danish r32 drift car #moneypit

[larsgtst]

hey fellow drifters and drift lovers. my name is lars and i have bin on this site for some years now, but never really made a project thread. and beginning to se more r32 projects on here so thought why not share my story and what is going to come.

also build a s13 and a civic eg along side the skyline, but sold them to have more funds for my drift car.

[IMG]334230_4238456849270_648975910_o by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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so i pick'd the car up 7 years ago, when i was 16 years old. pick'd it up in harwich with my mom and stepdad, as i could not drive jet. (we get our licencs when we are 18 here in denmark) it was probable the best day of my life and the start of a long and hard but awesome adventure in to the love of rb engines and nissan.

sorry for the change in pic size.

chapter 1 the beginning

so here are some pic's of when i pick'd it up.

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it look'd god but had some problems that needed fixing, like a bunch of rust. my first plan with the car was to get it tax'd and registered, so the next couple of years was all about that.

i don't have many pic's of that time in it's life. and stud stil for some years as i did not have a place where i could work hard on it. so here are some pic's from that time.

new wheels and i had the rear panels and trunk chang'd as it was all rusted out.

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and then some where across the line i had a melt down and paintes it primer gray

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but then i took it to a drift event. and whas hock'd from the get go.

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and from that time on i new that i need'd to make it a drift car and just have fun with it and not worry about the whole tax thing and registration. but then it stod still again for a bit until i moved in to a farm house where there was a big garage. so now i could really get moving on the project.

chapter 2 building a drift car first stage.

so with my new garage and some more year knowledge as i was now a apprentice mekanik. i set out to build my self a drift car, my first big project.

so startet with i just need'd to weld the diff and change some stuff in the subframe. but then it snowball'd to a big project that took some years to get finish'd.

so here are some pic's of the first stuff i did.

[IMG]IMAG0133 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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next thing was to get the engine out as it had low comp on 2 cylinders.

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i had a carbon bonnet for it, that i could not wait to test fit, just love carbon.

[IMG]IMAG0228 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

then me and my friend's build a paint booth so i could paint it and do some bodywork on it.

[IMG]IMAG0271 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

and then we jump 6 month forward, as i got side tracked doing some rust repair and helping my friend build his s13.

so after that 6 month i was really looking forward to getting back to work on the skyline. so startet with getting the engine bay done and painted.

[IMG]1009247_10201297069338348_631177037_o by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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then i moved on to the buddy, wet sanding for days.

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and then it was time for what i had bin looking forward to for years, as i have had the paint just sitting for years.

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and then on my birthday i got to assemble the hole car again. there is just no better felling then seeing your vision come to life, probable one of my best birthdays ever.

[IMG]IMAG0671 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

then with the painting all done i moved on to the suspension.

just love burning out bushings

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just love getting a bunch of parts delivered, it feels like christmas.

[IMG]904385_10202247654182375_1206605461_o by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

[larsgtst]

sorry for being so slow with progression in this thread.

so i started with putting the front suspension back together.

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then it was time for the rear. painted the underside amd all the parts before fitting them all.

[IMG]IMAG0705 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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after this i went on the hunt for a new motor, my first plan was to rebuild my rb20 but could not find the parts i wanted so went for a rb25 swap. found a motor with only 37282 miles on it that came from a auto car in japan. so got that home and cleaned op and painted and fitted.

[IMG]IMAG0888 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

unfortunately don't have many pic's of the last assembly of the engine. so now we come to the end of the first stage.

[IMG]1504322_10204676924432613_1011426708889557970_o by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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so that concludes chapter 2

[larsgtst]

chapter 3 drift and upgrading it along the way.

so after i was done with the first stage. i took it to a couple of drift event. but kept heaving problems with fuel deliverer and the breaking up and just running bad.

so after it doing that and using a lot of time on it to fix it. i said to my self well lets just do it proper and change the hole fuel system and ecu.

so after alot of research i wen't for a auromotive fuel tank with a auromotive a1000 intank fuel pump pumping fuel through an-8 lines to a nuke fuel rail running 550cc injectors with a auromotive fpr.

[IMG]11885359_10207375929866062_5323607444259033147_n by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

with all that going in, i changed my intake manifold to. as i was tired of it running over the engine.

so with all installed it looks something like this.

[IMG]11218876_10207694290664883_5009610131221563335_n by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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so then i got the idea to get a new ecu. to get it running prober with the new parts. so i contacted a company here in denmark called kk autoteknik. after a lot of back and fourth with him, we settled on a ecu master ecu. so i gave my car to him to get it all installed with a complete new wiring harness and audi tfsi coils and also calibrate it to run a Bluetooth dash.

so after a couple of weeks i pick'd it up all runing sweet and awesome. so it came out with 364 hp at 1,2 bar and 394 nm. i am pretty impress'd with the moment curve. it feels awesome now and have plenty of power for my skill level.

[IMG]12144740_10207694291384901_6225025334336176341_n by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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so with the car running good i took it to some drift events on some different tracks and feel even more ind love with drifting and the hole atmosphere around the track and the people you meet.

some pic's of the car driving.

[IMG]13268104_10209345109374319_4975250593030627181_o by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

ups, the track eat'd my bumper.

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had a little off the track

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so now we are up to date.

so the latest thing i have done to the was to fit a hole new steering setup. a buddy of mine had started to sell a new steering kit made by some polish dudes, and i have heard good things about them. so i made a deal with to test the kit and do some promoting for them.

so just finish'd installing the kit.

[IMG]DSC04842 by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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so that is where we are at now. in 2 weeks i am of to the track to test out the kit, can not wait.

hope you guys enjoyed the read. and sorry for my bad english from time to time, i well work hard to keep this thread up to date with what happens with the car

[Grenade180sx]

Good stuff dude! Nice change of pace from the usual s13 builds.

Are you still using the stock turbine? The RB turbos are known to explode at random so just plan for a turbo sooner then later.

[larsgtst]

Originally Posted by Grenade180sx

Good stuff dude! Nice change of pace from the usual s13 builds.

Are you still using the stock turbine? The RB turbos are known to explode at random so just plan for a turbo sooner then later.

thanks. i am useing a rb25 turbo that has bin made in to a hybrid turbo with all new and bigger internels.

[larsgtst]

so with the new season coming fast, the car need'd some work to be ready. i smashed the front bumper last season many times, so it was in bad shape. so a new bumper was in the cards, so why not also widen the front fenders to clear the wheels.

[IMG]16195345_10211618790654930_5082751671682033849_n by lars harden, on Flickr[/IMG]

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now it all just need painting.

also want'd some more safety in the car, as i was beginning to come into the turns fast at the end of last season. so got a bolt in cage for cheap, that i took out of a r32 gtr what a hell of a job. it is a janspeed cage that was made in 1996, so some old school stuff going into the car.

also went a little diffrent way with the paint on the cage, have't seen it around that much.

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also made the mounting plates for the front bash bar and welded them in.

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