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#89205
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:05 pm
mambastu
Location:West Sussex
Drives:R32 GTR
Joined:20 Jul 2008
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Hi All,
My names Stu and I'm from the Worthing area. I've been lurking here for a while and finally decided it was about time to say hello ! Smile

Bit of background to start with. I'm a complusive car fiddler and speed junky and have been tuning cars and bikes for many years now. Started off when I was 16 with a 998cc Mini followed quickly by a 1293 Mini and then I crossed over to rear wheel drive cars with a Manta GTE in 1989. After several engine blow ups I turned to the dark side (reliable side ?) in 1996 with a Nissan 200SX RS13 which I fettled over a number of years culminating in a 400bhp RB25 conversion back in 2003. The car made it into Japanese Performance in January 2005 which made it worth all the effort.

The car was great fun to drive but got bored (as you do) and needed more power and so bought a RB30 block for it. Eventually decided that I needed 4wd to deploy the power I as aiming for and started looking around for a cheapey R32GTR late last year as prices were dropping and starting to get within my budget. Finally found and bought one in February this year. The car was almost standard apart from the wheels, exhaust and the front brakes which had been upgraded with R33 GTR Brembos.

I put a deposit down on it but when I tried to tax it I found out that it was actually a Northern Ireland car and I had to get it UK registered. It was a bit of a bow wow to be honest which was why it was so cheap. The paintwork was shabby but in the fairly rare dark pearl blue colour. It also had a few running problems and barely made it the 120 miles home. I replaced the battery, fuel pump and a dodgy ECU chip and it now runs fine thankfully.
The car is primarily going to be used as a road car but I also wanted to use it on trackdays too and make it a bit more focused than the 200SX was so in the last few months I've been concentrating on sorting the interior out and have fitted a 7 point rollcage with door bars. The diagonal bar rear mount got in the way of the back seat so I've junked it and carpeted the rear of the car to keep it neat and quiet still.
I've also fitted race seats on my own custom subframes to get them sitting nice and low. Changed the steering wheel and gearknob for 'sportier' items off the 200 too. Only a little thing but makes it feel nicer to drive.

Suspension-wise I've plumped for Tein Monoflex's with EDFC and the cars also gained Toyo R888's. Still need to fit some Whiteline anti-roll bars and adjustable arms to correct the camber/caster but it seems to handle very well now. Also replaced the HICAS rear wheel steering with a locking bar which has made it much more predictable. The car generally feels much more solid and taut than the 200SX did but then the 200SX had covered 160,000 miles in total and 113,000 of those miles were with me thrashing it mercilessley so I dare say the shell was getting pretty tired !

The engine is fairly standard at the moment. It has a HKS Super Drager exhaust system on it and I'm hoping to replace the standard front pipes with some custom twin 3" into single 4" downpipes from PTS in the next few weeks. I 've also got a boost controller and GReddy E-manage to go on and also an oil cooler so it should be up to around 400bhp when its mapped and safe for a few trackdays untill I can get the RB30 built for it.

Anyway, enough of this babble, heres a few pictures of the old dobber !






PS. If anyone knows of a bodyshop that can do me a decent windows out paint job for a reasonable price then please let me know Smile

Cheers

Stu
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#89207
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:07 pm
NickCheryl
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Location:Uckfield
Drives: 2001 Mitsubishi Evolution VII
Joined:27 May 2008
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Welcome to SJC Nice looking 32 GTR


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#89209
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:17 pm
subyea81
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Location:Scaynes Hill/h Heath
Drives: 1993 Subaru 1800
Joined:21 Jan 2008
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R32 GTR arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr yeah Smoker looking forward to meeting you, and that beast, im liking the cage drool

have a talk to colin (skylinecol) his old mans got a spray shop, might be able to help you out


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#89210
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:30 pm
al
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Location:Kemptown
Drives: 1990 Toyota Supra
Joined:16 Dec 2007
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nice motor, where'd you get the cage from?

and i vote best written newbie post yet Cheers


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#89212
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:39 pm
Administrator AdamR
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Location:Brighton
Drives: 1993 Subaru Impreza WRX
Joined:25 Jul 2006
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welcome to SJC

I think I originally PM'd you (hi5) Smile


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#89213
PostThu Aug 28, 2008 10:57 pm
mambastu
Location:West Sussex
Drives:R32 GTR
Joined:20 Jul 2008
Posts:9

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Thanks for the comments fellas Smile

subyea81 - I'll get in touch with skylinecol, thanks Thumbs Up!

al - the cage is from Autosaurus and its made by KTS. Its surprisingly well made and fits very well for a budget cage. Its a similar design to the Cusco dash-dodger cages. I've added OMP universal door bars to it and mounted them quite low so its easy to get in and out still.

AdamR - Yes, its thanks to you that I'm here Smile


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Stu
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#89215
PostFri Aug 29, 2008 7:29 am
Andy_Boy
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Location:Worthing
Drives: 1996 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS25t
Joined:25 Jan 2007
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Welcome! very nice car you got there, if you fancy selling the GTR seats let me know Wink
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#89218
PostFri Aug 29, 2008 12:15 pm
mambastu
Location:West Sussex
Drives:R32 GTR
Joined:20 Jul 2008
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Andy_Boy wrote:
Welcome! very nice car you got there, if you fancy selling the GTR seats let me know Wink


Thanks mate. I'm afraid the front seats have gone already, I was amazed how sought after they seem to be. Still have the rear seat for sale but I'd imagine it was the fronts that you were after ?
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#89221
PostFri Aug 29, 2008 12:44 pm
Andy_Boy
SJC Member
Location:Worthing
Drives: 1996 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS25t
Joined:25 Jan 2007
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yeah was the fronts I was after nevermind, should get yourself to some monday meets
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#89229
PostFri Aug 29, 2008 6:57 pm
madaboutmx5s
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Location:Gatwick
Drives:MX5 Turbo.
Joined:01 Mar 2008
Posts:170

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very nice. great colour.
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#89253
PostSat Aug 30, 2008 6:09 pm
WRC-WILL
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Location:Uckfield, East Sussex
Drives: 1994 Toyota Celica GT4
Joined:17 Jul 2007
Posts:987

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Wave Hello and welcome to SJC Hello nice R32 Cool like already said get yourself down to a monday meet .


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#89269
PostSun Aug 31, 2008 1:05 am
needham
Location:Worthing
Drives: 1993 Mazda RX-7
Joined:15 Jan 2007
Posts:837

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Hi dude
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#89270
PostSun Aug 31, 2008 8:50 am
ben_harmer32
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Location:Horsham, West Sussex
Drives: 1995 Toyota Celica GT4
Joined:21 Sep 2006
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Welcome to the club! Thumbs Up!


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#89275
PostSun Aug 31, 2008 2:15 pm
Hails
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Location:Somewhere
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Joined:27 Mar 2007
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Welcome to SJC

What a nice newbie post Smile and nice 32 as well Thumbs Up!
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#89276
PostSun Aug 31, 2008 2:33 pm
jae
Location:Worthing
Drives:1996 non-V R33 GT-R
Joined:28 Aug 2006
Posts:137

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Hi Stu! Long time no see. Very Happy Talk to Lawrence at the Accident Repair Centre in Storrington about the bodywork - does mine & Daz's cars. See ya 'round.


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