Ok so not so fresh right now but last January I was flicking through the auctions looking at Skylines and saw an R33 GTR that I absolutely loved. The colour is quite rare and is my favorite OEM colour for an R33 and I loved the wheels along with the Work Emotion XT7 wheels, new TEIN coilovers and NISMO cat back and being standard pretty much outside of that.
Asked my agent to get more info. He mentioned that on the action sheet it mentioned "slight noisey engine cynlinder 6". Pretty common with GTRs of this age so decided I would take the gamble that new big end bearings would sort it. This way id get the inevitable rebuild out of the way and know what I have. (This is a keeper) So put a healthy bid on it and it was mine.
It set sail in Febuary and I had it in my yard April 2014.
Had to restrain myself from driving it and stripped it down pretty much the day after it landed. Then I kinda hit a road block as I was not sure what exactly I wanted to do in terms of a rebuild. I decided to take my time and do plenty of research on the rebuild process. So almost a year later. I finally have some of the main components coming from Nissan. New N1 crank shaft, new N1 oil pump. (N1 parts are slightly uprated components fitted to the N1 race cars. Basic plan of the rebuild is to take the term OEM+ quite literally . So more on the rebuild later once it actually starts.
In the mean time I am getting started on the cosmetic stuff while I have the time.
How it looked after a quick clean and polish.
The lip was colour coded at some point which I dont like. And also the monkeys unloading it did the usual high speed unloading and twisted the splitter slightly. Thankfully OEM splitters are tough and was able to shape it back to how its supposed to be. I stripped of all the paint and tried to get the plastic back to the OEM colour and texture.
Engine out
Absolutely mint underneath. Incredibly dry and rust free underneath. Rust can be an issue for these depending on the region of Japan they stay in. Thats all for now buy will try to keep ye up to date with interesting stuff