Turboswede

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Im a guy from Sweden that has a Skyline r33 gts25t since 2007 when I bought it at auction i Japan. It looked like this there.





And heres some pics when it had arrived.




To get it legal here in Sweden I had to rebuild the headlights as we have LHD cars here just as America. The most easy way to do that was to use projectors.


The only tuning I have on the rb25det was a 3―" system and airfilter. So I came to a point to rebuild the engine with forced bottom etc etc or do an engine swap. I haveīnt seen so many skylines with v8 so I decided to do an lsx swap!

To get it legal here I had to choose an enginge with less then 300hp so I bought an lm7.


I didnīt found any gearbox here in Sweden that I wanted so I orderd a Tremec T56 Magnum from american powertrain.



Next step was to rebuild the rear end to handle the more power and torque in the future. So I bougt an r32 gtr reardiff with a Tomei 2way diff in it and driveshafts. To fit it in a gts25t I also had to buy gtr hubs as the driveshafts is 3mm wider.

Here is some pics of the rear end removing and you can also see my coilovers there wich is from ISC.








I have painted the subframe and start do fit the new driftworks bushes.



At the moment Im fitting the rest of the bushes and will put back the rear end so I can get down the car at the floor and start to take out the engine and gearbox.

LILHEMI

im on the fence about this as the r33s are one of my favorite cars.

ISMELLRICE

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whoa! nice build man

kevin99hoss

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r33s looks great, what kind of car is the red one in the back of the garage?

Steve85

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I think it's a Volvo and I hope it has/is getting LS.

Sucks about the 300hp limit.

Good luck with the build.

Tainted

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very nice.

is the 300hp limit for a stock/modified engine, or 300hp period?

Turboswede

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Thanks guys!

The 300hp is based on 20% more then my stock 250hp.

The red car in the background is my girlfriends Volvo Amazon. Itīs totaly stock =)

NemeSS

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Nice cars. The ls will prolly make more than 300hp if u add headers and ls6 intake and corrected tune.

Nissan LS240

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Are you planning on keeping the skiline traction control and rear steer?

Turboswede

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My r33 donīt have any traction controll. And I will not use Hicas I have a Hicas removing kit.

7969

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Sweet ride!! I would love to have a Sky....they are just to much $$$ for a legal one here in the ole USA.

tta656

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Do you have more pics of the garage,i see some strange wood bracing,,be interesting to see how they build things on your side of the world )

gnx7

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nice project.

So does Sweden test the power when you are done? You could always put a stock over the air filter or crappy exhaust to choke it up....

Turboswede

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Sorry I donīt have any more pics of the building at the moment, Actually I think it look strange to. I have never seen this type of building before =D

I donīt think they will test the engine, They will just look up that itīs an Lm7 and how much power an Lm7 have.

TruBloodTransAm

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Interesting swap. Sucks to hear about that HP limit though.

arthropraxis

Do they actually test the engine power or does the stock motor have to be rated 300 or less?

Turboswede

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They donīt test the engine. The engine I swap to has to be 300hp or less in stock.

Turboswede

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Im a little ill att the moment so I canīt be in the garage as itīs cold there. But I tried the widebody fenders just for fun today =)
It was hard do get a good pic of how it looks but I gaved it a try.








Here can you see that it will give about 60mm on each side 8)



Hope to be healthy soon so I can start to build again.

the_merv

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Badass..

Tig

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That Skyline is a bad *** car as is.

You going to keep the AWD?

Get well soon.







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