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Thanks everybody for the assistance! As RowdyR32 said, I don't blow any white smoke indicating failing seals on the turbo and I checked the cooler piping before and there is no oil in there, so basically this guy is talking a whole lot of shit.... I'll suss it out tommorow and see what I can do myself at home. I'll borrow a mates comp. gauge and do a comp test on it myself. Will let you know how I go soon. As for the iridium plugs, I will check them on my next 5k service. Best 100 bucks i've wasted lol. Cheers!

Only reason I got iridiums was the fact that they will last longer from what I have read and heard.

All I have on the car at the minute is a 3 inch turbo back system, fmic, avc-r, exedy heavy duty clutch and the tune. Other than that its fairly stock and mechanically sound, bar that oil leak. I'm not too proficient with turbo's and turbocharged cars, but i LOVE the skyline that's why I got one.

The skyline is my daily, I have a ZC Fairlane that I'm putting a 460 into which will be more than enough power! So yeah, keeping my 33 reliable is my first priority.

Hmm yeah, I'm not so much worried about the prices, it's what he told me. I cannot hear any pinging unless he has supersonic hearing or something? I'm just worried that if it IS pinging i've done damage... I guess the comp. test will reveal all. When I did my plugs 2 weeks ago I had a look around at the pistons, no oil or damage apparent. The plugs were dry as and a very healthy colour, just worn out. So yeah, judging by the nature of the oil leak, if my turbo is shagged, what am I looking at to get it fixed? I'm not aiming for crazy power out of my car, just a nice streetable car.

So anyway, today I was out and about with a few mates of mine, one of which has an RX-8 which he wants to turbocharge, so we went to promaz out in thomastown today to get a rundown of what needs to be done. On my way there I noticed this place on Mahoneys Road called "Nismo Performance Centre". My car lately on high boost mode has been cutting out on WOT so I thought I'd go there and ask him for a few ideas as to why, he took my car for a spin and reckons that my car is pinging and its overboosting so fuel cut hits. He then asks me where I got it tuned and starts bagging the SHIT out of the tuner that did it... At this point im thinking ok, bit suss here. As far as my car pinging is concerned I thought that was absolute BS, I know what pinging sounds like and my car aint pinging lol. So we go back to the shop pops the hood and has a look around, now i KNOW i have an oil leak from the rocker covers on the back i've seen it, just never had time to get around to it, but im on holidays now so I can do a bit of work to the car. What I never looked at closely is that there is a shitload of oil near the turbo on the side of the block and on the piping. He reckons the last tuner who worked on my car shouldn't have tuned it to 13psi (with an avc-r i'll run 13psi once every few months), on stock turbo. We went inside and he quoted me $280 to fix rocker leak, then $110 to remove afm, piping, heat shields etc to check condition of the turbo and do a comp. test on the engine and change my plugs as he says I shouldn't have put in iridiums. I think this guy seems to be talking a bit of shit... If anyone wants to ask me who my last tuner was feel free to PM me. If anyone has any opinions on nismo performance, again PM me, dont leave any neg. comments on the public forum I dont want to get banned ! lol. Sorry for the longwinded post here, but it's got me a bit worried... Thanks!

if you plan on running one, mine is on my sub box.

saw a maroon r33 on burnley st. this arvo, had personalised plates but didnt see exactly what, sau stickers on quarters.

I ended up going, was alright, some tough V8's there. But yeah you get some death stares going in there knowing they're thinking "jap crap" in their heads lol. Half my mates own classic v8's so I cop shit all the time, doesn't worry me anymore haha.

lol gtr wagon.

hahahaha yeah thanks mate.

haha but knowing our luck it's his shift on.

oh no shit... mmm that's a bit of a worry from the stories i've read in here about him...

They need a life dude. Go and pick on rusted out shitboxes that have NO hope of being roadworthy instead of us who actually take care of our cars. What do you do? It's a shame our cars have a "hoon" stigma.

It says they meet at knox o-zone at 6pm but were gonna head up there very soon. I'll txt you anyway let you know if it's decent.

i just looked it up. its a torana club meet, but all cars are welcome. A few of us are gonna head up anyway. Give me a ring later on if you want and i'll let you know if its any good.

My friend says there is a big cruise organised in Knox tonight, all sorts of cars will be there. Any one know of this? I want to know before we head out there for nothing. Cheers.

yeah needs to be lower a tad, the location is behind the corner hotel in richmond, near richmond station.

Here is my car. Nothing spesh, but she sits close to my heart lol.

afm 100%. when you disconnect afm car idles perfectly but you can't rev it past 2500rpm right? Then you plug it back in and runs like crap.

my car has it. it raises the aerial full length or if you flick it goes down to half. i havent got a dimmer switch either.

cool cool, i hope my friend has his car ready by tonight to bring out too. will be a nice drive if i can round up the rest of the clowns to come with me!

as topic states, anyone cruising tonight? i have nothing planned if anyones up for a bit of a drive let me know.

anyone cruising tonight?

your fuel pump is shagged. i had the same issue but not in the skyline. my car would cut out and stall when i took right turns. took the pump out, replaced it, good as new.