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After having a few project cars in the states, and never having time to finish anything, figured it was about time to just get something completely stock and DRIVE it while adding things as needed.

Spending the last two years back and forth in Japan, meeting people from all over the world at Matsuri's and driving some amazing tracks, it was clear that a few things were common in the Japanese culture; keep it simple, be prideful of what you have and ENJOY yourself.

With this in mind, I picked up a fairly bone stock R32 GTS-T Type M. It was originally imported by Japanese Car Classics and had since had 2 owners.

It was stock motor, but with some good maintenance done and a few Cusco goodies.

"Cusco front and rear strut bars
Cusco brake cylinder brace
Cusco fender brace
Cusco coilovers
New aluminum radiator
Short shifter
Twin Disc ORC
HKS Air Filter
4.36 welded diff
Adjustable tension rods
New Denso spark plugs, fuel filter and belts
Newer gas tank
Hicas Delete
Fresh alignment
Timing belt, water pump, tensioners and studs were just replaced with all Oem Nissan parts"

I was happy it had a Twin Disc Clutch and 4.3 gears!

The day I brought it home.





Toss on my spare wheels, and some interior bits.




The Advan RG1's I had kicking around brought in the style I was looking for, but the 215/235 stagger was gross and gave the car a weird rake. I street drove it around for a week or two like this, and just enjoyed it. I also signed up for a test day with it at Panthera Drift Circuit in West Virginia.






Considering it was bone stock, including stock SMIC, I added some ducting to give the car some hope of having cool air and not heat soaking as quickly.

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Signed up for an event at Panthera Circuit in West Virginia. It was a private training facility, but we got the chance to drive it and it was sick! It was the closest thing I've driven to Higashi Circuit at Ebisu.

I added a few things prior - some aero bits because I liked the look; lower lip pieces, and side skirt extensions. Tied things together for me. Also added a hood vent directed towards the intake (thanks for the inspirations Jesse).



The car also got some no name camber arms. Also snagged a few sets of KR20's. I ran these Front and Rear. Great balance!

Brutus loves road trips. He's 7 months and already 85 pounds. My 4runner soon won't be big enough, lol.





All loaded up - bummed not having my own trailer anymore.



He's been sitting here since he was a puppy, and he doesn't realize he's too big now.. :lol:

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West Virginia was cool. We found some mountain roads we want to sneak off to next time we go to a two-day event. There were only 7 drivers at this event on Saturday and 4 on Sunday..it was basically an open practice day.



I brought my D3400 and snapped some pics.







This track was so damn cool! So much elevation, and you could drive it quick without having tons of horsepower and angle.











It was sweet being able to drive the car down the road to get gas. Definitely nice being reg'd.

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I tried uploading the videos, but I think they're still loading. I post most of my videos on Instagram, but I'll upload them to YouTube or Vimeo and then share them here after. @filthy_joe is my username if you're impatient! :lol:

NEXT UP - Atlanta to visit the iTrackMotorsports guys for a Motorland SP Layout.





The Atlanta dudes have some rads cars, so I couldn't help myself and had to skip a session to take some pics. I don't normally edit anything, but I did a few in a style I liked.

CamryOnBronze

Looks like a lot of fun!

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Krusty_s13

Car looks great! Keep it as simple as possible and enjoy it, people get too wrapped up in over-building their cars.

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JIMB0

these are builds i enjoy...simple and continual progress

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240sx_sr20det

It's so much fun to go back to the basics!

I'm guilty of this as well. It's refreshing starting over and starting slowly. Get to learn the car so much more in depth; it's nice.




I found out where my my car came from, with pics, so that's kind of cool! Check it out!

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So, we loaded up, left at 3am and headed 8 hours south to Atlanta!



Ofcourse, it took longer than anticipated, so we got there right as the Driver's Meeting was about to start. Unloaded the 32, cleaned it out, and... missed the meeting. Passed tech with just some electrical tape on the battery terminal (first time being told that).





Brutus loved the spectator section..



This event was a BLAST. I haven't had so much fun at an event since my last Nikko day. The Motorland SP layout was well worth the long drive. A Japanese style track, that's actually accurate, allows slower cars to chase down faster cars since the main corner is a deceleration corner and it'ss all about the brake work.This made the 32 even more fun.

A few things came up during the event; I need an oil cooler. The SMIC didn't heat soak nearly as bad as at Panthera. This was much less stressful on the car, but I still want to get the FMIC done before the next event. Angle; I had fun pushing the car as is, but I'm going to add some rack spacers. I'll likely keep the boost at stock pressures, but I picked up some gauges and want to toss them in to keep an eye on a few things.







I ended up making it into the Top 16 Battles, and in the first round went up against FD Driver Dustin Miles. It was such a fun time chasing him down! We ended up going OMT and I spun on my lead entry trying to push a little more, hah! Regardless it was so fun.







It was so much fun pushing this car as is. Trying to get a faster and faster run up to the entry and see how far I could push the stock angle was so exciting.

koukizhang

glad u had fun just stay safe hun

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This event reminded me of driving in Japan. Open circuit layout, on a tight technical course...I can't say enough how much fun this was.



The 32 took some damage. Those plastic barriers, they line the track with, are NOT soft, lol. I dragged the rear bumper down the entry barriers and I was shocked that it scuffed and actually left a dent. I told myself to stay off them the rest of the day..

In our battle Dustin gave me a hell of a love tap, and push in the passenger door a bit. I told him tire marks only! Haha! All in all it gives the car some character. I'm going to install a full spec cage now that I have a door ding.. /sarcasm.








Overall the car did great! I could tell something was coming loose in the front suspension and bet it was one of the Camber Arms. Also, I developed a bit of an exhaust leak, but I guarantee it's the downpipes bolts/nuts again. They keep backing off, so I need to permanently solve that problem.

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Here are the links some clips mashed together from Panthera & the Motorland SP Layout! Finally figured out how to post videos...lol

Panthera is so fun! 4th gear down the hill, haha.


Motorland SP Layout:

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Cruised over to Japanese Car Classics' Open House with the 32. We showed up a few hours after it started and I guess we missed the rush. Still some cool cars though. Brought my camera and snapped some of my favorites. Enjoy!

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And of course some of the 32.

Dolph_KYAS13

Looks like a good foundation for a fun street/ track car. Hope to see that it remains presentable and the drift damage gets fixed.

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I definitely won’t let it get too out of hand. Going to try and fix a few things after this weekends event.

Back to the road course; Panthera!

codyzsilvia

Glad to see Colin's car went to a good home!

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Small update - just want to keep this thread alive. Haven't really done much lately; just cruising around with the car.



Added a FMIC, and some heat reflective tape to keep temps down where I don't want heat, lol. Noticed I have an exhaust leak, and I believe it's coming from Turbo to Manifold Gasket. Some bolts backed out of the DP to Turbo, so I'm guessing the same thing happened. I'll check soon before driving again- definitely feels down on power.




Needs a bay degreasing/cleaning.



Added some offset rack spacers, Z32 inners and S14 outers but holy shit the steering felt like junk, so ordered some normal GKTech Spacers, and those should feel better. I tossed back on the stock Inners/Outers and it feels better. Having these makes alignments a breeze.



Random driving around pics.






Went and got some Boba Tea with the wifey.

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Found a Veilside Fortune Wing for sale locally for extremely cheap. All I can say is...it's odd.



Here are some angles..

blksylv

Love the R32. You going to 100 DoD?

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Maybe! Some of the tracks seem fun, but I went to there last year to coach a driver, and it was hell waiting in line.

blksylv

Word, I should be up there doing media hopefully lol.

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Dolph_KYAS13

That wing is killer

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snorkelcoupe

The ATL guys are rad, great style and driving ability. I’m pretty sure that’s the Veilside wing that went with the FD3S Fortune widebody. Glad to see you started a build thread for the R32! I’m looking forward to more updates

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Thanks guys! Yeah, it’s a Fortune Veilside wing for an FD, but fits nicely!

Since the stock turbo is a ticking time bomb and my T3 gasket just recently ended it’s life, I picked up a real HKS 2530 Kai off eBay.

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GTR injectors, Resistor Pack, and Walbro ordered.

Dolph_KYAS13

I have these on the shelf ready to go too..

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Wanted to keep it simple and basic.

Not sure what to use to tune yet.. hard to find Power FC’s.

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Leaning towards NisTune.

Also found some Spitfires on EBay for $185!

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I've been so busy. Ran a local drift event and it was super rad! Great time and great exciting driving.

Been watching Initial D again with the wifey, so it inspired me to paint the wing. That's all though!