Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Not so many Jap parts that come with the "made in japan" label on them, lots of big name performance part suppliers are using China, Korea and Taiwan to fabricate their parts.

Hell, even the big OEM brands are getting their parts made outside Japan, Nissan uses South Korea plants who do Hyundai, Toyota too I think.

Its not like when the low quality parts flooded the market 10 years ago, yes there is some rubbish out there but there is also lots of unbranded parts which have yet had their "big dollar brand name" painted on them.

It all comes down to QA and pricing.

There's money to be saved I've your a smart shopper and research.

Disclaimer: A $100 IC will most likely be rubbish but a IC which has the engineering and QA behind it may cost $250, after getting GREEDY painted on it $???.

Again my $250 IC loved 500hp, was not a restriction and was still efficient.

Haters gotta hate.

Smart people research.

Where do you get a GREDDY IC for $250? hahaha dreaming for a good quality GTR item for that.

Like i said cut them in half and check the fins i bet its nothing on the top branded IC.

Mate did "smart peoples research" and decided to buy 2 chinese turbos that could "flow" the required air for his v8.

Got them installed them - realised he had comp surge and as they couldn't flow enough - removed them. Installed Holset components (USA) and Japanese rear housing now they are no where near their limits.

Chinese junk turned into a beautiful hybrid.

Guess what - Turbos original cost $500 each. Turbo cost after rebuild $1500 each (total $2k).

There is your smart peoples shopping

Where do you get a GREDDY IC for $250? hahaha dreaming for a good quality GTR item for that.

Like i said cut them in half and check the fins i bet its nothing on the top branded IC.

Mate did "smart peoples research" and decided to buy 2 chinese turbos that could "flow" the required air for his v8.

Got them installed them - realised he had comp surge and as they couldn't flow enough - removed them. Installed Holset components (USA) and Japanese rear housing now they are no where near their limits.

Chinese junk turned into a beautiful hybrid.

Guess what - Turbos original cost $500 each. Turbo cost after rebuild $1500 each (total $2k).

There is your smart peoples shopping

Obviously your mate didn't research his items.

Any way, spend your money they way you want, me, I'll look around and find people who have purchased the items I'm looking at and make my derision from that.

Hopefully the OP can he some quality parts that can make power and save money building his GTST.

As for where I got my IC, Just Jap.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Back in January, I noticed my car felt noticeably weak. I had the injectors cleaned, which seemed to solve the problem -- until now. Recently, the car suddenly lost power again while driving. Suspecting the injectors, I brought it to the mechanic. He recommended replacing them entirely, saying the current ones were getting unreliable and fiddly to work with. I could not find a direct replacement for my current injectors. The closest match I found were 440cc injectors. This led me to look into the possibility of upgrading -- and of course, that would mean remapping the ECU. From my research I found: The OEM Part numbers are 16600-72L20 and 16600-72L21 Both the RB20DE and RB20DET use the same 270cc injectors. There are much better options out there over the old OEM injectors. Nistune could be a viable tuning option. While the RB20DE isn’t explicitly listed on their site, the ECU is essentially the same as the GTS-T version - just with a different map. The ECU code on mine is listed as supported. One concern is finding a tuner who works with Nistune. Aftermarket ECU like Haltech and Link, but this would be the most expensive choice (and possibly overkill for a mostly stock RB20DE) I admit that I am very new to the tuning scene and would appreciate any insight or recommendations regarding this.   These are some SAU links where I got some of my information from for reference: https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/380324-rb20de-injectors/ https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/477396-factory-270cc-injectors/  
    • The inspectors are not forensic by any means but if you forge your documents and/or badgings on vehicle parts and are found out, the consequences are just far bigger than if you just run illegal parts. And their job quite literally is to cross reference what parts you got installed and what your papers say you got. Something as silly as your suspension being 1mm too low will fail you. Nonetheless I asked if someone knew the damn pipe and I certainly did not ask for smartassery or underhanded comments, no idea why you need to be told this. Great way to waste both our time.
    • As useful as you explaining what forgery is... But then again, I wasn't aware your inspectors were also forensic experts and inspect nameplates on each component to confirm everything is original. They must inspect roughly 3 cars a year at that rate. You're right though, my comment doesn't help you in anyway, so I'll go talk to my wall now. Cheers. 
    • Say that to the guy that is going to fail your inspection or tow your car for illegal exhaust modifications. If you have anything else useful to say, please go tell your wall.
    • You must be fun at parties. 
×
×
  • Create New...