blind_elk

About 8 or 9 years ago, I used Ceva to bring a 180B SSS from Brisbane to Melbourne. I had no problems, although some more recent users seem to have had problems. From memory it cost about $450, but as I said, 8 or 9 years ago. So $695 seems fair. (its a lot more expensive sending Mel -> Bris)

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RB20DET Block I have a RB20DET block that I just want out of my garage. No sump, no head, no rods/pistons. Please just come and take it away, PLEASE!

It will depend almost entirely on the oil you have in the engine - viscosity, shear properties, how old it is, and lots more - and to a lesser extent how much oil is in there.

Caster is measured in degrees, not fingers. If you have the same degrees of caster on each side, then I don't see what the problem is.

"in the wet and decided I would give it a little poke" - don't do that!. That will certainly stop it happening again. But really, the problem is probably that the cable is frayed and cannot retract properly, so it needs to be replaced.

Grand Prix Ticket I have a general admission pass for Sat / Sun to the AGP. PM me if you are interested. First in, best dressed (preference to someone who can take the ticket for both days)

Any chance that the impeller on the water pump is failing? Does the car still have the undertray fitted?

Could also be a loose fanbelt. Or a dying fanbelt.

Your question is about as useful as "Doctor, I'm not feeling well". How about some info such as what it DOES do when you try and start it. Has it always not started, or has it recently started not starting? What vehicle is it installed in?

Cleaned the injectors? Replaced the fuel filter? Running the DET ECU? Set correct base timing? How many litres is "a tank of fuel"? If you are continually boosting, then 350k might not be such a bad consumption rate. Your starting problems - maybe a bad earth, or a dying starter motor.

Have you managed to isolate which cylinder is misfiring? (generally a misfire is when a cylinder basically shuts down, or only fires occasionally). Does it behave this way at all revs / loads, or only while moving? Have you had the injectors cleaned (not just injector cleaner cleaned)? Replaced the fuel filter? Changed the oil (although I suspect the oil temp contribution to the problem is purely coincidental)? Also, I think the plugs may need to be a heat range 5 (you are using 6s), and maybe just gap them down a bit (try 1mm initially). I'm assuming a relatively stock setup.

Don't understand why people keep saying RB20 boxes are weak. In my experience, Nissan boxes in general are pretty much bullet proof. Sure, if you start fitting massive clamping-force clutches, then it's possible you might break the box. But then that's like using a 6" nail as an electrical fuse, and complaining that your kettle blew up! I still have the original (over 250k) box in my R32 GTS4, although the engine has been replaced with a RB25DET that originally punched 180kW @ all four. Gearbox is still pretty much perfect.

Just leave the valve there. What you are installing is an oil-air separator. It effectively inserts between the exhaust rocker cover and the turbo intake. Everything else remains "factory". Somewhere on this forum is a photo of my setup. Some people claim its not "pretty", but it works. (here it is to save you the trouble)

You don't need to block off the PCV valve.

The plug in the cat is a temperature probe. You can safely run without it being connected. There should be a connector for the O2 sensor in the dump pipe.

My 3 rules of upgrade: 1. Make it STOP. Maybe fit some braided brake lines, slotted rotors, decent pads 2. Make it HANDLE. Swaybars first, then decent shock absorbers, then heavy duty springs 3. Make it go. However, if 1 & 2 are successful, you probably don't really need 3, especially if you aren't taking it on the track

Its not the risk of being involved in a casualty crash that doubles, it is IF you are involved in a crash then the risk that there will be a casualty doubles. First you have to have the crash, then consideration can be given as to whether or not there might be a casualty. My experience - I have NEVER been involved in a crash where excessive speed was ever a causative factor; every crash I have ever been in occurred at below the prevailing speed limit.

It was on for a reason - there's something wrong. **Sigh** So God only knows what might have broken to cause your current situation. (but I'll back the AFM as the chief culprit)

I did the Murcott course a LONNNNGG time ago, b4 Waverley Park was built. And b4 much of the housing development; we actually used the streets of a housing development for our braking exercises. Then we had fun driving up and down Mt Dandy Tourist Rd, above the elbow to practise getting apexes right. I had always had trouble with the esses at Winton; I understood the basics of cornering, picking the apex, etc, but couldn't figure the second part of esses. The answer was so simple - take a later apex on the first corner (L hander) so you end up closer to the left of the track, better set up for the next corner (R hander). And it's where I learned threshold braking - being able to slam on the brakes and stop quickly without lockup (no ABS to help back then).

I actually just read the article. Might I now present a case that debunks the whole theory. A few years ago, 2 enforcers of this law were involved in incidents mere weeks apart. One was the then Victorian Police Commissioner Ken Lay, the other the then Victorian Police Minister Bob Cameron. Ken Lay got nabbed for speeding, yet he wasn't involved in a collision. Cameron was involved in a collision, yet wasn't speeding. By his own admission, Cameron crashed because he wasn't paying attention to the task at hand, namely controlling a motor vehicle. I will admit to a number of incidents where I exceeded the posted speed limit. Not in any one of those instances was I involved in a collision, not even close. When the Victorian government and TAC started promulgating this "speed kills" theory, there were a number of television ads. One showed a woman travelling in slowish traffic on the Tulla freeway. She pulls into the emergency lane and accelerates to 110, only to find some sucker changing a flat tyre. Speed had nothing to do with the fact that she killed that sucker, it was pure impatience (she would have killed him at 60, or even less). Another ad showed a youngish girl lamenting that she has killed her best friend. Sure, she was exceeding the speed limit a bit, but she was also attempting the change a cassette tape in the car. Speed had little to do with the death, more it was pure inattention. However, as much as I resent the attention paid to this subject, I feel that the "eyes glued to the speedo" argument is a bit of a furphy. You only need to glance every now and then, as you glance at lots of other things while driving in order to assess what is happening and what dangers may be about to present themselves. The eyes should be continually scanning the environment, not simply glued to the road ahead, or the speedo, or the hot chick walking on the footpath. If the eyes are always moving focus, you can gauge your speed in relation to the surroundings, with only the occasional glance back to the speedo to confirm. All part of being a competent driver.

Anyone ever considered all this "technology" they're putting in cars now. I mean, a car that parks itself!! WTF!! When I got my licence (in the trusty Model T), if you couldn't parallel park, you didn't get a licence. And AEB!! Again, WTF!! Read a report - can't testify to the truthfulness - of a motorist on the freeway; a bird flew in front of the car and the AEB activated! Luckily not being followed by a Kenworth! My 32 has ABS. I have activated it twice (once on the racetrack, once being a hoon out the back of Werribee). I learned to threshold brake (in a non-ABS car), and I am skilled / observant / aware enough that I don't get into situations where I need to panic stop. All this technology is dumbing down the populace to a point where drivers now consider themselves invincible, and drivers no longer need to DRIVE - they think the car will do it all for them. And what about all these "mistook the accelerator for the brake" incidents? How do you make such a simple mistake? And having made the mistake, how can you be so incompetent as to not be able to rectify the mistake? My daily is an auto Pathfinder - never, ever mistake the accelerator for the brake. We need to be more ruthless in awarding licences.

Murcott's - http://www.murcotts.edu.au - is also worth considering. I think if you really want to learn, then a course, with an instructor, will be more beneficial than simply taking part in organised competition.

Engine spec appears to be basically factory / stock. Factory spec spark plugs are heat range 5, not 7. And seeing as its basically stock, try opening out the gap a bit. 1mm maybe.

Stock FP readings should be: @ ignition switch ON: approx 3.0 kg/cm2 @ Engine idling: approx 2.5 kg/cm2 @ idling, disconnect vacuum hose at FPR: approx 3.0 kg/cm2