My consolidated R33 build thread

[Type-R]

Well, figured I'd roll everything into 1 and post it all here,


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Start to Finish, Pics
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In it's glory before it made it's way to my ownership










Just before it was brought down to me




When I got it





Car was running like crap when I got it, off to the dyno



Turns out the motor was toast, had a miss and #5 piston and cylinder cracked not to long after. Time for new motor





New turbo kit for the new motor (ended up getting stolen at the shop)


New turbo to replace the stolen one


New motor is about ready to go




Went to pick up the car, ended up having a miss yet again on the new motor and the shop failed at life to find it ahead of time (7 months prior when the car was dropped off and new motor arrived). So back to square 1, need new motor.




















New motor is ready to go in




My helper


Site support



New motor in



Towed to National Speed in Wilmington, NC



Time for the tune, few quick oil changes to rid the rest of the fuel from the system





New throttle cable bracket




The aftermath of debris from inside the engine/manifold that went into the turbo
If you look close you can see in the wastegate one of the turbo fins is stuck holding
the wastegate open














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Videos
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BEGsZkkUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iqJfDxTSu4&



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Current Mod List
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GT35R
T3 top mount ebay manifold
Nismo 740 injectors on stock rail (think they might be 660's cause the boxes said 6600)
GReddy intake manifold
Q45 throttle body
Splitfire coil packs
NGK spark plugs
Synopse 38mm wastegate
3 core FMIC
Blitz blow off
Koyo aluminum radiator
Samco hoses
Power FC with Datalogit
PFC boost control kit
Apexi exhaust
4" turbo intake with MAF and HKS filter
3" down pipe and exhaust
HKS 256 camshafts (Not currently installed)
AEM Wideband
Boost gauge
Dual gauge pod piller
GReddy oil catch can (Not currently installed)
Apexi Turbo Timer
Nismo strut bar
HKS Super Damper Struts with Coilovers
HKS Sway Bars
HKS Tie Bars
Nismo Short Shifter
Trial body kit
GTR fog lights
GTR style grill
GTR wing
Clear side markers
Victoria steering wheel
TRUST horn




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Log
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-April 20th 2009 | Troubleshooting fuel issues. Motor runs like crap after installing it, running way to rich above 10 on the wideband. Fuel leaking from exhaust flanges, engine oil beeing flooded with fuel. Removed injectors to inspect them, numerous o-rings were ripped and shredded, some of the black plastic near the nozzels were damaged and looked as if they were forced into the fuel rail. Power FC settings via Datalogit crosschecked to be set for the appropriate injector sizes, running at 50%. Small coolant leak on heater hose line near firewall (plastic connector). Suspect and was advised block needs flushed thoroughly to rid all rust and debri from inside that might be causing slight overheating when motor is running. No other leaks present/noticed.
-April 27th 2009 | Replaced fuel injector o-rings, still having fuel issues. Going to a new shop on May 1st to do some repair, tuning and dyno time.
-May 1st 2009 | Dropped off at National Speed for the remainder of the work and a tune.
-May 12th 2009 | After numerous oil changes and some magic liquid down the cylinders the car finally fired up on it's own, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BEGsZkkUs
-May 13th 2009 | Time for the tune, few quick oil changes to rid the rest of the fuel from the system. After a several trial runs and getting a good start on low boost a exhaust leak sprung up.
-May 14th 2009 | Had a new throttle cable fabricated up to replace the ghetto ass one that was made by the previous shop.
-May 15th 2009 | Got the car on the lift and did a full walk around, come to find out some debris from inside the motor went through the exhaust manifold and into the turbo as well as the wastegate, causing the wastegate to get stuck open (exhaust leak) and bent almost all the fins on the brand new GT35R turbo :pitty: No fault on those guys at National Speed since I was the one who put this motor together and I'm sure it was something I may have overlooked. Sucks. Luckly they have a 35R in stock at their shop so I'm basically getting a new turbo and then back to the dyno once the motor is cleaned and ready to rock again.

[hadouken]

very nice...
is it blue or silver now?

[soul]

fuck

[Type-R]

silver

[MR.EM1]

wow that r33 has put your wallet through hell. lol

looks awesome, hope everything else go smooth

[JITB]

im jealous nice car.. i remember back when u rocked the blue SI! before u left overseas i believe?

[dabuilding]

damn man i think u need to fix it and sell it and buy another that one is giving u major hell but its cool

[PURP]

damn your luck... I think you should have redid the bay tho... I see red... skylines are supposed to be flawless...lol...

Good luck with it, tho. I wish you the best of luck. As myself have had the motor sickness too. I'm on my 3rd in less than a month

[imbosile]

It sort of looks like it went down hill after the very first picture lol

[Type-R]

Thanks for the comments guys

Once I get this thing running with no issues it's going for some fresh paint all around

im jealous nice car.. i remember back when u rocked the blue SI! before u left overseas i believe?

That was a long time ago, still got it sitting in the garage here in about 100 pieces stripped and parted out

It sort of looks like it went down hill after the very first picture lol

Yeah pretty much seems that way. Funny thing was one of the previous owners I spoke to said he even replaced a motor so I'd wager this car has been through at least 5 motors in it's life, 3 with me.

I've been fixing things on the car ever since day 1, wheel studs where the first on the list, stripped and cross-threaded from previous owners.

[JITB]

That was a long time ago, still got it sitting in the garage here in about 100 pieces stripped and parted out

glad to hear u still got it, i never forget a screenname...lol

[Type-R]

I might not have it much longer, probably going to the scrapper soon since it's salvage

Parting out 2000 Civic Si

[Glides]

Wow man. I hate to say it but sounds to me like your asshole is either bulletproof or the size of the Holland tunnel in NYC. I sure hope you didn't pay alot for that car. And who is the idiot shop that was doing your work? Stolen turbo, 7 months to find out the second engine is bad.....Wow. I salute you for staying wiht the project for that long. When it landed at my doorstep looking like it did, i'd have freaked.

Good luck on it man, cars shouldn't be that much trouble. Sounds like alot of just failure to check little things that keep causing it to mess out on ya.

[YoshiFD3S]

You should take it to Lethal next time you need it worked on.

My brother Dave is a pro when it comes to RB25's.

*points to his sig* hehe

They've got a silver R33 like yours that Kyle was welding a roll-cage into when I was just home on Leave a few weeks ago..

:]

[leobond001]

man that kit on the car is sex.

[Dville nismo]

Very nice man!

[pr8yr]

helllz yeah man. military treatment ftw. always good to treat yourself with a nice ass ride.

[GSRteg®]

Skyline FTW

[LeX]

I gotta get my 510 over to lethal sometime when it can get over there under its own power.. and when I get my next S30 definitely doing that RB25 if Dave still wants to give me a good hook up

[KevinT707]

Props on continuing to go forward even when things kept getting worse & worse. And definitely seems like it has gone downhill since the 1st pic but at least the motor is/should be healthier now.

[Magnus213]

Keep on truckin' man, that looks like an uphill battle but I'm sure it will all be worth it.

[RUFFIAN]

Man mad props to sticking with the project from hell. I hope that it has finally turned the corner for you.

[AnthonyF]

I guess after the first engine, ya just gotta keep going. I know the feeling...x 6.

-Ant.

[BobbyFresco]

You epitomize commitment and perserverance...Good job.