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took me a long time to come around to starting my own project thread
before i get started, heres some info on me
-i'm 21 years old as of june 23rd 2009
-my only car prior to buying a skyline was a beat-up mazda 323
-i'm a student in Mechanical Engineering @ ETS university
-i've never had a full time job, only compensated internships
-i have never worked as a mechanic
-everything in this build i learned doing by myself or just searching the internet
so here we go, got alot of stuff to cover
i got my first GTR back in august 2007
pretty much stock car, with coilovers, cat back exhaust, oldschool HIDs and AVS wheels
good interior fully stock
stock exterior with worn paint and moldings
A1++ mechanical condition, engine had just been replaced as a condition of purchase
well worth the 12,5k i paid worth it back then, from JDM Montreal, tip top shop !
took the car to the drag strip a couple times (since i had the most powerfull car (wow stock GTR) out of all my friends
also took it to the track for half a dozen 20min sessions, but unfortunately it was all in the rain
then, i started pilling up parts for it,
so i decided to jack the car up for a couple weeks for well deserved upgrades
finally took me 3 months to do the lot, because of parts beeing on back order,
and also it was my first time doing some heavy mechanical work on a car (compared to changing brake pads and air filter on my beater mazda 323)
and i'm proud to say i did everything on my own, without any support except for my dad's advices, but he never touched my car out of respect
(didn't know GTRC existed back then)
i was really proud of what i had accomplished, even if i hadn't driven the car for the full summer
then, exactly a week after the car was off the blocks, i signed up for the "UltraRide", which is basically just a cruise, with 40 others cars
i got overconfident, as many young drivers get with powerfull machines
and this happened, scroll down
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nobody got hurt, i only had a couple scratches from getting out of the car
the body was so badly damaged, there was just no chance in hell of getting the car back into shape
mechanicaly, the car was fine, only the front had gotten damaged (bumper to plastic fan)
and while the car was upside down and i was waiting for the tow truck, me and my buddies found some rust behing the passenger tailight, which really got me pissed for some reason
and to make things worst, THE SAME DAY, september 21st 2008, about 10 hours after the accident, my garage caught fire:furious::furious::furious:
because of an old leaking air compressor
so i swallowed my pride
head:, decided to buy the car back from the insurance and got it towed home, next to the burnt garage,my neighbourgs were all like WTF:dunno:
and the car sat there all winter, while i reflected ont the situation
lets just say i kept the insurance compagny really busy for a while
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after having sorted all the insurance stuff out, my dad decided to get a new and improved garage
so i said, F**K YEAH, me too
so we had a new garage built to our spec, knowing that we would actually put a car in this one
as soon as the garage was done, we put the old GTR in it, and started taking it the F**K apart
so now all the parts are up for sale
and obviously, i'm only selling parts that are still in perfect condition
so thats all about my old GTR
Chapter 2 - out with the old, in with the new
so fast forward to february 2009,
i was an intern @ Pratt & Whitney Canada, working on a energy saving project
so i had alot of time on my hanbs
at this point, i had reflected alot on my situation and the idea of leasing a brand new car (mazda3) was coming back to me all the time like a boomerang
but my thirst for GTR godliness was still unquenshed
and my "wise" father said that i would never be satisfied with anything else than another GTR, to finish what i had started
so before making an actual decision, i had to make sure what options were financialy feasable first
so i got really serious about it, everything was going to be planned in advanced, everything would be calculated to the last penny
i started building a budget considering the next 72 weeks (till my next internship)
and i didn't want to miss a payment again
so the moment i realized that i actually could buy another GTR, i picked up the phone, call the bank and got another loan the same day (my first loan was cleared after my insurance money for the car and the garage got in)
so there i was, with an extra 12,5k sitting in my bank account, waiting to be spent on a new set of wheels
but i had still not checked the Montreal JDM market yet for GTRs, so i had the money, but nowhere to go with it
so i started peaking around the JDM shops, my first stops were JDM Montreal and JDM Nagoya Auto Parts since i had good connections there, but they didn't have what i was looking for, which basically was the exact same car i had and placing a special order would have taken months
and my father had warned me about this, he called it "car rebound", i just wanted my old car back
so finally got over the fact that my car was gone forever
finally found a good candidate at Japan Domestic Motors in Montreal
a black 1990 GTR, with not many mods, seamed to be in really good condition, but interior was a bit worn out
but it was clear the engine was runnig on only 5 cylinders
since i was really interested in buying the car, i asked them to get it check by a professionnal shop (i.e autoworx)
so after a couple visits to the shop, they never got the car checked and it was still running weird, and they argued me that it had old sparks plugs, the engine wasn't up to temp, needed more gaz (they kept the gas tanks of all their cars practically empty, wtf)
so just for argument's sake, i asked to take it out for a test drive
engine kept stalling repeatedly on my way out of the shop, on a stock clutch, the engine was just no good
so the vendor got pissed, told me he would drive it, since i "couldn't drive manual JDMs"
he had to rev the engine like a mother fu**er not to stall it, drove around the block, again, it was clear the engine wasn't doing well
so i got out the car and litteraly told them to suck my nutsack
at this point, i had visited pretty much all the shops i knew existed in montreal, but still no luck finding my "precious" and felt a bit beat
but right after i left Japan domestic motors, i drove around the block next to a shop i never knew was there,
and laid my sight upon this gem..
feels like i'm writhing a story more than an actual build documentation..that will change soon
Click here to keep reading in the original build thread
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