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We dont have a drag strip here in SA ATM.

Speak to your insurance company about cover and modifications that are not deemed legal by the state. I went shopping for insurance this year. I called every insurance company I know of (Famous car insurance, young and cool, just cars, shannons) that deals with imports. ALL said you are required to tell us what modifications have been done to the car BUT its then up to you to make sure those modifications are 'legal'. If those modifications are not legal we can refuse to pay a claim. Its just another way to possibly get out of a claim should you mess up bad and cost them a lot of money.

It will make bugger all difference on the street. Intercoolers on the street work primarily as a heatsink.

Just drop a turbo on it. The legalities of doing an rb30 are no different to dropping a turbo on it. Both with void your insurance.

Not sure if one should take advice from Garrett when it comes to intercoolers. They have some very poorly designed end tanks. But realistically a light cost of paint is going to do no worse than one that doesn't clean/flush their intercooler yearly.

Looks frekin hairy.. Not sure I'd have the balls to push it that hard, definitely a handfull. :S

HOLD ON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOXM83lF3Q

yer but its a 4 banga.. :S

also depends if its only going to be a daily driver or your going to give it a hammering at the local track. if thats the case then r32 gtr it would definitely be for me. A daily... most likely the 34.

Madaz blew his front diff in his R33 GTS4. Maybe drop him a PM see if the motor had to be pulled or not.

Depends which way you look at it. Performance, handling general sportyness/throwability its an upgrade. Interior feel, repairs, maint. its a downgrade. I voted upgrade because I always look at things from a performance perspective.

Richo, Hows your oil level? If its overfull that too can dump oil in to your i/c piping.

When these metal cats die... Do they break up in to chunks as my last ceramic crap cat did or do they just melt in to a lump of metal?

Bit of a guestimate but you must have close to 3.5-3.6:1 diff gears.

Get a good metal cat. You'll notice bugger all if any difference in spool compared to a gutted cat.

A mate has a r32 GTS4 rb25/30 that runs 4.375:1 diff gears. That used to feel rediciously short. He recently dropped a set of 245 45 18's on to it and it has made it more pleasant to drive. He still believes first and second are too short but what do you expect with a high powered car. The more power they make the quicker they are going to buzz through the gears. Myself driving the GTS4 with its larger dia tyres makes it feel pretty well balanced. The 4.375:1 behind the gts4 rb30 was horrid. Now with the tyre size he's running its down to around 4.11's and it feels just nice. When I say just nice, it feels just nice with how and where the turbo spools vs road speed (general street corner entry/exit speed etc.) Its a GT35r .82 that pulls really strong from mid 3000's so general street driving its easy to enjoy the setup without having to ring its neck. 3.5 and 3.7's I really think are simply too long. Chances are with a decent turbo setup your road speeds are going to be too high to be able to enjoy the car at every corner. As Gary has said... Try not to compare a view on diff ratio's in a 33/32 gtst to a gtr as the gtr weighs a couple hundred kg's more. My mates GTS4 feels noticably flat compared to my lighter gtst. My comparison with the GTS4 isn't the best as mine runs a higher static comp and has headwork which improves low/mid response but none the less its the best I have. Look at where and how your turbo's are going to spool and then look at your general driving style. If its a street driven car its silly to think you will be hard under brakes in to corner after corner with rev's up at 5000rpm as the majority of the time you will be doing legal road speeds and simply want to leave a corner at a brisk pace without making yourself look like too much of a 'hoon' yet still enjoying yourself. Hope that all made sense.

When I had mine rebuild/ported polished I was told it had 35mm inlets and 29.5mm exhaust valves. When it got home I measured them and they were what I was told. Which I thought was strange as......... According to the R32 engine manual: R32 RB26 - 35mm inlet, 30mm exhaust. R32 RB25DE - 34mm inlet, 29mm on the exhaust. I remember one measured his r33 rb25det valves and they came up as 34mm inlet and 29.5mm exhaust, I've measured an rb26 head that had 35mm inlet, 29.5mm exhaust yet another bloke has measured his rb26 head and told me they were 34.5mm inlet and 30mm exhaust. There does seem to be a little variance. Probably just the tools used. A poor tradesman always blames his tools. lol

Damn homosexuals.

I'm still skeptical seeing how hard it is to push 300rwkw out of a GT3076r with genuine housings. :S But I can't help that.

Interesting... What supporting mods 3lit3 32?

Wonder if the gearbox is still ok. :S

lol. Well I'm not far off 30. :S Damn that sounds scary.

Z32's weigh a tonne and are ugly.

Boost creep. Lithium, whats your setup? Garrett .63 Internal gate Machined RB .63 Internal gate or External gate?

I'll be watching this thread carefully.