07/08/2025
We have been super behind on social media lately, shops been super busy! We recently wrapped up Kevinβs RB25 swapped R32 GTST! Here are some before and after photos + story time!
Kevin brought us the car in dire straits unfortunately, lucky for him he brought it to the right place! He had purchased the car from a dishonest seller, lots of the parts and work done to the car either were not completed or cheap parts were substituted for the ones he was told were on it etc. so we got to work making this R32 GTST what it always needed to be!
First step was the turbo setup, the manifold had become a banana and had adapters off the turbo fl**ge to make the turbo clear the valve covers, which in turn, sent the turbo into the hood to the point the hood would not close properly. The turbocharger had ingested something at some point and all of the fins on the turbine side were damaged. Replaced it with one of our go to combos manifold, wastegate, and G30-660. We also had our friend inconnel wrap the manifold, turbine hsg, and downpipe for proper heat management!
Suspension:
Upon inspecting the suspension, the car was legitimately unsafe to drive. The FUCAβs were destroyed to the point the front wheels had a constantly variable alignment. The rear end was floaty due to old bushings and arms in poor condition. We threw a suspension arm & bushing package +HICAS delete on it and got the car back to feeling like new! While we were at it, Kevin wanted some new wheels, we set him up with a fresh set on RPF1βs!
All this work was completed and we finally started tuning on the haltech, made it to the dyno and made one power pass and the clutch let go. We got him a solid new clutch kit and the car can finally hold some power! We wrapped up the tune on the street, so no exact power figures on this one. But the lesson from all of this is perseverance is what it takes to set up a car properly to where you can enjoy it for a long time! Kevinβs car is now ready to enjoy! π€