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lol.

They are when you consider a 350rwkw RB30DET spools the same as a stock turbo'd RB20DET.

I've been quoted $200 to fit the Noltec Subframe bushes. They are a hassle to do but providing the workshop has done them before they can get them done quickly. If they want to. I've just bought a 12tonne press so I will be doing my own shortly.

I'd say the thread now has a conclusion.

I have no idea if they would 'really' last longer than -R's considering a -R Verbatim or +R Verbatim but on paper they are superior. Verbatim both rate their -R and +R's to approx 100years. Have a read of their Whitepapers. Wiki has a little on it. EDIT: Bl4ck32 found Verbatim DVD+R 16x 50spindle at Kmart for $32 I decided to try and find a little more info rather than just come to my conclusion by reading whitepapers. Found this........ http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Why-DVDRW-...-to-DVD-RW.html and this http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/...archival-media/ Says basically the same thing. and this may be of interest. Either way there's nothing wrong with -R's.. Just that +R's are supposed to be better.

Ahh the auto. Its amazing how much of a difference they make to spool and drivability of a large turbo. Another mate (dangerman4) runs a GT35r .82 on his Rb25, that makes all its boost by 4200rpm (24psi) and 5psi by 3000rpm. That fry's first, second and third and doesn't have that feeling of first gear flicking so quick the turbo hasn't had time to spin up. By 3600rpm odd boost is well and truley in. I should have been a little more clear.. I am talking about the boost build rpm area, when there is no boost to some boost, up to say 5psi. After that first 5 or so psi boost increases much quicker So the .5... You will start to see boost slightly earlier than the .7, this is what I mean by the more linear feel. The progression on to boost. The xr6 dyno sheet doesn't read low enough to tell. For the xr6 you would have to run it from almost idle. Remember they are making good boost at 2000rpm so that dyno sheet is useless for what I am describing. I guess you could describe it as the windmill effect disco has talked about in the past. Hard to describe but definitely noticable by the seat of the pants.

A +R will get a hell of a lot closer to lasting that life time than a -R. :laugh:

And thats with eating your tea off them every night.

Dennis. I know a bloke running an xr6t turbo on his rb30det. That makes 15psi by 3900rpm BUT its running on the stock exhaust manifold. I have noticed the smaller comp cover appears to bring the power on a little more linear as it begins making boost early and then slowly increases boost over a wide rpm; compared to the .7 comp cover it makes say 5psi by 3000rpm then another 500rpm its making 20odd. So the .7 feels a little more nothing then everything. This is seat of the pants as I've been in and driven both. I also know of 2 others with the usual GT35r .7 comp and .82 rear that make what ever boost they throw at it just over 3500rpm still on the stock exhaust manifold. All though the 400rpm difference doesn't sound alot the BIGGEST difference between the 1.06 and .82 is that the .82's go much harder and lag a hell of a lot less in the lower gears. In the top 3rd+ gears, they feel almost the same. What diff gears are you running? The examples above were running 4.3's. Most likely part of the problem with the larger 1.06 a/r. It would be quite interesting how your xr6t turbo would go with a .82 arse end.

So your disregarding the problem has anything to do with the ramp rate? 'Hydraulic' cams run a less aggressive ramp rate than 'solid' cams for a very good reason.

Andrew, Is the head bolted on? If not I have a 1.5mm tomei restrictor you can have.. I have no use for it.

Mines been going strong through those last few hot days. Nothings gone up in smoke by using the diode mod.

It appears to be a Darren thing. They 'work' their missus car. Darrens car is an R31.

It does sound a lot like a vacuum leak. Have you checked the condition of the afm? Did you replace injectors and use the incorrect injector collars? OR.. are the old injector collars leaking?

You can get good economy without closed loop. But no.. The Microtech doesn't have closed loop yet.

When you say matrix you mean interpolation.. i.e averaging surrounding cells? Tim Possingham was/is a wizard with the Microtechs, BUT I do remember he mentioned it can be tuned for the absolute best economy but slight response does suffer. Its just a limitation of the limited load and rpm points. Interpolation can only 'guess' so good.

SPOTTED AT MOANA BEACH TODAY!!

ahh subjective. I setup mine with the correct tension as per the engine manual. It had slight slack but was not loose. It had tension if that makes sense. My initial feeling was... It should be slightly tighter. But its not supposed to be 'tight'.

opps...

Nice.. So care to share how much boost you were running?

Injector selection does need to be a little carefull but apart from that there's no issues. I'll be remapping the ecu myself so all up only 200-300 including the eeprom burners etc.. The PFC IS easier to tune but if I have the software and hardware to do it, its just as easy for myself.

You should always set the belts tension via the tensioner, I've found the belts at the correct tension make you think.... is that too loose? If it feels tight. Its too tight. Its supposed to be just nice. If that makes sense. Never try to slide the belt on.

NIB... Compared to others running cams it more so resembles the 1.06 spool/torque I've seen on various rb25/30 setups. Your 100% thats a .63? It comes on almost like a .82 with stock cams. From what I've seen. You don't have a boost curve sheet handy? EDIT: But in saying that it is making ~250rwkw around 4200rpm which with a .82 would require in the 20+psi range. Interesting. 250rwkw at ~4000rpm. No wonder it shreds tyres.

Very nice... Got any pics of the the exh. manifold with its heatshield on? Did you manage to get the stock heat shield fitted with a bit of manipulation or are you going to make one up? If the stock heat shield fits its going to look almost invisible.

The engine legality side of things.. Other bits that are not legal and are near impossible to get the car registered with. Big Turbo, ECU, Injectors, Different Bov, AFM and the list goes on.....