//Running in the 90s// R32 GTS-T Revival
 

Hi guys, I've been around the forums for awhile now and have recently made some great progress on my project in the past few weeks and though that I would share the build on here.

I once had a 1990 hatch, but due to Canada's harsh winters the chassis was becoming unsalvageable and more trouble than its worth so I decided to move on to something else.

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Whilst every native car in Canada is killed by rust, It is well known that we have early access to a plethora of JDM vehicles so decided to take advantage. A friend of mine was leaving the province so way back in 2010 I picked up a 1993 Skyline GTS-T Type M.

It Came with Kei Office Coils up front and Teins in the rear.
Full 3" Exhaust Not too sure of the brand
RSR Downpipe
Nismo NS5R wheels
and some other bits and pieces.

Not bad for the price i paid.

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I drove it pretty much as is through 2011 until a coolant line broke and dumped all the coolant out of the car and it overheated and ruined the motor. The next day I got laid off so the car sat at my parents house. My new job required a more economical commuter vehicle and with their being a single parking spot at my condo, the Skyline was shipped off to my parents place and locked in my storage container turned garage.

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I collected parts from Japan for the next couple of years, bought a house and now am finally getting back into making progress.

As you can tell by my S13, I Dig the 90's Highway Racer look and splurged on 1990's aero bits when they came up for sale.

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The complete aero package is:

Tommykaira Sides and Rear
GTR bumper with JUN lip
Eastbear Mirrors
WinningSports Wangan wing

The car had been in a minor front end collision in a past life so I drilled out the spot welds and replaced the rad support from one I got at an importers

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At this time I had the car towed to my own house and started working on what I could do in the driveway. Houses with garages are Extremely expensive in Toronto so the next best thing is a large driveway

At this point I bought a replacement RB20det with forward facing manifold from a friend for a steal. The plan was to go 25 but for the price I paid with the plenum I couldn't go wrong. I might upgrade to a 25 later but for now this will mean I can get the car on the road the fastest.

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The motor wouldnt be complete without Super 90's themed Valvecovers

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Finished it off with a machined coilpack cover I Designed and Made at work

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Got a GKtech Clutch fan and adaptor to help with cooling. I want to make sure this car never overheats again.

Had some Pals over to help get the motor in on the driveway.

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All ready to mock up the intercooler piping and such. I also made the cooling panel at work as well.

Got all the wiring labeled and am now in the process of re locating the fuse/ relay box to inside the car. The only wires coming into the bay on the chassis harness are the headlights, turn signals, horn and ambient air temp sensor.

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I splurged and bought some Tommykaira wheels to match the aero. I will be running 17/18 stagger until I get the other 18" wheel fixed. The 18's are GTR sizes 18x9+25 and the 17's are 9J+25 as well

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At this point, I finally got fed up walking from the front of the house to the shed to get tools and the lack of shade meant it was time to move the car so I could actually make some progress.

I had a good buddy trailer the car to a friends storage unit which is fully equipped with everything needed to finish the project. Its a little cramped but it beats working in the driveway. These storage lockers are rented out as workshops so they are perfect.

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On our row of units there is one that does autobody, another for fabrication and a host of people building cool projects. All the resources are in one place to get the project done. I spent most of last week there until all hours of the morning and got all my intercooler piping tacked up as well as made the intake.

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The firewall has been stripped of the brake booster/ master cylinder, clutch master, wiper motor for cleaning and paint. I pulled the motor, picked up some Ford UH black and went to town smoothing everything down

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Paint came out perfect for HKS livery

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This past weekend I got the motor back in and started re assembling everything in the engine bay.

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Money Shot.

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This pretty much brings us up to speed as to where the car is right now. There are MANY details I haven't written about yet. But I will touch base on them as they become relevant.

Thanks for reading.

Awesome reminds me of me and my friends with out the skyline though lol.looks sick bro can't wait to see updates

fucking sick!!

Glad you finally made a build Jordie! Car is looking awesome.

dont care what anyone says about the Rb20. its a good hearty motor and easy to use in lieu of the 25 or 26.... cant wait to see it running.

I get the *running in the 90's* reference.

Protip for those of you who wherent born between 86-92
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I love it!

Great build! Definitely following this for sure!

my goodness this is awesome. Car looks amazing.

Would be interested in having a Blitz Powered Coil pack cover made if you are even in the business of making another.

Thanks For all the Kind words.

I machined a lot of parts at my old work on our router table, I am looking to get my own and start making my own stuff soon.

Right now I am bringing the chassis back to its former glory and will be building it once the platform is solid.

First off the Front suspension was taken out and the inside of the wheel wells were seam sealed and painted with chip, rock guard.

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If I was smart I would have done it before the engine bay got painted, but I had to fit in the the painters schedule and there wasn't any time. Masked off all the holes and used some drop sheets to avoid ruining the newly painted bay

I dont really have any pictures (boring and immensely time consuming in my home garage) but every bushing has be replaced with the exception of the bearing between the front arm and knuckle.

For those who are interested, 90% of the S13 energy suspension bushing kit can be used on R32. I properly got rid of Hicas by swapping in an S13 Subframe, removed all the lines and de finned my PS Pump.

Rear BallJoints were replaced with B13 Sentra ones (same as S13)
Front Balljoints are the same as S14
Front Tierod Ends are 95 Maxima

Needless to say im excited to see how this car handles now.

I've been busy over the past couple of weeks assembling, painting and fixing up all the loose ends. As of now, the complete drive line is back in the car and it is back on the ground.

The stock overflow tank was cracked and would stick out like a sore thumb in the newly painted bay so I opted for the new Chasebays Unit. None of the in stock brackets were appropriate so I mounted to the rad support.

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I also installed my Greddy Coolant temp sensor in the Upper Rad Hose. The GKTech Fan also fits 100% and I am excited to see how it preforms over stock. They claim 60% more airflow but we shall see.

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Intercooler was just a universal kit I had previously purchased from Ebay. Ill probably source a brand name one in the future (Likely HKS) but this will do for now

Finally got the car back on the ground and threw on the Tommykaira wheels and Sideskirts for some motivation.

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Wire tuck party starts tonight.

-Jordie

wow, car is coming along great, R32's have always been awesome cars. keep up the good work!

is that the stock R32 fan shroud? looks a little different than the one I have.

that engine bay shot really is money man!

Looking great so far, my man! I'm glad to see that you're getting knee deep into the project :)

Sure is.


Yea Im glad I finally get to work on it. I am losing my shop space in a couple weeks so Its the last push before winter storage.

Started lengthening the body harness tonight. My good friend is showing me the ropes and helping me out.

Intercooler piping is done and welded, just wait for the BOV flange from vibrant.

Will update later with pictures.

-Jordie

Had some time to work on the car today and started by installing tierod ends.

As i stated before, 95 Maxima ones are compatible with R32 GTS. I knew the old ones were worn out but I had no idea they were this bad.

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Also, The old brake master was also replaced with one from a 91+ Pathfinder. All the lines were run and the callipers were cleaned and painted ricer red for some extra horsepower. Both fenders were mounted as well as the lights. Some massaging of the front fenders will be needed so the GTR bumper lines up 100%.

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I'm stoked that I no longer have 39048230984 feet of intercooler piping. Now its just 2 short pipes and 4 couplers.

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turned out Vibrant didnt have a flange for my Blitz BOV (I Cannot STAND HKS SSQV Sound) As I am tight on time I got a hold of a greddy flange and modified it to fit the BLITZ. Please excuse the sealant, I will clean it up later.

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As of now, all the hot side piping is clamped and ready to go. The intake is also in snugged up and in its final resting place. The stock rubber intake was replaced with an aluminum one I made from some scraps I had leftover from the universal Intercooler Kit. I finished it off with a HKS filter, purchased through FRSport.

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Again, not the most exciting update just getting all the important maintenance parts out of the way that often get overlooked.

I Fucking love the car and theme, it's not a GTR but no care. The engine bay paint, the valve covers OMG <3


I have a deep spot for the old school HKS colors/theme

Was this Marks old car? Loving the progress Jordie

Thanks Buddy, I haven't even seen what the engine bay looks like in the sunlight yet.


it was for a few weeks or so. From what I gather it was imported from and brought to the GTA from montreal.

I do find it slightly humorous you posted on ProTouring looooooooong before here, but like I said on there, sick build!

I remember photos of this right after he bought it..after all these years I had no idea!

Keep us posted for when you start 3D printing again...I still want a small scale RB for my desk lol

Yea to be honest I was drawn into ProTouring because of the fabrication. I felt I didnt have enough progress done at the time to warrant a build thread on here.

and 3D printing should be starting up again soon.

Yeah, there's some righteous builds on PT...makes me wonder where those people get all their money from, haha.

Loving that HKS style valve cover! What a cool build!

Amazing attention to detail! Love this build.

I agree! :D

Thanks, There are many little details and parts I haven't touched on yet :)

The devil is in the details.

Keeping up with the little details, I've replaced the old hard rubber hood stoppers with brand new ones.

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Since all the hicas garbage has been removed, I now only have 1 hardline going across the firewall. The plastic factory clips were brittle , cracked and mostly crumbled away to nothing when I stripped the engine bay. To solve this I inserted #10-24 Riv nuts in the existing holes in the cowl and used Stainless button head cap screws and little "P" clips to hold the brake line in place.

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Black clips would be Ideal but these do the trick for the time being

I got the OEM GTR bumper fitting as best as I could with the stock GTS fenders and corner lights. It is about 95% right now. There is a gap of a couple mm where the wheel arch on the bumper meets the wheel arch of the fender. This is unavoidable when putting a GTR bumper on a GTS but I doubt it will be that noticeable once the bumpers are painted.

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GTR fenders are slightly wider so brackets will have to be to bolt into existing holes under the cornerlights to "suck" the bumper so it meets up with the stock fenders.

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As you can see, I also got new belts. For those who have an RB20 and need belts the Alternator is Pn. 4PK870 and Power Steering is Pn. 4PK0945.

The wiring party kicked off last night as well. The fuse box is getting relocated to the glovebox and the harness is getting simplified to remove all the unnecessary wires that were for AC, retractable lip and other things that have been removed from the car.

As a bonus, The brake fluid level sensor connector is the same on the Pathfinder BMC as the OEM skyline one so that was kept and extended,

The car came with the useless projector headlights from factory and were changed for N1/ early GTS style headlights. Like the A/c all the unused connectors and wires were deleted. As of now the only wires headed to the front of the car are Headlights, Turn signals, Horn and the brake fluid level sensor.

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once finally tested, everything will be loomed up and tucked under the top rad support.

The stock boost gauge sensor has been relocated to behind the radio along with the wiper regulator.

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I hope to have a lot of the wiring buttoned up this weekend, I cant wait to get everything back together.

Jordie this is so excellent!

I love reading this. Would you ever consider going full amber corners? While its not authentic to GTSTs, I think it looks much better...especially since you have a gtr front!

Thanks Teddy, Hopefully your 4dr gets finished soon.

Nah, Im not very fond of full amber corners. I am debating on sourcing a Tommykaira front bumper, Part of me wants a full matching kit, but I love the aggressiveness of this front end.

**THROWBACK The following events took place June 2014**

While on the topic of the front bumper. Being a type M it naturally came with a Type M Bumper which I was never really fond of. It needed a lip to be cool and all the available lips for were god awful aside from the TBO lip which is rarer than a unicorn. The aggressiveness of the JUN lip caught my eye and I knew I needed a GTR bumper.

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I sourced a beat up GTR bumper at a local importers for a fairly cheap price. Sold the stock lip and made half my money back and bought a JUN rep lip (Its likely going to get smashed anyways)

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I then wanted N1 ducts to complete the look. Genuine N1 ducts are worth more than double the price I paid for the bumper so I opted from some Z1 motorsports Fiberglass ones. I measured 15 times and cut once.

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Fitment was 100% Awesome

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At his point I had two giant holes in the front of my bumper and two very shitty pieces of fiberglass. Time to get creative.

I took some measurements from both the holes in the bumper and the fiberglass reps. I made them in solidworks and cut them out on the CNC router table at work

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Next I cut the flange off the fiberglass reps and started playing with some Adhesives.

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I am not 100% sure how they will hold up time will tell I suppose. I think they came out great, all things considering

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i also made use of the rear window washer nozzle. Intercooler sprayer anyone?

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But more on that later.

Just going to spray water? Or some Nos? Lol

I like the practicality of the washer nozzle. I might consider doing that

Yea its a pretty easy mod. not too sure how effective it is but since all it involves is running some vacuum line i'm not really bothered if it doesn't work.

So I'm still in the midst of doing my wiring. This past weekend I neatened up and tucked my engine harness.

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It took a good half hour to de-loom the stock harness. It being my first time wiring had some friends come by and point me in the right direction. started out on the passenger side as it is simpler.

I started out by re-routing the harness through the firewall in one of the old A/c Holes. I routed the silver resistor (?) box and mounted it behind the dash. Running the wires through the firewall seemed like a no brainer because rubbing through harnesses is the worst.

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I extended the Wiper harness so it could be hidden along the seam of the firewall/ wheel arch and shortened the MAFS wire. All that is left on the passenger side is the 02 sensor.

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The only things that needed to be adjusted (lengthened / shortened) was the TPS plug, IACV Plug and the connector that goes to the ignitor.

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Ratsnest of depression.

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Came in the other day and found these on my windshield. :2f2f:

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Once I was satisfied with how everything was routed, I pulled it all out and re-loomed everything.

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I dont really have a great picture of the finished product, mostly because the unloomed chassis harness and partly exposed coilpack harness makes everything look ugly. The best part of this manifold is that everything can be hidden under it. It does look 9032849023 times better in person.

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All my AN fittings and Lines for my fuel setup will be in tomorrow so expect an update on that shortly.

-Jordie

Before and after pictures?

Valve Cover <3

I dont have any before pictures because I am putting it back together with the new manifold. But the car looked like this not that long ago haha

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The 90s were the best, stick to that baseline man. And it definitely shows you don't pass up any small detail great job

If only you can find these

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I have been messaging the owner back and forth, the reality is I need to have my car running before buying seats.

Mechanically the car is set to go. The fuel system was finished off and all the vacuum lines were ran. Unfortunately, The chassis wiring was not completed on time and my car had to leave the storage unit.

I am pretty upset that it didnt leave 100% running but I did make HUGE progress in the 3 months that it was there. All that is left is to finalize all the connections on the chassis harness and run the cable for the battery relocation and paint the aero and it should be on the road in the spring time.

Before I put the car on jackstands and covered it up I threw on the aero for a little motivation to get me though winter. I just wish it was nicer out today so I could see what The engine bay paint looks like in the sun.

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What's winter storage?

Awesome build man, love the theme and style. Your progress has been great, keep it up!

90's vibes. The feels.

R32 looking good

want an r32 so bad.


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Need updates.

op pls

Patience, what a virtue it is! Patience seems to always build rad cars.
Kids oughta learn. Keep updates coming!

Sick! that engine bay before and after thou!

Thanks for all the kind words guys, glad people enjoy this build.

No Kidding, I havent driven the car since Sept 2011. The past couple of years have gone by super quick with getting the house and getting the ball rolling with my career.

Turbo Timer Enclosure Build: Was completed a while ago but since my car is wrapped up for the winter (and no new progress can be made) I thought I'd Share. Sorry for the Iphone 4 pics, This mod happened a while ago.
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I enjoy the small details that go into a build and really separate it apart from the "off the shelf mods".

Whilst many argue that Turbo Timers are useless and unnecessary, my car came with some oldschool HKS one already wired in. However it was just double sided taped to the side of the centre console and that would just not cut it.

I First saw a turbo timer / boost controller enclosure made by Broadfield way back in the NICO days. I took a half ass stab at it one day on my condo balcony and it obviously didnt turn out well and I gave up before ever really making progress.

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Fast forward a couple of years and I had moved into my place and had more room to work and 3d printing was starting to really take off. I had started my career as an industrial designer and we just so happned to have a new printer in the office. Time to put it to good use.

Quick mock up in Solidworks

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Hit Print and wait a few hours....

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Part 1 is done

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Next I took the lower dash cover off and made a cutout to fit the 3d printed piece and epoxy'd it into place.

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I then filled the gaps with a thin layer of bondo sanded it smooth.

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To make the mod look as oem as possible I cleaned, primed and painted the whole panel with SEM chip / rock guard.

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The final product looks like its almost factory installed. Its not too intrusive and hides away nicely under the dash.

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As always, the devils in the details.

I will update as things happen or as parts come in thanks for reading,

-Jordie

Wow, that is awesome! So well done. Nissan engineers would be proud haha.

Oh the possibilities... :eek:

Looks fantastic. :) :bowdown:

Your first attempt was a map light, right? ^^

Haven't updated for some obvious reasons.

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I do not have a garage which makes for very slow progress during the winter. If any.

I spent most of the winter browsing for parts but had a tough time pulling the trigger on anything as the canadian dollar was (still is) very weak.

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The above picture has been my wallpaper at work over the course of the winter and I found myself absolutely hating how the car looked with 18's in the rear lowered with stock arms.

Adjustable arms were needed next. I managed to locally source (CDN dollars) new driftworks toe arms and ISIS Pro RUCA's. Being a brand whore im kinda bummed I couldn't source some brand name parts but it is what it is.

This past weekend was the first nice weekend we have had so far so it was time for a little driveway tuning.

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Out with the old and in with the gold

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No more silly camber and toe. I wanted to make some final adjustments this today after work but its absolutely pouring.

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Bay paint looks amazing in the sun, hard to tell in pictures as it is so dusty.

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I still need to finish the wiring, thats next on the list as it didnt get completely done last fall.

Oh and I bought a new daily. My 98 civic was on its last legs and this came up for the right price. I've wanted one forever.

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More updates to come, Im currently designing my catch can setup which should be laser cut in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for reading.

Love the old school hks livery valve covers man, and the use of 3d printed parts is so rad! Keep killin it, car is going to be gangster.

Great stuff man,keep it up.

That paint though

Thanks. The first attempt was with an S13 map light but it required way more sanding and filling than I thought it was worth.


Thanks buddy.

I really should clean it. The pictures dont do it any justice. It looks amazing in the sunlight.

Love everything about this car. I want to do my jz valve covers that hks camo but don't think I'm that skilled. lol

Get her on the road already!

Mini @ work update.

I've been getting through the wiring slowly. The car did not have A/C or the original factory triple projector headlights up when I bought it . This meant there were many unused connectors that i couldn't mark when I removed the harness.

The scanned factory service manual is difficult to read was everything is pixelated but I am pretty much there in terms of wiring.

The engine bay is coming together nicely and my catch can has been sent to get laser cut.

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I do need a new hood prop :/

The catch can will be mounted behind the passenger side shock tower and will be plumbed back into the intake.

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This is where I really wish I still had the luxury of playing with CNC machines. Instead now I have to pay to have it cut out :(

Ill update when I am home tonight with better pictures. The weather here has been rainy for the past couple days which is also making progress a little slow.

Car is perfect. I hope you polish that manifold one day!

Thanks, The manifold was polished. Ill likely get it powdercoated black someday.

Hokey So. Last year I thought it would be an awesome idea to do a wire tuck on my chassis harness and started racing against the clock to get it done whist the car was at my friends shop. Long story short I ran out of time, got discouraged and left the car looking like this:

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Awesome.:ugh:

Having ZERO automotive wiring knowledge meant I had no idea where to begin. Eventually I knew it had to be completed and I am too cheap to take it to a shop to complete it so I had to do it myself.

So naturally I started with something completely different. My remote battery terminals. I have relocated my battery to behind the passenger seat. With the 4 pt (soon the be 5pt) cage in the back, having seats back there is completely useless.

Enter the rear seat delete (mockup)

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Streetcar > Budget wannabe racecar. I hate the stripped out caged look so I took it upon myself to make a rear "shelf" / Storage unit for the back. My Del Sol has little lock boxes so no one thieves your stuff when the roof is off and I thought something similar would work well in the R32. I am undecided on what material to make this from. Plywood was cheap and serves as a great material for mocking everything up.

The intention is to use FC RX-7 Storage bins; One for the battery and the other to store a small emergency toolkit. Similar to this:

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Back to the remote terminals. Relocating the battery to what is essentially the middle of the car would make accessing the battery a pain. I machined out a bracket to utilize the mounting points for the rear wiper (which was deleted)

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and ran the battery leads to the passenger side rear seat.

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Oh and if you're planning on doing any extensive wiring, do yourself a favour and get one of these:

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You can adjust the tension and they cut perfectly smooth. No more sharp jagged zipties. your hands and arms will thank you later.

Back to the task at hand. I slowly started making sense of the wiring harness, the online diagrams were terrible and super pixelated. By breaking it down into smaller sections everything became manageable.

being Garage/ Shopless meant working outside.

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Many of the components that were located on the firewall were relocated behind the centre stack. Heres the wiper regulator and stock boost gauge sensor.

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All electrical systems go! (First time in oh.... 4 years)

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I put my interior back together as all that is left is to wire up the gauges. The plan is it have a fused terminal block for constant and switched power to allow me to easily add accessories in the future. Yesterday was a holiday so I couldnt go out and buy the components I needed.

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Im so stoked that this is behind me. It was such a huge hurdle but didnt end out being that difficult.

My catch can should be done this week. The parts have been laser cut and just need to be bent and welded up. Hopefully Ill be adding fluids this week and starting it up in the near future.

I love this build!

I get pretty excited when I see that you've updated this build lol. Nice work man, I like what you're doing with the back seats.

Thanks buddy, I am still playing around with different material options. We have a full upholstery shop at work so hopefully I can use that to my advantage.

Hopefully will have the lower harness all lengthened before the weekend, my little soldering iron has no chance soldering the larger gauge wires for the alternator or starter signal haha

Also the GTR Bumper has been sold to free up some budget. I've acquired a GTS bumper and modified JUN lip to use while I source a TommyKaira unit. The GTS Bumper is already black so that should save some hassle when it comes time to do bodywork.

Hokey So. Busy month or so, the really big news is that I am now engaged. I designed the ring myself in solidworks and with the help of the jeweller had it made up. Super excited about this :)

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It has also been super rainy for the past couple of weeks so not much could be done.

In the spirit of Le Mans

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As a recap, Nothing off the shelf would fit anywhere neatly in the bay. I had an old rectangular Greddy unit but the fittings were the wrong size for the -10 Raw Brokerage fittings I had pressed into my valvecovers.

I quickly made up a cardboard template to fit behind the passenger shock tower

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Clearance to the wiper motor was extremely tight. I then designed it out of sheetmetal in solidworks and had the flat pattern waterjet cut.

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Rene @ Centerline Motorsports bent and welded it up for me. Luckily he had an R32 in his shop for some work so we were able to mock up the brackets using threaded holes in the engine bay.

I hit it with a quick coat of Duplicolor Bedliner to match My brake booster and wiper motor.

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Fitment is 100% on point. There is just under an 8th clearance between the wiper motor and the catchcan. I still have to make the line which goes from the catch can to the intake but making AN lines gets old really quickly so I will finish that up in the next little while.

Apart from that, My interior still looks like a disaster and I have to take the dash out again to finish looming everything up

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But I did finally manage to find a set of RX7 storage bins for cheap.

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Not a big update I know but I have most of the parts to finish up many aspects of the build. Clear weather this weekend means I can actually get some stuff done.

Thats all for now.

-Jordie

I can't say enough how much I love the valve covers

Second that^ they came out amazing. Cool Idea to build the storage bins into the seat delete too. Cant wait to see this thing get finished!

Congrats. Pix of fiance? Her hand is pretty cute doe.

Congrats Jordie on the engagement..happy for you brother. Catch can looks mint, hope you have the car out this summer. I plan on being running by then as well.

Loving this build more and more. Great idea with the rx7 storage bins. I might have to steal that idea and do something similar.

It Runs!.

So I just started the 2nd week of my 2 week vacation ( My company shuts down for 2 weeks in the summer)

The first week started off well. Filled the car up with fluids, primed it, and it started right up. One of the lines to the turbo was leaking slightly as was the coolant temp sensor on the intake manifold.

Some new crush washers fixed the oil leak on the turbo side. I went to tighten the temp sensor and disaster.

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the hole for the sensor probe was slightly too small and the sensor bottomed out and cracked the manifold. Many swear words were said.

Depression was real.

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I made a few calls and pulled the manifold. It was super difficult to do without scratching the bay paint. Pat Cyr and Cyrious Garageworks had the manifold repaired and back in my hand a couple days later.

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Whilst the manifold was off getting repaired, I put my interior back in.

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Ran into an issue with the glove box. The fuse box was clearly in the way which then snowballed into another mini project.

This wasnt going to cut it for me

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So I removed the inner skin and sectioned the glove box to fit.

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Test fit. It clearly needs to be filled, sanded and painted for that OEM look.

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I am still waiting on a clutch line then I can take it for its maiden voyage.

More updates by the end of the week. Gonna start sanding the aero tomorrow.

Thanks for reading.

-Jordie

Cometics sells a reusable intake manifold gasket for the RB20. cheaper than the factory Nissan one too.

i am obsessed with this build lol the precision and details are fantastic. i just read the entire thing over again, cant wait to see it hit the streets. kudos

Looks good so far, I feel your pain on the rewiring. But please tell me you're not going to use wood for those storage bins? So much extra weight.. :/

This is an awesome build. I'm thoroughly filled with nostalgia.

Reminds me of when I longed for an Apexi Multi Checker.

(Fit an Apexi Multi Checker)

Thanks, I'm not too sure what material I am going to use to make it just yet. I am torn between making it light weight but want it to be able to support some weight and not rattle.


I have been looking at something to put where the stock ashtray is. Mine is broken and was thinking of an Apexi Rev speed meter. But we shall see.

For now the main goal is to get the car running. I am currently just waiting on my clutch line to show up (was supposed to be here monday) and I can take it for a trip up and down the street. :2f2f:

in for pics of fiance/gf lol

She will show up sooner or later.

Anyways,

My mail man is awesome, I had been bugging him all week for my clutchline. Usually he walks the route and then delivers the packages in the afternoon. My clutch line came in on friday and he made a point of delivering it first thing at 9am before walking the route. Awesome.

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I got the clutch mostly bled by myself, It took forever since the system was completely dry. There is still a bit of air in the line but. Ill have to wait until someone else comes by.

As of now the engine bay is pretty much complete. I am waiting on some injector seals as my fuel system wont hold pressure. The system primes but the gauge reads 0 as soon as it stops.

I have no visible leaks so one of the injectors must be leaking into the intake manifold. Other than that, I need to cap off the heater core and its ready to go.

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Aesthetically I am waiting on some nice hardware to come in to mount the coilpack cover and ignitor.

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I also quickly spray bombed one of the sideskirts to see how it looked. I was initially unsure of the sideskirts when they were white but once painted black they obviously became more subtile. The paint matches so so, enough that I can get away with it.

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Hopefully tomorrow I can get the rear valance sanded and painted as well. All the aero needs work as it was cut in half when it was shipped from japan. :facepalm:

Till next time.

Are you running an aftermarket fuel pressure regulator? I have an Isis adjustable FPR and I have the same issue with my fuel pressure dropping to zero after the fuel pump primes. This was not an issue with my stock FPR. I did have a guy on another forum tell me that all aftermarket FPRs he has ran do not hold pressure after the fuel pump is done priming though so I don't know what to think.

I am running a Tomei FPR. There is pressure still pressure in the system but it doesn't register on the gauge unless the pump is running. If I prime the car and turn it off I can open the filler cap and the system will depressurize. I am going to replace the O-rings anyways as they have dried out from sitting.

I've noticed that my filler cap no longer gives off the "psssh" sound when I fill up so maybe I'm losing pressure there. I had an emissions place test it and it passed though. Maybe I should just get a new one and try it out...

Great work so far...
Congrats on the engagement!

Is that a Jindo dog?

Thanks! She is a Shiba Inu.

Monday Night I drove my car for the first time in 4 years. :hsdance: It was only to the end of the street and back but it felt awesome.

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It was also nice to get a picture of the car out of the driveway haha.

The drive short drive wasnt perfect. I had a good friend Martino come by and help diagnose the issues with the car. We ruled out the possibility of both the tomei FPR and O ring seals causing the fuel pressure to drop.

Then the car is idling, we heard what sounded like a huge vacuum leak. which was then traced back to the intake manifold. The manifold is full of tiny pin holes. When you place your hand on the top surface of the manifold you can feel suction.

I believe that when the manifold is cast there are pinholes in the casting. They then get coated to seal it all up. It is when that coating wears off that all these issues become apparent.

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So off to the coaters it goes.

great build great read. Keep the updates coming.

Being born in 81 and having my first S14 in 99, this build hits home! Great friggin work and keep the updates coming!

Thanks Buddy. Ill do my best.

My manifold is still off getting powdercoated. My cometic gasket came in from FRsport today.

Got my aero all painted (minus the wing). I sold the GTR bumper and am getting a GTS one shortly with the hope to come across a Tommykaira front lip at some point.

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I realize I still need to paint the mirrors but I am waiting on my audio stuff to come in so I can do the speakers at the same time.

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As you may have noticed, between the gauges, HVAC and my Cupholders (most important) I have no room for headunit. This is ok because every headunit looks like it came from a spacecraft which is not the look I am going for. I dont have the option to hide one in the glove box either.

So i've found this install http://imgur.com/a/BTNFd

am going to give it a go. All my music is on my old Iphone which would just sync to the car. Seems simple enough. Ill report back with my findings.

Thanks for reading.

Its good to finally have everything one colour again. I picked up a Stock GTS bumper with a GTR JUN Lip cut and channeled to fit.

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I'm picking my manifold up after work so I should be able to get it back together over the weekend :)

This thing is so cool.
Fingers crossed for those HKS Recaros to make an appearance.

Your Skyline...
...is better than mine.

Hey my man! I'm glad to see this thing is coming along, and I actually fist pumped when you mentioned that you had it running (and drove it for a bit).

Oh and congrats on the engagement :)

Dawww....


Thanks! it felt really good just driving to the end of the street and back. I have insurance now and I am just tackling the last few things before getting it on the road.

I picked up my intake manifold from the powdercoaters on friday and does it ever look good in black. Got around to installing it saturday.

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Still no garage at my place, so driveway tuning it is!

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Got it all buttoned up. it holds fuel pressure now which is a huge relief. The casting was so bad that the pressure would drop to zero as soon as the fuel pump would stop priming. I need to re-tap the coolant temp sensor as some of the powdercoating worked its way into the threads.

The next task was to trim the bumper to fit around the intercooler. The GTR bumper i had was already trimmed and fit right over the couplers and FMIC. This GTS bumper required a lot more massaging. Admittedly not my best job but im sure I'll be able to clean it up.

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Unfortunately I could not keep the vents in the side as they interfered with my piping so I am going to have to make some ducting so it looks less empty.

I picked up a new hood so now my car is the same colour black. I just have to do an alignment and I can get temp permits and take it for a shake down run. I just hope I can make the lip last :2f2f:

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Damn Jordie that looks so good. First time I've seen the jun lip fitted to a gets bumper..very nice.

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Woooo that front end, and engine bay...