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Centreline without a doubt. Chris is a top bloke who knows his stuff. V8 supercar and many other track cars in the workshop. They DO NOT send wheel alignments for Goodyear

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Happy B'day fellas

Happiest of birthdays to ya Al

As Leeway and RPMZ have already mentioned, this was HiRisk's car. The car did do that time with listed mods but driven very hard/well with semi comp rear tyres. The good ol days....never to return...

Assuming you still run air flow meters, then a vented bov will cause the car to stall on gear changes. Stick with the factory ones.

Snowy Put me down as a maybe. I should have the few things i need sorted on the car done by then.

Did you read Simons quote from the article or did you just disagree with him without reading it? your point a) was answered like this: You clearly state that with no BOV there will be "the same exhaust and intake emissions" and Simon clearly believes the emissions will change. In his quote, Simon offers the reason why he believes emissions will change. You do not offer a valid / logical reason why you believe emissions won't change. Simon has been a leader in the aftermarket vehicle modification industry (specialising in turbocharged cars) for as long as I can remember but more importantly he has backed up his view with an example of what he believes is happening, which by the way makes sense to me. This could be discussed till the cows come home but until you provide me with a logical reason why Simons theory is flawed I have to agree with him.

I know of one that failed because of this. The turbo had been rebuilt by Kyp from ATP a year before it failed. The turbo failed because the owner was constantly coming on and off the throttle (doing burnouts) on a particular occassion. It was running 16psi of boost when it let go. Kyp rebuilt the turbo again and put it down to the constant on / off throttle application (doing burnouts) and the amount of boost it ran that caused it to fail. Had it been running 7psi it would not of happened. This is because the turbo is spinning a lot less at this boost level and is therefore 'de-spooling' a lot less when the throttle is shut and putting a lot less stress on the shaft and bearings than it would have running 16psi and above. Given the above, I also conclude that BOV or recirculating valves were put there MAINLY and INITIALLY for emission reasons and NOT for turbo longevity reasons. When Nissan introduced the BOV in its vehicles they weren't running high amounts of boost pressure. Turbo longevity was not much of an issue for them. What was an issue was meeting and passing emissions. I agree with Simon's rationale on the first page. Then as Nissan began running more boost through their turbochargers in later years a nice by product of the inclusion of the BOV was that it was also helping the turbo survive longer from those people who would drive them hard/abuse them (ie come on and off the throttle constantly) in an effort to reduce any warranty claims. As an aside, in one of the HPI dvd's, I remember one the owners of a large japanese tuning workshop saying with regards to their GTR drag car that they experience turbo failure often because they run a high amount of boost pressure and no BOV's.....food for thought.

Yep, that's the one Ash.

lol Count me in for that dinner party!! Still trying to get the car ready but won't be able to make sandown, which means I'll be on maggi noodles for a little while yet!!

Come up awesome Gareth. Well done.

Yes, a standard 33 gtr crank is fine with the N1 oil pump. No collar modification is needed for the 33 gtr crank. The standard rods will be fine at this power level. Any reputable piston brand will do - Weisco, ACL etc

An enjoyable weekend for sure. Great effort to the photographers who managed to get a fair few shots in despite their excessive alcohol consumption of the duration of the event. In terms of alcohol consumption, what i took away from this weekend was that 'Teh Troy can neva lose'

Anyone know where i can get the bracket that holds the front number plate in place? The bracket goes and screws into the underneath middle section of the front bar. I suppose something can always be made up/fabricated but I would like to see if i can get hold of one first. I have a N1 bar with slots if this makes any difference. Any help is appreciated. Cheers Archie

Happy B'day ol'fella

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Item: rb26 water pump and oil pump from BNR32 Location: Melb Item Condition: Good condition Reason for Selling: Recent engine rebuild so upgraded. Price and Payment Conditions: water pump $60 Oil pump $80

Happy Bday Troy! Hope to catch up and have a few brewski's with you soon...preferably with some choice 90's music blarring thru the speakers

Happy belated B'day ol'fella

Happy B'day Jack Good to see you spoilt your car as a bday present to yourself - there's no other way I say

Happy B'day Andrew. May all your dreams and wishes come true (read may u achieve 1.20 around sandown, 60 sec around Calder and 1.42 around PI)

I am led to believe that it's easier and simpler to buy a new r33 crank from nissan for around $1000-1100 (cheaper if u can get trade prices) rather than stuffing around and modding the smaller r32 crank collar.

In your first post you said "suspect there is a major airflow restriction" Have you considered the size of the air filter being a restriction at high rpm? Have you tried taking off the air filter and seeing if this helps? Saying this b/c a friend of mine in his rb30det changed to a newer (smaller) air filter compared to the original one he had on and with only this change lost approx 35rwkw.

Looks very schmick Al Well worth the time and effort