My best mate works for Eagle painting the Eagle Speedsters, I can put you in contact with him to do some private work and repair the arches.

Edited 18 October, 201411 yr by Ad Lav

My best mate works for Eagle painting the Eagle Speedsters, I can put you in contact with him to do some private work and repair the arches.

 

I have a hammer and a hack saw, does this mean i can do bodywork?

I have a hammer and a hack saw, does this mean i can do bodywork?

Ha I've got an air saw too, does that help?

Well is it more fun to drive spiritedly than your own GTR32? If so then restore and use that as your track toy and fun day out car.

There are a number of things I'd like to do to an R32, but I am not prepared to do them to my nice one...

Carbon/fibreglass doors, boot, bonnet, interior strip, cage, track oriented geometry etc...

Effectively make a real road legal 600-700bhp monster. Then spend a lot of time trying to keep it pointing in the right direction...

Then spend a lot of time trying to keep it pointing in the right direction...

'Right direction' being perpendicular to the direction of travel with armfulls of corrective input ?

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3 seconds in. Dori Dori at his prime

3 seconds in. Dori Dori at his prime

 

When you read up about what the car could do it makes a lot of sense why it was so tunable.

Road spec with the restrictor was alledgedly 280, but everyone thought it was more like 320.

But the head would flow 650 stock, which is what they were running after some development in racing.

It clearly wasn't designed to have that kind of headway by accident.

Bought it yet? ...

Yes, a deal has been done!





So as it's fairly local I got it picked up and to RK Tuning for a check over.

The front end is in good condition, but it's going on the rear arches and a sill.
Nothing that can't be fixed with a bit of time and money.
Plus, as it's not perfect I feel a lot happier about stripping it out and fitting a cage etc...

Currently running around 600bhp and already has OS Giken 1-4 gears in the box, something which I'd have been paying thousands for anyway.





I know it's a bit of a fixer upper, but the price was fair and it's already running a lot of parts I won't have to buy at significant cost. On top of the fact I'm happy to turn it into a track car.





And so Richard's red R32 GT-R no.2 begins...

The plan is to shed some serious weight, turn the power up and generally make it a bit of a track day monstor to annoy R35 drivers. While (most importantly) keeping my current red R32 GT-R nice.

So I assume the 2.8 bore out won't happen as its more logical to just put the money from that into this instead and just enjoy that one as a road monster.

So I assume the 2.8 bore out won't happen as its more logical to just put the money from that into this instead and just enjoy that one as a road monster.

Pretty much yes.

I wanted to my get my current one a 2.8 and alter the gear ratios a little to close the gears up.

RK Tuning have just rebuilt an R32 box out of a 1,000bhp drag car after it chewed 4th gear with the OS Giken shorter gears, I found out this morning...

So they are putting that in my current car to see if I like it on a track day.

If it does what I need then the 2.8 money can go into the track day R32.

The rough goal is getting the weight down as near to 1,250kg as possible and giving it around 700bhp.

Around 550bhp per tonne, which should do as a stock new R35 is 550bhp and almost 1,800kg. Plus a fancy gearbox!

Pretty much yes.

I wanted to my get my current one a 2.8 and alter the gear ratios a little to close the gears up.

RK Tuning have just rebuilt an R32 box out of a 1,000bhp drag car after it chewed 4th gear with the OS Giken shorter gears, I found out this morning...

So they are putting that in my current car to see if I like it on a track day.

If it does what I need then the 2.8 money can go into the track day R32.

The rough goal is getting the weight down as near to 1,250kg as possible and giving it around 700bhp.

Around 550bhp per tonne, which should do as a stock new R35 is 550bhp and almost 1,800kg. Plus a fancy gearbox!

Subscribing to this! Nothing like seeing some R35 drivers who've just spent 80 odd grand buying a new GTR get overtaken by a 1990s GTR

I thought your no1 GT-R was fast. So Christ knows what this is going to be like.

I do like the clear front indicators. Makes it look a little more modern.

Fantastic plan you have. How heavy is the average roll cage?

I do like the clear front indicators. Makes it look a little more modern.

Fantastic plan you have. How heavy is the average roll cage?

 

I was planning on changing the indicators...

Cage is probably about 40kg, but I'll be saving more than that on the lightweight doors alone.

 

I thought your no1 GT-R was fast. So Christ knows what this is going to be like.

 

Faster!

Full rundown of it's current spec that I got from the previous owner, along with a magazine feature a few years back.

Garrett 2860R turbos on modified manifolds
OS Giken forged pistons 86.5mm
Tomei 260° duration cams and pulleys
N1 oil pump
N1 water pump
N1 big end bearings
N1 Main bearing set
Tomei con rod bolts
Tomei sump baffle
Tomei 1.2mm gasket kit
Tomei oil pump gaskets
Trust Kevlar timing belt
Trust # 8 spark plugs
New nissan Balanced crankshaft
RC 750cc injectors
Headwork by RB
Os Giken adjustable cam pulleys
Tomei fuel pump
Tomei fuel regulator
Trust intercooler kit
Greddy full intercooler hard piping kit
Trust downpipes
Turst Power Extreme 2 Exhaust (jasma Spec)
New nissan oil pressure sendor and 2 x gas sensors
Splitfire Coil Packs
Trust Alloy Radiator
Trust suction kit and filters
APexi Power FC D-Jetro ECU (no airflow meters) Settings of 1.0, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 Bar maps.
APexi boost control kit

Mapped in October 2012 by Mark Gilliam of Abbey Motorsport LTD to 510bhp at the hubs.

OS Giken gear kit fitted to gearbox
OS Giken STR twin plate clutch
New Clutch Slave Cylinder
K-Sport 356mm Front Brake Kit (Calipers, Discs & Pads + Replacement brake lines)
Motul 5.1 brake fluid
Cusco brake stopper
Tein Super street coilovers with upper mounts
Nismo top links
Driftworks Hicas Eliminator Kit
Full nismo anti roll bar kit
Nismo rear bush set - Subframe ETC
Front and rear strut braces
SuperFlex Wishbone Bush Kit
SuperFlex Caster Bush Kit

Bride "Low Max" GIAS front seats
Greddy Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge
Greddy Boost Gauge
Momo steering wheel and boss kit
Dry cell battery relocated to the boot
Mocal oil cooler kit
Nismo oil cap
Carbon cooling panel
HID headlights
Clear indicators
Group N vents
SFS silicone hoses
Kenwood ‘Mask’ Headunit
Boston Acoustics front component speakers
Hertz Dieci Rear coaxails
Compomotive 8x17" lightweight wheels

Obviously some of it I don't need and will be selling, but it's pretty well equipped which is why it made sense to get it needing some structural work for a track toy.

When you read up about what the car could do it makes a lot of sense why it was so tunable.

Road spec with the restrictor was alledgedly 280, but everyone thought it was more like 320.

But the head would flow 650 stock, which is what they were running after some development in racing.

It clearly wasn't designed to have that kind of headway by accident.

I had a conversation about this with a Supra4 owner. He was convinced that the Supra4 had 40bhp more than the R32GTR until I pointed out that they were about the same weight and equally fast (unrestricted, stock).

I was planning on changing the indicators...

Cage is probably about 40kg, but I'll be saving more than that on the lightweight doors alone.

 

 

Faster!

Looking at the rear arches, I was wondering if a wide body kit might be the cheapest and easiest cure? (well, apart from the wider wheels and tyres obviously).

I had a conversation about this with a Supra4 owner. He was convinced that the Supra4 had 40bhp more than the R32GTR until I pointed out that they were about the same weight and equally fast (unrestricted, stock).

 

Under the "gentelmans agreement" with the Japanese government all cars were supposed to be limited to around 280bhp but it sounds like they were all being a bit pessimistic with that figure by around the same amount!

 

 

 

Looking at the rear arches, I was wondering if a wide body kit might be the cheapest and easiest cure? (well, apart from the wider wheels and tyres obviously).

 

I've got someone that is going to cut all the rust away and fabricate new panels with a little more wheel clearance.

There are no repair panels, so you need someone who knows what they are doing.  Hence a two month wait!

I was planning on changing the indicators...

Cage is probably about 40kg, but I'll be saving more than that on the lightweight doors alone.

 

Not as bad as I thought then

2nd Briskoda Rolling Road day at AMD in Essex today.

 

Results are in, and it's making pretty much bang on what it should.

 

 

530bhp and 440lb.ft, so averaging the two runs the build quote of 520 is accurate.

Peaks at around 6,700rpm.

Pic of the day, from a GT-R angle...

 

beautiful car that mate, nice to see it making the numbers

Silverstone full GP circuit is looking like fun tomorrow...

 

Light rain in the morning, heavy rain in the afternoon.

530bhp in a 22 year old car with no ABS on semi-slicks.

Take the 600 bhp one instead