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hey guys, just bought my first turbo car which is a R32 gts-t and have some general knowledge about it but would like to know what are some good basic mods i can do to get the hp up. Not looking for huge amounts of power just yet but would like something around 250rwhp for now. Had it dyno'd a few weeks back at Hyperdrive in Malaga, good shop btw :thumbsup: and it made 190rwhp on 9-10psi which i have had turned up to run 13psi on high boost setting which is making 208rwhp.

The mods it has now are:

cat back exhaust, which im planning on finishing soon.

K&N air filter.

larger fuel pump and tank.

Frount mount intercooler.

Heavy duty button clutch.

Profec B boost controller.

Greddy Type R/S BOV.

So as you can see its pretty stock and would appreciate any feedback.

Oh, will try and get pics up ASAP

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well firstly welcome to the world of skylines and to the forum :O

basically the next thing you should be doing is finishing off the exhaust, should reduce restriction and hopefully gain some hp there,

im guessing after that you should be looking at a type piggyback ecu or depending on your budget a standalone system (good luck finding a power fc :thumbsup:)

one main thing to remember on these forums is to use the search function, which you will find to answer a few of your questions.

sam :D

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Nice mate, I just got my first turbo (RWD car for that matter) last week. While on the subject of mods does anyone know the price I should be paying for a decent fmi, I seen a hybrid kit they anygood for I think $900 diy? Because Im looking at getting the 400R front which is $995! wreckers anyone? Dump pipe hey ill have to look out for one of those.

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Nice mate, I just got my first turbo (RWD car for that matter) last week. While on the subject of mods does anyone know the price I should be paying for a decent fmi, I seen a hybrid kit they anygood for I think $900 diy? Because Im looking at getting the 400R front which is $995! wreckers anyone? Dump pipe hey ill have to look out for one of those.

900$ for a hybrid sounds like you are gettin ripped

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Yeah lots of people with RB20s seem to think the rb25 turbo makes a great difference.. wont cost too much either. Quite often people on here are selling them for $200 - $400ish. While you putting that on get the front/dump pipe done to finish your exhaust off :D

While on the subject of mods does anyone know the price I should be paying for a decent fmi, I seen a hybrid kit they anygood for I think $900 diy? Because Im looking at getting the 400R front which is $995! wreckers anyone? Dump pipe hey ill have to look out for one of those.

My cooler was $550(DIY) from autoworx.. its about 76mm wide and didn't need to cut the 400R front bar.

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Alright cool. I just found the exact same fm for $450 brand new so I might get it from there. Cant beat Paul for service though and knowing his skylines! (almost bought a car from his but didnt). Where abouts did you grab your 400R front bar from, and what price roughly? If ya dont mind me asking.

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My car came with the 400R front, just fitted the matching 400R side skirts from mitchy's wreck.. rear bar OR maybe just pods are up next. I did see a full 400R kit on ebay, can't remember how much it was but I dunno if I would trust something from ebay to come to me without something being dodgy or it gets broken..

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hey guys, thanks for the feedback. Now have a good idea of what is needed. The RB25 turbo i have also heard seems to run fairly well on the RB20, anyways finally got a chance to take some pics of the car for you guys to see :D. For some reason the pics seem to take for ever to upload onto this post so i have stored them in my gallery. Not sure if i need to add a link here somehow or if you guys can just look me up as a member and see the gallery that way

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if i were you i would go for something bigger than the rb25 turbo.

if you go to the effort to change the turbo, may as well put something decent on :(

and 250rwhp will be pushing the thing

Effort? it took 2hrs to do my swap and it was a direct swap, the only other thing that would be as easy to do is to buy the rb25 turbo and get it hiflowed before putting it on.

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Effort? it took 2hrs to do my swap and it was a direct swap, the only other thing that would be as easy to do is to buy the rb25 turbo and get it hiflowed before putting it on.

direct swap? doesnt the oil feed banjo bolt on the 20 lines have a bigger hole? or did you use the 25 lines?

why are you asking about a front mount intercooler when the pictures already show one??? i'm confused

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direct swap? doesnt the oil feed banjo bolt on the 20 lines have a bigger hole? or did you use the 25 lines?

why are you asking about a front mount intercooler when the pictures already show one??? i'm confused

Car belongs to Zell, and Dani Boi is the one askin about the cooler.

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direct swap? doesnt the oil feed banjo bolt on the 20 lines have a bigger hole? or did you use the 25 lines?

why are you asking about a front mount intercooler when the pictures already show one??? i'm confused

I have heard this too but maybe I just got lucky, everything was a direct swap - I have a series 1 RB25 turbo with the steel compressor wheel so that could be why. Straight swap, easy as coz we did it at my mates workshop and he's pretty cluey with RB motors. The hardest part was wiggling the old turbo out and the new turbo in ;)

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