Jacob's R33 Gtst S2

[Lifted]

Awesome thread...just read all 4 pages and will keep an eye on this!!

Keep up the great work buddy! [emoji106]

[kingtube69]

Awesome thread...just read all 4 pages and will keep an eye on this!!

Keep up the great work buddy! [emoji106]

Cheers Lifted! It's good to hear!

I haven't done much else to the car since getting back on the road but I'm already scheming on what else to do.

Couple of things in the works but I need to keep saving towards it all. Post christmas we should have some nice updates here.

I had a sub and amp in the garage from a few months ago so I got some 4AWG wire out and crimped some lugs onto it and wired it up. It's good to have a little bass again in the car. While there, I pulled out the fuel pump harness out and checked nothing was burned out and it all looks sweet so I'm happy about that.

Stay tuned

[kingtube69]

Bought this to see if it will help with boost control

Not so keen on my turbo at the moment, It seems to struggle with boost control hence the decision to go with the above actuator. The tuner said it opens around 9psi which is a bit absurd for something that is supposed to hold up to 20PSI. I'm also finding it struggles to even make 12psi in any gear but 4th and 5th which makes the turbo pretty useless for my application. I'm guessing this is actuator related or turbo related - I'm no SME so I could be wrong.

Stay tuned, actuator is due sometime this week.

[AngryRB]

external for the win!! but that doesn't sound right, stao would have your answer surely, makes some good turbo's, my bro's SS2 impressed me on 12psi, was similar to my old setup with 3076,

That dyno graph looks like my GTX3076 was like, hit 4500rpm and all hell broke lose.. bit late for me but a shitload of fun depending on what you like and your goals.. still a great drive regardless with heaps of potential though. nothing better than an angry RB

Edited December 26, 2015 by AngryRB

[kingtube69]

external for the win!! but that doesn't sound right, stao would have your answer surely, makes some good turbo's, my bro's SS2 impressed me on 12psi, was similar to my old setup with 3076,

That dyno graph looks like my GTX3076 was like, hit 4500rpm and all hell broke lose.. bit late for me but a shitload of fun depending on what you like and your goals.. still a great drive regardless with heaps of potential though. nothing better than an angry RB

Cheers Mark, he gave me some insight but we still went back to it being the cooler causing the problems. I've seen others perform better with the same cooler. Heaps laggy but I believe e85 will fix that

[kingtube69]

Went for a nice drive earlier tonight - Home to Galston, Galston to Gosford through Old Pac and back down again. I took some pictures at Galston but have only edited two for now - Will upload more tomorrow

[kingtube69]

Never ending battle with this car.

Started the morning early and just lost track of time.

I had a plan today to go though the suspension components, clean them up, check bushes, ball joints and so on.

Found that both hicas ball joints are stuffed so I'll order an elimination kit this week. I also found that my rear tires are incredibly bald from what looks like bad camber wear. When I went to a tire shop last they said keep an eye on the rear camber because the rear squats which tends to give more camber leading to more wear.

I'll order these on Tuesday

http://www.otomoto.com.au/p/4116518/kkr-rear-camber-arms-type-2.html

http://www.otomoto.com.au/p/8219182/kkr-hicas-elimination-kit-for-nissan-hicas-systems.html

I also found that my front two tie rod ends are buggered. I always wanted to get a decent set of arms for alignment I guess now is my chance lol. I mounted my ECU properly with a bracket and tidied it up. Doesnt look so tidy without the trim panels but you get the gist. Found out my cat is actually in good condition despite the treatment it's gotten from me as of late.

Pics as always

http://s812.photobucket.com/user/kingtube69/media/457F2C74-890C-4A06-8B25-83B112CAA433_zpsj5f5oit7.jpg.html?o=7

[AngryRB]

looks mint, sits nicely, where do you get the window trim/shields from?

Can you adjust the camber to get extra tyre contact or will the tyres rub the wheel arch?

Edited January 2, 2016 by AngryRB

[admS15]

Needs single cell cat:D. May even get you into the 300 clubB)

[AngryRB]

External gate on housing and E85 or meth injection and would be a totally different beast, probably smash 350kw's, i was on 280kw 98 then 320 with lots of room to spare... even with restrictive jap middle muffler...

[kingtube69]

looks mint, sits nicely, where do you get the window trim/shields from?

Can you adjust the camber to get extra tyre contact or will the tyres rub the wheel arch?

Thanks ARB - Got them from JustJap. I wasn't keen on them first but they grew on me

$99 IIRC Get some!

RE camber, I think I'm at max adjustment for the rear unfortunately

Needs single cell cat:D. May even get you into the 300 clubB)

I would LOVE to do this but I've had enough trouble with NSW HWP in the past that I don't want to give them an excuse to pull me over - 6 foot flames might be a dead give away

External gate on housing and E85 or meth injection and would be a totally different beast, probably smash 350kw's, i was on 280kw 98 then 320 with lots of room to spare... even with restrictive jap middle muffler...

Yep, I was talking to Adam from JEM re the external gate and he thinks its a good idea. That coupled with E85 should get me to a happy territory. Just need to sort out this boost restriction now. Stao is adamant that its the cooler so I'll run some tests for him and I in the coming days to prove/disprove the issue.

What did you have done to get 320?

[AngryRB]

long list but all the usual bolt ons , used a GTX3076 with tial 44mm off the housing , some tomei cams

[kingtube69]

long list but all the usual bolt ons , used a GTX3076 with tial 44mm off the housing , some tomei cams

Hnngggg - What RPM does it make full boost at if you dont mind me asking

[AngryRB]

Was 20 psi at 3800, I'll try and dig up the old graph, bit of a light switch at 4k, had jap teins at that time so third was loose

[thommo458]

interested to see how the turbo goes, not really selling me confidence to also purchase one

[kingtube69]

interested to see how the turbo goes, not really selling me confidence to also purchase one

It does go really well - It's probably suited for someone chasing more power than I was with a less restrictive setup. Ideally if I were to do it again I would have got an SS2 with a gate off the housing.

The torque is nuts and the power is what I am looking for probably just a but too big for what I needed.

[kingtube69]

Wastegate actuator arrived today - I'll fit it in the hopes that it improves my boost control.

Bigger in person than pics

[R377]

Nice looking car and build thread. I made 279 pump and 295rwkw on e85. SS2 turbo, stock manifolds. I was told external gate and custom exhaust manifold will give another 30kw

[thommo458]

be good to see if the boost issue is now fixed

[kingtube69]

Nice looking car and build thread. I made 279 pump and 295rwkw on e85. SS2 turbo, stock manifolds. I was told external gate and custom exhaust manifold will give another 30kw

I believe just going decat alone nets roughly 10kw which would make things interesting also. Same goes for external gate, should see similar results to what you posted.

I'm quite happy with the power I made on 98 just a bit too lagy. Good power from your build - Have you got a link to your build thread I can have a look at?

be good to see if the boost issue is now fixed

I wouldn't say its an "issue" as such just a "feature" I'm not used to. I'm not sure how it should actually be - Is it normal to not reach full boost in every gear but the higher ones? With my old turbo (maybe because it was smaller) it would get full boost every gear without a question.

For anyone wondering, I did see better results with the boost controller plumbed to the charge pipe which makes sense because that's post intercooler. Still not making as much as I'd like though - e.g. made 17psi this morning on third gear loading onto the M4.

I really want to get a new cooler now just undecided on which one. But then again I need new tires and coilovers first I guess.

Thanks for reading guys!