BHDave

nothing wrong with going 10 tenths I did it myself when the dryish line started to appear. Then i put a wheel in the wet stuff and my front right wheel did a good impersonation of a shovel..... Bastard car is still dripping mud on my back slab when it rains. Though i am quite happy to take all the credit for my quality driving Out of interest, has anyone here signed up for the tamperedmotorsport day on the 22nd? 50 cars, $140, timing included. Pretty sure it's the new owner running it

I know abobob has killed a set of r34gtt cv's with only 270odd rwkw (with semis i believe) I'd suggest their life span will be measured in seconds in your car. That is; the second you drop the clutch is the second they explode.

yeah, i think it came down to the evo not knowing what the fu(k was going on and the driver was used to the car doing all the work.... Probably a bit harsh, but after watching a few pretty big moments out of turn 10 in my rear vision mirror where a couple of evos figured they'd just drive straight past me on the inside before they were straight (and ensuing massive primary and secondary oversteer moments before they gathered it up), and seeing a couple more do it when i was on the pit wall, someone had to have an off there. It was unfortunate it was such a big one and i don't wish it on anyone despite my opinion of evo drivers..... give me a challenging car to drive any day!

I saw something similar in an option mag. funniest part was you saw that the sun was up pretty high when he started and it was getting pretty bloody low by the time the tyre was off :laughing-smiley-014:

shit i just re read your post charlie. you have 740's running at 80% for 270!!?! I just skimmed it and saw the duty and power and immediately thought 550's..... ah well. If that was my only mistake today i'll be happy.

love your work dangerman, particularly where you merged the 2 pipes. Mine looked like a sack of crap before the gaps were covered with weld

I will be there, though i leave from campbelltown so won't be meeting up. If you pass a white ford ute pulling a black silvia give me a wave. My car won't be ready in time. It'll be running tomorrow but really needs a tune and an alignment before seeing action.

Easiest will be some nismo 555's. If you want to save some money you may be able to source a set of s15 ones which should still give plenty of head room with that turbo. My injector duty was in a similar range to charlies. I was just over 80% with rx7/blitz 550's making 281rwkw with around 12:1 afr.

please? I'm dying to find out my 2c. rx7 wheels have rubbish offset. Don't even consider them. When you can get a decent (but ugly) set f 17x8/9 for 600 bucks quite easily, why would you consider rubbish stockers? I sold a very nice set of 17x8.5/9.5 ssr indy's for 600 recently and they are actually a good looking rim. If money is an issue then stick with teh 16 inch rim. Tyres are cheaper. 32gtr rims are the ones you want I can regurgitate a heap of info direct from sydneykid on the advantage/disadvantage of bigger sidewalls. You can too if you want to search.

It was originally a 1 1/4 inch hole roughly centered over the wastegate flapper. I have enlarged it (roughly at this stage) to the outer edge of the turbine housing casting or the inner edge of the 2 inch pipe, which ever is closer. I will then die grind to smooth the inlet where the hole doesn't extend to the outer edges of the turbine housing. The flange i have was all lazer/plasma cut. There is no way it has been drilled. I think it's more targeted to the omgsik split dump crowd to be honest. If i'd just stuck a 1.25 pipe on it i think boost creep would be inevitable as the wastegate flap does a good job of blocking the hole on initial opening. By enlarging it to the side i have hopefully overcome this problem.

pics of my piping install for anyone who's interested. BOV flange/return yet to be added. I'll do that once i get it running and rego sorted out. dump pipe merge gcg flange with the IW outlet enlarged. still to be tidied once i get the pipes welded on properly trial fit lucky no air con anymore

close. The lighter the force applied to the pedal, the less the firewall is going to flex. So for light braking the stopper makes next to no difference, adding a stopper doesn't mean the brakes are working sooner. Under heavy braking is where they have a major (well it's not that major) effect. It just means when you apply pressure to the brake pedal more if it is going into braking, rather than moving the firewall. They are certainly a good thing, but not as important as a good set of pads and some decent fluid (which do actually improve braking performance). I'd put braided lines further up the list of must haves as well. They all contribute. The master cylinder brace may improve feel and controllability but it doesn't actually contribute to improved overall performance unless your firewall is so weak that you can't apply enough force to get the brakes to lock......

Not yet, I'll have some pics of it half completed tomorrow, intake pipes just about done but need to be welded and painted, dump is about half finished

Just confirm what an r33 cusco one looks like first, as you'd be pretty pissed off if you bought one only to find it's the same as the ebay one but a different colour.

definately. There's still more room around the turbo than i had with the old kit. It was also a novelty to be able to access 11 of the 12 manifold nuts with a socket from the top. It used to take me 2 hours of swearing and crawling under the car with an open ended spanner to get the old turbo and manifold on. this time it took me about half an hour. I still spent 2 hours reinstalling the bastard water hose that runs across the back of the head.... Intake pipe and hot pipe are just about sorted. just need to find a spot to fit the bov (stupid type R is too big to fit easily if you want it plumbed back). The front half of the front pipe is tacked up. Will be having a go with the wastegate pipe tonight before doing much more with it.

yep common, but no less dodgy for being common......

The car will start then stall if you have it unplugged, so i'd suggest 0 at idle. Technically you have a break in the circuit.

Sell the car and buy a turbo model, you will have a much better base to begin with. de box = rubbish. de diff = rubbish. de brakes = rubbish. by the time you've brought those up to scratch with a stock gtst you've spent 3k plus labour without even looking at the engine.

An improved manifold design will help (whether it's high or low mount), but on a cost/return basis I wouldn't expect a hell of a lot.

I thought it was more to do with camber and toe settings than anything?

updated. turbo sold, wastegate sold, front pipe sold. Manifold still available for $850 ono

go to repco and get them to get the nolathane catalogue out. They have a non adjustable replacement kit (it replaces inners and outers). No idea on the price but it should be significantly less than 300. Price up their adjustable one while you are there. You'll kick yourself later on if you have the option of getting the adjustment and don't do it. The 312 on whitelines site is bushes only. You still need to get the old bushes out and the new ones in, plus an alignment......

An hour and a half, 1 grinding wheel and 4 beers later i managed to get the spacer flared out to match the gasket. It looks pretty good atm, i'll reassess when i'm sober Also did a trial fit, I need to reroute some wiring or i may have some issues when i hit the track and the housing gets warm. It's a pretty tight fit in an r32.

I don't know that they are still available new. In your case i'd be inclined to get a current gen 3071 or 3076 for around $1800-2000 as the t300 is pretty old tech. Worked brilliantly for what it was though. You may be able to pick up a similar spec t3/4 for a lot less than the current gen gear but i'd have no idea on a price.

That actually makes sense when you look at the area of the outlet/inlet. If you allow for the center divider of the stock manifold it's be pretty close in effective area to the single scroll inlet of the new turbo.