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Love the rear guards, headlights look freakin disturbing....but I like, I like!

Still getting pestered by my mate. Not sure if you have seen my PM's or I lost some of yours due to the server issues. Cash is sitting here waiting

Hey mate, Just wondering if you got my last PM about the turbo. Got cash for it

using a 33 clutch master here also

So the welds are done (pics coming when I pick the manifold up.) I just need the face that sits against the head machined as it is slightly warped. Does anyone know \ reccomend a workshop to do this in SE Melbourne? I understand its a bit tricky to actually hold the manifold to machine the surface, but does anyone have any suggestions?

sci2000tech I would love to see a graph of the manifold vs the previous setup. If it improves response (which from all accounts I have heard it will not, however I am hoping it will) I may very well go down the same route. Update on my situation. Crack 1: Looks to be caused by the after market fuel rail being an extremely tight fit and causing a crack from vibrations or something else. This is now sorted, and I will be putting some spacer to allow the fit of the rail \ injectors to sit nicer. (more like factory) Crack 2. The surface of the plenum against the head was not square, however it did not leak due to me using a gizzmo gasket. However, the flex on the manifold caused a crack near the ends of the manifold near #6. This crack has grown too far and some weld needs to be put in the injector hole. I will then have to machine this so the injector \ o ring seals, then machine the surface of the manifold that sits against the head square. Should be happy days after that...I hope

Fountain gate, says it all.... Do the Volk caps tighten up with the help of a spanner or hand tightened? Sucks if they can only be done up by hand, maybe use some loctite, then good luck getting them off

Cheers ears. I have given it to a professional to take care of. Should have it back tomorrow. I was always going to fix it, but the conundrum is if I should invest in a better setup in the long term. This was also inspirational...

You own a 31 of course you are a tightass

I keep hearing about these but I have never seen one, got any pics?

AC have you given HPC in Wonthaggi a call? They will organise a courier for you usually too.

Got put onto this thread: http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/307325 However, there is nothing solid in there, no dyno comparisons or anything really solid to go on. Might be worth some back to back testing to see if RB26 is worthwhile, expensive exercise, but Im used to being a guinea pig.

I keep seeing a silver R32 GTS-T driving around Lakeside in Pakenham, saw it again this afternoon across the lake while I was working on my car, sounds really nice

Roy is the TD06 10cm still for sale? You have PM

Power FC D-Jetro from R33 GTR

The crack appeared a while ago and I thought it was just a casting mark, it has since grown. The part that failed was the factory part of the intake. I have had the intake for nearly 2 years now, pretty sure it would be out of warranty anyway. CBF getting a replacement when I can: 1. Weld it 2. upgrade

HRMMM, now Trent tunes E85 its time for me to change my fuel, 300rwkw here I come! Gotta love wank factor! PS. I still love your car, 2nd fav R33 behind a close friends, both are insane but my loyalty must stay with my mate or he will get all emoitional You still have better rims, but dont tell him I said that

A mate did this in his LJ XU-1 Mockup. He actually found a place that did pre-fabricated mounts and was going to use a 30E gearbox. Not sure who it was but look around, no use re-inventing the wheel

....If I wanted to be patronised I wold have asked. Think about it for a second, crack moving towards the injector hole, I can try to stop it from growing but if that fails, and one day out of no where fuel starts pissing out all over the place, well Im sure you have seen what can happen. However, you are partially correct, now is the perfect time to spend some cash on a part which I think could cause me some serious grief down the track, and why not spend the cash on something as exciting as a GTR multi throttle setup. Not all Skyline owners are povo's who work at their cousins *insert random takeawawy shop* to pay for fuel to rip up the princes highway on a friday night. Now please show yourself the door to my thead. Roy, are they the ones that use the stock bottom half of the runners and replace the top half (literally a bolt on)? I am not so sure I want to go that direction, however if I cant fix what I have now, I might get back to you and see what we can sort out for the interium. Cheers!!! AC, Im taking the manifold off today to take to be looked at by someone who can potentially fix it If I can get the crack sorted some time this week I will probably take the car down to my tuners for another touch up and talk options then, I was just hoping someone with past experience would pick up this thread and spark some ideas.

The air leak tells me its a crack. I believe that its due to an issues with the casting.

Hi all, I currently have a KU engineering FF Plenum on my RB20 and am fairly happy with its the job it is doing, however it is a cut and shut factory manifold. The trouble I am having is that there is a crack on the #6 runner that is moving towards the injector hole on the manifold (factory part of the runners). I could TIG weld it however the direction of the crack concerns me. I have been thinking about getting a Greddy RB25 manifold (Genuine greddy) and adapting it. With Q45 TB to suit. I do not run IAC or AAC so there is no issue there, and I have an aftermarket fuel rail (Which I am lead to believe will still work with my SARD injectors on the greddy manifold). I also DO NOT run heater lines etc under the manifold and my turbo is a Trust oil cooled only unit which takes out a level of complexity. The other option is a stock R32 GTR manifold and ITB's. The car runs a RB26 R33 D-Jetro ECU therefore I have the GTR air temp sensor already installed. Can anyone confirm that the Greddy option has been done on an RB20? I have seen RB26 done, howerver I was hoping that by chance the RB25 manifold will somewhat bolt upto the RB20 (silvertop) without the use of a spacer plate? If that is not the case I will have to have a billet adapter made. But if the Greddy unit is an easier option I will probably go this route instead of the RB26 unit. Here is a pic of my current setup. -Ignore the Z32 \ Grex Filter that is now long gone Thanks in advance -Jez

Here we go again........this old debate I've worked with both...Horses for courses IMO

Even if the injector is ticking check that there is the same voltage across all injectors, I had faulty wiring on #5 (my fault) but it still ticked, fixed the wire and it was all good

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