My HR31 Skyline GTS coupe

[floody]

Well here's my fairly stock old thing. Slow, slow process of modification/restoration going on.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/800front.jpg

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Specs:
1988 HR31 Skyline GTS
-RB20DET ECCS Redtop
-5 speed
-Excedy sports tuff clutch
-VG30DET "OP6" turbo (cheers Richard) running 12psi
-3" exhaust with "High Flowed" cat convertor ;)
-Stock cooler
-Stock fuel system
-17x8" , 17x9" Jap importer find rims, 235/45 Advan A046 fronts, 235/45 Potenza RE050 rears.
-Stock electronically adjustable suspension, and HICAS system.
-Towbar (not that you could tow anything with it, might remove that).
-No BOV. Sik Dose uleh! :w:

Basically pretty stock. Goes alright for what it is. Nice predictable handling thing too.

Upcoming changes :
-Aurora springs, 400lb front 45mm lower, 310lb rear 50mm lower. Cusco camber tops for the front, IRS datto camber for the rear.
-GTS-R rear spoiler and front lip.
-front mount cooler
-Bosch 040 pump.
-20mm bolt on spacers under the back rims

[psi999]

Very nice example mate, not enough clean ones left.

[floody]

The ugly bits are on the other side, haha. Its very tidy inside though.

[2JZR31]

I wish my 31 looked like that.

[floody]

I wish my 31 looked like that.

2JZ coupe, now theres a top idea!

[floody]

Interior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/interior.jpg

Engine bay, don't mind the ghey blue hoses (couldn't get black at the time):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/enginebay.jpg

[floody]

No great news, just corrected the somewhat :gay: offset of the rear wheels with some 25mm bolt on spacers. Even on the stock flogged out suspension it now feels a bit more predictable on change of direction etc and turns in a bit nicer, I'm guessing that had a bit to do with where the rear rims were sitting.
I'm about to piss off the HICAS too- the bushes are flogged and the rams are no longer centring the rear end consistently- Noltec solid subframe bushes and pump/reservoir from an Aussie 31, hicas lines and rams in the bin. Need to get rear springs then the new suspension bits can all go in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/04-03-07_1738.jpg

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Argh, 19 year old sikaflex melted and I lost my intercooler vent trim while I was in Victoria, hence the big black void on the passenger side... Now I have a pair of GTS-R vents so will be mounting one where the number plate is (for future engine oil cooler, eventually will fit a PS cooler in the stock intercooler spot on the other side when I go front mount).Numberplate on the dash I guess...

[floody]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/indoorTWO.jpg

Amazing what you can do with a 2 megapixel phone camera and a couple of minutes in photochop. And gray hides a multitude of sins.


Put (most) of my new suspension parts in yesterday. I have JIC coilovers in the rear from an S13 with adaptors from 2-3 stud for the top mount, 6kg/330lb springs. Front end thusfar I just chucked my new springs in, 350lb, 40mm lower. I have cusco cambertops to fit in the front but there is an issue with regard to the supplied spacers not being bored big enough for the shock shafts, next weekend for those. Theres also a JIC carbon fibre front strut brace coming from Japan for the front.
The front shock inserts seem to be coping fine but in the coming months I intend to sleeve the front struts for height adjustment and go to 450 or 500lb springs, new shock inserts.

[Rotawerx]

Nice example, I like :)

[floody]

Woo, cambertops in the front now, negative camber all round (rear courtesy of shit Nissan design, front courtesy of cusco) :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/23-06-07_1329.jpg

Might get some 20mm spacers for the front now.

[floody]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/coupe_alleyway_grey.jpg

Got bored, shot some new pics.

[floody]

Oh, JIC round, hollow carbon fibre strut brace and Cusco pillowball camber adjustable top mounts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/DSC00064.jpg

[Bunky_r31]

nice dude
i like
i just bought a new cusco strut and found out it won't fit over my new engine:(
no it's not a 2j!

[floody]

Yeah clearance is tight, most Jap bars won't clear an RB25 and an RB30 or hybrid is right out of the question...I mean the RB20 is bloody short, the deck is barely above the top bellhousing bolts...

[floody]

Well, there goes RB20DET number two.
Big end I reckon, will strip and find out in a couple of weeks.

A little unsure what I will do just yet. Possbly RB25DE+T running off a Nistune'd stock ecu, most likely a silvertop RB20DET long motor while I rebuild the original redtop with forged pistons etc.

I will also correct a few other issues, i.e. paint front panels, go to bilsteins instead of current mismatch setup, possibly a new LSD centre, ditch HICAS, front mount cooler, fix heater core etc.

In the meantime, I will soon be driving this for a few months;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/Image029.jpg

Just have to stick a windscreen, heater core (all my cars seem to have fucked heaters) and caliper kit in it and rego it.

[muchda-bogan]

put a silver top in if ur going to put another rb20 in.. red tops suck some serious wang

[peal]

I like this car a lot mate, gl getting it back on the road.

[floody]

put a silver top in if ur going to put another rb20 in.. red tops suck some serious wang

People keep saying that....

Compared to a silvertop a redtop has a stronger block, bigger ports, bigger water jackets, bigger oil galleries, bigger cams stock, thicker round the bores.... I think shit fuel and some electronics issues killed mine this time; I'd just finally sorted the electronics and it started knocking. Nevermind.

Slvertop ecu etc is definitely better but the motor itself is like a watered down version of the original.

Silvertop is going in as a temporary thing.


I like this car a lot mate, gl getting it back on the road.

Cheers mate. Its time I stopped and did things properly. Its been mostly reliable and all, but really I've been running things into the ground and bandaid fixing others.

[floody]

Update...

There were no silvertops around; I've yanked the redtop out and I'm rebuilding that. Currently stripped to short block to send off to be machined and freshened up.

It spun number 4 big end bearing. Crank and rod do look saveable though.

Otherwise...it was pretty mint inside. Bores, pistons, head look great, all clean in the bottom end, under the rocker covers looked almost new.
No signs of detonation though looks like its been a little lean on cylinder 1.

So looks like I'll get the crank machined, maybe a quick hone, some new rings and bearings and slap it back together. While the head is off I'm removing the butterfly system in the intake ports (a lot like Toyota's TVIS) and cleaning that stuff up a bit, might chuck some cams in along the way.

Its a good chance to start on the long list of other stuff the car itself needs doing as well.

[floody]

Mild update.
Bought
-silvertop long motor
-GT-R injectors
-Z32 AFM
-R33 GTS-T calipers and rotors
-S13 front uprights (may go to S13 suspension swap)

About to start putting things back together.

Also got these
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/phf282_tmp.jpg
Work Meister S1 2P, 17x9" +12, 17x10 +4, lovely fitment :D
Will be repainting centres in a less gaudy hue, probably dark grey.

[floody]

Teaser...
Rideheight is a little wack with the motor out. Only the front rims are on in the pic with it out of the carport, other pics I bolted the rears on and sat it on some wood then dropped it to rideheight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/DSC00506.jpg

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[XAC15T]

hawt :D

[Shitbreak]

hawt :D

+1. I'm looking forward to more pics. LOVE the shape of this thing!

[psi999]

hawt, fuck i almost forgot i also own one of these cars too.

[peal]

I'd powder coat the centres satin black....that would be sex

[floody]

I'm painting them gunmetal grey with a bit of metallic. Bit hard to powdercoat as the centres don't really separate from the outer (they're kind of pressed together).

[floody]

Got some tyres on the back, rolled it out of the carport.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/10-12-08_1042.jpg

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Have heaps more stuff coming, suspension, brakes, intercooler, oil cooler, remap, injectors, afm etc.
Motor will be here this afternoon.
Might be running this side of christmas.

[Shitbreak]

nice! Looks the business. Will the guards need to be flared/lipped? I reckon the centers in white would look pretty cool too.

Also, can I ask where you got the wheels from?

[floody]

Yeah I have to roll the guards ever so slightly, maybe pump the flare out a little, but they fit pretty well.
Wheels came from a guy in SA secondhand, but most of mine I just buy off yahoo Japan through a broker.

[floody]

Now it drives!

Looking like this right now

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/03042009358.jpg

Body is still ratshit though. But I've got it to a driveable tune, and most of the work is done. Hopefully do subframe bushes and finish rolling/primering rear guards in the next couple of weeks, then drive it everywhere and work the bugs out of it..

Still to do:
-Subframe mounts, diff mount, remove redundant HICAS lines and rams.
-Front mount intercooler (bidding on old Apex'i one right now)
-Bodywork tidying, considering biting the bullet and going a full respray in that Mazda metallic white.

[CXTdreamer]

Don't do anything to the body, thats just right

[floody]

When I say body work, I mean a fresh front bar, and rear bar cap to replace the previous owners bodges (i.e. bogged over a hole rubbed through one corner...cracked and bogged...etc), one front guard is off an aussie sedan and paint doesn't match, quarter panels have cracked paint from pumping the guards, grille mount is cracked off one headlight and grille has hairline cracks (have replacements for both) and so forth.
Just tidying up, will still stay white with black strips, stock looking body lines everywhere etc, just freshened.

I'm considering the Arctic White but most likely will just get a closed door dust over in Nissan 324 Super White.

[CXTdreamer]

Yeah and I meant it looks great as it is, it has patina

[floody]

Patina gone...well for the front half anyway.
Fresh paint for guards, new front bar, new front lip, vents etc.
So body side is acceptable for now, got a few days worth of sorting little things now but its almost done bar tune, wheel alignment and fitting urethane rear subframe and steering rack mounts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/coupenewfrontend.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/fitment.jpg

[WRXCunt]

yeah thats pretty much perfect for a 31, fucken love it.

[dhs]

Agreed. 80s porn perfected
I've only seen a few 31 coupes on the road
not like my common as mud white 33 hahah

love your work

[Shitbreak]

Bloody awesome. Look couldn't be more spot on. Much rubbing?

[milo]

Looks Great... Well Done.. :yup:

Hopefully the Front NumberPlate finds it way where it should be....... In the Middle of the Bumpere Bar... :D

[Shitbreak]

Any directly side on pics?

[floody]

Cheers guys!
I have some slight rubbing issues in the rear, not with the wheel arches, they're fine, but a section just behind the black side trim which sticks out and rubs the wheel (trailing arm datto style so wheel comes forward and up), I'm going to make a small cut adjacent to it and fold the offending section in.

Numberplate will probably reside on the dash. Not going to be driven a lot from now on.

Ah closest to side on I have currently

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/sideon-1.jpg

The blue centres will go, in time.

[TJ]

All that needs is a 25DET with gt30, 6boost, gate and pfc to be perfection :D

[floody]

Haha. As awesome as that would be, its staying RB20DET and I have deliberately modded it with as much stealth/OEM stuff as possible. Only shooting for ~180-200rwkw, engine bay looks effectively stock (well, it will when I put the heatshields back on and replace the blue silicon step joiner). Turbo is VG30DET, injectors GT-R, intercooler from R34 GT-T, Z32 AFM, stock airbox and 'cold air' scoop...etc

I wouldn't mind doing an R32 RB25DE with RB26 rods and crank though at a later date.

[Euroboost]

Love HR31 coupes, and the HR30 coupes.
I see a Nissan Passage(?) floating around Canberra every so often, are they just a 4 door hardtop skyline?

[fatz]

yea baby that is the shit

[Flem-Ball]

I reckon the blue centres are awesome.

[Asteroid]

Love HR31 coupes, and the HR30 coupes.
I see a Nissan Passage(?) floating around Canberra every so often, are they just a 4 door hardtop skyline?
Yes they are, pillarless.

[floody]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/closer.jpg

Its out and about. Still needs a proper tune, have to fit my R34 'cooler, gauges, boost controller and subframe mounts/diff mount.

[TJ]

and rb25det :D

Looking good!

[[ryan]]

tough as nails

[NFJ16]

that looks awesome

[fatz]

now that i have a white copue ( again)

i shal be using yours as some inspiration!

[Shitbreak]

I dont think you could post enough pics of this car. it really looks spectacular. Looks like you've picked the offset on the wheels so they are hellaflush running perfect ride height.

[floody]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/Autumn.jpg

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Took some new pics, no real occasion.

Pretty much done now, couple of little jobs and some tune, then its off to Victoria to go into dry storage.

[littlefireyone]

^^^^ lol, coincidence?

[TJ]

I highly doubt it.

This makes me yearn for cheesey 80's JDM love!

[nash]

Looks great, good job.

[Marv]

I don't normally rate R31s, but this one is many awesomes. Great work with it.

Why is it going in storange? Hoping that one day R31s will be the new Bugatti Type 51C? :D

[floody]

Because its a car I love, I plan to keep for quite some time, and it doesn't deserve to live in a leaky carport through Tassie winters. Its going somewhere it can be clean, dry and indoors; I don't drive it much now either so I'll just fly up and roll it out for the odd PI/Winton sprint day.

A lot of people have the conception in the back of their mind that old Japanese cars are disposable, particularly 80s ones, I don't feel like that. Also at the end of the day I'd rather progress with it getting faster than be doubling back to chase rust and stuff from living outdoors.

[Shitbreak]

Latest pics are hawt as fuck. Floody, I'll take care of it for you if you like? Carpeted garage and all :D

Any more pics/updates of this thing?

PS you've made speedhunters:

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/08/31/readers-rides-gt-gt-your-classics-pt-6.aspx

[floody]

Ha yeah it was cool to see it on there. It didn't make the cut during the R31 day thing they did in march...


Coupe is getting some more love (fresh rack, solid subframe mounts, new diff mount, rose jointed castor rods, maaaaaybe GTS-R Manifold if the dude comes through) so I put the meisters on my shitheap wagon with hammered wheelarches and chopped springs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/060920101477.jpg

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Need bigger hammer for wheelarches.

[CXTdreamer]

Guess that means its not coming to Nats this weekend? :(

[Stang]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/Autumn2.jpg

Looks awesome floody, love the wheels and stance, very tough. Makes me miss my old 31 coupe...

[floody]

Just bought a RB20DET-R exhaust manifold from a GTS-R, pics when it arrives... Need to get hold of the appropriate crossover pipe and heatshield now, I reckon that will be a bigger battle.

So hopefully once we fabricate an exhaust to suit and bolt it all up, it will sound like this

haHJTH7nYKs

[LINCOLN]

Looks so good in those photos. Really wanted one when younger.

[floody]

To be honest I probably wanted a Sierra, back in the day, haha.

Its pretty rough really but white photographs well. Mostly its mechanically complete (although having to make everything fit the homologation manifold changes things) so the next big stage will be a respray and a couple of new exterior bits while I can still buy them.

[floody]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/floody79/051020101500.jpg

Will sound tops once the other bits are collected and that is on!

[tim510]

GTS-R's ran basically a T04 turbo didn't they?

[floody]

T3 Flanged T04E kind of thing yeah.

This is the GTS-R turbo (which I don't have)



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/daver31gtsx/GTS-R%20buildup/100_0267.jpg
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Bottom pic is compared to the RB20DET turbo. Nissan weren't f**king around homologating that thing!

I'm unsure where next to be honest. I may keep the VG30DET turbo, rotated with new lines and dump, or upgrade to something approximating the GTS-R one. Low to mid 200kws at the wheels would be fine.

[tim510]

internal gate 3071/3076 would be awesome

[Shitbreak]

Jesus that is a big turbo for something factory. Still cant get over how nice this thing looks.

[LINCOLN]

Looks very similar to cossie rs500 homologated turbo. t3/t04e but 0.5 front housing.

[fatz]

buy a 3540

i have a nice 4 inch dump pipe that fits the internal wastegate setup

[floody]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/539201_10151000533783354_618075307_n.jpg

Hooks inspired me to post. Mine's hardparked again. Got a momo prototipo. Disassembled the hotside.
On the list now:
-Kando T3 60-1 TD06SL2 8cm, debating if I will risk it with internal gate one (hearing conflicting stories about their effectiveness) or get ex-gate one and weld a gate port on the housing. Will use GTS-R manifold, so can't mod manifold as its rare as hen's teeth.
-Front mount 450x300x76.
-Cusco rear pillowball tops so I can get it lower (3 weeks away apparently, have to be special ordered),
buy 12kg springs for front, fit current front 10kg springs in rear, put some thrust bearings on front spring seats. All on the way.
-215/45 Federal RSRs for the rear
-Bit more guard rolling (maybe this weekend)
-Extended balljoints for the front tacked into some arms with urethane bushes
-Some gauges mounted on the glovebox (VDO I think or autometer classic blackface)
-Fixed back that fits fat f#cks (Velo?)

Bout it.

Typical Sunday;

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[Jaz_ej20]

Looks mint as mate. Seen your hilux and stag driving around actually, Never occurred to me it would be you!