R32 GTR turbos+mods

[lwells]

be prepared -  any R32 you buy will go BANG some time soon – unless it's been rebuilt (no rocket science required).

Sorry, but I just don't think that's the case. You would have been better off saying "any neglected R32 will go bang at some stage", but so would most HiPo cars if mistreated and not serviced correctly.

Its far more likely you'll end up wasting hundreds and hundreds of dollars addressing all the small problems: worn out pumps, belts, and dodgey electrical connections usually surface. Then there is the ongoing consumables -- tyres, brakes, oils, etc -- not to mention fuel.

Yes you can be unlucky, but I don't think that the horror stories are indicative of everyones experience.

LW.

[rev210]

Thumb of rule i think is if its done around 150,00kms big end is gonna go if it hasnt already.

You can add 100,000kms to the 150,000kms to get how many kms my engine has done so far Service them well and be sensible with the power and they last a very long time.

Mind you my standard turbos have just been pulled out due to the rear one popping a ceramic turbine.

I have N1's going on shortly but, I will tune the motor to a max of 340-350rwhp by flattening off the top end with a richer fuel mixture. And I will aim at doing this with the least amount of boost necessary. All the tuning focus will be on getting the power on as early as possible in the rev range.

Strange as it may sound a set of upgrade camshafts can help your engine last longer by reducing the required boost level, peak power level and reducing required revs to deliver the same or slightly better accelleration. It does this by increasing the power band and average power delivery, if the cams are not too radical like the Tomei 260's this is a very good path to follow for a motor that is a bit long in the tooth for an owner who wants to go a little quicker.

[SLK-GTR]

the gtr i bought was the cheapest on prestige's web page it was $17900 plus on road cost turned out to be one of the best mechanical and body conditioned cars a few people had seen the motor had done 120 000kms. it had pods and a cat back exhaust and thats it, i fitted my HKS cams and it run 12.2@112 it also had 240rwkw's. my cars still goin strong (apart from diff casing) it now has HKS 2530's, power fc, nismo afm, HKS Cams, etc its best 1/4 time so far is 11.54 @ 120 and it has 330rwkw still running the standard motor and box. you can always tell if there been looked after or not. there a really strong motor, it takes allot to kill an RB26 many years of thrashing will do that though. my car was an x-female owner, that would explain the good condition of the engine.