The Dan

I would have to add something to that in saying it's more often not changing of figures rather than incorrect setup of the dyno. Strap it down too loose and the wheel pulls up too far on to the front roller and bam, there's another 50hp. Air temp in the wrong place (by mistake) or just an inaccurate uncalabrated dyno. Most times the dyno operator isn't doing it intentionally but mph on a drag strip has always been the best way to determine how accurate that power figure is. That is completely true but..... I think SAU has been around long enough to be able to make claim to being the absolute best source of information available in the world. It's really nice for people to share their passion and their joy here but at the same time, the figures MUST be open to scrutiny if they are more than expected or even lower for that matter. It's a public forum, people have different opinions and knowledge. The worst thing for us is when we build/tune a car that has a specific setup based on what a mate has or what he read on a forum and it doesn't get the result they hoped for. Sometimes by a long shot!. They go down the road and get a higher reading and then suddenly tuner #1 is a bad tuner or their dyno reads 'low'. Get a print out from the other that says 550hp in your 33 GTST but only run 122mph Well f**k low, f**k it in its arse. Go out and run it down the 1/4. I guarantee you'll run the mph that's accurate for the power and weight you have.....if you make it to the end in one piece hehe. Reading, learning from others and pulling ones head in can often make you a smarter man, but only when you know what information to listen to and what information to hear.

8.5:1 mate. Fairly sure that's the same as the non-vvti

Don't worry about comp ratio. If it's 9.5:1, don't run more than about 30psi 9:1 - 40psi 8.5:1 - 45psi 8:1 - 50psi 7.5:1 - 60-70psi Easy

Stocker was 54 I thought?

Well, I haven't tried it yet but I can see if I can get that one to point to me too

I'm a hacker. I'm all up in your biz

We have no interest in believing him then

Nice lookin engine Ben. I like your attention to detail C-man - do you want a GT4508 to put on that thing instead?

Finally someone with some backed up proof. How much does your car weigh? I suspect you have more than 480kw

Even skidding all the way through 3rd, you'd still get within 2mph of your fastest. That is of course.....unless you're chicken?

I heard he made some chick pregnant once without even touching her. That's gotta be close right?

I'm trying to stay out if this one so I'm glad you brought it up. A lot of people don't like my unorthodox comments which makes it hard sometimes Considering you make the rules around this joint, why not make it a rule to run a mph before posting? Haha, should sort out the posers from the hosers Oops. How many people are gonna hate me if that happens?

While this is true, LSD oils are usually back compatible with regular diff oils and don't cost any extra for the normal stuff so if you're ever unsure, use LSD oil. I mean, who can really say that everyone is going to know every part fitted to their car in Japan? Some come over with 1.5 way diffs and you wouldn't know if you weren't in the know.

Was it an RS-4? I'm trying to source a 4WD engine for an R33 GTS4 if you have one

That coppermix clutch is only good for 400hp. Anything to hold more than that is going to need to be a button clutch.

Drivers side of the gearbox right near the crossmember

If and when? You're going to make 600hp at the wheels on 98? I applaud your courage Can be done. Much safer on E85. The cubes should help but still.....

These are not the droids you are looking for. Fill the diff, do a skid :waves hand like Jedi:

Just a quick one....I was reading through the list again and noticed you are only using 1000cc injectors and a pump that flows 400 L/min @ 60psi. That pump will just scrape in at 650hp at the wheels on E85 so you should be ok for flow there but the injectors are really only good for 550hp on E85 so maybe you should ask them about 1600cc or 2000cc injectors instead?. You can just bump the rail pressure up to make the injectors flow more but the pump will then flow less and it brings it closer to your 450kw margin. Just some food for thought anyway

You should lend him your tools so he can learn to do it himself. Sounds like a good idea to me

The hard way?

Excellent to hear. If you find cheaper prices for parts they are offering, maybe ask them if they'll match it. I don't doubt the parts list will be appropriate for the power you want to make but there are a lot of things involved in a build like that. Do you really need that plenum? Do they do all their own engines or are the built somewhere else? What kind of warranty do they offer on their work (inc the engine) if any at all. What kind of gaurantee do they give that you'll make the quoted power. It's a lot of money to spend only to fall short of your goal

As suggested above, you should try to find all your own parts and save some money as much as you can. Use eBay to find all those cheap copy fuel pumps, plenums and exhaust manifolds. That way they can charge you the time the job takes, plus the time to tidy up or repair the cheap part, charge you to replace the part when it fails and charge you all the labour again to fix it. You'll save heaps.

Wonder how much more it would make with a good intercooler