1994 Nissan Skyline R33 GTST

That's a nice and clean one, I'm glad the wheels are being swapped as that's the only thing that lets it down for me.

I think I'd be tempted to go for OEM wheels and remove the GTR badge and just enjoy it and wait for prices to rise further but that's easier said than done once you start changing things.

I'm looking into a electronically controlled fan/shroud combo, probably look into it a little deeper once i get home, the price of original parts are a joke, its cheaper to upgrade then it is to replace stock parts, and those wheels, yes, i would love a set, but as i said, price of parts, the few sets that are available are 3k+..... I dunno if i like them that much.....

Bookmarked for updates- looks great and I'm excited to see what you end up doing to this beautiful beast.

Where on earth are you looking to find a set of wheels for £500? or am i just a massive c*ck womble that can't seem to search the interweb correctly?

The two sets on ebay are both £3k.

There's a set on JDM Distro (Based in Ireland) for 999 Euros (plus 60 euros P&P)

Not sure if these ever sold ... www.driftworks.com/forum/threads/r33-gtr-wheels-and-tyres-for-swap.281342/

Day 2 of ownership and we have a idle of 2000 RPM or a fluctuation of 1000 to 1750 RPM. After a quick glance over I found if I squeezed the recirc vacuum or outlet the engine calmed down, checked the operation of the valve, did a vacuum test and all was good, I found 2 completely split vacuum lines elsewhere and also lots of crusty lines, off to the local auto parts store (millautos) and the lad behind the counter didn't even know what vacuum hose was, I didnt have much hope and there stock level was sh*t, had to make a run to halfords as well to get well and truly ripped off.

Plenty perished hoses so I replaced 90% of them



Changing them made a bit of difference but didn't fix it, I adjusted the IACV, the TPS and the butterfly stop screw and nothing changed, removed and cleaned the IACV, set the butterfly and TPS back to something how they should be like and fired her up, she didn't tick over so I knew I had fixed it, just at 9:30pm I don't think the neighbours would enjoy it to much so I will sort that all up tomorrow in the day time.

After looking at it in the dark I realised that only 1 out of 4 side lights worked on the rear and both indicators, however the indicators where very dull and flashing like a 90's disco biscuit fueled discotech light, oddly they flash at a normal pace when the hazard switch is turned on, so armed with some new bulbs I set to work.

Finally all the side lights working



Brake lights working (inner lights have been wired into be fog lights, although they don't work)



Reverse lights working



And some indicators bright enough you can actually see them in the day time, still need to find out why they flash fast on the stick and not on the hazard switch




The number plate bulbs holders where shot, voltage at the connector so I dug out the number plate lamps for the pulsar gtir project and they where the same physical dimensions, just cut and swap the plugs over.

Old



New



Ran out of time to fit them so that'll be a tomorrow job. Also got working on the wiring for the stereo, Jesus that is a mess... I managed to find the power and the ground, I had bought a proper ISO plug to crimp on to make it neat and "proper".



Tomorrow I will continue.

So I have managed to get a kinda normal tick over, just need to rip out the ECU and see if the idle adjustment screw is turned up a little, if not then I'm either going to have to deal with a 1000rpm tick over or dive in deeper, either way it's not 2000rpm so which ever way you look at it it's a win.

As there was no stereo I set to my clio and pulled everything I had put in it 6 months ago out and started to install it on the skyline, the last set of door speakers had been fitted in a good manner, just the MDF had soaked up some water and split out all over the place, I stripped the doors back and started again adding all new audio equipment and new sound deadening.



FYI, I didnt butcher the door cards to fit the tweeters, they already had tweeters there so I just fitted my new ones.




Also wired up the number plate lights just to check if they were working in there new configuration and yep, all good.



Hopefully before it's dark I can have all the audio equipment in and working, tools tidied up and go for a cruise 🚗💨

Changed the plugs last weekend, it had a slight misfire when I got it and over a short period of time it got a lot worse, the gap difference in the plugs has helped, it still feels like it is slightly hesitant so some further investigation will be required.



In the process I found a leaking cam cover gasket and that most of the rubber grommets surrounding the cam cover screws had perished away, belts weren't looking too happy either so ordered up a set of them online, now its all arrived I had best fit it I guess..

Stopped for lunch on the side of the road few days back, beautiful view to look at, the background view wasn't too bad either, man I love Cornwall.




I forgot to mention this, whilst I was taking the back wheels off to fit the hicas delete kit I noticed the car was missing something.... I hope this isnt a reoccurring theme...