reservoir and changed out my MAF pigtails with units from wiring specialties.





I was also an idiot and cracked my front lip. I got an abflug lip and oem lip from rocketz rush delivered to cold lake. Hopefully I get it in time so I can paint, prep, and mount by next weekend.

[louis110]

Having bright interior lights will reduce your ability to see at night. Just sayin.

*cough*ACS tech.

I've already asked ACS for enough favours lol. They're dividing my twin turbo pipe for me and they let me use their paint booth to strip my valve covers.

[bobbo]

Having bright interior lights will reduce your ability to see at night. Just sayin.

Just an idea right now but hopefully I can find a metal shop to fab it for cheap

*cough*ACS tech.

[louis110]

I usually like my gauges really bright. I don't know why. Personal preference thing.

I put my covers back on with the half moons and gaskets swapped out and some RTV gasket maker in the front and back. I'm also mocking up a battery/coolant bottle cover with cardboard. Just an idea right now but hopefully I can find a metal shop to fab it for cheap.

[bobbo]

Aren't those going to drive you nuts at night?

[louis110]

Restripped and repainted the valve covers again yesterday as they chipped in a couple of spots and eventually got worse and worse as I tried to fix it lol. But the second time I used adhesion promoter, then basecoat, then a shot of clearcoat, and cured it in my oven. They seem quite durable now and the colour is exactly what I wanted.


My led bulbs from VLEDS.COM came in and I swapped out those lame, ebay pale blue, "super white" bulbs for 5K true white ones. Look at the difference between the triple gauge and the main cluster! I also swapped out the triple gauge, license plate lights, reverse lights, and DRL's.

[louis110]

I had no idea my cam seals weren't leaking either until after I re&re'd the rear main seal. Only a small amount went down the back of the engine while running.
I had replaced the cam seals during the off season and somehow when I put the exh side cover on the seal had a slight twist.
For future reference be sure to retorque the cam covers after a couple of weeks.
Dog sitting. She ate some grass last night (evidently) and decided to puke at 5:30 in the effin' morning!
You must be on nights?

Yeah I've been warned to retorque the cam covers. I'm going to get some RTV today and put them in.

I don't work nights, I just sleep really, really late lol. Especially on drinking nights

[bobbo]

I had no idea my cam seals weren't leaking either until after I re&re'd the rear main seal. Only a small amount went down the back of the engine while running.
I had replaced the cam seals during the off season and somehow when I put the exh side cover on the seal had a slight twist.
For future reference be sure to retorque the cam covers after a couple of weeks.
Dog sitting. She ate some grass last night (evidently) and decided to puke at 5:30 in the effin' morning!
You must be on nights?

[louis110]

Thanks! There are a couple more shots from the airshow that i didnt post which are calender worthy.
Ooh vedy interdasting. Hopefully it's the cam cover seal but upon initial inspection the cam seals seem to be fine. Why are you awake so early on a Saturday?!

[bobbo]

Gawd I love the look of your car! Make sure you make a submission for the calender next year.
FYI. I thought I had a rear main seal go once. Turned out to be a leaky cam cover seal. *fingers crossed!*

[louis110]

Took my engine bay apart for a refresh and to chase down my limp mode issue.



IACV swapped out


CAS and intake piping painted crinkle black.



Stripped down my valve covers with a chemical treatment at work, then sprayed a few coats of metallic black engine enamel to get a nice deep bronze finish. I have to run out and get more paint tomorrow but that's the general idea.



Still to come is my Hi Octane oil separator and some new MAF harnesses. Also got a bunch of leds from Vleds.com to make everything 5K White instead of that lame dull blue that's supposed to be white.

[louis110]

Minor update. After 4 years of ownership, I had finally decided to man up and remove my boost restrictor after much badgering from James Green (mexi123). With my turbos on their way out, I figured I might as well enjoy the full potential of my stock turbos. The boost comes on stronger and the car acellerates a bit quicker.


I picked up a set of R34 badges/engine ornament from FRSport to update my old weathered R32 badges, and I must say the GTT fender badges made more of a visual impact than i was expecting. They had 2 pins on the back that I had to shave down.


I also received a Tomei oil cap and valve cover gaskets care of Right Drive.

And of course it's a never ending maintenance battle with this car. My car will go into limp mode/stutter in any driving condition. I took my intakes apart to inspect the MAFs and everything was covered in a thin layer of oil. I cleaned everything out the best I could but it's only a bandaid fix. Either I need to install a catch can, or my turbos are leaking oil and is blowing out the compressor side.

I also ran a climate control diagnostic to figure out why my hvac only blows ambient air at me. I got a 30: sunload sensor code and also my mixer motor stopped working. On top of that my washer bottle motors aren't working anymore either. An axle boot, and ball joint also need replacing, and my rear main seal probably needs to get changed out too

The car is currently at Speedtech Edmonton getting all my gear oils changed out for Motul fluids in the diffs and T-case, and Redline Shockproof Lightweight in the tranny, as well as getting extended studs put in so I can run 10mm spacers. They're also putting in a Nismo thermostat that I had sitting on my shelf for years. I'm also ordering another rear diffuser to replace my old one that I lost after running over a dead coyote at night. I'm going to try to get most of this stuff done in time for Illmotion in Calgary in 3 weeks.

Some most recent shots from an impromptu photoshoot and an airshow we hosted last weekend.

[louis110]

I took my carbon canister out last year to free up some room too and had similar issue with idle and my garage was pretty friggin stinky all the time. I blocked off the vac lines and vented the tank line into the frame rail.

A couple of weeks ago it was time for my E-Test so I put everything back in with fresh vac lines and you know something? My car idles, drives and pulls substantially better with it in. My boost is much more steady at 1.0 bar than it was and I passed the E-Test with flying colours so i'm leaving it in now.

I suspect I had a vac leak somewhere in the system with it out because at idle my car wasn't making much vacuum at all but now it's maxing out my vac/boost gauge. Either way, I'm leaving the carbon can in.

Weird! I plugged the larger vac line only and my idle returned to normal. The only thing that really bothers me is the raw fuel making my eyes sting on long drives. But on the plus side the hairs on my chest started growing out.

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[AL91GTR]

I took my carbon canister out last year to free up some room too and had similar issue with idle and my garage was pretty friggin stinky all the time. I blocked off the vac lines and vented the tank line into the frame rail.

A couple of weeks ago it was time for my E-Test so I put everything back in with fresh vac lines and you know something? My car idles, drives and pulls substantially better with it in. My boost is much more steady at 1.0 bar than it was and I passed the E-Test with flying colours so i'm leaving it in now.

I suspect I had a vac leak somewhere in the system with it out because at idle my car wasn't making much vacuum at all but now it's maxing out my vac/boost gauge. Either way, I'm leaving the carbon can in.

[Ho-Sik]

Thanks man! What's your username on Instagram? I just got on that thing not too long ago.

My instagram is Rajsidhu_ !