A year on, it's time to finally get around to doing the main goal of the whole project, the rb25det engine and manual conversion. I've been collecting small bits and pieces needed for the conversion over the last few weeks (and last year really), and finally everything has come together. Over the last week as well, the Skyline has also been starting to overheat when driving for more than 30 minutes in traffic, etc. I think the problem is simply the thermostat, but to replace that involves pulling a lot of things off the engine - really pointless when the whole engine was coming out.
Earlier in the week I bought another cheap car to get me around whilst the R32 is off the road - A 1990 Nissan Pulsar Q hatchback. Yep, its still a Nissan, although a bit of a different beast to the Skyline. 1.8L of pure 4 cylinder power (not quite), but its ok to run around with, and much cheaper on the fuel than the skyline.
Today decided to start by starting to take apart the interior, and remove the auto box, to make it easier to get the RB20det out. I've never taken out a gearbox before, but with a bit of help from my flatmate, and the car well off the ground, it wasn't too difficult - just a bit fiddly in points. After about 4 hours we finally got it out completely. With that out, it finally feels like everything is now coming together and the process has started.
I've taken so far, and going to take a stack of different photos, and mentally noting everything. I hope by the end to have available a full guide on the auto -> manual conversion, as well as an entire guide on the rb25det engine swap into an R32. A lot of people are after information on this, and not too many are willing to share the full details on how to do it - so its time to put it out there for everybody.
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