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welll my rear one was in but disconnected and has been for some time.

yep as soon as it comes back from having the new valve guides done i will take a snap

lol yer ok but it was rough and thats why i went to far the first time

right barstard job that it is

Ok removed the other half of the crude / tar stuff on floor and put it into a plastic bag and weighted it at work and it was 4.9 kg was of crap

arrr so that where the fat weight gaining sound system thingy hangs out... consider it gone.

cracked ring lands i would guess, just did it myself to # 5 piston

gtrs are a solid lifter type system mate so dont worry about them. 10.2 mm lift will be an issue though i believe you will need to machine the head where the cam lobes rotate i think that 10.2 will touch. Also i you may need valve springs to match the 10.2mm lift again not sure if the standard springs will cope with that lift. think you better talk to a workshop who has done this before as you will need to check valve clearence and this can be a difficult job at the best of times.

not to sure about your engine, but on the Rb26 if you remove the thermostat entirely then the water will bypass the block and just go straight out the outlet pipe as its only 100 mm apart. As most things it will take the path of least resistance and the rb26 has a 25 mm hole in the back of the themostat house which is connected the outlet pipe on the head.

yer matie gtr's are a solid system, cam directly on to bucket, onto shim onto valve stem. You could look at an oil restrictor which is put into the block to reduct the amount of oil pushed up into the head its a 5 minute job. I have seen 3 different head in the past few weeks and all the valve guides were worn. If the valve are out you could do some porting but dont ask me how as i stuffed a head by taking to much out :-) well documented but did get the second one right

believe the one in the boot is something to do with the sound system, going to be ahhmm removing mine this week in accordence with strict diet for car. Will let you know if there are any problems......once i get the bloody motor finished grrrrrrr the fuel pump controler is gone as i direct wired my pumps with no issues

yep controled by the ECU in the later models.

check the relay near the rear brakes light on the drivers side sounds like its faulty

not quite true there is a lot to do just to clean up the rough factory job, i found steps in the intake port just under the valve seat of over 1mm in depth. Then it goes into inner radius for the intake and outer radius for the exhaust etc. There is quite a bit you can do on the intake to reprofile and enlarge the exhaust ports. but if what has been done this time gives me a10 to 15% increase in flow i will be well chuffed. pics tonight of finished head

i can weight up a RB26 20' CP piston or you tonight Richard

yer i have the extreme clutch and alloy flywheel. Flywheel is 4.1 kg which is less than half the stocko item Clutch is a single plate button clutch ( 1650KG clamp load ) so a little lighter but pressure plate would be about the same.

or you could try this method http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Gt...n+turbo+removal

I would have thought that to have a responsive turbo then you will have to make some sacrifice some top end. And the same the other way, for a big top end then the lag will be more noticable.

I believe that Giant is also using the -5 on the R32 and that sure aint slow. No doubt the 2530 is also a mighty turbo, really would be going wrong with either but i think the -5 are cheaper...well i know they are thats why i got them. still its personal preference both seem to be a good thing

And a big old box of bandaids

i use an air chisel takes about and hout to get the crap off then another hour with the flap sanding disk to make it all shiney LOL

i feel ya pain mate lol

well i can tell you just a clean out has to improve flow over the rough arsed factory job Second attempt was done today 16 straight hours worth muttering dont f#$@ this one up, so off to have new valve guides inserted tomorrow.

lol now ya tell me! yer as i said i was just to heavy handed utterly my fault

hey yall here is my monumental f$%^ up you will see the areas in red which you have to take care not to remove to much alloy. I will post the pic with the water jacket running through the webbing in the exhaust port tomorrow just to draw out the agony lol