Just Bought An R33 Skyline Gts25t - Pics, Specs And Help Needed :)

[s13-steve]

yeh dude its andrew, thought it was you things been pretty cruisy how bout your self

yeh good mate,

guys noticed when there cars been driven around for a while and i park i can hear a ticking sound coming from the motor - im guessing its the lifters - how bad a problem is this? does it mean the engine is probably a little tired? its meant to have a geniuine 68kms according to autoworx

[bubba]

Is the engine still running when you hear this ticking sound? (might be a stupid question but when you say "park" I assume it is off..)

[s13-steve]

sorry, yes when the engine is still running

[bubba]

Could be too thin an oil.. have you serviced it since you got it?

[s13-steve]

could be - the last owner did service it at Kmart Tyre and Auto - god knows what sh*t they put in it.

Tune + Service on Friday so il let the guys at AllStar Garage know all the issues and see what happens

Edited June 23, 2010 by s13-steve

[bubba]

Hmm yeah I wouldn't be trusting what Kmart put in your import..

[s13-steve]

well just picked up the car from all star garage - im a little bit disapointed

260 rwhp

was expecting more like 270 or 280 - feels slow haha

[Hanaldo]

That sounds about right for the engine mods you have? You don't have an aftermarket ECU, if you got a full aftermarket ECU and got rid of that SAFC Neo, upped the boost a bit, then you would probably get a bit closer to 280.

[bubba]

That sounds about right for the engine mods you have? You don't have an aftermarket ECU, if you got a full aftermarket ECU and got rid of that SAFC Neo, upped the boost a bit, then you would probably get a bit closer to 280.

Doubt it.. 260rwhp give or take, is pretty much on the money. Try a different dyno and you might get 280

[s13-steve]

the dyno sheet the previous owner gave me from Xspeed was 278rwhp so i was expecting something around that...

ah well 260rwhp is 193rwkw so not to bad i guess, just doesnt feel any faster then my CA18 which had 196rwhp

[Hanaldo]

Doubt it.. 260rwhp give or take, is pretty much on the money. Try a different dyno and you might get 280

Yeh, thought it would be pretty much correct. Does a SAFC Neo prevent boost cuts so you can run higher boost though? Surely with a stand-alone aftermarket ECU you could run a bit more timing and boost, bring it a bit closer to 280?

[bubba]

Yeh, thought it would be pretty much correct. Does a SAFC Neo prevent boost cuts so you can run higher boost though? Surely with a stand-alone aftermarket ECU you could run a bit more timing and boost, bring it a bit closer to 280?

The SAFC should allow you to raise your afm cut (it's not boost cut damnit! ) as you're bending the afm signals, so the cut threshold would be proportionatly higher.

A full aftermarket ECU would allow you to wind some timing in to it but whether you would see top end gains with the 25 turbo already so close to its' limits would remain to be seen. Generally, being able to adjust timing helps with getting bigger turbos on boost (i.e. improve midrange).

Like I said, another dyno might give you a reading of 280rwhp but they are just tuning tools, not comparison tools.

[Hanaldo]

Fair enough 20hp isn't much of a noticeable difference anyway, I wouldn't be too fussed about it.