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R33 gts pods on gtr Hi all, Does anyone know if the rear pods on an r33 gtst fit on a gtr? Or if the rear bars are the same as if they are then the pods should be interchangeable... Thanks!

Hi Ryan, You have a PM incoming.

Odd... Alternatively email works well - delvance0 at gmail dot com (that's a zero after delvance)

I have a track oriented series 1.5 silver (kl0) with 300+rwkw. Feel free to message me if you can sway yourself away from series 2 white.

PM incoming re RPM harness.

Why not just run a HG highflow for 300rwkw+ on e85. Will likely need to ditch the return cooler per HG's testing. Injectors will need upsizing. Replace the avcr with something that allows gain adjustment, as you're loosing precious turbo response/ramp there. Might need a new clutch too, to hold power... depends what you already have. And maybe coilpacks if yours won't fire under high boost. GL

Recaro sold pending pickup. Head and cams still available.

Full details on head and cams here. That's where i got it from. http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/455640-rb25det-r33-head-with-tomei-cams/?hl=%2Btomei#entry7533567

Hey all, Have a Recaro SR3 on a bride rail to fit r32, r33, cefiro, laurel etc (driver) Don't have pics yet but it's clean and no rips etc. Looks like this one http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5QiW8I73Uw/T6p-3Av9RhI/AAAAAAAACxE/nE--sl5MdhU/s320/5_sr3sbs1_2.jpg After $500, not really negotiable. Also have a head with tomei poncams in it that i'm selling unfortunately due to change with plans for my car. The cam key snapped off when previous owner had problems with cas but doesn't affect anything. Head and cams $600 firm Located sydney, kirrawee. cheers.

Rego'd R33 gtst Unopened 25. Mixed pads on stock calipers. Semi stripped half cage. Coils/arbs 300rwkw 1:08.8 @ Wakefield park

Ouch! =/ Have a 1/2kg one within reach even with race harness one but have lately been thinking it should be swapped to at least 1kg...

Thanks for the feedback hardsteppa! The fender braces is definitely on my to do list...seems easy enough to do and actually does something. I'll be looking to get these: http://www.rhdjapan.com/nagisa-auto-gacchiri-support-front-fender-brace-nissan.html

Hey all, after bracing (underbody, body, behind panels etc) for an r33 gtst. I already have half cage, in boot rear strut brace and front brace so won't need those thank you. If you have a 3 point front strut, i might be interested though. Let me know what you have and pricing and i'll check it out cheers.

Hey guys, Recently did some bracing and a half cage for my 33 gtst and this has increased rigidity/feedback from primarily the rear of the vehicle which is great, but now making the front lacking. Have always felt the 33 front to be mush but it is now really highlighted, pushing me to do something about it sooner than later. Currently front end only has the nismo strut brace. Has anyone done any seam welding around the front half of the car to help rigidity ? Any opinions/feedback on it and recommendations where to seam weld exactly ? Also looking for any form of front bracing etc as well, so if there's any feedback/opinion on that, i'm all ears. Car is street rego'd so not going full cage. Primary use is track however. Circuit car, not drifter. Front grip level is 245/45/17 nitto nt01, ARB coilovers etc etc. Cheers P.s. i currently am thinking of getting the front fender braces, and maybe welding some form of bar across the front two hooks to further tie the chassis rail ends together ?

Super keen. Viewing on phone.. Where are you located? I'll shoot a pm too

Pm'd

Here's mine in current guise.. still street rego'd but only driven once a week or so. Much more fun on track

$30 for the boots posted to Sydney ? Cheers.

Thanks for the replies everyone! Have booked the car in at east coast suspension to get it all properly sorted and also corner weighting. I've told them how the car behaves and what i want it to do. Following the advice, i haven't purchased any arms but am considering the cusco front upper arm purely for camber adjustment. I just had a look at the car and the front camber from my eye appears to be over 2 degree neg already though.. Will grab the subframe bushing collars tomorrow and install them though. For spring rate, it's the BC BR coilovers so spring rates will be the 8/6kg standard on them. Swaybars are whiteline adjustable units and currently on the softer settings - have asked eastcoast to look at this during the setup. I didn't have it on the more aggressive settings as wasn't sure if it was a good idea to force the bar around to reach those holes... Front caster currently is on 7degrees posi, via offset bushes. From what i've read this seems to be pretty ok but i'll keep an eye out for a good deal on tension rods. Yes, diff is shimmed fairly tight (so violent on the street haha...), it was a stop gap measure as at the time i didn't have money for a proper mech diff.. thanks for reminding me Roy , gotta add this back to the list. Definitely try and drive the wheels off the car when on track, previous turbo blew on track Thanks again everyone

Thanks for the replies Zebra and Duncan! Regarding tires, i forgot to mention i'd like to stay on the nt-01s... so far the car has been roll on and off track with no hardware changes and wanting to keep it that way. I can't afford to run the a050's on the street haha however am happy running the nt-01's on the streets when i do (once a week or so) drive the car. Yes, very aware of Richo's 33 and have been following that closely - i sent him a PM earlier. Think i'm in love haha Will look into the adjustable bushes thank you - though i think the end price of doing adjustable bushes vs arms might be the same? Point taken on arms breaking though - that would suck!! I was looking at the gktech brand which seem to be decent rep and quality/strength. Now i'm off to drive the thing to go get pies

Hi SAU, Once again looking for your expert advice I'm chasing lap times in an r33 gtst, specifically at wakefield park in nsw (i'm on a personal quest so no instructors and car must remain street rego'd) At last outting, it got 1:09.6 and was good for 9 flat or really high 8 but i ran outta fuel =/ Vital specs during this outting were: -gt2871r for 260rwkw -bc br coilovers (has not been corner weighted yet) -adjustable front/rear swaybars and f/r strut bars -minor weight reduction -Hicas lockbar and fairly tight shimmed diff -Usual minor brake upgrades like pads,rotors,lines, standard calipers -gtr spoiler set to max, no front undertray, raised bonnet -Nitto nt-01 245/45 on 8" front, 255/40 on 9" rear -Mild alignment (from memory, around 1.8 neg camber front, 1.6 neg camber rear, castor at 7 degree via offset bushes, 0.7mm toe out per side front, 0.5mm toe in per side rear). Car still has all stock arms Since then, the car blew the turbo so that was replaced and is now running bit over 300rwkw, rear tire replaced with 275/45 on the same 9" wheel... I'm wanting to get into low 8's or maybe really high 7's and now wanting to dial in a much more aggressive alignment and realise i need to get a bunch of arms for this? QUESTION: What arms do i need to get for roughly what alignment and are there any other mods or setup i should change ? Or do all the factory arms do a reasonable job and i'm wasting my time doing all/some of them ?? Is there anything else i should be looking at ? I'm aware of the need for f/r undertray and will have a go making some out of signboard when i'm bored... I've been thinking of doing subframe bush collars as well, if that makes any difference. Car will be getting 'set-up' at east coast suspension properly if arms were to be done etc. THANKS TL;DR Wants much fast, is suspension arms gud and which ones to buy/adjust? Or save moneyz

Hey Stao, Finally got around to fitting a 21U highflow i bought off you half a year ago as the gt2871rs finally died from track abuse lol. Couldn't be happier with performance. Similar (and i think slightly better) response than a gt2871rs but much stronger mid and top end when on hi boost. Final figures were 21psi for 305rwkw track friendly tune, wastegate pressure gave 270rwkw which was around 18-19psi. Tuner mentioned he was very surprised by the turbo and impressed with the smoothness/power delivery. I'd offer dyno printout but we tuned it on crap road tires and high boost just ended up wheelspinning on the dyno haha, causing a really jagged powerline. Will also mention power comes on much more progressive than my old turbo, so much so that even at high boost, my car grips 2nd with no fuss and this is all on a circuit setup so camber, toe, stiffer springs/dampers etc. Thank you

Well done everyone! It's been great following sau's progress in the series.

Interested to hear how you go with this upgrade ? Only because i used to have a 350gt with the brembos and they underwhelmed me... this was with proper bleed/dot 4 fluid and TRW lucas pads and good tires.

I'm using bcs and am really happy with them.. Car's not bouncy at all? With dampers on softest it's actually really comfortable to me. Have also been impressed with their on track performance. Oh, and I basically threw away a full set of bilstein shocks and hks springs before installing the bcs. Granted the shocks were nearing rebuild time though.