mr_rbman

Do you think that if it is the front seal on the turbo it could explain the boost leak which is causing the drop in power? It would explain the noise, oil and the loss of power you'd think! The knock levels have been fine, shaun asked me about that! I'll be heading up your way on sunday sometime in the afternoon if you want to checkout my ign. timing load points! I thought shaun said that our power runs were virtually the same with torque and power through the midrange? Yes it did have that whoosh and felt crappy in first gear!

cheers for all your replies guys, after talking to a few people including my tuner from boostworx (shaun) i am almost certain its the turbo, it would explain the oil and the loss of power on my initial dyno run. I have already taken the majority of the cooler piping off and some of the turbo so i will get that checked out first then if there's nothing wrong with that i will do the compression test straight away. Atleast if it is the turbo which i hope it is then it will be time for an upgrade! hehe, more power! I'm very confident with the build of the engine and the running in period so the front seal on the turbo being shot is what makes the most sense to me!

its setup without a catch can so it is return!

having problems with my engine (read my post in the forced induction section) so i'll have to pull out. big apologies and i hope you do this again once my motor's fixed!

hehe, fair enough!

haha, glad to c you can c the funny side!

well i have a freshly built rb30 twin cam in my 32 with a rebuilt vg30 turbo. Its now done around 1600kms and everything up until now has been going pretty well. I went for a drive sunday and everything was fine, oil was normal level etc. I got home and parked my car in the garage, luckily my car is only a weekender but when i went out to the shed monday afternoon there was oil drippings on the floor across the front, coming out of the hoses. This afternoon i finally got a chance to check it out closer only to find close to a litre of oil in the cooler and oil all through the piping! Basically the only thing i can think is its either the turbo or the rings. I really hope its the turbo but as i said it was rebuilt by ats here in adelaide. It has been making quite a loud whistle/howl since its been running but i don't know if this could be related! Someone please help me or reassure me cause i dont know if i can afford to have the engine rebuilt again! Cheers!!!

you don't need to quieten your car up any more, its already a heap quieter than mine. I ended up gutting my cat and did notice a bit of improvement (also made it even louder) but haven't put a pipe through it as it tapers in slightly and you can't get a bit of 3" through it! Not sure if its just mine or all cats are like this!

as long as i have my oil leak fixed by then i'll be there!

probably wasn't very clear in my first post. i'm basically look at making straight through cats for mine and my mates cars and i'd also like some 3" flanges off them! So basically i'm just after ones that are shagged an no one wants any more, none of these expensive ones!

i dont have a 3" straight pipe!

rb30/26 for sure, its worth the small hassle. My rb30/25 only has 166rwkw's but compared to my old rb20 which had 159rwkw's it leaves it for dead! The 26 head will be even better! i probably wouldn't waste your time ceramic coating the pistons and save that money for something else!

found it for $95 delivered!

thanks guys just ordered an apexi one off ebay!

i just found a trust panel filter to suit the 32, anyone know if these are better than the k&n ones or are they all about the same?

gone the whole pod route before and want to stick with the airbox due to having an rb30 in my car and wanting to keep the stealth/stock look.

just chasing 3" cat converters, If you have one lying around that you no longer need then please sms/call me on 0401219230! cheers, Ash!

i can't find anywhere a panel filter to suit my r32 gts-t standard airbox but i thought i remembered someone on here a while back saying that one for a vn commodore fitted or something similair! Any help would be much appreciated!

pm sent!

i'm convinced too, i was a bit confused as to what these actually were but after reading this i'll get them if its not too late for my 32. Mob is 0401219230 if you need the payment before next weekend as the net is playin up at my place!

where's the video of buster's car gone?

read his post again, he said $200-$250 MORE!

around 1500kms

i ran it for 10 mins with some cheap oil, then dropped that out and put some quality mineral oil in and drove it round for the next 500k's giving it a bit of load (about 75%) up to around 4000rpm max. Once it got to 500 k's i did another oil change with the same oil again until 1000k's where i went and got it dyno tuned and had the wastegate actuator re-connected (used no boost for first 1000kms). Have now done around 1500kms with 10 psi. Will do next oil change at 5000kms! From a thousand k's i started to give the car a bit of stick revving it to about 6500rpm and she feels great!