R Tune's Skyline 2.0

[Ryno]

It may not be a turbo seal you have blown...

I had white smoke after lift off - when accelerating after a decel in gear/going down a hill etc... I thought the same thing and sent off the turbo to get rebuilt... It didn't fix the problem.

It turned out to be broken ring lands on three pistons... The RB25 stock pistons are pretty weak. Hopefully your 20 doesn't have the same issue.

Edited June 13, 2012 by Ryno

[R TUNE]

it had started having breathing issues, (poping dip stick out) and i had changed anything since RD5 (nov) last year. may go to the mech soon then.

[R TUNE]

Ok time for a update,

Well i ran it at the last drift meet, with a missfure in CYL no 6 (replaced the plug before the event, but the coil had gone), I also had a crack in the dump pipe. the night was going ok, was pussing a bit harder then last time (3rd gear apx $130km/h) in to turn 5. I spun once and took out my front bar and the indicator dented my guard. however this was not as bad as what happend on turn 7. Started the slide at apx 135km/h and mid curner i started to spin. i jumped on the break but i was already on the grass and slid straight in to a plastic water barrier (empty). I started a grass fire, and engine fire.

What had happend, one of my catch can lines had poped off, and the vaoper condensed back on the wheels.

The pictures show the damage. What you cant see is the B piller was pulled in 10mm or so, and had i not had the floor brace could have been worse.

The car is now a dedicated drift pig, 33LCA are now on. turbo has new gaskets.

[R TUNE]

Here are the pics for the above post,

After the crash i also did the following.

Striped the interior

New seat.

reverted back to stock pcv set up.

new coil packs

new plugs

My next event was the bursons auto parts state of origin drift. Did well on this weekend didn't make the top 32 due to the handbrake going loose and not locking up properly. but still had a awesome weekend.

Next on the list,

New hand brake cables.

New top hats for the front coil overs

garage 7 lock kit.

oil cooler,

catch can set up.

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[skylinecouple]

And another one bites the dust, and another one bites the dust hey hey. A very clean car for it's age, not now though.........no, not now. And a four door to. 10 years from now it would have been worth a bit. Oh well, makes mine more collectable.

[R TUNE]

Did wright it off technicly, but i have contacts so i have fixed it.

pics from the burson auto parts invertational.

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Up date time:

Had a 3 month brake from the car after the last practice. On the last meet I ended up with no hand brake and striped 3 nuts, I was also selecting 5th instead of 3rd alot due to the bush wearing out.

so brought the following:

Gktech exstended nuts and sutds.

Gktech soild gear leaver bush

Gktech magnetic sump plug

Bride low max drivers seat

new hand brake cables (2nd hand ones)

bursons eng oil 15w50

The Gktech studs are a good pece of gear. front where east to fit with little fuss. The rears on the other hand are a PITA. It requires the removal of the hub which is exsplained below. The magnetic sump plug had no issues, but would be nice if a tool was included has i had to imporive to fit it as it takes a allen key and not a socket.

I have yet to test the new gear lever bush so will mention that when i do.

Rear hub removal R32 GTS-T.

Remove caliper and disc.

Remove all hand brake components.

remove split pin and locking peace.

the nut is a 36mm

the bolts for the drive shaf are 15mm

then there are 4 19mm bolts holding the hub on.

[R TUNE]

update,

Well its been a while, so in summry.

2 blown turbos

1 blown engine

new fixed back seat

gktech steering wheel

45v4 turbo

14psi actuator

17x8 plus 30 drift tech rims swapped out for the gtr rims

TOG coilovers to replace worn front ones

TOG oil cooler kit

new signage by driven designs

bump stop corrected tie rods

hydro hand brake

I featured in a article in NT NEWS, drift life magazine, where one of my videos was also used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFDsltSDCms my 2013 state of origin video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggO7N9HShe4 good video on NT state of origin

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2013/07/26/323287_ntsport.html NT news article.

http://p8tzz.exclusiverewards.karoakedownload.com/?sov=63645201&hid=hrrhlhljhlhnl&id=XNSX.life.com drift life article. drifting in darwin.

http://driftlife.com.au/2013/07/18/drift-state-of-origin-nt-style/ drift life article. drift state of origin.

BIGGEST ONE, new engine will be a RB30ET. more to come.

[R TUNE]

[Reese69]

how was the TOG oil cooler kit - to install? all fit up ok with good threads?

[R TUNE]

I have only fitted the sandwich plate at this point in time on the 30. As I am still in the process of swapping engines. But as you can see by the pics, it comes with every thing you need. Quality appears to be really good. Still have to test it on the track first.

[Reese69]

thanks for the feed back - - i guess the main things are the threads and they fit on the block well - your build looks the goods -

[R TUNE]

Cheers. One thing to note, the nut that holds the sandwich plate on to the block is about .5 mil to big for the OEM fitting on the block. It is supplied with the correct one but I have not fitted it. I'm going to use thread lock on it.

[R TUNE]

Engine ready to come out.

[R TUNE]

So I havnt up dated in a while but this is where im at.

RB30ET is in and running. well just. it looks like its got a f**ked head gasket or rings.

So what have I used.

Rb30E inc full loom and ECU.

T3/t4 turbo (10psi)

VLT exhaust manifold.

15mm spacer between turbo and mani as they fouled, I used HDJ100 (land cruiser) studs and nuts on the manifold as I fould these to be the lenth I needed to fit the spacer plate.

braided oil feed line, custom oil drain line.

GTR 444cc injectors on RB30 fuel rail.

Sard fuel pressure reg. (as both my factory ones I had were sized)

forward facing plenum, as the factory one fouled the bonnet, and I alslo wanted to run the strut brace. This is a unique one I found of gumtree. As the previous owner fitted two RB30 TB.

Had to mod my blits FMIC as it was a return flow, and do all custom piping. I used what I had lying around.

R32 AFM (will be changing to z32) as I have been informed it will max out at 180 rwkw, and I excpect to see 200-220rwkw.

R32 GTST mounts with nismo insulators.

RB20 GTST clutch and fly wheel.

RB20 GTST gear box.

Nistune ECU

Just need to get it tuned.