Project Deus Ex Machina underway

[Simonh]

Originally Posted by Rain

One of the goals we are trying to achieve with this car, is to bring a little "new-ness" to the R32. You will see as the project goes on, what i mean.

if you can do something that brings the interior out of the eighties you will take away my last reason for not liking the R32's

Simon

[kismetcapitan]

I rather fancy the interior of the R32, think it's the best of the RB26 lot - the R35 is far too high tech for the R32 to stand next to.

But I do wonder - what sort of things could be done to update the interior? alcantra on the dash? some sort of placement for an LCD?

[Alex j B]

Originally Posted by Rain

Santa was just on time

car is back from Techno First and the chassis is all nicely spot welded.

Heres a few pics.

Engine bay all spot welded up.



And those door seems are all done too !



Fantastic finish to what has been a great Christmas.

Cheers Rick and Sugino-san and everyone at Techno First for pulling out the stops cant be happier with the progress!

That looks like way too much welding, from what I've heard, you should weld 1 on, 2 off, (ie, stitch 1 inch, then leave a 2 inch gap etc). Thats what I'll be doing when I change the engine in the drift car.

Good luck with the rest of the project though .

Alex B

[Rain]

using Stitch welding, and spot welding is different. Im no expert, but ive seen many other cars including a Nismo prep Chassis, and it didnt look much different.
Infact there were more welds on it than my car has.

Yes the interior will get a little work too, just not sure how much yet.

I THINK (not sure) the reason you stitch weld 1 on 2 off, or some people say 1on 1off, is for panel warping, also, depending on the type of welding stitch welding is easier to fix if you ever crash and need to fix panels its easier to pull and shape a stitch welded panel.

Anyway, i trust Techno first, im sure they know what they are doing. Like i said before, everyone has their own way of doing things, when i get to drive the Z-tune again ill see if i can take a few shots of how Nismo went about doing their welding.

[Rain]

Originally Posted by Simonh

if you can do something that brings the interior out of the eighties you will take away my last reason for not liking the R32's

Simon

i love the R32, dont care about interiors that much because you dont sit in a car like a GTR and say, wow nice interior, at least the way I think personally, if i had to sit on a milk crate, yeah then i might get a bit annoyed, but stock as it is, its pretty focused for what Nissan wanted the car to do.

But yes, since its a project, you cant leave it out of the look, wouldnt be fair to the car

We are working on it. Im sure it will turn out, very interesting.

[JETTEC03]

Great progress so far Rain... looks like you've got some great plans for her too.

Look forward to watching the thread for future updates.

Cheers

[Rain]

<-- thats what i looked like, when Rick sent me these!

Drab, to Fab Baby! New Year is gonna be damn good!



Here you can see the extent of the welding done before.

[kismetcapitan]

man, now that's what I call a ground up restoration - now build it into a monster that'll put your Z-tune to shame!

I would LOVE to start with a bare, ultra-clean shell like that, and a huge pile of shiny new parts, and build an R32 like that, having done every hose and bolt. Well, I guess someday I'll get a stripped shell, or my own car, which I will literally take to the grave with me, will require a 100 point restoration at some point.

[Simonh]

Originally Posted by Rain

i love the R32, dont care about interiors that much because you dont sit in a car like a GTR and say, wow nice interior, at least the way I think personally, if i had to sit on a milk crate, yeah then i might get a bit annoyed, but stock as it is, its pretty focused for what Nissan wanted the car to do.

I agree to a point, but with the R32 every time I look at the driver environment I think

Originally Posted by Rain

But yes, since its a project, you cant leave it out of the look, wouldnt be fair to the car

We are working on it. Im sure it will turn out, very interesting.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the build

[alex2005]

Top Job

Thats what mine will look like when i finally get all the parts together! im getting there!

Then Im gonna start one of these threads.

My chassis has already been strengthened like that.

I should get some pics up for you guys to have a look.

Alex

[323ian]

Great project mate!
Looking like that will be an absolute monster when its done!

[Rain]

Cheers everyone

Engine build is started and to my supprise Endless-R are working on my car even tho its meant to be Japanese New Year! AS you guys say "I was well chuffed"

Rick gave me a nice surprise today, but post more on that tomorrow or the day after, gonna be a fantastic engine!

[Pez301]

it's looking good

[Rain]

Back to work, and now the fun stuff begins!

We all love good head...s



Porting work as you can see all the filings on the table!

Also on the block!



GASP! an 05U block...

BUT WHY!!! well, i trust my builders and its an early 89 block which ive read and been told in lots of places, have higher nickel content.

TEASER PIC....

"One of the things is not like the others"



mmm guess which i like more.....

[kismetcapitan]

I'll take the crank on the right please

and yep, the conventional wisdom is that the earlier the block, the better. Recent N1 blocks have had problems reported in Japan, and R33/R34 blocks sometimes are porous.