Kinkstaah

Pretty sure the guy may be Ken M

I'd wager gamers aren't quite the same as people watching TV or watching people live the life they can't or won't for some reason. Kind of like me and this forum I'd really like to go to Nationals but lol greg car

Totes bumping yo

would they?

Spent entire yesterday removing shit to check torque on head studs. ARP specify 90ftlb.. Blueprint says 80.... Sad Then checked them...one was 80, some were over 90 and some were WAAAAAAAAAY less, like one full turn of torque wrench off. Sure is a good day for a drive today!

The only scenario where it MAY be worth it, is as above, you wanted a 4 door 34 (for the shape?), cause R34 GTR is very pricey. But the smarts is go sailing with a R33 GTR if you can, its just seriously the better option for reasons you don't know until you're like "oh shit why did I f**king do this holy f**k" There's a lot of debate on these forums about how to approach a lot of different things When EVERYONE says "sell the car and buy the proper platform" then yeah they're doing it for a reason

Neo from stagea. Expect headaches with tons of random shit. You are asking all the right questions, which means you will come to the conclusion that it is a bad choice. Walk away - get gtt for rwd with a fancy aftermarket traction control for grip, or go gtr. Path less travelled for a reason. Source: travelled the path

I have highly disposed of my income

It's always done it The cycle cannot be broken and my hard to read sentence is perfect! Looks to have spewed about 1L (after refilling the radiator after limping home) under some heavy driving. As to the "why?" or "how?" all signs that I can think of now point to something Engine'y

Dat great weather, prime time to go and start enjoying a car... ..shame I blew the head gasket/cracked the block/lifted the head 7000kms after paying 12k+ to get the engine re-assembled last night! the cycle cannot be broken

This is partly the reason I left my car there, sans engine. (and leave it at other places, too) If it gets in their way then they have to eventually put an engine in it See also: Car been off the road 2 weeks to get a radiator looked at because Greg™

Did mine fine frankly, was very impressed by how they removed and installed shit. If you give them enough space and trust them, they come up with some really good shit. I.e, engineering a flex plate from nothing for an Automatic transmission to 'make it work' which was pretty f**king beyond anything you'd expect from an engine shop. I called MV< who had made a R34 flexplate in the past who flat out said "nah mate not again nope" and there was no one else to call to get one made. So they made one. Well, too. Before and after with the same engine and same setup was night and day. 10/10 would recommend even though my engine build was a five figure number and I supplied all the parts.

The 2.3L Mustang would be an awesome car if people didn't think "aaargh its a mustang" Just add boost? The answer is clearly a 4L turbo engine

Yes to everything.

Thus I have extensive experience in workshops that are shit, my friend also.... prob spent more than your Lexus

Um Every suspension shop I have been to twice has done this, yes, all the good ones! Only one I have NOT had do this is Centerline cause lol, who would ever go to the west?

Tbh my car fell apart with a GTX3076R which maxes out at 400rwkw (on manual) because it was too responsive. Having to set a rev limit at 5900 rpm is kind of lol. Would suspect same issue with GTSS-s and a RB30, but maybe not. You gotta give it a go, and the turbos are already with the car so f**kit why not? I had other issues relating to dat dere 14s pass

I have a PS2000 but many of them have the feature, basically you can input criteria or safe operating ranges and if you exceed them you can have the engine respond. I.e cut all fuel, set a rev limit of 3k, pull timing, or any combination of them. In my case I have a wideband so it was a "Is my AFR leaner than 12.5 with boost higher than 1psi for longer than 1 second". Combined with auto logging if I'm above 70% throttle, it's pretty easy to determine through logs what happened and why. Can set it to trigger off oil pressure, fuel pressure, various temperatures, etc. Considering I was driving it just fine on that filter on E85 on many many dyno pulls, Deca day, Drag passes etc and this mysteriously started happening after I ran E85 after a tank or two of 98, AND had a clogged filter (replaced filter working fine now) then I can only hazard a guess that the swapping of fuels caused something to dislodge

Got fresh engine, (i.e so no carbon anywhere) running on E85 for awhile since runin (10,000kms?) Put a tank or two of 98 in, to satisfy demons in case of evil e85 doing e85y things. Put E85 back in after sufficient demon-cleansing time ton of shit in fuel filter and car running lean under boost, thanks, Haltech engine protection! Knowing exactly 0 about 98/E85's cleansing properties, clearly the combination of the two either causes gunk, or flushes gunk in/out from somewhere, my filter was fine and my AFR's were fine until I put 98 through the car. Funny enough, was fine on 98 also, but obviously less fuel there as less is needed so a partial filter blockage may have had no effect.

At least you're selling the N/A and getting a turbo. Do the smart thing and read read read. There's a clear upgrade path almost everyone follows on a long enough timeline. Going to that point directly will save you many tens of thousands of dollars and years of labor and pain. It could be argued that no one would do that/see the value in it until they've already done it the hard way once first though.

Martin is on the money and explained it better than I felt like explaining. The direct, friendly route is always the best received and probably should have been the path from day 1.

All of these drafts, etc. Why not just have a face to face meeting and tell him how it is? No-one likes office power plays, even on the receiving end.

It's very easy to poke fun and have a lols at others who are just starting out and asking (what to more ... learned posters) can be silly questions When the truth is you're likely just enthusiastic and excited and looking starry-eyed into the future of a nice well sorted high HP enjoyable skyline well, let my jaded, aged eyes be the voice of reason and say OH SHIT SON BUY A f**kING MANUAL. Better yet, buy someone else's project. The way you're going about it is all wrong, has nothing to do with auto or manual.

The honest answer is: Do not make an inake pipe. Do not upgrade the throttle body Do not change the AFM If you've already done this, do nothing except replace with stock items and sell what you've already bought.

So tempted to confirm same diagnosis before I break something again