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I think they help when fitting the head, as in having it in the right spot. 2nd thought would be to just fustrate any person removing the head

Same as I would of suggested

More details are needed. Did they remove and replace the engine from the car. What did you ask to be done to the engine. Did they give you a quote To some $4500 sounds alot maybe but with all the information and details, maybe $4500 was a bargain

Firstly you have to determine if is the sender or not, replacing it, you would find out. Change the oil. If its still low on oil pressure then check with an external oil pressure guage. If that displays low oil pressure, then you have some problems. 1. Bad/worn oil pump 2. bigend & or bottomend bearings are worn

Same pump, why would they change it anyway? Did the job very well.

As cubes has done. The ideal way would have been when the engine was out the car and on an engine stand. You tilt the engine toward the oil filter side and turn over the engine with spark plugs out until you see oil going to the head. The next step or if the above step cannot be done, follow what Cubes has mentioned. There is no stress on the bearings as they would have been coated with oil during the build and as there is no combustion and no plugs - no stress on parts.

For those that are considering this, tuning the thing would be my grestest concern. Not many ECU's would do a good job with variable cams even the ones that have that feature as part of the ECU. I would speak with a tuner that has successfully tuned an engine with variable cam timing & turbo charged and see what their thoughts are first. Just my thoughts....

Nice thread! These guys at Proengines are guns! They always do a top job

Hi Brad, I thought you might get worried, don't be He will tune my car to make the power I want and everything else. He knows all the parts I've used and how I setup the engine, as it was done with his guildance. He hasn't used these Mercury Coils and would rather stick with the Spitfire Coils I have. He knows them, his tried them and likes the concept of coil over plug as he personally hates leads. Besides all that, what he says I do! Maybe lame but he is to me "da man"!

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There is so many setup available now that will provide responce. The only question here is will they provide the target of 400kw? There are single setups and twin setups that will do the job, you will firstly need to choose what type you would prefer as there is no point suggesting a single turbo if you want a twin setup or vice a versa. As for engine capacity, well if your building a whole engine then you can look at possible increase in capacity, if not then it should not be discussed, what would be the point as you don't have to increase capacity to acheive responce & 400kw. Twin setup - HKS 2530's are well known for responce and high HP, they'll hit the 400kw+ Single setup - T04Z (HKS or Garrett) Also well known for responce and high HP, seen 468kw with these.

A -10 return line is not nessary as its only returning unused fuel back to the tank. Use the standard return line on your car. If you haven't one, use a -6 return line. Yes 700cc injectors are up to the task. R32-GTS got 468kw on pump fuel with 700cc injectors. The Tial 44mm might be a bit small. The diameter of the valve that lets out all that extra exhaust gases at low boost setting is - only 44mm. Try getting a 60mm version. This version will allow definately allow low boost. The Exhaust setup your thinking of will be OK. She'll be breathing well. Igition systems, can get tricky. Have you got the Mercury coils? Have you got the HKS DLI Type 2? If you don't, I know the HKS item works well and provides good spark. There are also other options like going to a CDI unit but it depends on how far you want to go. The HKS will do the job, and do it well. As for coils, I bought 6 x Mercury outboard coils, low resistance racing leads and facricated the whole setup for a RB26. You can't imagine the how big and deep the spark is! Only thing is my tuners eyes popped out and he loved the setup as it looked nice and there was good spark but he wouldn't tune my car. He said that the setups he does, he knows them and has plently of R&D with it. So changing something like this, changes the way he tunes and he does not want that and I really want him to tune my engine so off came the Mercury Coils & leads and that nice fabricating I did. They will be up in the for sale sections soon. Anyway ask your tuner first if he will tune your car with these on.

Very nice setup - RB26 Head, Rb30 bottom end, T04Z & to top it off a 9.0:1 compression ratio. This is what I was dreaming about for myself or something very close. Ok more to the point, your questions. 1. Yes a Bosch 044 pump will work, but 2 of them will give you insurance. The standard R33 GTR pump to prime the surge is OK, Ive got the same setup, works fine. 700cc injectors are up to the task and small enough for good atomisation in low rpms. 2. It's a good idea to upgrade to bigger lines, I have 2 bosch 044 pumps from a surge that run -6 lines to the rail. If only using a sigle fuel line, try at least a -10 line. 3. The fuel rail will be needed to allow larger lines to be attached and a fuel reg that rises with pressure - a rising rate fuel reg. 4. The exhaust playes a large part. The larger the better. Now if its a single system, then at least 3.5" all the way & a 2" screamer venting to atmo. This will be loud but its cheaper. If a twin 3" system, then you are able to plump back the screamer and run 2 x mufflers. Nice and quiet. 5. The wastegate size works as so. The smaller it is, the higher minimal boost you are able to run. For example a 30mm wastegate might only allow you to run say min 1.3bar, where something like a 60mm will let you go down to 0.8bar. These are only examples so the largest diameter wastegate will allow the minimal boost settings.

I don't use one. There is a bracket though that hold the dump to the gearbox. It has a hard rubber flexiable bit to it. It holds it in place just incase there are external stresses place on it.

No, I carfully opened up the HKS muffler and did some surgery on her. I can say she had some lypo done and took away the excess fat. She's a proper 3.5"er now and not much louder.

Hey this is very nice. Looks the the quech area has been rounded off for the valves. I've seen this before, I'm impressed. Anyone else seen this stuff before?

The bottom one goes to your boost controller which should be connected to vacuum and the top one should go to the manifold or pipe before the throttle body so it gets plumped back in.

Have to agree with CruiseLiner as well. Bearings are cheap, I know everything adds up but while its apart, freshen her up. You'll regret not doing it when you had the chance.

I'm using the HKS EVC IV Boost Controller. You could use the Autronics item but I don't know anything about it. The HKS EVC is a great boost controller. Which SMC are you going to use? I am happy with mine but my tuner loves the Power FC even more - so easy to tune and Plug & Play.

No problem doing this. If by removing the sensor the light has turned off, the problem has been solved.

Just a guess but I'd say it doesn't matter which one as knock sensors are basicly like a mic.

Nice injectors, they are perfect for your application. Try to purchase the twin pittle type as they are much nicer. As for power output, R32-GTS runs Sard 700cc injectors and he makes 468kw! As for the tight fit, not really, you should lube up all injectors before fitting as not to damage the o-ring. Make sure you don't install them on a angle as you might break the o-ring if it pops out. I personally have the Sard 800cc twin pittle injectors, just installed very recently. cheers, Adam

Agree with ^^^^^^^^^^ exactly what he says!

Hi Shaun, Nice job with your engine, congrat's! Your Turbo comp housing won't cause you a problem, you'll be fine Cheers, Adam

You can also look at Power FC d-jetro if you don't want Air Flow Meters. The Power FC really is the way to go. Quick tunning, great ECU, cheap, and so on. Tunning can be done in Brisbane by Gavin Woods @ Autotech. You just can't go past a Power FC as a complete package which includes tuning.