mr_rbman

Replaced some factory intercooler piping and had it cerakoted. Also replaced some factory boot badges to tidy up the X. No rear end ever come close to a GTR...

Don't you hate it when people bring back quotes from years ago @ActionDan 🤣

i'm in SA so roady means shit anyway... probably outta my budget these days but pm me anyway and we'll go from there!?

WOOOO, so tempting 🙄

Grabbed a new coolant overflow bottle from GKTech and starting sourcing A/C lines. Getting a few engine bay items Cerakoted too so will be keen to see how they turn out...

Do now 👌

Dose I'm assuming would actually be referring to the physical size of the exhaust... For example Jap exhausts are renowned for claiming be be 3" when in fact they reduce to 2 and 3/4" and sometimes even 2 and a 1/2" in spots... Plenty of quality true 3" exhausts that are no louder than a 'Jap' 3" exhaust...

I work next door, for Minetech...

you Phoenix boys are going to end up with some pretty impressive pieces of machinery. top work 👌

someone with more knowledge than me may correct me here but depending on the Stagea motor you have (series 1 or 2) if a series 2 its actually a neo motor and therefore quite desirable. If it's a series 1 then you basically have an RB25 head from an R33 Gts-t anyway. So simply there is no advantage to be had and cams in an RB25 don't see a hell of a lot of benefit until making serious power.

Mine and the missus new Evo X, her daily (though she works from home which will help keep the k's down) & my weekender...

I have a series 1 bottom end (so just needs oil return drilled & tapped) if interested?!

I'd always planned when building the shed to coat the floors but when it came to it I looked into the costs and had second thoughts. My mate then just recently put me on to this clear epoxy that a lot of industrial builders use that you can add a tint too and was a fraction of the cost. I did ~100sqm for less than $250 AUD and i'm very happy with the results, dropped a few things already and it's help up. Cleaning up, even just dirt/dust is a breeze now compared to the bare concrete.

3607mm I believe to the top of the posts, I had just a few mm to spare

Kept very busy over the xmas / new year break... The shed is finally getting to where I pictured it. Dunno what I ever did without a hoist. Completed an SST service on the Evo, surprised at how much I don't mind the 'auto' Chucked the TE's on to see how they fit ready for extra curricular activities...

Use a proper gas lens with a large cup >10 and you'll be surprised at how much better again you'll get it. Or if you feel like giving the credit card a run use the furick welding cups, even better again

Interesting you say the AD08's appeared wider... I have some 265 x 35 AD08's and I get scrubbing yet my other wheels with 275 x 35 NT01's nothing... Admittedly there is 10mm difference in offset but I never thought the actual tyre width may vary, mmmmm...

common myth... basically it's not worth finding a VLT bottom end these days... we don't need to run such low compression and assuming this would be for a build anyway you would get pistons to suit desired compression and just use an NA (A6) block....

correct, but that's only the pistons that make the difference, not the 'block' itself!?!

why do you specifically want a VL turbo (A8) bottom end? my understanding is the non turbo-series 2 (A6) bottom end is identical...

Painted the shed floor and the missus and I went halves in a new car, her daily, my weekender

chuck on driftsales SA FB...

Needs new wheels and the GTR badge putting in the correct spot

built at/with CRD I believe.

Will be very keen to see your results... Not that I need to do anything yet but I've been weighing up a 34 GTR Getrag conversion, as we all know though this is now getting very exxxxxxy at $10k+ minimum which is getting out of reach so I too have been looking at just rebuilding the 32 GTR gearbox but with stronger gearsets... and doing the transfer case mod at the same time... What I'm more so looking to do and why I was looking down the 34 GTR route was the improvement in drivability that the gearing gives... I wonder if the Speedtek offers the ability to change the gearing (shorter) similar to the Getrag whilst keeping a longer 5th?!?