View Full Version : Never liked R33's or Carbon.. Not a fan of RB25DETs- can't knock it till ya tried it!
well something sad happened the other day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=KxIupTjVOIk
:cry:
was laughing at the front bumper scraping as it came towards me...
then the how the dreaded paddle clutch was still catching him out :D
:euge:
some pics before she went....
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well, done a deal with Jamie on this:
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R33 GTS-T spec 2 with only 52K on the clocks and all the old mots to back this!
few mods:
carbon front wings
carbon bonnet
carbon front grill
h.i.d head lights
hks 2510 turbo
hks full exhaust
trust air filter
trust frontmount intercooler
warlbro 330ltr fuel pump
de cat
apexi N1 coilovers
spitfire coil packs
boost gauge
cam belt and water pump done last year
4 point bolt in roll cage
smooth tail gate
oh and work emotions xd9's titanium 18" x 9 ET38 and a 18" x 8.5 ET28 with a 45 dish rear and a 37 dish front
Plans:
first gonna give it a oil and filter change, coolant flush, fuel filter etc.
check timing
pressure test intercooler for leaks
lock out hicas (feckinggg scary that thing!!)
fit a welded 4.3ratio diff that i got here
pop down to super tracker (Welcome to Supertracker Wheel Aligners and Alignment Systems (http://www.supertracker.com) ) and get as good as i can get on stock arms (bit pikey i know :o)... come to think of it may do tension bushes as well?
(note... not going silly low so i dont run too much out of adjustment...)
subframe locking collars
my k-sport bucket seat and harness
my k-sport harness
my omp steering wheel (need a boss...)
my big gay gear knob
fit ECU talk
fit some new rims which i hope to have with me by tomorrow ;)
then- if all is well hit pod in January with it :D :dw:
oh- reason behind title is.. well how it reads :wack: i have been knocking them before trying them :smash:
so, due to the fact allll the tyres are below the wear Mark... until i can afford some rubber on my new rims, ive had to stick my 17" blitz rims on as they have good rubber all round :euge:
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looks :euge: on 17"s... especially at the height it is!!
next on the list "to do" is HICAS lock out bar :)
oh and remove rear fog light!!
I've got a Drift Works lock out bar kicking around the garage for an R33 GTS I think . . .
I've got a Drift Works lock out bar kicking around the garage for an R33 GTS I think . . .
:mad::mad::mad:
why you not tell me this earlier phill :(
ordered a new one from crapspeed earlier. :facepalm:
Cheers dude :thumbs:
people say the lock out bars dont work well and you need the complete kit :ken: if it comes to that ill just stick a s14 subframe in :smash:
I've got a Drift Works lock out bar kicking around the garage for an R33 GTS I think . . .
You have a PM mate.
i never liked r33's either.. until i saw this pic ;)
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4136/83747239.jpg
good luck with your new car man.
MagicMat
19-12-2010, 08:58
Looks nice fella :)
Enjoy !
i never liked r33's either.. until i saw this pic ;)
good luck with your new car man.
cheers dude,
real inspiration that!!! :smitten:
Looks nice fella :)
Enjoy !
Cheers Matt, hope to see you up Mallory soon :)
oh... just cant hold back!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/zoopo1/IMAG0067.jpg
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9.5J ET18 all round :cool:
:D
skinz180189
19-12-2010, 21:35
FUUUU with your 18" Regas ;)
saw ur old 14 drifting satursay mate...
im sure you hva heard but it didnt exactly go well from what i saw!
smashed into a mr2 and then had another bump .. i got cut up by him a few times to ffs lol
good to see it sliding though!
rising son
19-12-2010, 21:52
nice mate, thought it was my old 1 at first, love the r33s
saw ur old 14 drifting satursay mate...
im sure you hva heard but it didnt exactly go well from what i saw!
smashed into a mr2 and then had another bump .. i got cut up by him a few times to ffs lol
good to see it sliding though!
yeah Jamie's first drift day... think he learnt a lot from it :wack: rather bend a bent s14 then a mint one i say :nod: so fair plays... least its being used for what i built it for and he is enjoying it :)
pic i got sent by Martin battye @ about 2pm saturday!
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/zoopo1/18122010087.jpg
only the 3rd smashed door in the last year :wack:
hope your 14's still going well matey?
nice mate, thought it was my old 1 at first, love the r33s
cheers dude :thumbs:
mercedessx
19-12-2010, 22:39
Skybus , wow mate thats a change ????? :nod:
Skybus , wow mate thats a change ????? :nod:
:eek:
feckinnn hell... he is alive :wack:
:D
how you been mann :wave:
yeah... skyline, whilst the 180sx is in the making :)
after having the bus a few days... kinda wishing i went rb25 now in it :facepalm: :rolleyes:
the noise is :smitten: :notworthy
mercedessx
19-12-2010, 22:46
Alive .......... Yes mate :eek:
I am down your way quite a bit :nod:
Will have too meet up some time :thumbs:
MagicMat
20-12-2010, 10:36
Cheers Matt, hope to see you up Mallory soon :)
Hoping to Hit Mallory in Feb mate :) ..and also aiming for pod on 30th of Jan.. but atm the build is too slow and its not looking good :(
LewyS14a
20-12-2010, 11:03
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9.5J ET18 all round :cool:
:D
Cool Slipstreams dude :wack: :D
Get them on the car pronto you know it makes sense and also looking forward to seeing what you do with it :nod: :thumbs:
Edit that silver GTR looks tits :smitten: do that :nod:
looks quite nice dude...
Do the s14 locking collars fit........Ive got a set new in a box. Text me homey!
so, today I investigated why the fans was only blowing cold air... it quickly came apparent...
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:eek:
so got the hose out and flushed through the matrix's (to be sure its not blocked as for why the terrible bodge :wack: :no: :confused: )
connected it up as it should be... good out google image search :D then bleed it through as per Mitto's guide on Driftworks. fans are now blowing warm air :nod: :mrgreen:
but... it took a long time to warm up (which it has been...) so now im beginning to believe the thermostat is stuck open... or has been removed :rolleyes: i know the ECU temp sensor is working fine as i stuck my consult cable in and it read 75*... :)
but nearly an hour to get there :| i know this cold weather dont help, but when i was bleeding the system it didnt do its usual "gulp" when the thermostat opened...
so boxing day i will be spend doing a full coolant flush, and replacing the thermostat.. MASSIVE THANKSSS! goes to Lou, mate your a legenddd for picking the thermostat up for me dude :worthy:
looks quite nice dude...
Do the s14 locking collars fit........Ive got a set new in a box. Text me homey!
yeah they fit, ill drop you a message as i lost my phone... and all my numbers again :wack:
looking good m8 ^^ look forward to seeing it in the metal!
locking collars are waiting here for ya too ;) ... also dont bin that fog light, any chance i can "borrow" it for an MOT in feb :P
looking good m8 ^^ look forward to seeing it in the metal!
locking collars are waiting here for ya too ;) ... also dont bin that fog light, any chance i can "borrow" it for an MOT in feb :P
yeah sure.
but most people with a 200sx just use one of there reverse lights with a red bulb then wire it to the foglight switch
:thumbs:
well the bodge was there for a reason...
as my car just done a wee over Hannah... and it was far from a sex wee... i would say leaky Matrix's !
Arse. That's probably a dash out job which is why it's been "mended" lol.
Nice looking car by the way and can't wait to see those wheels on it
Arse. That's probably a dash out job which is why it's been "mended" lol.
Nice looking car by the way and can't wait to see those wheels on it
cheers dude, but i still cant see how its a nice looking car? :o
meh to Dash out... little thin short ass like me had it out within 20mins.. :p
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now need to find a good replacement :rolleyes: if anyone can help me out :Plug:
also, today i got around to fitting my HICAS lock out bar :)
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yeap the diff is weeping a bit of oil...
not sure if im gonna run the regs on this now...
I dont understand why the R33 is veiwed as the 'Runt' of the Skyline litter! I bought mine because in my personnel opinion i think it's the best looking,
I veiwed a few R32's but i was underwhelmed by the interior and do feel they look 'boxy' and are a tad dated, As for R34's i just dont like the way the rear lights are set out, Bang for buck i dont think you can go wrong with an R33, This is just my veiw, I dont want to start a flame war! Cheers.
today, whilst waiting to sort out a Matrix i thought ill make a start to the interior,
first thing, set about fitting my £20 ebay steering hub :wack: against what everyone said about not being able to fit one to a HICAS model... i thought ill have an attempted...
well, as i have locked out the HICAS and the bulb, i ripped out all the stuff related to it around the steering wheel... which left me with this:
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now the back of the steering wheel:
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but there was nowhere for the indicator canceling bit to go into the hub... out come the drill:
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sorted :D
fitted it all... just gotta sort something out to wire up the horn, but i got a plan for that :thumbs:
so then fitted my K-sport seat and Harness, didn't fancy drilling holes and using spreader plates, so decided that using the rear seat subframe mounting would be ideal...
its a M10x1.25 thread thou...
i need a 7/16 UNF thread to use the eyebolt..
from looking in my ZEUS book, a tapping drill for a 7/16 UNF was ~10.3mm (cant remember what in "old money..." but no matter what i didnt have any imperial drills!) 10mm drill bit will do :smash:
so ran the 10mm drill bit in there then the tap:
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jobs a gooden:
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then used a longer eyebolt (to be honest... normal one would of been fine...)
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then done the same thing with the passenger side (stock seat but 4 point harness). this then allowed me to retain the stock seat belt, and the harness there set up for Hannah. means that anyone can just jump in, without the hassle of adjusting the harness every time :)
I dont understand why the R33 is veiwed as the 'Runt' of the Skyline litter! I bought mine because in my personnel opinion i think it's the best looking,
I veiwed a few R32's but i was underwhelmed by the interior and do feel they look 'boxy' and are a tad dated, As for R34's i just dont like the way the rear lights are set out, Bang for buck i dont think you can go wrong with an R33, This is just my veiw, I dont want to start a flame war! Cheers.
if you want bang for bucks... i still stick by it- get a s14 :nod:
well what can i say, locking out the DEATHCAS has well and truly transformed the car! with my seat, harness and steering wheel in there now...I nearly feel at home. just welded diff, alignment and maybe a remap to go now
:D
Clive !! congrats on the new motor buddy. Looks lurvely. Keep up the good work will follow your progress. Loving the wings and what you have done to the interior so far. I dont know how you guys have the guts to go into any Nissan super car with a drill and bits. In 10years of owning my 200 I have never had the guts to carry out such a task.
Welldone nice little project you have there !
Clive !! congrats on the new motor buddy. Looks lurvely. Keep up the good work will follow your progress. Loving the wings and what you have done to the interior so far. I dont know how you guys have the guts to go into any Nissan super car with a drill and bits. In 10years of owning my 200 I have never had the guts to carry out such a task.
Welldone nice little project you have there !
Cheers dude,
If im honest the wings are currently up for sale. im not a fan personally :no: :down:
mehhh to taking a drill to it... its a 15 year old datsun. nothing special :)
:thumbs:
oh and forgot to say the indicators cancel just fine :D
Good work bro.
Btw i watched that video of your old 200 leaving, what the hell, the power delivery looked savage :S My car has similar figures to yours but doesn't spin up 2nd anywhere near as soon or as easily despite having smaller wheels. Reckon the welder/auto diff has something to do with it?
Good work bro.
Btw i watched that video of your old 200 leaving, what the hell, the power delivery looked savage :S My car has similar figures to yours but doesn't spin up 2nd anywhere near as soon or as easily despite having smaller wheels. Reckon the welder/auto diff has something to do with it?
Cheers Gary. just wanna go play now im nearly happy with it :D
auto diff makes a MASSIVE difference to pick up :nod: plus i set the gizmo so it come in strong and hard :wack: over 1 bar by 3000rpm as well :)
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maybe the strong bite from the paddle clutch helps?
Gotta admit, I think it looks shit, and the wings!:hurl: I dont think you will :cry: about it as you know it anyway :) I almost miss your s14:wack: It was like a mascot on here always on show:nod: Im sure with a few select mods you will make it look pimp in an unloved type of way:D Straight 6 turbos sound fookin awsome though!
How is it as in fun factor wise compared to s14? Is it really that bad on fuel compared to its little brother?
Gotta admit, I think it looks shit, and the wings!:hurl: I dont think you will :cry: about it as you know it anyway :) I almost miss your s14:wack: It was like a mascot on here always on show:nod: Im sure with a few select mods you will make it look pimp in an unloved type of way:D
How is it as in fun factor wise compared to s14? Is it really that bad on fuel compared to its little brother?
:nod: wings are :hurl: :D
my s14 WILL NEVER DIEEE lad got it on the Tuesday night... and put a few more battle scares in it by the saturday :eek: :wack: :facepalm:
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3rd smashed door within a year :smash:
i dont plan on doing anything to the looks to be honest apart from get rid of the :ghey: carbon shite :thumbs:
oh fuel.... :eek: its shit on it :wack: :cry:
but then my s14 i could get 30mpg :nod:
i got this currently sitting here:
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g-reddy E-management Blue with fuel and ignition harness... hopefully that will sort things out a little :)
oh and fun... cant compare yet as the s14 was alot better spec. will update on that when welded diff is fitted (4.3ratio... dont think it needs that as it already reals like you need a 6th gear :wack: ) and alignment sorted'ish...
Those wheels above, normal wings and few minor bits here and there will go a long way. Besides r33 being the ugly duckling of the skylines means cheapness so win! That silver one is stunning though. Whos mapping the emanage?
Those wheels above, normal wings and few minor bits here and there will go a long way. Besides r33 being the ugly duckling of the skylines means cheapness so win! That silver one is stunning though. Whos mapping the emanage?
a local company to me. will be road mapped (the only way to map a car IMO...)
not expecting power FC levels, just a safe, sensible "map" which is a nice drive :)
ill be watching over :)
The wings are indeed ugly, but the car has so much potential once it's sitting on the regas. GTR bonnet please!!
well today i decided to take over the house and squeeze my bus under the carport (much to this dismay of my rents! :furious:)
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thats better. bit warmer and dry :D
do a few more checks and looked to see if there was a place in the downpipe for a wideband sensor to live but there wasnt :( just gonna stick it where the lamba currently is to check all is well on a WOT run)
then this popped out at me....
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:eek: :facepalm:
:down: chicken wire has place on ANY car :whip:
:annoyed: :ghey:
about 1 minute later....
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thats sorted a rattle too :thumbs:
Then popped over to Nissan in bognor to grab some genuine nissan GL4 gearbox oil (the only stuff i would ever personally use in a nissan box...)
Then over to a mates workshop to strip the diff (welding diffs in housing is bad news....) as he didnt get a chance to do it yesterday.
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brappp thats now confirmed its a 4.36 ratio :cool:
so left my mate to weld it up whilst i popped over to see another mate to grab a splitter off him... whilst there dave very kindly solder up my light switch so the full and main beam come on together :) thanks again dude :thumbs:
so diff has had to be left over night to cool down... i wanted it in and fitted today but oh well :(
first thing tomorrow, clean diff up, rebuild. chuck it in the casing, fresh oil stick it in the car :smash:
just praying my "new" matrixs arrives tomorrow... back to work Friday so back to limited-working-on-car-time :(
GTR bonnet= lots of moneizzzz plus not sure if they fit. i have heard they are longer then a gts-t. seems crazy to me!
I think the bonnets are the same size, I was under the impression they are just made of a light weight material?
Aluminium or something :wack:
meh, what ever way- skyline tax on parts is bad... but anything with GTR but on it is rape :wack:
Nice work clive, good move on the chicken wire! lol
Have you not bought and fitted a GTR badge yet????
Cheers Aj
Jonndogg
30-12-2010, 17:59
I quite like it, nice work so far dude.
I bet the love for the Sr will soon be forgotten haha
Can you get plain FRP GTR bonnets maybe?
been a bit slow to update this! :rolleyes: fast move project :smash:
today i fitted my welded diff on the drive... the last time i ever do a diff on my own every time i wanted to undo something i had to get out from under the car...
stick hand back on...
loosen bolt
hand brake off
back under to turn drive shaft to next bolt
hand brake on
loosen bolt and repeat for all the bolts (14 in total)
:annoyed:
snapped a 14mm ring spanner as one of prop to diff bolts was so tight in doing so twa tted myself a gooden :facepalm:
then had to man handle the diff into place... about 45kilos which was no fun (my poxy halfords jack didnt wanna play ball... still waiting on my nice new one to arrive )
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:Plug:
car still sitting on axle stands as my jack has faillledddd me so unable to test it out
on a brighter note my "new" matrix arrived today...
sadly due to having some jabs run out of time to get that sorted!
about an hour later....
mate popped around with a jack, got the bus off the axle stands...
took her for a drive to some private land...;)
SHE DOES GOOD SKIDZZZZZZZZ
thou feels like a boat!!
(no surprise with the ride height... plus comparing with my 14!)
also got some slight understeer issues! nothing a good alignment won't hopefully sort
oh... and the reason for my slight black eye:
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cheap spanner i know... but they are the only ones thin enough to get on the ring end to undo the prop bolts...
well without taking a grinder to a good spanner... which is only gonna weaken it...
I have never manage it with an open ended spanner :cry: :ghey:
Nice work clive, good move on the chicken wire! lol
Have you not bought and fitted a GTR badge yet????
Cheers Aj
:wave: you taking the piss again Aj :rolleyes:
:p
Cheers buddy :thumbs:
Can you get plain FRP GTR bonnets maybe?
meh all = money.
i cant even tell the difference between a stock and a GTR bonnet :wack:
I quite like it, nice work so far dude.
I bet the love for the Sr will soon be forgotten haha
Cheers John... since doing my first "skid" with a RB25... :eek: :smitten:
thou my Wallet hasn't taken a liking to it- especially @ £1.32 for tescos ron99 :indiff:
replacement Matrix heater rad sourced and fitted.
tested, all working fine :)
fined sorted the headlights out, HIDs removed. problem sorted and normally bulbs put in place.
then done the dreaded gearbox oil...
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got a feeling it had never been done before...
cleaned drained plug:
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then gone to work with this lot:
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all sorted, feels like a new box, shifts perfect. very happy!
the guy who did my diff used a filled down spanner... worked a treat! ( althoguh his trusty one which had served him well for years met its fate on my diff... but only took a second to make a new one ! LOL!)
Jonndogg
03-01-2011, 18:19
Is that 5l of gearbox oil !
Damn do they take that much?
Is that 5l of gearbox oil !
Damn do they take that much?
manuals says 4.1
rb25- bigger box then the sr20...
i got spot on 4litres plus a small dribble on the floor in :thumbs:
got my locking collars :)
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Lex Shanks
04-01-2011, 21:22
All good progress here dude!
Can I ask what your getting mpg wise, mixed use, i'm curious about what these extra cylinders can do to your wallet...
cheers dude.
well for me, the fuel is pretty shite... although im comparing it to a mapped sr20det which returned 25-30mpg normal driving...
also, to add fuel being £1.32 a litre dont help the mind think its more....
but, i would say:
got 120-130 miles with ~30litres @ £1.32 a litre
so about 20MPG :omg:
saying that- its about the same as a stock mapped sr20det running stage 1a mods @ 12psi....
currently got a few mapping options... just not decided what way to go, will update near the end of the month :)
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