Alex787B

Thanks a lot PranK. Yes I must admit I'm lucky to live here haha Got my appointment yesterday to get all the mods analyzed and registered before I go to the final registration/MOT appointment. All the mods have passed with success, nothing to be changed on the build so that is pretty cool ! Only one thing I need to be careful of - the Skyline did not pass the first emissions test because the cat was not hot enough. I had to get out, cruise for 1 km with a sporty driving and come back immediately to make a second test that went through with success. That means every year for the periodic MOT, I'll have to keep the cat hot enough even if there are a lot of people before me for the test, so I don't really know how I'll manage this but... We'll see that on d-day

I've just had a quick look, and I learnt something new today. I didn't know that R32 ECUs could be used with Nistune. Also, you're absolutely right saying that I should ask which ECU my tuner will be most at ease with. That's the first time I'll be looking at remapping a car so I'm not that used to the correct way to proceed. But I believe the standalone option will be easier as you said - Luxembourg is a small country and I think professional mappers will be more at ease with a standalone than with a Nistune chipped R32 ECU ! Thanks a lot for your advice !

Thanks everyone for your reactions ! Will try to answer all the questions lol Looking at it I have the model of the turbo, but I don't know which brand it is - I believe it's a no name thing, however model is TD04E T3T4, A/R.50. Injectors are stock. At low pressure I believe the setup is not really far from a stock setup (still 287 hp on the dyno so it's not that high), that's why the stock ECU can handle it. But for sure, if I wanna raise that boost a little bit, I'll have to go for a new ECU I haven't explored all the possibilities yet, because I have been focused expecially on paperwork and registration for the moment. I've had some bad experience with the administration when I tried to registrate my ex RX-7 FD3S, so I try to keep away from interesting topics as long as I am not 100% sure the car will be able to be driven legally Anyway, which ECU would you be advising me ? The previous owner gave me a Z32 ECU that could be used to remap the Skyline, but I did not like the idea and I'm way more interested by fitting a standalone instead of another car's modified ECU... Maybe I'm wrong, but it's for my own peace of mind haha @GTofuS-T - I've done several laps on the Nordschleife, not enough to consider myself as a driver anyway, but I've done it in several cars like my Supra, some Lexus, my ex girlfriend's shitbox rust bucket VW Polo that gave me the biggest fears of my life, some passenger laps in cool cars as well - yes the Skyline will be a great car for this, and the experience will be really really amazing. I can't wait ! And I've bought a GoPro copy to make some in-car vids lol, I think you will like it ! Here's a test vid I made with my Supra and improvised external mic (basically, iPhone headphones stuck on the rear bumper lol) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUugsfQ9PMA Will do the R33's first Nürburgring laps with a similar setup, and I'll post all the vids on this YT account for sure

Hi mate, thanks a lot ! But how did you point out that vacuum thing only looking at this pic ? No actually not any issue to get RHD cars registered, mods and performance parts are more of an issue than RHD here ! Loads of parts can be registered with no issue in Luxembourg, you can have a 100% road legal racecar but you have to pay a lot for that (each performance part needs to have a certificate that's not cheap, I believe about 300€ per part). And you have to stick with strange rules... For example, some parts are not able to be registered (Enkei, Volk, all these cool wheel brands), while others like Japan Racing are OK... That's kinda weird when you look at the overall quality, but JR delivers certificates with wheels that allow us to register them, while other brands don't provide these documents. I had 2 metal bands in the past, now I'm working on a solo project. I started posting some pop & rock covers on YT that did pretty well, and now I'm currently writing an album that'll be more actual, hope it'll be the beginning of something new for me Here's one of my best covers, I mean it didn't buzz all around the world but I've been surprised and quite happy to see how many people watched and shared it - https://youtu.be/-MuXwDSa8wE And that's from my previous metal band haha - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oD4ndfnN5I I don't wanna be spammy so maybe we can chat a little bit via DM mate generally it's not really appreciated to throw links on forums like this so I'm not gonna mess around lol Wish you a nice day bud

Hi everyone ! Let me introduce you my R33 - I bought it last year with one single goal for it : turn it into a track oriented Skyline to run on the Nordschleife. I have a passion for this race track, and I've been lucky enough to be born and to spend my life at approx. 1 hour and half from this petrolhead paradise. As if that wasn't enough, Luxembourg is a fascinating country when you can register 100% road legal cars that have loads of mods, big single turbo exhaust and so on. The R33 GTS-T was an obvious choice for me - RWD, "light", still one of my favourite cars in the world... and also, not as rare and expensive as a GT-R, should a disastrous relationship happen between the car and the Nürburgring security rails... It's not that I'm planning to crash it, it's just that when you enter the Green Hell, you must keep in mind disasters CAN happen, for various reasons. So much stories to be told about this... but that's part of the thrill, ain't it ? So I bought this car : Nice mods, the only thing it's missing is a proper mapping. It's running on OEM ECU with original mapping, turbo only blows @0,3 bar. I'm about to finish the registration process - last appointment is on 27/06/2019 and hopefully that day I'll be able to drive it. I have to do various things to get the registration certificate - replace some parts by other parts that can be registrated more easily (wheels, suspensions, ...), get a certificate for each and every mod on the car from a specialized organization, make everything compliant etc... Had to pass a dyno test that I did yesterday : VIDEO For a low boost setup RB25, I'm pretty happy with the result ! 287 hp / 330 Nm After all that paperwork is done, I'll bring it to the Nordschleife where she'll perform her first laps. At the end of the season, I'll begin thinking about upgrades - starting with a standalone ECU + proper mapping. Thanks a lot to everyone who red this post until the end - it'll be a pleasure to share the evolution of this project with you all, and I really hope you will appreciate it ! I wish you all a nice day, Alex

Hello everyone, My name is Alex, nearly 30 years old, and I come from Luxembourg. I am currently getting my R33 registered - it's a GTS-T with a bunch of nice mods, aftermarket turbo and so on : DYNO : https://youtu.be/I-XKgrBPYNk ... but I'll present it in the Builds section I have a passion for Japanese GT cars that started in my childhood - I'm also the owner of a full stock twin turbo MKIV Supra for more than 7 years now : My secret dream is to become a famous singer, and stop getting headaches working in computing to afford running my cars haha I hope I'll spend good times here and have fun chatting with passionate dudes from the opposite side of the world (don't blame me if that isn't 100% accurate, I've always been lame in geography lol) Have a nice evening everyone ! Cheers, Alex