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So as it turned out, the pistons and crank were not ok. When we went to re-assemble the engine we found some pretty nasty marks on the crank so f*ck it, let's start again from scratch and do this thing properly. Bought a new standard crank, had the oil ways modified again and fitted a new Nitto crank collar to match the Nitto oil pump. Scrapped the Wiseco forgies and put in new Nitto/JE 87mm Forged Pistons with Manley H Beam Plus Forged Rods. Lewis Engines made up some oil restrictors, Rear Head Drain and a 6.5L High Capacity Sump. New King Bearings. New Genuine Nissan Water Pump, GTR Power Steering Pump and an ATI Super Damper. The head has been taken apart and cleaned up again. It was already ported and polished although we've ported the inlet side further and manifolds port matched. RB26 Cams and Supertech Valve Springs with Titanium retainers and fitted the Rear Head Drain to Sump. Bought all new gaskets genuine from Nissan, genuine Nissan bolt kits for everything from manifolds to engine mounts and driveshaft. NPC Billet flywheel and clutch were bolted up with new ARP Bolts. There were absolutely no shortcuts and literally no expenses spared this time around. This thing has got to be right! Finally was ready for start up and she turned over but wouldn't kick. There was no injector pulse. Ordered in a new CAS from Nissan and it fired up straight away, sounded nice and smooth but was billowing black smoke. The fuel in the car was over 12 months old so drained the tank and put some fresh stuff in but it was still blowing a ton of smoke. We started stripping back the wiring harness and found quite a few frayed wires which were shorting on each other and I knew we had a few bad plugs in the loom already. So started searching for a new loom. The 32 RB25DE is a different loom to RB20 and Rb25 which made it impossible to find one in Aus. Every Jap spares shop in Sydney had a good laugh when I asked for a skyline loom, let alone a 25DE loom. Finally found an RB20 loom which came out of a car with low km's and had good plugs so started chopping it up and replacing the plugs. The frayed wires were replaced and soldered/insulated properly. Finally she started up clean and got some time on the dyno.

Forms sent and paid on 11/03. Thanks, Dylan

So I obviously didn't understand the gravity of losing oil pressure at high rpm when I posted on here last although here we are 15 Months later and I'm getting close to having her up and running again. The engine came back out and the N1 oil pump was in pieces. The bearings weren't looking too healthy either to say the least and there were some decent marks on the cylinder walls and crank. So that was a bloody expensive 700km's! Thankfully the block, pistons and crank cleaned up pretty well and were able to be re-used. The block was decked and cylinders honed another .0005IN. The engine has just been balanced and should all go back together this week. Hoping to have it in the car and running before the end of the month. New Parts: ATI 750hp Damper Nitto Oil Pump High Capacity 6.5L Gated Sump Rear Head Oil Drain to Sump King Mains King Big Ends Wiseco Piston Rings JE Lockwire Manley H Beam+ Conrods Supertech Valve Springs & Titanium Retainers GTR PS Pump NPC Carbotic Button Clutch NPC Lightened Billet Flywheel

Would love to fit a set of these on the car 17x11 and 17x9.5 wrapped in semi slicks

About to head overseas so the car probably won't get any attention until March next year, on lock down in the garage until I get back haha. Planning to upgrade sump and oil pump next and hopefully work out why it lost oil pressure. Next steps will be a final tune on high boost then GTR guards and bigger wheels. Hopefully some 17" BBS RS.

Okay so about 150km's later after the car came back from Unigroup everything was good, car was smooth and fast until that gearbox noise started coming back. Put the car on yet another flatbed and towed it up to Hornsby Diff & Gearbox who luckily could fit it in before christmas. Sure enough the flywheel bolts had come loose again so we swapped them with some ARP items. All of the gearbox crossmember and tailshaft threads were super dodgy so spent the time filling and re-tapping them all as well. Once she was back on the road it was back to Road and Race Performance for a final wheel alignment. Adjusted ride height again and got her sitting pretty. Handling beautifully now car feels like its on rails! Now there is about 700km's on the new engine and all has been pretty smooth other than the problems with the flywheel. Went for a cruisy drive up the blue mountains last weekend and coming past Penrith on the way home noticed the oil pressure drop so pulled over and then started getting some tappet noise. Checked oil, it was full so started her back up and zero oil pressure and some loud tappet noise. The oil in the car has been changed 3 times already so doubt it could be a blocked pick up, assuming a problem with the oil pump until we can pull it apart and have a look. So called in another flatbed which picked us up at almost midnight on a Sunday and got her back home safely. Currently running an N1 oil pump not sure whether to upgrade gears or whether to go for a new pump will have to do some more research. Could be a good excuse for a gated sump at the same time who knows

Made up a proper panel to fit in the centre console. Colorbond flashing cut to size and sprayed in KH2 the same colour as the car, switches for fuel pump, thermo fans and demisters. Greddy Boost controller mounted in the ash tray and push button start in the cigaretter lighter although I have wired it up so it can be easily changed to start on the key as its easier haha. Got the Power FC hand controller on velcro so it can be mounted on the dash or taken off easily. My parking lights have been constantly on since moving the battery to the boot so really good to have the isolator in the dash!! Will need to work out whats going on the the parkers soon though

Brought the ride height back up a long way and widened the track of the front wheels, still needed to go back in for a final alignment once it was running. Spent a long couple of weeks at Unigroup, the washers which go on the crank pulley behind the harmonic balancer were missing so it all had to come back off, thankfully it made it through its run in on the dyno the first time without the belt slipping off!! It was all sorted out though and had another run on the dyno and tune although still only on wastegate pressure. In the meantime I got the front bar ready to fit over the cooler, sanded down and painted.

Moved the battery into the boot to make way for intercooler piping, made up a dodgy panel for switches and with a ton of messy wiring the car was loaded onto a tilt tray and taken down to Road & Race Performance who got the wheels pointing in the right direction. After a few days there we were back on another truck out to Unigroup to have the new aluminium cooler piping fabricated. Piping is 2.5" from turbo to TB with the BOV on the hot side to keep things tidy.

Before getting back on the road some more parts came in including a forward facing intake manifold. It's a Plazmaman copy so I can keep my portmatched runners, only a cheapy but the welds all looked good and headed down to Pirtek to fill it with vacuum fittings. Genuine Nissan gaskets all round and kept the stock throttle body. The old catch can had to go, Unigroup recommended a sealed can rather than venting it, so picked up a custom can to go behind the strut tower. Baffled and no vent. Rawbrokerage do press in fittings for the valve covers so that I could make up some braided line with speedflow fittings. The old cooler piping had some serious bottlenecks so started again from scratch getting rid of all the mild steel stuff and going aluminium. Ordered in a bigger 600x300 aluminium intercooler and a Tial 50mm plumb back blow off valve.

Ok so the gearbox came back out and was sent away to The Gearbox Factory who pulled it all apart and turned out its in immaculate condition. Came back home and realised it was the flywheel that had come loose so the bolts were locktited in and it all went back together. Good to know the gearbox is schmick though! While the car was up in the air the Tein HR's came out some brand new HSD MonoPro Coilovers went in. Also Adjustable Lower Control Arms were installed front and back to widen the track. Then the car got seriously low!

Yeah she's up and running again, has had its second tune although still running factory boost until it's done a few more km's, making 225kw on a basic run in tune. Revs out really well and very consistent power all the way through the range. Has had suspension upgraded again and feeling super tight, couldn't be happier with it at the moment!

Haven't posted on this thread in a long time but a lot has been happening will post a detailed write up soon

Thank you very much!

It is for the factory oil filter to fit onto. I haven't seen another RB engine with one like this though. I cant fit the relocation kit directly to the block either so is there something else I could use that is easier to find?

Spent a lot of time searching for this with no success. I need to replace this part as it has a crack in it and losing oil, it is the plate (pictured) in between the oil filter relocation plate and the block. No idea if I even need it or what it is, does anyone know what it is, whether i need it or where I could find a replacement? Came off an R32 RB25DE block originally.

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R32 LH Front SOLD Everything else still for sale!

Black blow off valve sold

Price on catch can with speed flow lines? And is it a stock GTR intercooler if not what size? Pics too please

R33 RH Front Lower Control Arm R33 LH Front Lower Control Arm R32 RH Front Lower Control Arm R32 RH Rear Lower Control Arm R32 LH Rear Lower Control Arm $95 each. R32 Arms came from my car which is at 140k, R33 were bought online. All straight and in good condition. Located in Sydney Northern Suburbs

All prices are negotiable

Catch Can in top right corner of engine bay

For Sale: - Genuine Bosch/Jecs Z32 AFM Used but comes in genuine packaging and box. Few small scuffs on it but in good condition and works fine. $250 - Allstar Performance Catch Can Large Catch Can vented to atmosphere, about 160mm tall without breather. $100 - 2x HKS SSQV copy sequential blow off valves. One is chrome the other is matt black. Can include mounting for standard R32 intercooler piping. $50 each - Front mount intercooler, front side painted black, rear side standard silver. Approx 480x300mm. $200 - Standard R32 Cross Over Pipe and black intercooler piping. Super Stealthy! Uses standard intercooler holes and was joined to a low mount GT35 turbo Only selling this stuff as my car is making bigger power now and am forced to upgrade. Will put pics up soon, can MMS pics now for now.

Its a loud knocking, sounds like shit. thought it was the bottom end again at first then realised it was a gearbox when i put my foot on the clutch. Does anyone know where to get an rb25 box rebuilt in sydney? or would it be cheaper to just buy another box?