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New studs arrived and now the manifold fits perfect. Looks like the studs warped pretty badly, but the manifold didn't... Which works for me! Just need my new turbo studs and a silicone joiner to arrive and then it should be all back together. Also does anyone know what the effect of swapping to a proper cooler from a return flow, and going from an iwg to ewg would have on the tune? I'm getting the car retuned either way, but just interested to know if I can take it for a bit of drive to test everything is bolted up right (and get it on boost to see if all the couplers and such are all holding fine).

Not just sunvisors, but dual rear sunvisors!

Been lurking on carsales again.... just saw this and had to share. The car actually looks really clean and nice, but the way some people try and sell their car is absolutely terrible. Would it kill them to spend 5 minutes writing a small description on the car? I know i really want to buy this car as the family will love the rear sunvisors! 1996 Nissan Skyline GTS-T R33 Manual-SSE-AD-7000281 - carsales.com.au

Interesting discussion. I have 285rwkw currently and when i got the car i struggled a lot for traction. I actually loved it as it was a lot of fun to keep it pointing in a straight line! Now im not 100% sure what got rid of it as a i did a lot of things at once, so one of these may be the key. Just not sure which: Changed suspension all round to MCA Blues (mid setting, its stiff, but not rock hard) Changed almost all my control arms front and rear and got a wheel alignment in line with the recommendations in this forum Pineapples on the rear subframe Locked the HICAS (If it was anything, I would bet it was this) Changed my front and rear swaybars to whiteline (from stock) Now the part that made no sense, I got some new 18inch wheels, but decided i would just reuse some tyres i had lying around for the street. They are 225/40 R18's and are Monster Street Series.... these are not the best tyres ever made and are ridiculously skinny for the power (i bought them as i needed to pass a rego inspection)... however somehow the car had traction.... no idea how! Once i have got the car moving, the rear does not break traction in a straight line and full power..... Made no sense to me so i went to a dyno to check the power to make sure the car actually made 280rwkw... thought something may be wrong, but second dyno had similar power. On the track i use 265/35 R18 Kumho V70a (Medium Compound) front and rear and i can be really aggressive on applying the power on corner exit... sooo i dont think ive helped here, but ive definitely added more things to read.

Yer manifold was impossible to remove, used many breaker bars, however I have a replacement manifold from hypergear to go on. The new manifold may also be warped though as it's a stock manifold with an external gate welded on. I'll change the studs and see where that leaves me and then contact hypergear if there is an issue

Only a few small updates, needed to block off the internal wastegate flap, managed to get this Cobb Racing part that looks pretty good! Having troubles getting the exhaust manifold back on. Both the original and my new one won't fit. I'm thinking the manifold studs may be warped, so have ordered some new ones and hopefully that fixes it!! It fits on the ends but not the centre studs for some reason.

That seems to align to what I have

My cars in pieces but these are the ones I know off hand . 160v = 60l left .820v = 34.2l left

I may end up in the "lost half my car due to my wife leaving me" club if i did that

Small update! I've swapped the head studs on the car, first time doing that, have a whole thread on that experience... It's scary doing it for the first time, as it makes no sense how those nuts can take so much torque! Few parts have arrived, got a new exhaust manifold from hypergear, it's a standard manifold with an external wastegate fitting. Nice little kit and very good price. Came with a Hyper-gate 45. Unsure yet if I will leave as a screamer or plumb it back. Also while the valve covers were off, I gave them a clean up and painted them wrinkle black. The little parts washer I had made this super easy to prep. Considering how cheap they are, they are definately with the $80 they cost. Also my new venom cat with a 5 inch body arrived, looks to be really good quality and price was very reasonable. Just waiting on some new exhaust studs, some parts to block off my internal wastegate and then I'll start putting the car back together and hopefully get it retuned and meet my new power goals also got a full genuine Nissan gasket kit, amazing how much cheaper it is to buy it as a full kit, was around 245 and comes with everything except the half moons. Was going to cost me more than that just to buy the turbo gaskets, copper washers, intake gasket and cam seals seperately... So at least I have spares of all the seals I haven't replaced now, including a head gasket.

ooooo thats good to know! makes life that little easier thanks for the screenshot of the haltech settings, that will make life a lot a simpler.

Thanks so much for the tables! i ordered the kit last night so its in the mail now Also randomly onsong performance released a youtube clip yesterday on the NZ Wiring kit and they reckon all you need to do is re pin 2 wires (i suck at wiring, hate it so much! but he was mentioning something about swapping the cas and cam wires, i need to watch the video again as i didnt quite get it all). Ill do some research this weekend and im sure it will all make sense.

How did you end up fixing this? I am thinking about the same kit to use with my elite 2500, was there much needed to get it working?

If i was in the US and looking at a daily, I would totally buy a Red 99-04 SVT Lightning. Would blast Life Ain't a Game by Ja Rule with the windows down and go grab car parts with all my mates and stack the boxes high on the roof. I would buy a burnt out targa supra and then build it using a motec exhaust system.... life would be grand, unless there was danger to the manifold. But seriously... i would buy an SVT Lightning or a Raptor

i have a Helical in mine, works super well (R34 S2), if it died, id probably go a 1.5way

I almost had a heart attack with i snapped the shaved down socket on the back of the head.... then i remembered it was more likely to be the dodgy socket i created than the head bolt... was so relieved when i saw the socket snapped!

Got it all done! i have to say i was super worried about snapping a stud or bolt in the days leading up to it, as usually its easy enough to remove and either retap or ignore completely. But with this if anything went wrong it meant taking the head off at a minimum. Anyway first two I did i felt like I was undertaking open heart surgery. Torquing the bolts seems unnatural to put so much torque on such a small nut. But after the first two i wasn't worried at all and got into a good little rhythm. Then i got to the corners, wasnt too worried, came here for help, got some awesome advice, continued the job and got it done with no issues. Overall was a fairly simple job! Super happy its done though, also really happy i invested in a good quality digital torque wrench last year, really makes a huge difference!

Yep I only use 10 tenths in the skyline, but it in bulk when it goes on sale

Have totally come to my senses. Just did the heads studs one in one out. So leaving it unopened and in original working condition shouldnt be an issue at all

I'll have a go tonight and report back. Also interested in the results

I have mine at $32k and pay $570 a year with enthusiast for 4,000kms a year. I was pretty happy with the service so far. No claims though

I think it just looked so tight, I didn't think even grinding it down would do anything

With the standard cams I and no issues using a 3/8inch 5/8th socket as they are pretty slim. And then needed to ground down the socket for the corners... Hopefully I can finish the last two tmrw with just one more socket but pretty happy to have it almost done!!!

Damn thing, need to make another, needed it for the four corners. Got all 4 to 60ft pound, them on the final 90ft pound torque it snapped on the second one. So need to make another for the final 2 bolts

Well.... Did not expect that to work.... Not sure why But all right now! Thanks heaps @GTSBoy