1992 HCR32 type m battleship (esh build)

[esh]

I've been on this forum for quite some time now. Might as well introduce my machina...

It all began in 2009...I was taking a break from uni and working a paid internship at IBM when in June I decided to buy an r32. It was actually through this forum that I discovered I could buy an r32 in Canada.








It was stock with only hks shroom, turbo timer, hks legal exhaust, and crazy yellow grounding kit. Timing belt already done in Japan.

It ran well and became my daily driver. I wanted to drift it, but that would come later as I needed the car for transportation.

Stored the car for winter and went back to uni.


Summer 2010

Car seemed to be quite reliable. It would take me to all my soccer games, muay thai training, out with friends, dates, anything really.


Painted the wheels black.








5th gear decided to stop working one day on the hwy, so I got the tranny swapped at Federal. Tuition was still taking up my money so no mods were done, just maintenance.

Tried to setup the 3A racing filter group buy, but turned out to be a scam, fml - lost key moola there. Ended up grabbing an amsoil filter to replace the hks shroom.

I also got an audio system installed. Sounded pretty legit.


The engine started experiencing high rpm hesitation so I set out to fix it. Cleaned maf, changed fuel filter, reset ecu...but nothing. It still ran ok so I still daily drove it.





Then in one unlucky week in august, I racked up 3 parking tickets, got my car towed from richmond st while I was at a club downtown, and hit a raccoon with my bumper while on hwy 400 at night. Bummer.

At that point, I decided after 2 seasons of daily driving, the following summer 2011 would be all about getting her to the track for some slide action. I was feenin'.

It was actually quite difficult to focus on school and not spend time ordering parts/researching skyline stuff. A part of me wanted to actually drop out of uni and become a mechanic...but I stuck through the suffering. Ordered some parts and bodykit from Adam@Feast.


Summer 2011



Finished uni in June 2011, and got to working on the car. I learned sooo much from this and other skyline forums, friends, and of course the full service manual. Became quite proficient at working on my car on the driveway that neighbours would come by and want to pay me to work on their cars...which I declined, cuz time is like gold during summer.

Sold the audio system to save weight. Also removed back seats and back speaker shelf.

Was supposed to make it out to skymeet, but unfortunately it was bad timing with fam visiting from vancouver and the peru vs colombia copa america game. (Futbol is serious business ppl). And it didnt help that car was still on jackstands with parts missing.

Also missed the first drift day at shanny.

Took a hiatus from the car to play futbol, beach days, epic trip to montreal with friends, etc etc

But then I got focused again. Removed all the HICAS stuff and installed the driftworks total hicas eliminator. Those balljoints were such a pain to remove on my driveway, but I prevailed. Also installed new HSD HR coilovers and got rid of 4x4 height. Car felt soooo different.





Time was running out for the 2nd drift day on Aug 11. So an all nighter was pulled while I installed fresh spark plugs, yellow jacket coilpacks, replaced broken vaccuum hoses, checked for boost leaks, and searched for a shell station that wasn't sold out of v-powaaa.








Aug 11 I finally made it out to a drift day at shannonville. It was wet, and I spun out LOTS. Was so exhausted with no sleep that I had to take a nap in the car halfway during the day. But damn I was hooked. Engine ran amazingly, I was really happy about that.





Since then I raised the rear a bit to improve handling. Still sunken battleship mode with stock wheels until I fit my 18x9.5 +15 battles.


Convoyed with friends to dmcc at mosport - grey car crew haha





Future Plans:

Make more powaa out of the RB20...I've considered swapping in an sr20, but there's just something about rb20's that I love. It's like the little engine that could...or couldn't if you're off boost in the wrong gear haha

...More future plans and mod list to come, this post is already long enough

[krystalized_jdm]

Very nice! I am hoping to temporarily paint my rims black as well until I buy new rims.

Please don't do a sr20 swap. If you're wanting an engine swap, go 25 or even 26 if you're willing to take the time + money to do it.

[scred_gts4]

Nice thread!

If the 20 runs so nice, keep it man! Its a very reliable base and a EASY 280-300WHP!

[esh]

Very nice! I am hoping to temporarily paint my rims black as well until I buy new rims.

Please don't do a sr20 swap. If you're wanting an engine swap, go 25 or even 26 if you're willing to take the time + money to do it.

No 25 or 26...the 20 is my fav of the rb's. Cheaper to get another 20 engine too if something goes wrong.

sr20 is a nice alternative...lighter, more aftermarket support. I only considered it though...its still rb20 all the way!

Nice thread!

If the 20 runs so nice, keep it man! Its a very reliable base and a EASY 280-300WHP!

That's the plan, 300 WHP would be awesome

[esh]

Current Mods:

HKS Legal Exhaust
Yellow Jacket Coil Packs
HPI Megamax Air Filter
Yellow Grounding Kit
Deka ETX20L battery - 15 lbs ftw!
Juran Racing 330mm Steering Wheel
PBM Shift Knob
PBM Spin Turn Knob
Driftworks Quick Release Steering Spacer
Driftworks Total Hicas Eliminator (in hindsight I should have just swapped subframes and bought s13 toe arms, but time was of the essence to remove hicas)
HSD HR Coilovers F:8k, R:6K - these are for sale...cuz I'm curious to try out the new PBMs


Parts I have collected or are in transit:

HPI FMIC kit with piping
R33 OEM FLCA
Final Konnexion First Contact Bodykit (Front, Sides, Rear)
R32 OEM GTR Front Bumper + Rebar (cuz drifting breaks stuff)
R32 OEM GTR Hood
Bing's RUCA
Bing's Rear Traction Arms
Bing's Solid Steering Bush
Bing's Solid Subframe Bushings
JSpeed Front Fender Brace
Cusco Front Strut Bar
JIC Rear Strut Bar
Tanabe Sustec Front Swaybar 25 mm hollow
R32 OEM GTR Rear Swaybar 26 mm hollow
Energy Suspension FLCA Bushings
Energy Suspension Rear Multilink Bushings
Driftworks Offset Rack Spacers
Brembo Front and Rear Blank Rotors
Weld Techniques Factory Brake Pads
Pair of 18x9.5 +22 CST Hyper Zero-1 (for front)
A set of 18x9.5 +15 MB Battles
PBM 2011 Competition Coilovers F:12K, R:8K (maybe I won't need the stiffer swaybars with these )
I'm gonna shim my R200 diff


Future (hopefully):

Aftermarket Front Tension Rods - I needs ASAP I think
FUCA - (R33 FLCA + lowww = lots of neg camber in front)
ARP Headstuds
Metal Headgasket
Aftermarket Clutch + Flywheel
Oil Cooler
Aluminum Radiator
Aftermarket Diff
Walbro 255 lph Fuel Pump
550cc injectors
Nistune
Z32 MAF
Hybrid RB20 Turbo probably from Cherry Turbos
Boost Controller
BOV but recirced
Custom Exhaust
Paint Job
Bucket Seats + Half Cage
More wheels - I want ssr vienna kreis!
More weight reduction - I'm liking the direction nelsonmxmarc went with his r32
A certain spoiler from a certain someone in Japan...u know who u are

Special thanks to Adam@Feast, Bing, Braden@JNS, PBM, DW and anyone else who helped me get parts for this money pit

[esh]

Over the next week and a half I'm gonna try to get all the suspension and brakes done. Oh and maybe wheel fitment and diff shimming too. We'll see how it all goes, I don't want all nighters before a track day again.

[DreadedFist]

Damn, that's gonna be one prepped suspension. Awesome build so far, man.

[supersayianjim]

so make the exhaust(un) legal. scrapping that cat will free up some much needed power. and not sure if you are running a fmic, but thats also the much needed cheaper and easier hp route. iam runnning a nistune and you are right to want one. it's the best bang for your buck..

and look into a holeset hx turbo. you would have to mod your manifold but it's the best money you till spend. i got a turbo that spools fast,quick,and reliable to 22psi for $60beans(no lie). check my build thread.

[esh]

Damn, that's gonna be one prepped suspension. Awesome build so far, man.

Thanks! Just trying to get it done right the first time

so make the exhaust(un) legal. scrapping that cat will free up some much needed power. and not sure if you are running a fmic, but thats also the much needed cheaper and easier hp route. iam runnning a nistune and you are right to want one. it's the best bang for your buck..

and look into a holeset hx turbo. you would have to mod your manifold but it's the best money you till spend. i got a turbo that spools fast,quick,and reliable to 22psi for $60beans(no lie). check my build thread.

I got an HPI fmic that I'll be installing over winter. Will see about the exhaust then too. As for the turbo, I'm gonna have to look into the holsets...but if I buy used, I'll probably get it rebuilt. Wouldn't mind a used hks 2530 either.

[esh]

My bad on the lack of updates...but here's some pictarsss and another monster post

So I missed a bunch of events, due to some parts not coming in time (new coilovers) and me deciding to get all the suspension/brakes/wheel fitment done in one go. Next time I'm doing work in the winter I swear.


My friend came by with his teg to help me rape fenders. I need a super low profile jack soooon




The rumours are true, skyline rear fenders are a b*tch to pull




No more sunken battleship, I even got some room to get rid of a bit of neg camber




Painted any cracks on the lips to prevent rust




Bought some brembo blanks and decided to paint the rotor hats...







...and other stuff




Removed my r32 FLCA. Burned bushings out of longer r33 FLCA.




Painted them and gave them some energy...lol




...more storytime tomorrow :P