Godzilla’s Special Child – R32 GT-R Nismo Edition #181

Being my first illmotion post, I wanted to give a throwback to one of my favorite cars of of all time: the R32 Skyline. Steve’s R32 is 1 of 560 Nismo brainchildren,  possessing the aerodynamic changes to the original production car that Nissan’s racing division had devised for their Group A racing cars. The car still possesses the original factory gunmetal paint ( the only factory color available for the Nismo editions) as well as the Nismo front bumper with the extended lip, Nismo bumper ducts, Nismo hood lip and the Nismo side skirts. The trunk however, has been removed and swapped with a Seibon CF unit, and the stance altered with the help of some HKS Hipermax III Super Sport Coilovers, and a set of nicely fitting Advan RG II’s ( 18X10 : +20) wrapped in Yokohama Advan A048 (285/30/18) tires.

Steve has also decided to swap out the already reasonably large GT-R front calipers and rotors for a set of Brembo 6 Piston Monoblock calipers and AP Racing 355mm 2 piece rotors.

Other notable modifications include:


Engine:
Nismo Omori Factory Port/Polish + Rebuild and Bottom End Balance.
Nismo Timing Belt.
Nismo Steel Wheel Turbos.
Greddy Air Filters ( soon to be replaced with Apex’I filters)
Greddy Intake piping
Greddy Intercooler
Greddy Manual Boost Controller
Greddy Oil Catch Can
HKS Hot Pipes
HKS Oil Cap
HKS Kansai Carbon Kevlar Timing Belt and Coil Pack Cover
Splitfire Coilpacks
Apex’I Power FC and commander
Apex’I Exhaust
Garage Defend GT CF cooling panel
Eneos 5w40 full synthetic

Drivetrain:
Exedy Twin Carbon Clutch
Nismo Slave cylinder
Nismo braided clutch line
Dancer Dash torque split controller
Tomei Short Shifter
New Gear Box
Eneos transmission Fluid


Suspension, Wheels, Tires, Brakes:
Nismo front strut bar
Cusco rear strut bar
Teflon Coated lines
Ferodo Front pads
Endless rear pads and rotors
KICS racing Titanium Lug nuts
N1 Master cylinder
Cusco master cylinder stopper


Interior:
Nismo Black Shift Knob
Nismo Sprint Steering Wheel
Nismo 320km/hr speedometer.
HKS Exhaust Temp Gauge
Greddy Boost gauge
Greddy Two gauge A pillar holder…thing….
Defi Heads Up Display
Willans Race Harness
Gir plush toy


Also on the shelf just waiting for someone to dedicate some time to installing them are…
HKS GT-RS twin Turbos
HKS Turbo Actuators
HKS SSQV Blow Off valve’s
Tomei Expreme exhaust manifolds and outlet pipes
Sard 660CC injectors, FPR and fuel rail
Apex’I electronic boost controller
Braided Oil Lines
Z32 MAFs
 

iM Feature: Greg’s R32 Skyline

Our buddy Jeff Chin from the 780 sent me a sick write up for a local Skyline the other day. I’ve been pretty busy trying to get around everything but here it is! Enjoy, and look forward to more from Jeff and the crew down in Edmonton.

The R32 Skyline GTR was introduced to the Japanese market in 1989, and was hailed as one of the greatest Japanese cars ever produced.
In July 06, Greg flew to Japan to find the love of his life that he had dreamt of owning since 14. That particular car was the Nissan GTR nicknamed Godzilla. When he found it, it was mostly stock with a boost controller, intakes, exhaust, coilovers and rocking some Enkei RP01’s.  By the time he got it home in September of that year he already had parts waiting to start modding it.
I myself have always been a sucker for a properly done cars and this is no execption. I’ll let the pics do the talking.

Current mods include:
Exterior:
GReddy Gracer front bumper
GReddy Gracer side skirts
35% tint front 5% rear
Nismo badge 🙂
LED high mount brake lamp

Interior:
Nismo gauge cluster (main and center console)
Nismo Floor mats
Nismo Shift knob
Nismo auxiliary radio button delete
Momo racing steering
Works Bell quick release steering wheel hub
Custom center console relocating HVAC controls to allow for double din head unit
GReddy memory Boost & EGT gauges on GReddy a pillar mount
Innovate Wide band air fuel gauge in autometer CF gauge pod
Yashio Factory digital water temp gauge
Pivot Speed meter
Apexi PFC commander
GReddy turbo timers

ICE:
Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD head unit
JL Audio 500/1 amp
JL Audio 300/4 amp
JL Audio 10W3 subwoofer
Custom Sub box/amp rack with built in storage compartment.
Focal 130vb components front
Focal 165 CVX speakers rear
Tsunami Power distribution block
Audison Wiring
Optima Red top battery

Suspension:
JIC coilovers
Cusco tension rods
Nismo rear lower control arms
Cusco Rear upper control arms
Hicas delete
Cusco front and rear strut tower bars
Do-luck rear cross bar

Wheels/brakes:
Nismo LMGT4 wheels 18×9.5 +12
BFG KDW tires 255/35R18
AMS 13″ 2 peice slotted front rotors
AMS slotter rear rotors
AMS carbon ceramic pads
Nismo SS braided brake lines
ATE super blue DOT4 brake fluids

Engine/drivertrain:
Nismo engine/transmission mounts
Nismo RS580 turbos
XS power turbo dump pipes
Unknown brand of exhaust with test pipe
Apexi power intakes
GReddy profec boost controller
Apexi Power FC w/ datalogit
Koyo aluminum radiator
Nismo thermostat
GReddy solid upper rad hose
Greddy 10 row oil cooler with filter relocation
Solid intercooler pipes clamped in with T-botl clamps
Custom ported exhaust manifolds
All IC piping, manifolds, dump pipes, and intake plemum ceramic coated
HKS adjustable exhaust cam gear
AC removed
GReddy air diversion plate
NIsmo oil cap
Nismo rad cap
Valve covers powedercoated blue
R34 engine badge
NIsmo twin disc coppermix clutch
Nismo clutch fork pivot
NIsmo SS braided clutch line