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Oh and gayblk33whitewheels, yes the car is black, it's a 33 and it has white wheels. Not sure about it been gay though, never thought of a car being gay before, how odd

Seems I have missed something? maybe a good thing lol I certainly didn't mean to have 'vendor verdict' and a moderator is more than welcome to remove offending names, they were mentioned so that they would not be recommended, no malice intended. Not sure if he wants to tone the car down as of yet guys I think he's going to give Rob a chance to see what he thinks and/or recommends. The only issues that really remain now is the igniter (should be here this week, have tested with another so we know his is buggered) and it's not liking to idle when cold, but after setting the timing back up on ZERO (top dead) thats to be expected, and the air to fuel ratio needs to be fixed (currently showing as 19 on the hand held, was told too lean) So fingers crossed I really do appreciated everyone's input, it is appreciated

Yes thats correct pipster, all seems to be ok now. No more nasty knocking sounds coming from the front of the engine, idling up and down when cold has gone, plugs seem to be keeping clear. Only problem he is seeing now is it doesn't want to idle when cold, hubby said something about needing a 'tickle' in the timing (lol men have crazy ways of putting things!). We were in contact with Rob from Turboworx last night and asked him where the air to fuel pressure ratio should be sitting at start up as hubby didn't believe it was right- currently sitting on 19. Was told that this was way too lean. XRATED- yes they are genuine HKS, we have photos of where everything was sitting when the timing cover was taken off. I really think it was seriously just damn luck it didn't do any damage. The belt itself wasn't loose but as I said above, it had jumped a few teeth. (would go into more detail but hubby is at work and don't want to give the wrong info) I can only tell you what I know about the car (which isn't a great deal), it's far from standard, custom plenum, forged pistons, can now hear the cams lumping over, large ball bearing turbo (I'm not sure of size sorry), Has a MicroTech computer (have been told these can be an issue) hand controller, ford throttle body. @toffy, an XY Falcon, 4V 351,crazy (actually super crazy) amount of $$$$ spent, at 'mates rates' engine build 10k+ without anything else. Oh and to top off our family, I drive a Commodore lmao

Thanks Zoidbergmerc, will give Discotune a call tomorrow. Edit: Must have posted just as I did Worked That sounds good, poor kid has spent a small fortune on this car and is yet to have a half decent drive! Will also give Turboworx a call and have a chat. Appreciate the recommendations guys, hubby and I are 'old school' cars (351's and so on) so these cars boggle us a bit lol.

Hi all We joined this forum initially to find an igniter (ignitor, some people spell it differently), we found one today so now we are in need of some recommendations as to where to take my sons car to be fine tuned. Bit of a long story so please bare with me! My 18 year old son purchased his first 'real' car about a month or two ago from Hobart, an R33 Skyline. People told us that it did have an issue with starting, ran perfectly once warm. They had taken it to GT Garage in Hobart but the issue still remained. Once he got it home it was an absolute horror to start - it was kind of like a fingers crossed as to whether it would start or not. Was fouling up a set of plugs pretty much at every start up. Took it out to Confidyne in Ulverstone, asked them to take a look at the cold start issues and to see if they knew what the knocking sound was. Picked the car up around 5 days later, they had fixed a left hand rear tie rod end, replaced a couple of belts and told us that they had pretty much fixed the cold start issue - $870 later, son takes her home. 20 minutes after picking her up, car died. Called Confidyne, they sent out a couple of guys to get her going (they had left the terminal off the battery by accident as they had charged it the night before). We asked them about the knocking sound in the motor - they told my son that it was a piston, drive it gently or it would blow. Poor kid, after spending all the $$ buying it and so on it,was feeling pretty bad for him. Hubby decided on the weekend to take a look at it, grabbed a piece of hose (sounds weird lol) to see if he could tell where the noise was coming from. He found the noise coming from the front of the motor. Took off the timing cover, metal shavings everywhere! Timing belt idler had siezed and then had cleared itself, the HKS advance timing gear on the exhaust cam had come loose (bolts could be turned by hand), exhaust cam had jumped two teeth, inlet cam had jumped one tooth. Got a mechanic friend to come re-do the timing belt (purchased Gates Timing Kit). Car refused to start, after a lot of hassle, found the issue to be the igniter, borrowed a mates, car started first go, no knock or any other funny noises, sounded pretty darn good! (finally) Only problem now is that the timing needs to be set and a basic tune. The problem is we don't know anyone decent enough who actually know what the hell they are doing. So, any advice and/or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. We are located on the NW Coast so someone down this end would be ideal but can travel if we have to. Thanks guys!

Hi guys Looking for an ignitor for an RB25.

Are you able to buy ignitors for RB25 engines new? After a lot of hassle and weeks of issues my sons ignitor has died. (we tried a friends to make sure it was the issue). Any info appreciated!

Wanted to buy, RB25 ignitor. Preferably in Tasmania.