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So I've given myself a challenge to get this back on the road in 30 days so hopefully updates will be coming thick and fast. Day 1: Collected the head back from the machine shop after having the studs drilled and the head skimmed.   Lifter buckets back in  Cams back on  New ARP head studs (with stupid imperial multi point nuts)   Head is now back on and everything is torqued down correctly, new camshaft seals are in. Left the unit at approx 00:30 with this:  Earlier in the day, many things also arrived:  HKS cam pulleys GReddy timing belt Nissan coolant Shell 5w40 Power steering fluid Japspeed downpipe Japspeed flexi de-cat Japspeed elbow Day 2: More things arrived   Mishimoto Rad Mishimoto front mound Mishimoto catch can Thermostat Oil filter Spark plugs JIS battery terminal converters Magnetic sump plug Half moons for the back of the cam covers Exhaust studs Nissan gearbox oil Apex'i air filter Ogura racing clutch and flywheel Felt pretty sleepy so just did a 5 minute oil filter and spark plug install   |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:44:17 GMT by tommy59
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Day 3: Deliveries:  Live cable Earth cable Fuse Crimps Battery terminals Standard J-Pipe and BOV Clutch pedal Brake pedal Heat shrink Not pictured: Clutch fork Clutch M/C and lines Thermostat in  Cam gears on  Timing belt on  All covered up  Exhaust studs in  New gasket on  Exhaust manifold on  Started on inlet side   Now onto a problem. I got the front half of an RB20DET manual prop and I was planning on bolting it onto the back half of mine, however as you can see below the carrier bearing is on the front half on the RB20 and the back half on my RB25DE auto one.  Does anyone know what I need to make this work? |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:46:29 GMT by tommy59
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Day 5: Got the snapped stud drilled out of the turbo and got it all mounted up with new gaskets.     Starting to look more like an engine now, hopefully will get inlet side done tomorrow, just waiting on some coolant hose. New sump plug too:  |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:47:38 GMT by tommy59
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:48:40 GMT by tommy59
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Day something: Lower plenum on  Put some things back in the bay:   Ran the battery cabling to the boot and made some earths:    I'm hoping that will be enough, just need to get hold of a battery box now, used these massive hydraulic crimpers for the battery cable which worked really well.  New (used) flywheel and clutch on   Gearbox on   Engine in  Wouldn't have been possible without a lot of friends and colleagues helping to guide it in. Next steps - attach all the things. |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:50:57 GMT by tommy59
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Better pic of the engine in  Brackets for the front mount, bottom ones could do with some paint:   For the piping one side on  For the other side the piping kit was intended for a cut through the side of the battery tray not the top so it will need to be modified    Tried the battery in the boot and everything works okay, engine turns over (took fuel pump fuse out), as soon as I get the FMIC piping finished I can give it a start. |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:52:21 GMT by tommy59
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So I've nearly had my month to finish it off with about 3 days remaining. Over the weekend I managed to: Fix P/S system leak and bleed the system Hook up the reverse wiring Bleed brakes Refit arch liners and wheels Now for the clutch M/C I spend about 6 hours trying to bleed this and nothing would work, first of all it was seized, after I fixed that it seemed the seals had gone in it and it was pushing fluid back into the resevoir. I got another one and bled it in 5 minutes.   Now for the gearbox mount, I had a bit of a job figuring out what would fit. From left to right Skyline, S13, Auto skyline Turns out the S13 one bolts up perfect to all four holes  Exhaust is in  Prop is on, needed new front and back sections. Made a bracket for the horns  It moves!  Just need the pipework finished so I can take off the cosmic duck-tape. |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:53:41 GMT by tommy59
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Good news, it's back on the road but I don't have many pictures Here's a little taster I had a few teething issues, it kept stalling when you dipped the clutch.  Found a huge air leak where the dash boost gauge sensor vacuum source was. The nipple had snapped off the plug. Being an NA car originally it doesn't have the boost gauge on the dash so I threaded the plug and put a bolt in it.  Then I found the line under the throttle body wasn't blanked off and the BOV wasnt connected to the plenum so was venting to atmosphere. I fixed all of those things and it hasn't stalled since, pulls harder too. I also had an issue with the timing where it wouldn't go lower than 25 deg BTDC. This was using the timing loop at the back of the loom, using a HT lead between coilpack and plug 1 however, it timed up perfectly.  Now onto the potentially bad news. Half a day after my BOV fix and improved boostiness, the turbo now sounds like a super charger and whines when you come on boost. At least it sounds like its coming from there. All the bolts are still tight on the turbo and exhaust housing. Does anyone know what causes this? Either way it doesn't sound good. |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2020 18:55:22 GMT by tommy59
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1991 Nissan Skyline R32 GTS25Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
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Impressive build, top work on the detail and depth of it! Also good to see some Conceptua parts in there too, keeping me in a job  |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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I took off the intake pipework and there is no play in the shaft. I re-assembled everything, took the MAF off, blocked the pipe with a can and added pressure to the system from a compressor. The whistling noise was coming from the BOV gasket, the air was using the gasket as a whistle, I happened to have a new gasket lying around and this fixed the whistling. Found four boost leaks at the same time which are now all fixed! So far no stalling or whistling of any kind |
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Impressive build, top work on the detail and depth of it! Also good to see some Conceptua parts in there too, keeping me in a job Cheers! Thanks for selling useful things and doing super fast shipping  |
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Last Edit: Nov 2, 2017 21:22:41 GMT by tommy59
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Very good progress so far man! Thanks for sharing it with us. Please, keep posting more and more pics!This is what makes people happy on the auto forums.
Ivo
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1991 Nissan Skyline R32 GTS25slipngripross
@slipngripross
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Great resto thread mate. Had two Coupe 32's myself and loved every minute. I'm just breaking my 32 RB23 track car should you need any little bits and bobs just drop me a pm. Will be following this with interest.
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this work is amazing. it all sounds greek to me, but the results sure do speak volumes...nicely done!
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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Well, that was a lunchtime well spent reading through the whole thread!
Great transformation from the mossy looking thing you started out with.
As others have said; superb level of detail.
And you have Rota Grids - lovely!
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wow i've never seen a V head before (obviously not been looking hard enough)
so pentroof chamber and valves canted over to match, the valve to port angle must be awesome !
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Very good progress so far man! Thanks for sharing it with us. Please, keep posting more and more pics!This is what makes people happy on the auto forums. Ivo Thanks for watching! I've got about a year of photos left and then we'll be up to date! |
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Great resto thread mate. Had two Coupe 32's myself and loved every minute. I'm just breaking my 32 RB23 track car should you need any little bits and bobs just drop me a pm. Will be following this with interest. Your 32 is very nice indeed, shame you had to break it, monster of a motor! Yeah I might drop you a message! |
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this work is amazing. it all sounds greek to me, but the results sure do speak volumes...nicely done! JP It's not so bad, just put the bolts back where you found them  Thanks!! |
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Well, that was a lunchtime well spent reading through the whole thread! Great transformation from the mossy looking thing you started out with. As others have said; superb level of detail. And you have Rota Grids - lovely! Glad I could provide a bit of distraction! Thanks, I might be looking at a different set of wheels for next year, we'll see  |
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Thanks!!