//Running in the 90s// R32 GTS-T Revival

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Drove the car up to my parents place a couple weeks ago to finish off the season. Parts are on order for a nice exterior makeover.



Car was taken to my parents place because we sold our house. This past year has been a tough one so we decided to make use of the insanely hot Toronto housing market and move out of the city. The lower cost of living will be a nice change.

Below are some of the images from the listing.

















Unlike many people I keep project cars longer than houses.

In smaller news, I made a new ashtray cover as mine cracked and the R chassis market is insane for spare parts right now.



-Jordie

[TollieLifted]

Congrats on the sale! Sellers market for sure. I just recently bought a place after about 2 months of searching and houses were going same day- it was wild.

[IIIXziuR]

Holy Moly. That WAS your house? Magnificent.
Looking forward to the next setup...

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by IIIXziuR

Holy Moly. That WAS your house? Magnificent.
Looking forward to the next setup...

We are moving out tomorrow and will be renting for the next few months. The seller of the new place wanted a longer closing date.

Eh it will be worth the wait.



Im excited to have the extra space.

[S14rebuild]

New place looks beautiful!!

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by S14rebuild

New place looks beautiful!!

Thanks, I cant wait to get in there and get everything all setup.

In the background, I have been working on a bracket set to use 350Z brembo calipers. Its pretty common knowledge that the fronts bolt up by drilling out the mounting holes. The rears require a bracket to work. These are designed to use a readily available (much larger) 370Z rotor. The brackets are machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and bolt on to the rear knuckle without modification.

This is what i've come up with so far. so once im set up at the new house ill give an update with how they fit. Its winter, cold and everything is in storage.









-Jordie

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Not the update I wanted to make but I feel its important to keep people updated.

As everyone else echoed the Otaku adapter kit is TRASH and will leak no matter what. I've taken every precaution with getting this to work and it leaks no matter what I did. It Achilles heal of this kit is the added points of failure. Stock you have a single leak point where there manifold meets the head.

With this kit, you create 3 potential leak points.

I've gone back to my single throttle setup for the time so I can enjoy the car.

Not to give up on having ITBs, I have also ordered a stock lower plenum to cut and weld on adapters I have designed and had machined at work.

Ill keep everyone updated as we move forward.

The new garages are a nice place to work though





Exterior overhaul in the works too



-Jordie

[PoorMans180SX]

This thing is really cool man. I dig all the little details you can get perfect by 3D printing them first. Good stuff.

[Corbic]

Which kit is that? How is the fitment?

Kmak Aero?
.
RocketZ?

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by PoorMans180SX

This thing is really cool man. I dig all the little details you can get perfect by 3D printing them first. Good stuff.

Thanks. Thats the part of the project I enjoy the most.

Originally Posted by Corbic

Which kit is that? How is the fitment?

Kmak Aero?
.
RocketZ?

Rear overs and sides are Rocketz. The rear quarters on this car have always been kind of soft. this allows me to fix the rusty areas and add more shape to the body at the same time.

The fronts are reps which fit like they have been run over by a forklift during transit. Ill probably source something else.

Ive got some more aero doodads on the way to move it away from the OEM GTR aesthetic to make it more of my own.

Paint in the next month or so

[Corbic]

Well....where's the update?

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Unfortunately the car didn't get dropped off to my body guy until November where he is working on it through the winter. It should be done in the next month or so. Its been a busy last 2 or so months as we had our first, a little girl in the end of January.

In what little spare time I have, I revisited the ITB issue and machined some parts to rid of the god awful Otaku adapter plates. I cut the stock lowe manifold down and machined some plates out. I really should have done this from the start and saved myself the stress.











It still needs to be welded and ported but the plan is in place. I just need to find more time.

I also started acquiring parts for a Porsche Cayenne Brembo caliper upgrade. All little things I can do why the car is in bodyshop purgatory.

The next update should be more exciting (if Zilvia is still around )

-Jordie

[240sxwanted]

Nice build man. Check your PMs

[Corbic]

What made you give up on the 350Z Brembos?

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by Corbic

What made you give up on the 350Z Brembos?

Mainly the availability and Cost. They have skyrocketed in price since I designed the rear brackets.

Reman rears come up occasionally on rockauto but with the core cost they are $500+shipping and duties for the pair. Locally people want more than that for ones that have seen road salt and 10+ years of abuse.

In comparison, the Porsche calipers were $100 each.

[240sxwanted]

Please keep us updated on those Porsche caliper brackets. I?m definitely interested.

[S14_Sak]

How is the Bluetooth radio working? I'm thinking of going a similar route. Not a big fan of the head units.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by S14_Sak

How is the Bluetooth radio working? I'm thinking of going a similar route. Not a big fan of the head units.

The bluetooth radio didnt work well at all. I replaced it with a standard kenwood single din shortly after install.

There might be better options our there now as this was a few years ago.

[S14_Sak]

Originally Posted by Dolph_KYAS13

The bluetooth radio didnt work well at all. I replaced it with a standard kenwood single din shortly after install.

There might be better options our there now as this was a few years ago.

That's a bummer. I will keep you posted if I find a better option.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Not much to report. Been plucking away on the bodywork. But its shaping up to look cool.





small update but slowly getting there.

[BryanSayWhat]

Super cool. Are you still going to run the overs and rear wing?

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by BryanSayWhat

Super cool. Are you still going to run the overs and rear wing?

Yep.

[BryanSayWhat]

Originally Posted by Dolph_KYAS13

Yep.

Love it. Can't wait to see it all done.

[trsilvias13]

What size are those front gram light 57 pros? Do you need a pair as a spare? I have a pair in 17x10.. pm me

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by trsilvias13

What size are those front gram light 57 pros? Do you need a pair as a spare? I have a pair in 17x10.. pm me

The fronts I have are 18x9+25 and the Rears are 18x10+15. I was thinking of selling them but I want to see how they look with the new paint first.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Not too sure if anyone even visits this forum anymore but.

Its been a busy summer with our first daughter being born in January, A move to another house as well as my painter having his 2nd child things kind of slowed.

I managed to carve out a little time over the weekend to go see how progress was. most of the body panels have been trimmed to fit. The exceptions being the fuel door (which will be flush) as well as the bumper / impul grill.

It will be awesome when its all one colour. But for now its Panda spec (again.)



It fits a 18x10.5+23 with a 265 upfront with ease.





-Jordie

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by Dolph_KYAS13

Not too sure if anyone even visits this forum anymore but.

Its been a busy summer with our first daughter being born in January, A move to another house as well as my painter having his 2nd child things kind of slowed.

I managed to carve out a little time over the weekend to go see how progress was. most of the body panels have been trimmed to fit. The exceptions being the fuel door (which will be flush) as well as the bumper / impul grill.

It will be awesome when its all one colour. But for now its Panda spec (again.)



It fits a 18x10.5+23 with a 265 upfront with ease.





-Jordie

Wait, you moved again?

[ingmar F]

a bit late, but congratulations with the birth of your daughter, and yes people are still reading!

oh and the car looks cool! even slow progress is progress.

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

Wait, you moved again?

I have a problem. LOL.

But in reality the house was too big for us and it was in a community of retired professionals. Not the best place to raise a kid as there were no others around. But the worst thing was the trees. it was a constant battle against falling limbs and the mosquitos were terrible.

We weren't actively looking to move but this Mid Century gem popped up. Its in a community of younger families and has river views and access.





It was designed by famous Canadian architect Victor Prus and we bought it from my highschool art teacher.

I'm not moving again until the little one can at least help. Moving with a 6mo old is not recommended.

[TheRealSy90]

The old new house looked awesome, but the new new house also looks awesome! Congratulations.