Swiper the Fox

yeah it was like a few hours fu(king around to get the 1st one worked out and 10mins to do the rest...lol. you have to work out a happy medium between clearing the piston skirt and the crank counterweight...also between the piston bracing from the gudgeon pin to the skirt and the conrod.

beware all RB25 and RB26 block engines...these pistons are not direct fit. but can be made to fit quite easily...now that i have done them and worked the best method out without having to machine the piston.

I went for a drive up Mt Dandenong....its mental! not as scary as mine as the power delivery is so linear and smooth but all you have to do is look at the speedo every now and then to frighten the life out of you. Lots of little sneaky tricks on this one that most die hard modifiers would not have even thought of or considered. A mega buck effort thats been done for the sheer love of it and the enjoyment the car has created. In traffic the Vic. HWP didn't even look twice at the car...even when pulled up next to them at the lights as its ultra quiet and idles like a stocker.

sssshhhhh!!!

like my new favorites...you know the ones...the double ones.

ive seen them go over 10500rpm constantly and never had a problem with them. I personally have ran them over 9500rpm nearly everytime i start my race engine and they free length and compession tested like new items on strip down. something a bit more enlightening than saying something is shit would be appreciated. maybe sometimes items are only as good as the way they are set-up/assembled

is mine in the pile?

We keep the quench areas on the stage 2's but on the stage 3's we remove one side (wont give away which side on here ive said enough) but this is suited to big boost big horsepower set-up's only i.e. drag engines or dyno queens.

They way i sort the dreamers from the buyers is you give them your mobile number or ask them for theirs. Stops the bullshit real quick.

how far did you retard the exhaust cam?

again...where are the vernier gears set to at the moment?

the stealth look is the new black. i love it.

I have actually witnessed in person on two cars that have removed poncams ONLY and lost only a couple of top-end KW but gained everywhere else in the rev range by refitting and dialing in stockers. Both cars had two different low mount turbo combinations...but to help your point i dont believe that the poncams were dialed into optimum position (well lets just say they werent set where i would run them).

how/where are they set to?

Nah that pretty much sums up what we found also...for example on our stage 2 heads we use Tomei and on our stage 3 big $$ heads we use JUN. We couldn't believe how well the big JUN items woke the engine up and actually had it making more power earlier with the big port head. This is something that totally goes against the theory of what should be occurring, but boosted engines do funny things that are actually the opposite of what you would find it if was an NA. JUN recommend running a thicker shim but this is something i strongly disagree with, the Tomei buckets are definately the way to go, as the shim should be kept around or under 3mm thickness to be safe. But sometimes people who we do them for have their own ideas and we will advise them but at the end of the day its their money and they can spend it the way they choose to. Risking why do we freely give away info that both you and i know cost us 1000's to discover? We are either very generous or mad!

For that power and stock rev limit cams are a waste of $$ and will do nothing for low down power. Cam gears on stockers works well though...ive had great results with them.

Dave i believe we have a winner.

big lift 270's my friend for that rev range...wouldn't go any more deg than that. Tomei 272 10.8's would be my pick or the JUN 272 11.35's. They are 29mm BC though and need the thicker buckets and id recommend titanium retainers as well. Im doing a real nice head combo for a fella at the moment that would suit you well.

its not the thickest intercooler Trust makes....mines 160mm thick! picks of the works bell boss kit pls

hey hey that would have been "Sticky Dave" in BENTOVER!

ive got this but it has no rear seating...

you know

We do it...no problem with temps.

Yep the Newcastle proposal was defeated in the Land and Environment court. Port Stephens Council only cater for retiree's. And yes...Stacey is a planner for Port Stephens Council...but unfortunately this application was out of her control.

I use JUN or Tomei for my big builds and have never had an issue with either provided sump capacity is ample.