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Hi All,
(So is it rude to copy and paste posts we made on other forums to this one? Anyway, I've been documenting this on the Skylines Australia site).
I've had my skyline (NISMO #129) for about a year now, but finally am getting down to the business of nurturing it back to health. Work's been pretty busy, I'm in the military stationed in Okinawa, but it's going to slow down for me in the next couple months.
I believe the car's been through some hell, some kids just beat up on it and put underbody lights on it, as well as some shoddy electrical work. This is my 'rescue ride' of sorts. I'm looking to do a smooth and steady clean build, and will try to detail it on these. I'll admit to being new to this, so comments and critiques are welcome.
Anyway, from what I can tell these were some of the things done to it:
The original engine was replaced (dunno what they ended up doing to the original NISMO block, as that's a shame. Would have been a better collector vehicle had they kept it.)
From what I was able to find, it looks like they put a N1-Nur in there. I'd appreciate independent confirmation on this as the only thread I could find about identifying it was this:
http://www.skylinesa...-engine-number/
Other research I did made it seem that the blocks were numbered sequentially with numbers starting with '1' originating in 1990, and '7' blocks were made generally in the 2000s.
Anyway, I had to pull the engine because I found a bunch of oil in my coolant and thought I had blown my head gasket. Didn't bother doing a compression test because figured it would need to get rebuilt anyway. I wanted a fresh start with this vehicle all around as I'm getting it ready to head back to the US. My engine builder said from what he could tell, the engine was never pulled apart, but it did have N1 internals and the R34 CAS. Gold cam covers would imply a Nur as well, but those are easily replaced. We were a bit thrown off that all the exterior bits (N1 turbos with the 14411-06U00 part number and steel turines, oil pan) were R32 parts. Again, researching a bit more made me think they just replaced the block and put the original bits on there. It still had the original R32 1st Gen push-type tranny on there so they would have had to keep the front diff. I don't know if that would have meant they had to keep the R32 oil pan then, but it's a guess.
Some good news was that the block was still good, and it seemed the head gasket was too, so it is still somewhat of a mystery how oil got into the coolant. The only other place I thought was the modine/oil heat exchanger. (My builder said it was unlikely because there was no coolant in the oil, usually it's a two way thing)
Other mods, it had tein coil-overs put all around, some VIPER security system that kept acting up so I disconnected it, HKS air filters/SSBOV, and some HID lights that would sputter every so often. On the HID lights, I think it was faulty connections, so I will try to clean that up.
NISMOs were originally gun metal grey, obviously this one was repainted (seemed like decent work, even got the inside of the engine bay and trunk. I guess white is a common color as it's the national racing color of Japan. Whomever owned this thing originally really went the full nine on it. I assume they went bankrupt along the way as the car made it's way into the hands of people with tighter and tighter budgets.
Anyway, I have the following enroute
Suspension NISMO all around:
Front:
54556-RS580: No 5 Front Upper Arm Set
54501-RS585-R Circuit Link Set (right)
54502-RS585-R Circuit Link Set (left)
Rear:
55135-RS580 No 12 - Rear Arm Link Set - Rear
55550-RS580 No 8 - Rear A Arm Set - Left and Right Set
Driveline:
ORC-559D-01N - Ogura Racing Clutch (559 series twin plate, push type)
Cooling:
12024412 Greddy - Oil Cooler Kit - Relocation - Nissan
*I figure probably best to replace the modine unit anyway, so I bought this.
R020214 Koyo Aluminum Radiator
Exhaust:
10129001 Greddy Downpipe
193084 Tomei Expreme Exhaust Manifold kit
421101 Tomei Exhaust Turbo Turbine Elbow Pipes
31019-AN011 HKS Silent High Power Exhaust
Fuel:
17042R585 Tomei Fuel Pump
Engine:
152009 Tomei Intake Camshaft Pulley
152010 Tomei Exhaust Camshaft Pulley
143018 Poncam Type-B Camshafts (260in/ex duration0
Miscellaneous:
NISMO parts
54440-RS580 Reinforced Steering Gear Mount Bush
11200-RS580: Engine Mounts
56000S210: Tomei HICAS lock
I sourced my parts from
nengun.com and frsport.com
So I'll let you know how they do on getting the right stuff to me.
I threw all the part numbers in there because I was really anal about trying to research everything myself. If I was able to search by part number, that would have made things a lot easier, so hopefully my meticulousness will help someone else in the future.
I mirrored my parts list off the Eric Hsu build on motoIQ:
It made sense to me. Hopefully I don't screw this up.
I really wanted a solid suspension and good flow first before I really dug into the boost and ECU. http://www.topendperformance.com offered a great deal on the Haltech ECU, a compatible rail and FPR, and RC Engineering 1000cc injectors. After purchasing all those parts above at once, and paying for the engine rebuild, I'm a still hesitant about jumping straight into the standalone process. More $$$, more time. Also, we don't have a dyno or a good tuner here. It will be a good bit of time until I can make it back to the States and bring the car to a proper tuner, so I'm still debating it. I plan on doing it, but whether I do it this month or within the next year is the question.
Overall my goal would be a 400whp daily driver. Now, with all the parts that are going in, a lot more power could be achieved, so we'll see. It's more important to me I have a reliable car than something that's going to be a dyno wonder.
Anyway, a newbie's thoughts. Welcome any advice. Thanks!
(So is it rude to copy and paste posts we made on other forums to this one? Anyway, I've been documenting this on the Skylines Australia site).
I've had my skyline (NISMO #129) for about a year now, but finally am getting down to the business of nurturing it back to health. Work's been pretty busy, I'm in the military stationed in Okinawa, but it's going to slow down for me in the next couple months.
I believe the car's been through some hell, some kids just beat up on it and put underbody lights on it, as well as some shoddy electrical work. This is my 'rescue ride' of sorts. I'm looking to do a smooth and steady clean build, and will try to detail it on these. I'll admit to being new to this, so comments and critiques are welcome.
Anyway, from what I can tell these were some of the things done to it:
The original engine was replaced (dunno what they ended up doing to the original NISMO block, as that's a shame. Would have been a better collector vehicle had they kept it.)
From what I was able to find, it looks like they put a N1-Nur in there. I'd appreciate independent confirmation on this as the only thread I could find about identifying it was this:
http://www.skylinesa...-engine-number/
Other research I did made it seem that the blocks were numbered sequentially with numbers starting with '1' originating in 1990, and '7' blocks were made generally in the 2000s.
Anyway, I had to pull the engine because I found a bunch of oil in my coolant and thought I had blown my head gasket. Didn't bother doing a compression test because figured it would need to get rebuilt anyway. I wanted a fresh start with this vehicle all around as I'm getting it ready to head back to the US. My engine builder said from what he could tell, the engine was never pulled apart, but it did have N1 internals and the R34 CAS. Gold cam covers would imply a Nur as well, but those are easily replaced. We were a bit thrown off that all the exterior bits (N1 turbos with the 14411-06U00 part number and steel turines, oil pan) were R32 parts. Again, researching a bit more made me think they just replaced the block and put the original bits on there. It still had the original R32 1st Gen push-type tranny on there so they would have had to keep the front diff. I don't know if that would have meant they had to keep the R32 oil pan then, but it's a guess.
Some good news was that the block was still good, and it seemed the head gasket was too, so it is still somewhat of a mystery how oil got into the coolant. The only other place I thought was the modine/oil heat exchanger. (My builder said it was unlikely because there was no coolant in the oil, usually it's a two way thing)
Other mods, it had tein coil-overs put all around, some VIPER security system that kept acting up so I disconnected it, HKS air filters/SSBOV, and some HID lights that would sputter every so often. On the HID lights, I think it was faulty connections, so I will try to clean that up.
NISMOs were originally gun metal grey, obviously this one was repainted (seemed like decent work, even got the inside of the engine bay and trunk. I guess white is a common color as it's the national racing color of Japan. Whomever owned this thing originally really went the full nine on it. I assume they went bankrupt along the way as the car made it's way into the hands of people with tighter and tighter budgets.
Anyway, I have the following enroute
Suspension NISMO all around:
Front:
54556-RS580: No 5 Front Upper Arm Set
54501-RS585-R Circuit Link Set (right)
54502-RS585-R Circuit Link Set (left)
Rear:
55135-RS580 No 12 - Rear Arm Link Set - Rear
55550-RS580 No 8 - Rear A Arm Set - Left and Right Set
Driveline:
ORC-559D-01N - Ogura Racing Clutch (559 series twin plate, push type)
Cooling:
12024412 Greddy - Oil Cooler Kit - Relocation - Nissan
*I figure probably best to replace the modine unit anyway, so I bought this.
R020214 Koyo Aluminum Radiator
Exhaust:
10129001 Greddy Downpipe
193084 Tomei Expreme Exhaust Manifold kit
421101 Tomei Exhaust Turbo Turbine Elbow Pipes
31019-AN011 HKS Silent High Power Exhaust
Fuel:
17042R585 Tomei Fuel Pump
Engine:
152009 Tomei Intake Camshaft Pulley
152010 Tomei Exhaust Camshaft Pulley
143018 Poncam Type-B Camshafts (260in/ex duration0
Miscellaneous:
NISMO parts
54440-RS580 Reinforced Steering Gear Mount Bush
11200-RS580: Engine Mounts
56000S210: Tomei HICAS lock
I sourced my parts from
nengun.com and frsport.com
So I'll let you know how they do on getting the right stuff to me.
I threw all the part numbers in there because I was really anal about trying to research everything myself. If I was able to search by part number, that would have made things a lot easier, so hopefully my meticulousness will help someone else in the future.
I mirrored my parts list off the Eric Hsu build on motoIQ:
It made sense to me. Hopefully I don't screw this up.
I really wanted a solid suspension and good flow first before I really dug into the boost and ECU. http://www.topendperformance.com offered a great deal on the Haltech ECU, a compatible rail and FPR, and RC Engineering 1000cc injectors. After purchasing all those parts above at once, and paying for the engine rebuild, I'm a still hesitant about jumping straight into the standalone process. More $$$, more time. Also, we don't have a dyno or a good tuner here. It will be a good bit of time until I can make it back to the States and bring the car to a proper tuner, so I'm still debating it. I plan on doing it, but whether I do it this month or within the next year is the question.
Overall my goal would be a 400whp daily driver. Now, with all the parts that are going in, a lot more power could be achieved, so we'll see. It's more important to me I have a reliable car than something that's going to be a dyno wonder.
Anyway, a newbie's thoughts. Welcome any advice. Thanks!
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