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So I've been busy for the last little while patching up my baby and have actually made some progress, lol. For starters I tackled the almighty task of replacing the clutch. I've done a few GTS's before, but the GTR is a lot more involved. Luckily I'm an auto tech and have unlimited free use of my hoist at work which made it much easier to accomplish. At the same time I had the tranny out I took a look at the decrepit exhaust and sat and scratched my head for a while trying to figure out how I could install new studs into the turbo dump pipes without ripping the damn thing apart. I came up with the idea of just welding new studs onto the old ones, must have had a horse shoe up my ass cause it worked! So now I finally have a functional divorced downpipe that doesn't leak. Slapped the tranny back in and carried on to bleed the ATTESSA and bolt everything back up. All this killed a weekend.
Next I moved on to the coilovers. This part of it made me stand back and say to myself WTF?!?! All 4 were set at different heights and tensions. No wonder the car drove like a shitbox. To compound the issue even more, all the upper camber arms were set differently. "This thing is a ******* mess!" I thought to myself as I shook my head in disbelief. So after 2 days of tweaking and more tweaking I finally have useable footwork that doesn't want to send me swerving off the road to my death.
Took a good long look under the hood and was only mildy disappointed. Lots of bolts not tightened down, some just spun in a few threads, idle screw was set to 2000rpm, throttle cable wasn't even bolted down (have no idea how I got this thing home like that), battery was sitting loose, A/C belt frayed and ready to take out the other belts, ABS module is leaking, P/S pump is almost puking, and a strange "chirping" sound on a cold start but goes away when at operating temp.
Spent a day here.
Moving on to the interior, I noticed right away the HVAC doesn't work properly. It is stuck on defrost, I can change the temp but not the mode, bummer. My car also has an Impul cluster and the low fuel light is constantly on, even when full, lol. I haven't had a lot of time to spend here yet, mainly have my in dash DVD and boost gauge installed for now. The car was missing the center console gauges as well as the mounting brackets for the radio so I fabbed up a pair of temporary mounts for my DVD till I can find the OEM mounts for it. Also installed my Momo steering wheel, the stock GTR one felt like a bus steering wheel in my hands. Shampooed the front seats and carpet so she's clean, rears look like they've never been sat in.
Overall I'm still happy with my Godzilla, been frustrating at times but well worth it when I mash the throttle and let her scream.
Gawd I hate to love this car!
Future plans are to obviously turn up the boost, install aftermarket turbo dumps, tires, brakes, and find some GTR front seats or some racing buckets, haven't decided yet.
Next I moved on to the coilovers. This part of it made me stand back and say to myself WTF?!?! All 4 were set at different heights and tensions. No wonder the car drove like a shitbox. To compound the issue even more, all the upper camber arms were set differently. "This thing is a ******* mess!" I thought to myself as I shook my head in disbelief. So after 2 days of tweaking and more tweaking I finally have useable footwork that doesn't want to send me swerving off the road to my death.
Took a good long look under the hood and was only mildy disappointed. Lots of bolts not tightened down, some just spun in a few threads, idle screw was set to 2000rpm, throttle cable wasn't even bolted down (have no idea how I got this thing home like that), battery was sitting loose, A/C belt frayed and ready to take out the other belts, ABS module is leaking, P/S pump is almost puking, and a strange "chirping" sound on a cold start but goes away when at operating temp.
Spent a day here.
Moving on to the interior, I noticed right away the HVAC doesn't work properly. It is stuck on defrost, I can change the temp but not the mode, bummer. My car also has an Impul cluster and the low fuel light is constantly on, even when full, lol. I haven't had a lot of time to spend here yet, mainly have my in dash DVD and boost gauge installed for now. The car was missing the center console gauges as well as the mounting brackets for the radio so I fabbed up a pair of temporary mounts for my DVD till I can find the OEM mounts for it. Also installed my Momo steering wheel, the stock GTR one felt like a bus steering wheel in my hands. Shampooed the front seats and carpet so she's clean, rears look like they've never been sat in.
Overall I'm still happy with my Godzilla, been frustrating at times but well worth it when I mash the throttle and let her scream.
Gawd I hate to love this car!
Future plans are to obviously turn up the boost, install aftermarket turbo dumps, tires, brakes, and find some GTR front seats or some racing buckets, haven't decided yet.
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