BN Sports SR32

[phil-blr]

You may get a move on with that 350z gearbox conversion the sr20 box won't last long with 265's on the rear lol

[seanie R.33]

dear god that is stupid low,i love it tho!

[driftescort]

Finding time to work on the R32 has been quite hard lately because I have gone back to university but I got a day off the other day so decided to spend some time on the R32.

I wanted to spend some more time on the rear getting a good grippy alignment set up while still running low.

Something that had become apparent was that the rear quarter panels behind the overfenders needed some more work to achieve this.

I am going to get this out of the way now......yep I have not painted behind my overfenders! Never really been an issue tbh.

I was lucky enough for my Dad to spend the day on it with me doing pretty much all the fab work as I am not great on a welder. So after a quick look under the overfenders at what we needed to do the grinder came out.....



and this is what we were left with:



So yeah way more room and quite a large hole! Next step was to plate the resulting hole with new metal but while doing this I decided to try and sort another issue at the same time.

Basically I had come to realisation that with the new alignment/tyre set up I wanted to run mixed with the aggressive offset of my rear KFs there was no way the overfenders in their original position would cover the tyre. So we decided to extended this filler panel out from the quarter to 'push' the overfender out giving more space. There would also be the added benefit that it would stop de-laminating tyres from damaging the overfender. So we got on with that:





Once everything was welded up we applied some seam sealer to make sure everything was sealed:





The above picture gives a good idea of how much more room I know have. After the seam sealer we then applied some schultz to make everything weather proof:







Nice and clean. This picture gives a good idea of how much more the fender is pushed out:



So put the overfenders back on and saw how it was sitting now:



I am pretty damn happy with that as that is with some positive camber I still have to dial out so I am pretty confident that I should be able to run a 265 with a decent bit of tuck:smokin: There is also still loads of room for the wheel to travel upwards too.

I think I could really do with drop knuckles on the rear due to running at this height but I can't see me having the money for them any time in the near future so I am just going to have to make do.

Overall I am really happy and as I got the aero back from having a few repairs done the other day I can see it coming back together real soon

[seanie R.33]

That turned out tasty.nice work!

[D.Daly]

That is some really good work, turned out nice..big difference!

[driftescort]

Thanks for the positive comments guys!

I forgot to mention the other day that I picked up a couple of bits from GK Tech for the SR:



Uprated cooling fan



and an eccentric throttle wheel.

I am really looking forward to trying these out to see what kind of difference they make.

I also have started getting the kit ready for paint so hopefully the car will be looking a lot nicer very soon.

[driftescort]

So bit of an update, got something for the R32 I have wanted for so long:



and a picture of most of the kit (manifold has had a bit of welding as you can see but is blow free)



I am over the moon as this is pretty much my dream turbo set up for the car (except for maybe having the mid-mount manifold, but I am looking into that )

I was lucky enough to sell my current turbo set up pretty much straight away so that was cool. I still have my D-Max Cobra downpipe that I might sell if I get the right offer though.....

I can't wait to get it fitted now and mapped and see how the car performs/sounds then.

Oh yeah hopefully the kit will be painted and back on real soon too

[driftescort]

Work will start on this really soon, hopefully there will be a bit of a transformation.

How it sits as of today:

[Kruizer]

Look forward to your updates, car is badass !

[driftescort]

Thanks man.