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The 6-bolt driveshafts are MUCH thicker. I have heard of people upgrading their gtst shafts to GTR shafts (which is pretty much what these are). The way I see it is if I upgrade the shafts while I'm doing the diff then I shouldn't have to ever worry about the rear end again. Just need to hear from someone who has done it as to whether the shafts just drop straight in or if I need GTR hubs or some other modifications done..

Well I picked up my 3.9 auto S13 diff yesterday and it turns out it has 6-bolt flanges, because of this I was also supplied with the driveshafts. What I'm wondering is, are the driveshafts a straight swap with my 5-bolt items? I'm thinking this would be a hell of an upgrade to go along with the 2way diff. Basically I have a full Nismo 2way kit (came with new 5-bolt halfshaft flanges, bearings, gaskets etc.), are the halfshaft flange bits interchangeable (i.e. no dramas swapping the 6-bolt flanges for the 5-bolt ones, in the diff that is) in case the driveshafts aren't a straight swap. Help! need to sus out which way to go before I drop my bits off at the diff place. Cheers

2way locks the same on accel and deccel, 1.5 way doesn't lock as hard on deccel. I got a Nismo 2way from Nengun for about 1k, picked up a 3.9 S13 diff on sunday and going to get the 2way installed in that (I think a good mechanical diff is going to be leagues ahead of a rebuilt stocker)

Makes no difference whether you swap the uni or weld after the uni.. I think the deal is that those uni's are not rebuildable (or so the guy at VEEM told me) as such they require some abuse to get out and you would need to source a brand new uni.. aslong as the uni isn't rooted it's usually easier to get it cut/welded and rebalanced.

Were you one of the 2 dozen cars that forgot to turn left onto Leach Hwy? Oh and were you in the 4dr 33 with the big AUTOWORX sticker on the back? that thing is fast! And that S14 that chopped me.. my ears are still ringing from that gate

Cheers Doesn't really have insane power.. has insane torque from idle though! after xmas will see the GT35R strapped on.. THEN it will have insane power and torque

Not bad, new engine survived the belting I gave it but we bailed after Cannington. Yay I'm in 2 pics.. pity the car was so dirty

^^ Well that sux

w00t, car is running, cyas all tonight

The standard 25DE manifold I have has been proven to flow enough for 460rwhp, unfortunately my bonnet doesn't quite close properly.. hence the need to gain more clearance

Including purchase of motor? I did a lot myself and I have a very good mechanic.. so labour doesn't cost me anything other than buying him lunch and/or dinner when we're working

You could build a trimatic or a powerglide.. a mate had a powerglide behind the 30 in his drag car.

Haven't seen one break launching but I know of someone who has snapped 3rd gear.. the car is pushing over 600awhp though heh.

Yup, lies. I *had* hicas in my 32 and I have the factory lsd (not for much longer.. 3.9 2way ftw!)

I've got a set of standard 32gtst coils doing nothing other than taking up space.. they were working well enough to make 245rwhp on the RB20 Or a set of splitfired aren't too pricey, I got mine for $515 delivered I think it was.

Or you could build an RB30 with a 25DE head out of an R32.. I did that, swapped everything over from the 20 and ran it on my 32 ecu (It did max out a lot of things though so 550cc injectors, z32 afm and a remap later and she's driveable.. had a chipped ecu with no R&R which got me around for a couple of months before the tune)

You really want something that spins at ~100,000rpm to be rebuilt dodgily and not balanced correctly? recipe for disaster.

RB30 FTW! I would like to hear any experiences with this plenum though.. thinking about going forward facing plenum at some point to gain some more bonnet clearance..

So much hearsay and conjecture. IMO don't upgrade until you max it out. For instance, my RB30 instantly maxxed out the RB20 afm and constantly ran in R&R as soon as it saw any boost with more than 10% throttle or over 3000rpm. Maxxed out at 183rwkw.. also, the exhaust side of the 25 turbo maxxed out (can't physically flow the exhaust gasses coming out of the 30). Have since had the stock ecu remapped along with 550cc injectors and a z32 afm installed.. still have to live with the turbo falling over about 5800rpm till after xmas Do the upgrades slowly, as and when you need them - this will also help if you come across any issues (too many changes at once makes it harder to diagnose problems). The only thing I suggest going full hog on straight away is, if you know you're going to end up with a bigass turbo, bigger injectors, afm etc down the track, then don't waste money on a simple piggy back to start with. Just get a full ecu and go from there.

Got Wiseco(sp?) pistons in mine, no problems.

+1 for igniter if it's happening with heat and you've already tried another set of coils.

Pretty sure I mentioned this in another thread.. when we had my engine out to put the new crank/bearings in, I put my stock tailfshaft up next to that out of a 32gtst with an rb26 and 25 gearbox, they were practically the same length minus the saw cut (~1.5-2mm).

^^ nice! Think I had a lifter collapse in my DE head a couple of days ago, going to rip the set out of the ol' RB20 tonight and whack them in the 30 on Friday. Also got my hands on a GT35R.. need to measure it up and see if it will fit low mount O_o

Do share, I'll have raspberry jam though thanks

Mrs has just informed me that my 3x radiators have just arrived. Cheers fatz