silviaz

Why do people remove these canisters on rb's?

For some reason when I initially saw the Rb timing set up I assumed that the tension was set automatically. Surprised that Nissan didn't do that or was that not a thing back then?

Interesting. I had that issue on my old car. After a rocker arm broke, the electrode must have been hit or something, though the cylinder didn't look like it was damaged when I put a scope down there, might have been the turbine but hard to imagine that a small piece of metal damage the turbine by that much. Seems like it's not even big enough to do the damage most of it.

LS is a good motor, but it hurts my soul when I see it in a RB. Guess it fixes the oiling issues lol.

I'd be surprised if Nissan doesn't mention it in the manual as it seems unlikely that a tensioner is going to last 200,000km.

Gates claims their belts are 300% stronger than oem, not sure what that means though. Does it mean that it will last longer? Doubt it, haven't looked into it but I imagine they also recommend changing it every 100,000km, so just a marketing gimmick in that case lol.

The racing gates kits are popular to. People said they can be noisy but I haven't had any issues with mine. I imagine it's more an issue with belt tension.

Did you find that your voltage of the battery wasn't where it's normally supposed to be? for example on my r34, it's at 14.5v when running after a few seconds, but I noticed when I had a rough start and it initially wasn't idling correctly, the voltage on my triple gauge cluster was showing lower than usual. Seems like the alternator is starting to crap itself

It sorta fixed it. It stopped it to boosting over 15 psi. But I think the tuner said, adjusting the percentage cycle was compensating for the issue.

Ah I see.

Why's that depressing, wouldn't it be able to go indefinitely until the battery gets old and craps itself? If it's constantly on charge/maintaining charge, won't that keep the battery healthy?

One of my concerns initially was if something catches fire somehow.

I think I know what you mean. I saw the same thing a while back, I think either the images on the website were wrong or the model was slightly updated. It was weird when I first looked at it, same model but different looking unit.

You would probably do a lot better in a claims process then most people. When I called the insurance company, they were surprised I read the pds because according to them almost no one does lol.

Yeah it should be, but I wouldn't be surprised if the insurance company tries to pull some argument out of their ass to avoid paying you out.

Yup, just wanted to make sure I found one that was a trickle charger and not just a battery charger, not sure if there is a difference there but assumed there was, was why I was worried about overcharging.

Ah ok, my tuner did adjust something on the percentage cycle on the boost controller, instead of running at 40% the tuner put it on 20% to compensate for the overboost, can't remember what it was. Not duty cycle don't think, and told me if it keeps overboosting, it's going to be something else. I think he mentioned the turbo actuator.

Which trickle charger does everyone use? I'm going on holidays in the future, and last time it was left for a couple weeks off twice per time, and don't want to keep doing it to damage my battery so looking to have something hooked up to the battery which connected to the car, as I need to keep my immobiliser system on. If the battery goes flat it will mess up my security system (already happened once) I was looking at the following, so can have someone turn it on every couple of days and run it overnight then turn it off) https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/noco-noco-genius-5-battery-charger-6v-12v-5-amp/648987.html?cgid=SCA01060203#srsltid=AfmBOoq4kzQgrm1YHSZT0DzaCwVwwOcevgu0TSDcUvrNeOqI-0S5xJ1C&start=1 https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/century-century-cc1206-xli-12v-1-3-6a-9-stage-battery-charger/693006.html?cgid=SCA01060203#srsltid=AfmBOoq4kzQgrm1YHSZT0DzaCwVwwOcevgu0TSDcUvrNeOqI-0S5xJ1C&start=30 though these don't say anything about trickle charging, don't want it to overcharge the battery.

Ok, good to know. I have open loop I think, I forgot which ones which but I am running the o2 sensor, brand new and I got a new boost solenoid because my last one was faulty and overboosting by a lot, but it's still technically overboosting. Haven't really bothered to hunt it down as I don't send it hard regularly.

Yeah, they'll find anything they can. "Oh aftermarket ecu, that doesn't comply with emissions" lol.

Mine tuned and smokey on boost lol, though I do overboost past 13.5 psi if I really push it. Might need to get my turbo actuator inspected if it's jamming. Do you know if the map sensor can have something to do with it? I hear they tend to fail.

Ah ok, I called a while back and they told me that. From memory I couldn't see anything in the PDS but I called just to ask questions.

Because it is financially convenient for them lol. Why wouldn't they want to give you the lowest possible valuation for your car?

Yep. @Duncan also shannons they will rip you dry and will be probably limited on how much you can drive. Also keep in mind that you always have to have it garaged with Shannons, with enthusiasts as per their PDS you can have it 2 times per week on the driveway for example.

Yep that makes sense, thanks! I guess flogging these turbos in winter is more preferrable lol.