skybt1 Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) Something good came out of my visit to calder on friday, some nice shiny photos of my car.. Edited September 10, 2007 by skybt1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny_blanco Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 nothing is coming up for me, says i have to register to see the pics Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3338412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 ah thats crap, i cant even use pics of my own car. Ill redo them myself. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3338420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny_blanco Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Can see them now Nice car Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3338559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty T Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Car looks tops Sky. Good job! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3339100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3339311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factory 5 Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 so YOUR skybt1!!!! i kept thinking you had a hatchback! ol' dennis speaks very highly of your car.... didnt it have a Rb30 in it at one stage? love the wheels! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3339845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) Yeah, Dennis has seen the car in the flesh when he came to pick up a gearbox. Top bloke he is!! Although he reckons its got too many doors! It still has an rb30 in it! The wheels look better with the centre caps on, calder make them take you off incase they fly off, as if they are just gonna fly off!! Edited September 10, 2007 by skybt1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3339969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factory 5 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 i have seen caps come off definitly! can you get some pics of the engine setup? ive been toying with the idea of an RB30 powered daily driver R30 sedan... the old fella across from me is probably selling his business, eventually he wants to sell the R30 he got back in 1986 (had front end damage, so he was one day gonna fix it) i keep thinking of getting another R30 and put in a nice lightly modded Rb30 in it... they are just hassle free and easy to work with! plus millions of spares for them (unlike the L6 dotto engines grrr...) plus every aussie bob auto shop has a pile of engines out the back.... (so theyre not considered fkn GOLDMINES eh! dont have to pay $300 for a decent flowing head....) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3340130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 Here are some pics of the bay, they are pretty crappy. Ill eventually get around to taking some better ones, but you get the idea from these anyway. There is so much room in the bay to work ok the car. Parts are easier to get and cheaper!! Might be the only rb30et powered r30 with standard manifolding?? Im not sure, but i always read about the plenum hitting the bonnet and people running custom plenums etc.. Cheers Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3340280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 I just found some more, as you can see, the engine fits like it was meant to be there!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3340341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factory 5 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 looks ace.... gets my brains ticking! i have spent so much time and effort on the L24e idea/project i just gotta follow through for now.... but one day that will be taken out and rebuilt... so i guess i will have to have SOMETHING rumbling away while im rebuilding the L24et aye! dad reckons a CA18det would be good as fuel will be pretty $$$$ in a few years... but it will be a bit too "tame" off boost... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3340649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 The way i look at it, if im gonna build something, im not gonna be looking for fuel economy. Keep the six in the skyline or if you are going to go 4cyl then definately an sr20 not a ca18. The silvia's boogy with these and with the r30 probably being lighter you could get one to up and go nicely! But definately an sr20!! Then again, mine is not also that bad on fuel, is pretty crappy around town but once i hit the highway i get a good 500-550km to a tank. You just gotta drive the car off boost and you will be fine, as soon as you get that turbo working the fuel guage follows.. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3341067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty T Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 But definately an sr20!! But Grasshopper, that would not be true to The Way of the Skyline. The FJ20 is the only 4 cylinder that should grace the engine bay of a Skyline... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3341103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 But Grasshopper, that would not be true to The Way of the Skyline. The FJ20 is the only 4 cylinder that should grace the engine bay of a Skyline... So true. I got distracted by the ca18 and i forgot about the FJ! I take everything back!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3341476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsx84 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 i was looking at putting an SR into the HR30 back in the day but for the cost of the half cut i was able to put in the rb20det plus every thing else and still had change... the rb30e engines can be picked up nice and cheap these days and there are so many people who can wire it in its not funny. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3342831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factory 5 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I WANT THIS---> http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....161&hl=DR30 "....got my fj20 out of the dr30 for sale, complete, comes with, microtech, hand conrtoller, wiring loom, t3 turbo, manifold and dump pipe, rx7 550 cc injectors, aftermarket clucth never slips, (told it was a jim berry) 5 spd gearbox. the lot, polished rocker cover and plenumn, very healthy engine $2000 ono..." remember the sexy 2 door blue DR30 that has been forsale a few times over the last couple of years? well this is the engine out of that! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3345527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybt1 Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 sounds like a bargain!!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/184424-on-the-bright-side/#findComment-3345627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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