Nicks gtir(s)

[nick_m]

cheers mate, its sort of turned from fix the stuff that needs fixing into a bit of a resto since there was more fucked stuff than good stuff haha

anyway now that the mechanical is sorted for now ill take it home from work and chip away at getting all the interior tidied up and ready for a few summer time cruises

[Alfashark]

4 hours ago, Ja1lb8 said:

Side sharn. Used to car pool  with a chap with a gtir in the early/mid 2000s from whakatane out to kawerau every day.  About 60km round trip and old mate thought he was a race car driver.   Pretty sure he pissed off everyone else on the road.   Did go well to be fair.    Think it ended up getting Tboned  at the Tauranga turn off.   @vintage grumble may remember him.  Replaced it with a s14 silvia 

Paul Barnett?

He's got a black one that seems to spend 99% of it's life waiting for parts for whatever's broken this time.

[nick_m]

1 hour ago, Alfashark said:

Paul Barnett?

He's got a black one that seems to spend 99% of it's life waiting for parts for whatever's broken this time.

thats probably what im in for

[Ja1lb8]

2 hours ago, Alfashark said:

Paul Barnett?

He's got a black one that seems to spend 99% of it's life waiting for parts for whatever's broken this time.

Hah. Yea that's the guy

[Alfashark]

Small world eh?

It was a mutual friend of ours that had the red one on OZ rims that I mentioned a page or two back, and likely what gave Paul the itch that his GTIR scratched.

[nick_m]

Drove this from my work shop to home on the weekend. I live on same street as work shop so we are talking less than a 2km drive. 
I had my wife and 4 year old drop me down at the workshop to pick it up. When i backed it our of the workshop my young fella who was in his car seat with the window down goes "I DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS FIXED!!! CAN I GO IN IT!!!" unfortunately the interior was such a state with no rear seat and car parts all through it that it wasnt possible this time, but he was FIZZED.  Got it home and had a pretty big grin on. Reckon its time to push on and finish this thing so can load the family in it and do some summer time driving.
was a big mood booster thats for sure

[Mr.Mk1]

Did i see you on Gasson st the other day or is there a twin?

[nick_m]

must be a twin, I havent ventured that far in it yet

[Rhyscar]

So stoked for you. Getting to use a car like this with the family are great memories to make! 

[evel]

On 06/04/2024 at 13:16, Cozza said:

This was my one. Sold it in 2017 for what seemed like bugger all. Then Covid hit in 2020, and the reality set in that I was never going to justify spending the money they were now commanding on another. Gutted I sold it, as I loved the heck out of it. Shouldn't have listened to the now wife.

 

Great to see another still alive and kicking, with a bit of love given to it.

I'm pretty sure it was me and my buddy who brought this. It was down in Wellington? We road tripped it back to Auckland, picked up some hitch hikers, dropped them in Raglan and went for a surf. We gave it a service on ANZAC day then took it to Hampton Downs that weekend. Ripper of a car. I sold it to a primary school teacher in Auckland who sold it again a few months after buying it from me. 

Edit, now that I think about it, maybe you brought it from me?

Edited May 26, 2024 by evel

[Cozza]

On 26/05/2024 at 17:40, evel said:

I'm pretty sure it was me and my buddy who brought this. It was down in Wellington? We road tripped it back to Auckland, picked up some hitch hikers, dropped them in Raglan and went for a surf. We gave it a service on ANZAC day then took it to Hampton Downs that weekend. Ripper of a car. I sold it to a primary school teacher in Auckland who sold it again a few months after buying it from me. 

Edit, now that I think about it, maybe you brought it from me?

Yep, I was the one who bought it off you. Forever regret selling it. That was a ripper of a car!

I know the engine was blown after I sold it, as Geoff Philip ended up purchasing it and putting in another engine. Andrew Scarles (or whatever is surname is. The bloke who sells cheap Chinese shit, and now cars out of Japan) ending up buying it off him and jacking up the price immediately. Not sure where it is now. 

[nick_m]

Drove this the other day. Threw the interior in it last minute as thought it was a cruise with mates.  bit of an odd one out in that line up haha

anyway mixed results. Fantastic to have it out and about. Diffs are sweet. Interior is in. 
however in keeping with the theme of the car. It absolutely smoked its tits off and the clutch slips  so more shit to fix

havent investigated yet. But suspect maybe turbo seals gone and pushing out to exhaust. It’s a fucking impressive smoke cloud.  It has sat for over a decade I suppose this should be expected

Anyway, good times had regardless - ensue next round of wallet abuse

 

 

 

 

 

[R3spct]

21 hours ago, nick_m said:

Drove this the other day. Threw the interior in it last minute as thought it was a cruise with mates.  bit of an odd one out in that line up haha

anyway mixed results. Fantastic to have it out and about. Diffs are sweet. Interior is in. 
however in keeping with the theme of the car. It absolutely smoked its tits off and the clutch slips  so more shit to fix

havent investigated yet. But suspect maybe turbo seals gone and pushing out to exhaust. It’s a fucking impressive smoke cloud.  It has sat for over a decade I suppose this should be expected

Anyway, good times had regardless - ensue next round of wallet abuse

 

 

 

 

 

Keeping some good company there.  My car was originally the same green as the Coupe next to you

[nick_m]

Have done fuck all on this really. I have Driven it a couple times. Still chuffing smoke a bit. I have brought a new Turbo CHRA so will strip it soon when I have a bit of time and swap that over. I figure I will also do a compression and leak down test on it while I’ve got the intercooler off too and give I a good once over. 
 

 

[RUNAMUCK]

I think I saw you driving this through the Anzac drive round about a week or three back.

Be sure to decrease the inside of the Intercooler if it needs it. 

I've read that a super oily Intercooler doesn't transfer heat as well as a not oily one. (Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs)

[nick_m]

probably was. I drove the young fella to school on his birthday in it. As he fizzes it. Although he did say I need to get music box for it. 
also on that note. Jeez it needs some shocks and sway bars done. Those round abouts are not its friend. 

 

I’ve actually got a new core here to recore the intercooler so I might even do that at same time while it’s all apart as not really a big job

List is big. Time is low 

 

 

[nick_m]

Not much to report. In typical Modena fashion after hearing no news in 2 years on if they planned to do a batch of center diffs. I got an email from frank couple weeks ago. Hey Nick we’ve done a batch of center diffs do you want one. Can put one aside for you. Fuck…… Well I’m this deep I guess. Might as well fomo buy more expensive car parts for this relic. Cue furious fundraising activities

[Rhyscar]

Oh wow that is not a good position to be put in! 

Is the centre diff the weak link with these? No viscous LSD or plate options available? what about front/rear?

 

 

[nick_m]

13 hours ago, Rhyscar said:

Oh wow that is not a good position to be put in! 

Is the centre diff the weak link with these? No viscous LSD or plate options available? what about front/rear?

 

 

The whole drive train is the weak link 😂 nah they have viscous center and rear standard. 
the center diffs are getting pretty fucked these days so finding a not slogged one is difficult. And the are NLA new. Mine is unknown condition. I’ve got the front and rear Modena diffs already so will get this one. Since he’s holding it for me. 

no real options for these. 
30 sets of nismo diffs were made for CMR in the 90s so most are all long gone and obviously no spare parts. I did actually manage to find a nismo center with little work on it just before Modena emailed and was about to pull the pin on it. But ultimately decided to spend a little more and get Modena. Since if anything happened too it I’ll be able to get spare parts and there was alway a risk buying 30 year old second Motorsport parts 
 

reality is I only really got these diffs because Modena are the only company manufacturing diffs for them and the chances are this will likely be the last batch they do so may never be able to get hold of diffs again. 
 

classic fomo situation. Who the fuck needs proper Motorsport diffs in their road car anyway 😅

Got about half the money together so will get this and chuck my spare gearbox together and throw it in when I do the clutch in a few months 

 

 

 

[nick_m]

Got a bit of stuff done on this. Got as far as removing motor and box but not much further to be honest. Bottom end seems healthy. Good compression. Slightly high side of FSM numbers so thinking bottom end will likely stay as is and just get detailed and repair a few broken bits while the engine is out and easy to deal too. 
i Have been flat out with work and house related activities. So progress will be slow but the Extra work does mean that the gtir funds are slowly accumulating