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  1. Kisuu_Buta
    It's coming together nicely mate. That exhaust looks the goods! As for how loud it will be... If its anything like what my straight through is your going to be a very happy man! haha
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    Better late than never update!, the engine was run in on the dyno and the tune was completed with the Caltex Eflex. The final figure was 460hp (343kw) on 20psi using Eflex. Once its done a few kilometres we'll see if more dyno time nets a higher figure than that. But for now I'm very happy with it, the overall feeling compared to the rb20 is that it's torquey and really nice to drive off boost. On boost it just pulls and pulls. I've never driven anything with more than 300hp so its def a new experience for me! The 'street' exhaust was hanging quite low and needed to be raised up. Nathan worked his magic a new mount was added and the flange modified to bring it closer to the subframe. The tip was replaced with a new 3.5 inch piece which finished it off nicely! I took the car for a run in/fun drive yesterday. I went over Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious and all the way out to the Brisbane Valley Highway and back. It's a really great drive I’m sure many local Brisbane people will have done it. There are a few things still to be sorted, but overall I’m very happy with it and the way it drives. I'll try and update with some better pics in the future.
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    The wastegate spring was changed to the 14psi today and the car was run at 16psi. It made just over 400hp (300kw) on 98 octane. Tom it will be run on Caltex Eflex and 20 to 25psi! woohoo
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    I'm using a Haltech, they offer a Skyline R32/33 specific computer. The main engine harness (which would normally plug into your factory computer) simply plugs in + a vacuum line. The reasons for the Haltech was that I felt the new forged motor deserved a high quality computer to manage it. It was recommended by two separate workshops as the best option for me. And also because of the ability to use E85 the flex fuel sensor (Yes I know other ECU's offer the same benefit). Generally the best option is to choose the Management your Tuner uses and recommends. That's also prob the best person to talk to about wether its worth you using something like this or something simpler This is the Dash which you can attach to the computer and something I'll be adding when I go track only with my car. Have a look at their website and http://www.haltech.com/ and the Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/haltechecu for some great information
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    Cheers, its stupidly loud under load with this exhaust on it. I have a Cat and Muffler for the street! Got onto the Dyno today for some running in and starting the tune. The wastegate had a 7psi spring in it which limited any power runs. I'm hoping tom the 14psi spring can be fitted. It made 278hp (207kw) on 7.5psi haha baby steps!
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    Nice work mate, looking good!! I can see the modified loom there aswell, its a lot smaller than the standard one. When do you start plumbing in the fuel system?
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    A big Thank you to John and Skinny from Next Up Performance https://www.facebook.com/pages/Next-Up-Performance/163663657147931 for putting together a lot of the most important new area's of the car. I also want to thank Nathan of Fabulous Fabrications https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabulous-Fabrications/172142296162949 for his excellent fab work and patients. It's all come together really well and I am very happy with everything. The Battery is mounted to the boot floor using a sheet of alloy similar to the one used in the surge tank mount. I have kept the battery box complete with a lid as it looks neat. This is the complete fuel system. The surge tank was modified for the dual pump set up. More of Nathan's Welding skills! Here are the new 1000cc injectors in the Plazmaman rail. I got it outside for a long overdue wash! And It runs! (Apologies for the video quality was actually shot using a small potato...) I'm using a Haltech R32/R33 plug in computer, hoping tuning will be all ok for next week.
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    I fitted up the new rail to see how it would look? Bloody awesome is the answer! And a quick pick of the outside, complete with the mandatory dicks drawn in the dust... Can't wait to give it a wash!
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    New billet Plazmaman fuel rail, the quality is incredible. The fitting kit has all of the hardware. I can't wait to see installed with the injectors!
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    Looking good man. You must have been pumped if all of the Aeroflow stuff arrived at once! I have been ticking really similar goals off on my build. Looks like its all coming together!
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    Funny you should ask, I got it from a fellow SAU member. It's made by HPI you can buy them from Nengun and Just Jap http://justjap.com/index.php/engine/engine-accessories/hpi-clear-timing-belt-cover-nissan-rb20-rb25.html Cheers man, It's really coming together now. I can't wait for the first start and tuning! I'm looking forward to driving it most of all. It's been way too long. Thanks for the feedback dude, I'll try and get some video's for the thread when it's up and running. A new plazmaman fuel rail and 1000cc injectors have been ordered. The inlet manifold had to come off because I have lost the bolts for it... The only thing in this whole build which has been misplaced. While its off it will get bead blasted to match to finish of the turbo. This is how the dump pipe looks now that its been heat wrapped. I have been really fussy with this. I'm hoping it will pay off and keep the under bonnet down.
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    Some more of Nathan's amazing work. It's getting closer to being finished. I have booked myself a spot on the Morning Drift session at QR on August 19th. So I'm counting down the days for that! It still needs a few things to be done, but not long now!
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    Cheers man, I'm still not sold on the size of the tyres, but its more about grip and learning how the car behaves (its a very drift orientated setup) with its new found power. The skirts are by First Molding the aero is called 'More Collage' http://www.firstmolding.com/nissan/r32/r32.html they were already on the car when I first got it. Sadly I have done a lot of damage to the drivers side skirt so I'm not sure if it will survive! It might be more cost effective to replace it?? Yeah the Fabrication has been really good, I’m loving seeing it all come together. Hopefully not long now!
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    Here are some shots of the new dump pipe. Nathan@Fabulous Fabrications has been doing amazing work. I couldn't be happier with everything so far! This will end up being heat wrapped so its nice to see the craftsmanship before it's hidden! A quick shot of the new tyres which I fitted this morning. Hoping these will be giving me lot's of Grip!
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    I've had a bit of a minor set back, I bought a second Bosch 044. It turned out to be a f@#@King fake! I should have known it was too good to be true... I'm getting my money back from the gutless dog c*nt. He wont admit that he sells fakes! Arseholes like that shit me to tears. Anyway on to better news! I bought some new oil for the gearbox (yes its cheaper to buy one large bottle, I already had 1 small leftover)l, dash 10 braided hose for the oil cooler and the fittings I need for the fuel system, more heat reflective covering for the tappet cover and the bonnet and a new coil pack harness. This is the finished turbo back together, the front cover has had a 90 deg elbow added to move the silicone away from the manifold and it was also bead blasted for a uniform finish. The manifold has been wrapped to futher control the radiant heat. The front castor arm brackets have been boxed and joined, basically copying a Nismo power brace design. Please excuse the terrible glare in the second picture! Tomorrow I will be fitting up some new tyres. I'm interested to see how the car behaves with these. I've heard good things about them! It's all coming together now. I'm hoping to gets some good pics of the finished engine bay up for you in the next week or two. Thanks again for reading!
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    Part Six Fabrication, Heat coating and heat insulation mods The car is having new intercooler and intake pipe work made and a new dump/wastegate by Nathan @Fabulous Fabrications. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabulous-Fabrications/172142296162949 The compressor cover also got a 90deg elbow welded on to move the silicone further away from the radiant heat of the manifold. During the fabrication of the dump pipe, it was found that the old wastegate (turbosmart Progate 48) was going to be too big to fit in the space available. It's very important to have the gate sitting as close as possible to the merge collector. This picture show the old wastegate position on the side of the collector. It is harder to control the gas from this position as you are basically 90 deg to the flow so you can use a couple of different options twin gates, a big 50/60mm gate or.. Run the wastegate from the exhaust housing, which will look like this! The wastegate pipe will run parallel to the dump pipe and join lower down. To control the radiant heat coming from the manifold/exhaust housing/wastegate I decided to have them heat coated black (I'll also be wrapping the dump pipe). I bought some heat reflective adhesive covering which I have applied to the strut tower. Later I'll add it to the cam cover under the wastegate and the bonnet above the exhaust housing. Wether this will actually do anything at all is hard to judge until its running, but still I'm learning and might change things if I find they're not effective! The finished manifold! Lastly this is the new gktech fan which I'll be running (fitted backwards derp!) The cooling system will be a 40mm Alloy radiator, N1 water pump and rb26 water pump pulley (bigger than rb25), Nismo thermostat, black silicone radiator hoses and also underneath the inlet manifold the r33 heat exchanger has been removed in favour of an rb20 filter housing and rb25de hoses. Pretty basic setup, but hopefully effective enough to deal with qld summer driving. The bonnet vent will also now actually vent hot air from behind the fan as before it was effectively blocked by the intercooler pipe. Next post will update the changes I'm making to the fuel system and oil cooler! Thanks again for reading!
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    Thanks mate, yes I have a GReddy plenum for it. And thank you for the S14 throttle cable advice. Thanks for the kind words, hoping to keep the updates flowing. Thanks man! It's been getting better as I have been modifying each area of the car. The idea was to make sure the rest of the car was capable of handling a power increase. The basically standard braking setup will get some changes soon also. Bought myself some new parts for the build; Gktech fan and adapter, radiator cap, clutch fork pivot, new 02 sensor and some sweat bands for the reservoirs. 4 inch wide flange and 7 inch long filter to match the intake pipe, part number is RF1015 for anyone interested.
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    Part five RB25 and new Clutch in, New fuel system, Oil and Water lines After finishing the long motor I was pretty excited to get the new engine into the car. I had the starter and alternator reconditioned. They weren't looking too bad but I'm trying to make sure everything has a higher standard for the new motor. I have been really happy with my Jim Berry Full Monty, so I decided to upgrade to the Super Monty as I will be putting down a lot more power and torque with the new motor!! Jim put together a new clutch plate and swapped me over to a 4400lbs diaphragm. Absolute legend and I recommend Race Clutch to anyone in need of a good clutch setup! After a bit of swearing and fretting it all fits nice and snug! I can't even tell you how happy I was that it was finally fitted into the engine bay! F@#k YEAH! The next step was to upgrade the fuel system and make up some new Oil and Water lines for the turbo. Somewhere in all of this I have changed my wheels. I'm now running SSR professor SP1 17x9.5 +12 all round. The fuel system now consists of a Walboro in tank lift pump, a single Bosch 044, Surge tank, twin feed and single return dash 6 speedflow 200 series lines. At the front of the car i'm using Id 725cc injectors and a turbosmart 1200 fuel pressure reg. The new oil and water for the turbo are Speedflow 200 series and all have heat insulation to protect them. I think the power steering set-up and coolant hoses will need to be improved and or protected as they sits close to the new manifold/dump pipe and use rubber and silicone. That's about all for the latest update. Can anyone help to recommend a new throttle cable?? I have been advised that s13/14/15 are longer than r32, can anyone confirm this?
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    Cheers man, It's coming along nicely. I'm getting pretty pumped to drive the bloody thing, it feel like years when in reality its only been months...
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    I've just spent the last hour or so reading through the whole thread from page one! I take my hat of to you mate, you have build yourself a really nice looking and handling 32. I've been building something similar myself, minus the hardcore jdm parts... so I really appreciate the time and money that you have invested! Mr Streeter must love getting emails from you!!! Please keep the updates coming.
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    Forgot about the rb20 coming out pictures bugger! Decided to sell the motor with turbo/loom etc, old gearbox and tailshaft together to motivate me to get the new engine in, and give me some extra dollars to spend. This is how the old motor looked before it came out. If I kept it I would have liked to make a shield for the pod. But that's something the new owner can worry about! It was actually much easier than I thought to get the old motor out, fluids, wiring loom, intake, exhaust, radiator The poor engine bay was pretty filthy, but nothing I couldn't attack with a gurney and elbow grease After a good clean, its no respray but it definitely an improvement. The next post should have some pics with the new motor in. Thanks for reading!
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    Nice work on all the sound removal mate. It looks like it was a pretty epic job! Good to see some more progress
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    Part four the RB25 build and RB20 out! After stripping down the new motor to a bare block, I decided that I would be forging the bottom end for strength. I decided do it once, do it properly... whilst trying to give myself a sensible budget. A good mate told me 'Whatever cost you have worked out, double it!' And he hasn't been wrong so far : ( I had a good look at the condition of the motor. The old bearing's were actually in really good health and if I was only doing a freshen up, it wouldn't have needed much more than new rings/ bearings a good hone and clean. But I wanted to be able to use the turbo to its potential, so built motor here I come! The first thing that I bought was a 32GTR crank which had been balanced, linished and had a collar fitted to it, the new motor was now officially a 2.6lt RB25. After doing some research I decided to buy the parts for the bottom end from the good old US of A, as the exchange rate was favourable and the cost undercut Aussie options by $200 to $300 even with postage. The danger in all of this was that customs would find and fine me for buying over the allowed $1000. It all worked out without any problems, I did feel some guilt for not buying in Aus. But I have bought a lot of parts since to make up for that! The new parts were CP 86.5mm pistons, Eagle H beam rods, ARP headstuds, Cometic 1.3mm Metal Headgasket, ACL race series main and big end bearings. I also started to buy the other supporting parts for the build, new genuine VRS kit, N1 water and Oil pumps, A billet gear for the oil pump, Nismo thermostat, Gates timing belt kit with new tensioners, Nismo engine mounts, a Ross tuffbond harmonic balancer, extended and baffled sump. The Block was sent to Chiton's Engineering here in Brisbane where it was; Acid bathed, Decked, Rebored to 86.5mm, plus some other details which I’m probably forgetting! The first thing I did was give the block a good clean with brake cleaner and paint it black using some VHT engine enamel. The bottom end was put together I have to say a huge thank you to Daniel and Jason for their help with this! I wasn't really very confident with ring gaps and bearing clearances so having someone with more knowledge and experience really helped! All of the machining work was absolutely spot on. I recommend Chilton's Engineering very highly for anyone in Brisbane needing engine machining work done. Finally the head was given a freshen up before being bolted onto the bottom end. It was stripped down hand ported, smoothing and enlarging the inlet ports and removing the factory exhaust port bumps/humps. It was was then sent away to be pressure tested, refaced, the oil galleries were cleaned, the valves relapped and finally new oem valve stem seals fitted. I decided to keep the factory hydraulic lifters in place as a solid lifter conversion wasn't in my budget. I fitted my ARP head studs and Cometic metal headgasket, torqued the head down. I had recently bought some HKS 256, 8.8mm inlet and 264deg, 9.0mm exhaust drop in cams as the final part of the bottom end. And here is the finished bottom end with the GReddy inlet, 6boost and turbo fitted!
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