My 1995 GTR project thread.

[cortexx]

Frankies build thread is one of the most inspiring threads in these forums , an absolute wealth of tips and info

wow that turbo kit is legit! i always love your write ups! i think your passing frankiman's build thread in my eyes since he rarely updates now!! keep up the good work

[Ignitecgy]

Oh, by the way. Are those turbos not perfectly made for a top mount kit? Absolute shame to hide them in the OEM position.

[cortexx]

Tonights installment of "f-ing around with my car" is brought to you by 4 cans of grolsch lager , a bag of peanuts and a pack of chicken jerky !

So novelty of staring at the turbos has worn off and i cant install the suction kit yet because im waiting on my billet flange ...... or can I ?

I thought i'd start by cleaning up the old pieces that Greddy decided they didnt need to replace , the 2 castings that bolt onto the suction and compression of the rear turbo , and the compression outlet of the front turbo .

The sand blaster was loaded with a mix of walnut shell and crushed glass , just the ticket for cleaning up 15 year old aluminium castings ....



after not particulary close inspection it was apparent that the finish looked like sh1t and needed a bit of a buff , it also had a butt ugly casting line down it's length that corresponding Greddy pipes did not . After some careful consideration the grolsch suggested i should do something about it .

Sooo i spent about and hour sanding it down by hand but i was already down to me second out of only 4 cans of lager so i decided to break out the orbital sander and finish it of in about 5 minutes with 150 grit paper ...



notice the crappy cast marks ? i turned it into this ....



at this point it became obvious that the thickness of the pipe was deteriorating very fast and that further sanding might end up in the need for a replace ment so i decided to stop here and break out the die grinder with a 4 inch buffing wheel and a black bar of abrasive paste .... after 10 minutes of BrrrrrBrrrrrrrBRrrrrrbrbrrrrrrrrrr i ended up with this ..



switched the wheel and repolished using the jewellers rouge polish to end up with this



Many years ago ( about 30 actually ) my father used to insist i polished the spokes on the basket rims on his Austin healy sprite with a german product called salvol autosol. I had a friend go to there this year and bought me back a tube . This stuff turns any dull metal into a gleaming finish and i have never seen anything work so well and so fast since , i used it on the pipe to finish it off , this was after 2 minutes of hand polishing it :



The really cool thing about this stuff is that it cleans out the metal grain and makes even pitted uneven surfaces look new and attractive. It also leaves a residue on the metal that helps it resist oxidization and dulling I'm not sure if you can buy this stuff here .

After the 3rd can and a marked decrease in mental judgement i figured i'd rough fit the suction kit to ge an idea of what it would look like and also to see if the rest of it fitted without the need to have more parts made. this is what it looked like :





althought the silicon couplings are on no clamps are because i had to take it apart again to finish installing the water pipes , and also because now on my fourth can of lager i coulnd rememeber which direction tightens or loosens the clamps .

Just as i left the workshop i took a few shots fo the hood closed , you can see how well this fits , the hatch mechanism had to be spaced back about 1/8th of an inch . The hood fits very snugly and i dont think ill be using pins with it ..





cant wait to get the front bumper and jun front lip mounted

updates soon !

[cobrAA]

I can make it happen

HAHA! I will keep that in mind!

[cortexx]

Youd think so - but top mount turbos raise the center of gravity of the car (not by much but it does a bit) and also brings them into the realm of melting my hood and other various things , i'm also not the botherd , theyll be plenty of other eye casndy to look at and its the performance that counts

Oh, by the way. Are those turbos not perfectly made for a top mount kit? Absolute shame to hide them in the OEM position.

[JosiahP]

looks great man! cant wait to see this beast finished

[collector240sx]

Hi,

Autosol, use to be available at Canadian Tire around my place about 4-5 years ago, really great stuff.
I should really get my hand on some more.

Nice jobs man, really liking this tread.

Keep up the good work.

[Matty]

Paul I love reading your updates (but your avatars frighten me a little). If Im ever in the area Ive gotta swing by your place to check it out in person.
Keep the updates coming! Can't wait to see that Jun lip on!

[MikeyRHD]

Hey Dude that is the JU style hood right? how do you like it? and could you possibly put up a couple more pics from the front, etc. please? Thinking about if I would like this hood for my r32 should be close enough comparison to help a guy decide thx!

[cortexx]

@matty

unless my place crashes next week i should be at the skymeet on 16th july, you can see it then although much that has to be installed wont be on it yet , just going to get it drivable .

@mikey - yes its the seibon JU style hood , fits as well as the factory hood , awesome quality , very solid and the design matches the r33 style very well.. It's possible i might have it repainted MNP in the future if the carbon look doesnt please me though. I'll post some more pics tonight

[Matty]

Perfect. I wasnt sure if you would have it running or not.

[cortexx]

It will there even if i have to tow it there with my hummer !

[frankiman]

wow that turbo kit is legit! i always love your write ups! i think your passing frankiman's build thread in my eyes since he rarely updates now!! keep up the good work

don't worry, i'll be updating it like a champ in the coming weeks, i've got 10 weeks worth of work to describe

Frankies build thread is one of the most inspiring threads in these forums , an absolute wealth of tips and info

haaaa thx

[cortexx]

Stardate July 9th 2011 .....

Back from vacation and back in the workshop to try and get this beast drivable for next weekend.

Went and saw Dave at Chatterson engineering in brantford and picked up my 5/8 billet flange that he kindly machined for me ..



This space sits between the Greddy suction pipe and the turbo intake mount to space the Greddy piece around the Tomei wastegate actuator... It was JUST the right thickness leaving no room either side for error. I measured the gap between the actuator and pipe and it was 1 thou lol HOWEVER the main problem was that the old bolts were no longer long enough to mount the assembly.

A quick trip to Fastenal was required to buy some longer cap heads but when I tried to use them they were fouling the Greddy cassting because of the tight bends ... i swear to god nothing goes to plan



Time to modify the greddy piece with the trusty dremel , i ovalled out the hole so the cap head go through at an angle .



Once done the screw went in ok and everything was ready to fiddle and fight with for 45 minu.... i mean it was ready to install



So after installing the pipe , this is a pic to show how close everything was , the one cap head screw took me about 10 minutes to tighten with a allen key because i couldnt get access with the allen head sockets i have .. 1 thou clearance and about the same with the power steering hose ..



Finally i shoehorned all the intake parts back in and it lookd like this ...




Time is of the essence now beause i cant spend all next week working on the car so i had to throw the mishimoto rad in with the original shroud and the original fan for the time being , i wont have time to jerk around making the electrical fan before next weekend ..

I also installed the oil drain tubes from the trubo to the block , modified and made the dump pipe brackets to block fit, installed the Megan racing rad hoses , installed the cam wheel covers, CAS, water line and CAS loom.

Decided to leave the greddy Profec B II boost controller hooked up for now because the AVC-r will take too much time efore next weeked so ill do that and all my electronics later .

Grabbed by downpipe to reconnect to the hanging exhaust system, installed the innovate wideband sensor ..



went to install it and FARK!!!!! .......

..... i welded the the bung in the wrong side and it fouls the floor so ill fix that tonight . I thought at first i had the dump pipes on the wrong way around but realised that i coulnt line it up because the O2 bung was in the way.. Stupid mistake ,, this is what happens when you rush .

So after kicking the dog I just decided to concentrate and getting eveything else in and connected ready to fill the fluids and cry over all the leaks im bound to find ..

Anyway , the engine bay looks almost normal again now ...



More updates after tonights work..

[Phastwon]

Looks really good paul. I love the look ofr hte greddy piping kit, although it seems to be a bit of a pain to install with Tomei's. Can't wait to get my car up and running and come see you. What are you doing about tuning it now though for the larger turbo's.