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Koyo still decent do most jobs - $700 Recently wen PWR crossflow circa $1100 found big difference in cooling

Didnt get to use the new artec/ garrett combo those invloved with the car preferred to use what has been tried and proven combo for them to get 'x' result For power, response/ powerband, boost control and emap and be running this higher in the rev range than previously

The car is getting advanced at a rapidly slow pace but getting there Now moved to new new hotside to a 6 boob T4 divided flange, with Precision 6780 with 1.15 rear divided T4 flange and 60mm gate and as always - nothing is easy because racecar 🙄

No stock engine is reliable up there but it can be on the edge of reliable if your not belting on the track 24/7 and you have the oil situation sorted You dont need cams for anything really but it makes it more efficient and effective But yes on the edge at that power level where they may or may not be advantageous vs response etc 350rwkw ish is perfect and very fast car for street and even track if you set it up for that As someone who put a good 5 holes in the side of stock bottom end blocks its usually either the rods/ rod bolts that go or the bearings due to insufficient oil system And then after all this your going to have to have your tuna manage your torque because your going to want to mash your foot on the loud pedal and it has to not knock the tyres off to go fast fwd not nowhere

Ran these on my track car for years. Good construction etc as you stated and few little quirks to getting everything to fit but are good and solid. One things is I found they chewed tyres because of the ackerman when cornering, this experience is track only related

Yeop sure did. Awesome sauce glad he had some left! You get level 2 or 3 logging?

As above Selling brand new pair of Kelford 182 - S Cams for Rb26 or non vct Rb25 - $850 Pair of brand new black PRP adj Cam Gears with alloy outter $450 pair RB26 Cam Cover powder coated black In Perth

I dont actually know yet, as undefined as it is, I think its when the combination of time, effort and $ vs its ability to fulfil my personal drive / challenge to go fast or get better and the want to build and maintain what I consider to be a pretty cool car...tips on the negative decent crash and Im done dont like it that much to rebuild 😅 na more of Tassie Mode Agree though yeah about neo head spec with vct Yes I have alot of his setup and IP in mine and now his old Rb2.7 billet. He has developed a proven package that just works and actually just gives a sh*t and wants people to go fast Along with the guys running my car over here now who are awesome its a solid team

crazy how that works hey ... can you guess who helps me develop my car ? to be honest just challenge myself .....which in my current chosen discipline is just go as fast as possible probably until Ive reached my limit, something happens that I dont want to do it anymore or change direction Will apply for WTAC '23 and aim to drive some different tracks over time to get out of little old Perth

Updating to a Motec M150 GPRP Pro package with all the gear to try and manage this thing moving forward and help a rank amateur like myself to extract the most I can out of this car eventually this is going to pretty much require a full car rewire but given the first incarnation of the car was 8 years ago with just a basic package you know what its like when you start adding this and splicing that etc everything just gets outdated and messy. This will go in very soon and be coupled with a new hot side of Artec exh mani and G35 1050 thats been sitting on the shelf for a while

Billet: 60 deg oil and water and send it Other thing to consider is cast blocks other than potential cracking and splitting bores which is just a flip of a coin is keeping the head on. 11mm head studs vs 1/2" needed to keep a head on properly and not really enough material in the cast blocks to keep 1/2" safe n sound for too long Btw talking consistant big power applications

I have this head drain on my engine setup. It was already on the complete engine I bought when I got it. We used the oil drain line to the sump and blocked the water line, others that run the same setup mine is based off for motorsport use and recommend the water line. Btw - I have a spare brand new one for sale if you want it 😄

^^ twas my experience also like for like cars only difference was greddy vs my plasmaman topmount as similar result My old plasmaman seems to still be doing the job 🙃 just not as cool these days

Also just remembered 🤪 I have this kit on my current engine setup as I run the dry sump belt inclusive of the P/s pump many high HP and revving Rb's running this setup on track

I did this on my drift car with rb25det long time before this fancy stuff came out I used an offset rb30 idler situation but 100% solved my belt spitting problems

Ive had that plenum on forever since there wasnt many options and from my experience Ive seen better torque and similar power with nearly every incarnation of diff setups Ive had along the way vs similar .. and then you calcuate the $ spend vs any marginal benefit of the newer ones also... disclaimer on sub 600hp setups Tbh now... its just a $ elsewhere first thing to improve the car other places and get it to the track I do want to change it though just because But when one of the better rb builders and tuners around atm says its completely fine and wont stop you making everything we'll need... it will stay at the back of the list for now Torque mapping just used to get the engine up to speed as quick as possible / inputting desired torque level with being within the tyre slip window and not blowing the tyres off for the turbo taking over for the power in higher rpm This plenum will still let us do all that This will live between 5k to 8.5k rpm and new turbo combo 5 to 9k so response as such not needed but its also there If i stuff it 😆

thats says and covers I think 😅 thanks was hetic for sure 100% agree I think most of us would agree racing is racing but without mates there and helping and all kinds of things we'd be stuffed half the time and it would be as good either Im still blown away at how much effort gets put in so I can go race while this seems like a big flashy car etc and might well be, this is not a cheque book workshop build (as such) we did 70% of this in my garage at home and then when at the workshop I played courier, cleaner and tool passer etc all late into the night there with them like you guys would ... you put in the effort yourself and look after those that help you and it goes along way ! he does .... and alot of other things also. very knowledgeable and helpful (for the right people ha) and has been a huge help in the recent development of the car over and above just all the shiney bits yeah I did question it years ago when it was done but went with what I was given now much better amazing the difference in VCT and small cams (260 poncams) vs no VCT and big cams (278 kelfords) drivability especially out of corners with the mapping etc vs throttle blaa blaaa is so much better

thanks ! yeah they did change the throttle / pedal situation to prob somewhat what youve just outlined, didnt have a chance to get into details yet so much going on its extremely drivable compared to what Ive had previously even at significantly more HP now Im used to having to feather onto the throttle coming out of corners due to the ramp up etc but dont have to now so will have to learn to get onto throttle earlier on apex not after this is with a borrowed Motec M130 also new M150 with pro torque mapping etc package incoming Below is like for like new vs old motor biggest things I think being higher compression, smaller cams and adding back VCT that I didnt have before as last tuner took it out

Build / events/ story this will be a condensed version because a million things have happening in the last 3 weeks After making the car pretty and complete above went for a private test day to get back in the seat - limited laps due to time running out but sorted alot of gremlins and tweeks out and could tell the car felt more balanced and was happy to end the day with some good runs End of that week I went down to our other track at Collie for a round of our state sprint series - the track is more technical and good corner flows hadnt driven the long track basically - by the end of the day was starting to get a handle on the track and car ended up getting class win and 2nd overall to a radical We'd had a good day and thought we'd do one more session and go home not doing the last session but on the last lap - bang ... the death rattle what turned out to be a rod bolt failure and put a hole in both sides of the block With WA Time attack only 13 days way that we were gearing up for this was not great at all let alone blowing the engine fullstop WA Time attack is our premier event for what I want to race in and being in little old Perth its hard to get anywhere else to race with ease so we try to work towards this as our big event for the year All the round abouts and stories in between but basically we decided to have a crack at getting a billet engine in the hole for the event as this was our next move and a long term solution anyway - it was just being accelerated time wise Pulling out and cleaning dry sump lines/ system and 12ltrs + of oil off a car is not a fun job especially in a time crunch but we got to it We decided due to time constraints etc we would just run the old turbo setup as that would be bolt on and no fab needed so we stayed with that finally got the thing in the hole and base idling with 2 days to go Tune the next day everything went well and the result surprised us This is a Nitto RB2.7 running 11:1 compression with a full house Neo head and the little Gen II GTX 3582 pumped out the powas making 845 rwhp on the hubber at 33psi Next day was full prep mode late into the night but we got it done The first 2 sessions we battled engine cutting out with fuel cut issues, then we broke a suspension part the guys got to it Eventually we got a lap in won the event and put down a time attack lap record that Ive been chasing for a while Will just keep chipping away at the things we have planned and get more seat time as have to learn to drive the car as the way its tuned now is very different with throttle and way the power comes on etc which will be a good challenge as a driver to be able to push this to 10 tenths again will be fun One of the bigger things to come out of this for me is the car doesnt overheat at all the introduction of the new PWR crossflow rad and the Plasmaman cooler has just been awesome with lower IAT and resulting overall lower temps for everything therefore better engine performance has been great

how good is it when the car just works ! well done mate alot of hard work to get it there tough good times on track though

From here I dont know to be honest I didnt expect to have the engine I have and that result from my old turbo I bought the G35 1050 9 + months ago to go in a cast 9:1 rb28 with rb25 head converted to solid I was going to build to get a nice 800hp ish due to many factors Ive just put in a Billet Nitto 2.7 with full racehead at 11:1 and got that results because I had to make an event and didnt have time to put the new turbo setup on (needed fab) So spose id expect a little bit more, a newer turbo (time use wise) and be able to live in a higher rpm range a bit better which is where this needs to be run ?

Very different engines and also different goals though But yes it did surprise

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Not a G series so dont know if its wanted in here? If not can post in dyno results, but thought it might be of interest to show the actual capacity to move air of the Gen ll GTX3582 when pushed a bit and right everything behind it Not front loaded for mass response and specific for circuit car with sequential Rb2.7 neo head vct high compression 845 rwhp at 33psi 8500rpm hub dyno Dont get too technical on me I just drive and its fast it was more for interest sake of those whom might care 😄 G35 1050 1.01 to come soon

mine will be going on in the next month or so ish by March latest think by powers of deduction we might have same tuner also unfortunately mine wont be back to back as im changing turbos also