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Anyone done a mid to low 9 second 1/4 with totally stock internals, can it be done??


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I'm reading this and cannot believe it. Awesome work guys. Makes you wonder why people fork out for greddy plenums, big HKS turbos, aftermarket exhaust manifolds, aftermarket this and that and still get no where near a 10 second 1/4.

Do you sell the motor as a package? If only you had contacts in Aus so we could get our hands on one.

Thanks for the info RIPS, I am a bit speechless too, but I spose you guys have been doing it with skylines a bit longer than us here on the main island:p

do you guys have a website?

2fardown, I would imagine it wouldnt cost more than 3-400 tops to send an engine across the channel.

Think I will check out that link now:)

2fardown and Steve, its good for us to finally prove you don't need a huge checkbook to run 10's. An identicle bare engine to the one we run is NZ$3500 for a 2wd and NZ$4500 for a 4wd, this includes our "not yet disclosed" tricks to keep it all together.

You then just add a turbo NZ$2000, and injectors. Cheaper than a rebuild on a RB26, lots more torque, more power and if you pop it its probably only going to cost 2-3k to fix it......Rob

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Originally posted by benm

"mid to low 9 second 1/4 with totally stock internals"

..errr no ! Most cars will need aftermarket internals just to get into the 11's.

The boys at calaisturbo.com would argue otherwise :D

Hi everyone im totally new to the site but just wanna share my two cents. RIPS has the right idea here. There are alot of people in Australia that pull those sort of power figures with stock internals. The main reason that people change their internals is cuase they want their car to run with higher power figures for longer. And like was said earlier as long as detonation is kept under control i dont see any reason why a stock bottom end cant live with those power figures for many kilometres. PS: just an example look at the car on www.rh9.com.au that thing has stock internals and is making some awesome power figures

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FitzTech, although I agree with what you are saying, I am not as amazed about a 4 year old RB26 bottom end (I dare say with less than 40000 k's on the clock), compared with a tired old RB30, non-turbo no less, bottom end. Very impressive.

Jeff.

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