Jimz

Hi everyone, My girlfriend bought me a Turbosmart Dual Stage Boost Controller for my birthday. She thought since I speak about my car so much and is jealous that I love my 33 more than her lol that she'd go to autobarn and buy me it. However, I have an eboost street and she said she bought it coz I was talking about a boost controller the other night with my old man. If she had of listened better I was talking to him about upping the boost once the car is run in.lol I cannot return it as the dick from the shop (will not name store for privacy, etc)will not return it as she has lost the receipt. It is brand new and in the box, still has bubble wrap on it. Will only accept COD or you can come pick up, etc. She paid $279 for it, however, I will be happy with $250. I think this is a fair price considering they average $265 on eBay and you have to pay postage on top as well. Please PM me if you're interested. Thank you very much.

Cool thanks mate.

Thanks for that. I haven't uploaded anything before or posted anything. Not sure how to move this post to that part of the forum. Cheers mate.

Hi everyone, My girlfriend bought me a Turbosmart Dual Stage Boost Controller for my birthday. She thought since I speak about my car so much and is jealous that I love my 33 more than her lol that she'd go to autobarn and buy me it. However, I have an eboost street and she said she bought it coz I was talking about a boost controller the other night with my old man. If she had of listened better I was talking to him about upping the boost once the car is run in.lol I cannot return it as the dick from the shop (will not name store for privacy, etc)will not return it as she has lost the receipt. It is brand new and in the box, still has bubble wrap on it. Will only accept COD or you can come pick up, etc. She paid $279 for it, however, I will be happy with $250. I think this is a fair price considering they average $265 on eBay and you have to pay postage on top as well. Please PM me if you're interested. Thanks

Any updates on the build? Lots of money being spent here. All your components for your head (super tech) and so on, very top quality and expensive. Have the same on my rb25. Would like to see how it's come together. Good luck buddy.

I too tend to find the comment of "forged engine" very funny. Many of my mates say "oh yeh, my cuz has forgies, etc, it means he's engine has heaps of power, bla bla bla." I just humour them and agree. But what they fail to understand is that "forging" is just the process of making the metal part, i.e. a piston. It is the process of compacting (pressing down) aka dropped forged, a piece of metal to shape it into a piece/part. It does not in any way "make power". What people don't realise is that forged internals exist from factory.lol The factory made components in engines have all gone through a process known as liquid forging or cast forging. The difference is that, dropped forging ensures 99.9% of the metal molecules are "stressed" in the same way through the manufacturing process and liquid forged tend to have molecules heavily separated, etc. this is why most liquid forged or cast items cannot withstand the pressures that most dropped forged components do. This, however, does not necessarily means the factory items are bad in any way. I.e my r33 has been completely rebuilt (will post thread in next few weeks) and when searching for parts, I tended to seek manufacturing processes. I chose to replace the parts since I saved my pennies and start a project with my father who has been a mechanical engineer for 35 years, however, the stock bottom end of the rb25det is strong to 500hp reliably everyday. My pistons are JE custom made to my specification of compression ratio of 8.6:1 and they are definitely not liquid forged items. They are billeted aluminium dropped forged blanks that have been CNC machined to near perfect thresholds. Just my two cents anyway.

Hey buddy, sorry to burst your bubble, but the RB25DET does have oil squirters. They are in the bore and are used for lubrication and for crown cooling. By the way, I would have gone with JE Pro Series Pistons if you had the dosh. I am using them in my current rebuild as they come standard with Nitrite coated rings and tool steel gugeon pins. I chose Manley H-Beam rods with ARP 2000 rod bolts.

Im in boys. Please keep us informed so we know if this is acually happening. It would be good to meet other members so I can become more active within the club :-)

Hi Guys, excuse the ignorance as I don't really come on that often and haven't used the threads to post anything. I regularly visit Wakefield Park raceway with a private group, however, I want to join SAU on this day and check out all the machines that will be on display. How do I do this? I drive a R33 GTS-T and would like to put it on the track for this event, etc. Who do I have to contact? Thanks for your help... By the way, I regularly see skylines with SAU stickers and stuff on their cars. I would like to know how I get one, etc. I have been a member for a while, although not that active due to work constraints. I am a big skyline fan and have been for years, I have owned my R33 for the last 7 years. Thanks again.