I'm looking at doing a set of -7s with billet kinugawa 60mm comp wheels (basically -5 size) on a 2.6 for a bit of an experiment
Chance of working at a guess 75% provided it doesn't go straight to surge due to the smaller front housings
Exactly throw mechanical sympathy out the window
dial in 7,000rpm,
pull your foot off the clutch as fast as possible and mash the accelerator into the floor and hold on,
when the revs swing back to 7 grab 2nd
Yes it's normal
Hold it at 7 and side step the clutch the revs will drop but the car accelerate and the revs will begin to climb again as full traction is retained when it get back to 7 grab 2nd
Unless it really dies away in which case you've bogged it down and need more revs but 7 seems to be the number in most cases
Buying rebuilt is probably the better option on a 32 these days. Provided it been done properly and they've replaced every water hose (they split all the time)
Also make sure they have all the receipts and if it was me I'd go for one with sensible mods (bolt on turbos with supporting mods) as a highly stressed engine can fail even after being rebuilt and driveline is under more stress and more likely to give issues.
Check to make sure the a/c works cause that can get expensive fast, as can interior parts if it's not to your liking.
I guess the big thing is get the best one you can find and check it, check it and check it again. before handing over your money!
White wheels look fantastic on most colours and show off the wheels really well, but most people just paint them black and then you can't see them anymore. But it is fashion and you need to follow fashion
Nytsky would be the best person to ask, he has a t51r on a 25/30 in an r33 gtst
The other thing to consider about is in recent times turbo technology has come leaps and bounds and there are turbos that will make t51r power with greatly reduced lag. But it's your car and you have the final say
he bought it with a trust t78 and changed it to a more responsive pt6262 but still wants more, so capacity increase would be the next step and a pt6262 has been proven to match the -9s down low but walk away from them up high
But he has already spent money on having the single turbo changed and tuned and still isn't happy with it, so his next option is to look at the engine capacity.
Personally I wouldn't be changing the turbo charger at the same time, I would just do the stroker and see how it drives after that