Wogan

do you have full comp? ... mine also looks like a golf ball, but i've only got 3rd party fire n theft :*(

anyone wanna take my car there for me? :*( i'm goin away for that weekend, but i'd love to know if my car is running as rich as i think it is.

Hey all, sorry to post something which has probably been asked before, but i've searched and can't find anything. I've just taken my spoiler off (32 gtr) to re-paint it (the clear coat has been bubbling off pretty bad in the sun). When i took it off, the rubber seals that it sat on got nicely destroyed, so just wondering if anyone knows where to get new ones? or should i just buy some rubber from clark rubber and cut them myself? thanks! Steve

don't excessively lower your car, don't get a silly BOV and get a 2 muffler exhaust system and they'll leave you alone.. unless you drive like a tool and deserve to be pulled over i've only been pulled over once in my 32 and it was because i went around a corner rather fast.. i deserved it.. the officer was reasonable and just told me to be more careful.. left me on my way.

i know this says "pics only" but i figured this is the best place to post a little vid of myself on the RAC skid pan...

man i've had 2 missfire issues with my rb20 over the last couple years... whenever you mention a missfire on here you get a million people saying coilpacks.... and while it is a somewhat common problem with skylines, it was never the solution for me and it's not necessarily the solution for you. my guess would be your crank angle sensor.. sounds very similar to when mine had problems.. but it's just that, a guess... could be a variety of things... best bet is take it to a garage that knows skylines and get them to tell you what the problem is.. will cost about 100 tops to find out what it is.. which is cheaper than trying 5 different things to fix it.

Hey all... Just wondering where to pick up some gaskets for my rb20 .... looking to get an exhaust manifold one and possibly some turbo gaskets... any recommendations?

- clear coat paint is bubbling off on the spoiler - some jerk scraped the front bumper with his car pretty bad - i think i broke the diff at the RAC skid pan on the weekend ><

hey Neil, if you're interested you can lend me that tape and i'll digitize it at my work.. maybe chop a little montage together if i get some spare time.

yeah was a great day.. good people and great driving.

folded over gaffa tape is so awesome it could cure cancer!

zomg if only i was a SAUWA member!!!.. oh wait - what's that yellow bar over there? nice pics btw

that'd be awesome thanks mate.. once my car is working again i'll come pick it up.

nah Andrew didn't say anything about it being laggy.. only commented on the power dropping off saying i had a flow restriction, but i'm pretty sure the restriction is the turbo.. i've replaced pretty much everything else in the air flow path. i've got the car pulled apart at the moment so i'll check out the actuator and make sure it is letting the wastegate close completely when i put it back on... guess i'll look into an EBC then since the general consensus is that i'll get on boost about a thousand rpm earlier. thanks all

thanks guys.. the more cars i can compare it to the better.. gives me a good idea as to whether mine is normal or a problem.

no i haven't.. that's probably a good idea. I have tried 2 different turbos and 2 different dump pipes in my tuning adventures, but both turbos and both dump pipes gave identical results. One thing i was considering trying was next time i get it on the dyno, disconnecting the actuator all together and giving it a run (obviously stopping as soon as the boost gets to 15psi) and seeing when it comes on boost completely un-wastegated .. should be a good indication of how much better it *could* be

i'm just using a just-jap 3" dump / front pipe.. not great, but should still be good enough for my low-end horsepower ambitions.. I'm actually fitting an extractor style manifold soon as my current one is leaking and it was about the same price to buy a new one than to get this one fixed... maybe that will help slightly, but probably not enough. I've also heard there are dodgey things you can do to reduce wastegate creep like using a long hose from the intake to the actuator.. but i don't think i'll be doing that

yeah the actuator controls the wastegate.. but the actuator on the rb20 is completely mechanical (no solenoid or anything) so i can't set the trim since i don't have an EBC (yet) manual controllers try and reduce this creep by using a restriction on the hose to the actuator.. it does work in theory, but i'm wondering how effectively (if at all) my particular boost controller reduces this creep. I'm mainly looking for other people running rb25 turbos on their rb20 to see at what rpm they reach full boost using which boost controller. thanks!

Hi all.. My 32 has a similar setup to many many other 32's in that i've got a series 1 r33 rb25 turbo on my rb20. I'm running 14psi and i'm pretty happy with the power it's producing, however it seems quite laggy for such a small upgrade in turbo. I hit full boost around 4500rpm which is still usable, but i have seen dyno sheets from other cars (Bubba's springs to mind) with the same setup but reaching full boost closer to 3500rpm. The only difference i can see is that i'm running a manual boost controller as opposed to an EBC.. could this delay in full boost be caused by wastegate creep which would be eliminated by an EBC or is it something else? * i should clarify what i define as "wastegate creep" since i have heard other people define it differently: as the wastegate is a mechanical device, it begins to open slightly as the car comes onto boost. eg: rb20 actuator is 10psi for fully open, however when you're at 5psi the wastegate would be slightly open due to the pressure.. not enough to open fully but a little. EBC's try to eliminate this by not letting any pressure reach the actuator till the boost is close to the desired target, thus keeping the wastegate fully closed for as long as possible the manual boost controller i'm using is one of these: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/go...ntr-t73375.html other mods i have are: apexi pod filter silicone induction pipe greddy fmic 3" full zorst nistune ECU etc etc So yeah.. just wondering if it's worth me picking up an EBC or not... will i see the boost come on any earlier?

Hi all, After doing some street tuning of my mate's WRX with a link ECU, i've decided i want to do some tuning on my car. I've got NIStune board in my car which has been tuned a couple times by a local garage, but i've never been completely satisfied with the results (especially since i saw how poor the tune was on my mate's car) Just wondering if anyone is interested in sharing an "individual" license for the software.. it's $200 for a license, which allows the tuning of up to 5 different boards. Since I only want to tune 1 board, and i figure there are others out there who also only want to tune their own board... may as well share. anyway if there's much response i'll look into tking the nxt step edit: or if anyone has a license and is willing to share with me that'd be cool also

Hi mate, having a few concerns before installing the Bosch "H3C" kit you sent me. Firstly the box claims to be made in germany but the package was posted in china. Secondly the english in the instruction manual is pretty poor and the "C" in "H3C" is hand written in pen. Thirdly the adapter to connect the existing plug in the headlight to the ballast is missing (circled in red in the diagram below) and lastly the distance between the connector plate on the globe and the globe itself is different to the H3C globes in my car already which i assume matters in projector style headlights. I'm sure i could easily modify my setup to match, but before i do i want to ensure that i've got the correct thing. I'd rather not modify it since i would like to have the option of returning to the original setup in the future.

could be the CAS .. i had that problem once...

well if you insist... the only quote i use from F&F is when Paul Walker rocks up with the busted up Supra and tells them to pop the hood and the lil mechanic dude goes: "woah 2JZ engine, no shit!" ... i just reckon it's hilarious... these guys are meant to be car people, but they're surprised to see a 2jz in a supra. oh.. and my favourite movie for good quotes is Fight Club... too many to mention

i'm always up for some AHG

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