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Cruise was much unorganized. It was good to see such a great turnout but was a waste of time trying to get that many cars through so many sets of lights and intersections without getting broken up and lost. i and a few more people where at one point flooring it to keep up but it just didn’t happen so in the end, pulled over to a road with "melski, Jivlah, Mod," and a few more and went to the Etuned Cruise. any way I’m not here to criticize and it was your first time. But please if you organize another cruise try making some meet points and have some road directions. niran

hey man, yer nah i have no problem with the amount of people coming , like every one else said the more the merrier, just was wondering to bring a camera and all cyaz all there niran

hey bro yer no problem aye, i also just wanted to know how much to expect on the night. thanks agian cyaz

hey guys, is this on other forums or is it just skyline aus members?

hey guys, ill be there with some mates in sil's and 180's

hey mate, the foot print for the VG30 is a T3, and so yes it is a straight bolt on, as the R32 and R33 use a T3 foot print. thanks niran

hey mate, the turbo is a VG30det, as the TT one is to small.

hey man sorry i took so long to reply, i didnt even know i got any replies for some reason i dont get the email notification to my email addy any more. um yer man i will come and look at it in 2 or so weeks and then put a deposit if it fits, and then buy it off ya thanks man, niran

yahoooooo thanks mate. i looked for a r32 gtst one and they asked more then $400 for it. thanks dude!

hey mate, ah yer how much would that cost? to make for a r32 gts-t with the stock RB20 engine?

hey guys oh really, awesome thanks for that ill go check both those places and see if they got anything thanks Niran

hey every one just wondering if any one knows where i can buy just the intercooler piping kit for a r32 gtst. the reason for this is because i already have a core and just need the piping. thanks guys any help is appreciated

hey guys how are you all going . Um to enter with the form is to late now, but you can still rock up at the gates and pay for it and enter the car that way. but read all the details at " www.powercruise.net " as you have to get your car taken over a check up there such as there own pits, which check if you car has legal limit on tyres, if all the brake lights, indicators and so on work. also you have to bring proof and also rego forms for car. have a good one,niran

oh realy hmm, hopefully the handy cam is under 1.2 kg it should be ahhaha. are you going to powercruise man?

ahah. yer i just rang up and got them to hold one for me . thanks for that yer just to hold like a sony handy cam or a normal digital camera. thanks man and WOW! nice thanks for the video dude. thats hell good lol nice launch

REALY!!! ONLY 20 BUCKS! wow soo getting one right now thanks dude for that have a good one buddy

Hey everyone i was just looking for a camera mount, the ones with the suction cap so i can mount it on the front window. the reason being because i have entered my car in Power cruise 2008 and just for the cruise event and the drags i wanted to mount it so i could get some footage. Does anyone know where i can buy one from? If not does anyone have one which i could borrow just for the weekend? And give it back Thanks guys

Hey guys and girls, I did my vg30 conversion on my rb20 motor, and I didn’t find much information on the topic, however did receive help from a few members on the basic concept of what should be done especially from “Jin man”. Thanks for thatJ. I thought to write up a DIY on the vg30 conversion as it’s a good turbo swap for a budget price. Caustion!/Achtung/Attenzione!!! Follow this guide at your own risk, I will not be held responsible for anything that goes wrong, this in only a guide to the installation and if unsure about any aspects please consult it with a local turbo installer. What you need Price 1 x VG30 Turbo (ball bearing, Steal wheel/ceramic) $250-350 1 x RB25 90 degree bent elbow $35.00 1 x Socket set (sizes 8mm-20mm) $50-200 1 x Spanner Set (up to 24 mm for the water banjo bolt) $30-150 1 x Screw driver set $15-80 1 x exhaust gasket $7.00 1 x oil line gasket (for the turbo) $6.00 1x turbo gasket for inlet (not sure got with turbo) 1 x turbo t3 footprint gasket (not sure got with turbo) 1-3 friends - There’s more but these will be the main tools needed, however you will need things such as pliers to remove the clamps and also a box of bandages for all the cuts you receive: P, also a bottle of Degreaser and a bottle of RP-7 are handy. Step 1 DRAIN ALL OIL, AND WATER FROM THE CAR. Keep it somewhere if you’d like to re-use the water and oil. If not you can put new water and oil when done. Use the pliers to remove all the hose clamps for the smaller vacuum lines that are connected to the intake pipe and other pipes that are surrounding the turbo. After that remove the larger hose clamps by using the socket set, by memory it should be a size 8-10mm depending on which hose clamp your about to loosen. After all the vacuum lines, air intake and intercooler clamps have been loosened, Remove the all piping that covers the turbo (intercooler piping, Intake piping). So far it should look like this. Next remove the rest of the pipes that are still there Ok guys so good so far? Ok it should look like this and at this point you should be able to see the turbo easily (if you have a heat shield on your turbo, its best to remove it now so that the turbo consumes less room, so that it will be easier to be take out. Ok guys the final part of step one, is to remove the bolts on the oil canister (DO NOT REMOVE THE PIPES AS THE OIL WILL COME OUT!) just remove the bolts so that you are able to move the canister out a bit. Also undo the bolts for the silver object that is grounded no idea what its called sorry (if you have one) and keep that aside for the time being. *If unsure what to remove please look at the photo below*. Step 2 Ok guys next off now we have to undo the bolts that are holding the turbo to the manifold, there are 4 bolts that are holding the turbo there. Loosen them however don’t remove completely off just yet. After that undo the bolts on the dump pipe which is connecting to the exhaust (mine had 3, but you may have more). Ok the next part is to remove the bolts for the oil and water lines that are connected to the turbo. I’m sorry about this part but I didn’t have any photos from under the car. 1 of oil lines can be removed from the top which is the banjo bolt just between front and rear housing.*the oil lines by memory used an 18 mm socket and the water lines use a 22mm*. After removing the oil line at the top go under the car and remove the other oil line. This one will have 2 bolts on either side pretty sure a 12mm.NOTE! be careful to watch your face as the oil in the turbo will come out and may land on your face so watch your eyes, and this also goes the water lines so be careful. After removing all the water lines and oil lines, the turbo should be held only by the manifold bolts. Ok now the turbo should be able to taken out, its not the easiest fit to get the turbo out, but by holding the oil canister back and with the help of some mates to hold it in place while you pull the turbo out it should be possible *TIP removing the actuator will make it easier to remove the turbo out again because it will be less stuff surrounding the turbo while trying to get it out* Step 3 Ok guys now that the turbo is out put it along side the vg30 turbo as you can already see the rear exhaust housing on the vg30 is bigger hence more top end power. Ok as you can already see the turbo’s aren’t align so now what you have to do is either turn the rear or front housing so that the turbo’s manifold and intake side align up the same to the rb20 front and rear housing. There’s two ways to do this by either turning the front or rear housing... I turned the front housing as all the oil, water, and manifold aligned up and it was just the front compressor housing that was out, about 5 cm from the ground. Ok to do this there are about 6 bolts around the inner of the housing the best way is to use an open spanner to loosen them. They don’t have to be removed just need to be loosened a bit so that the compressor housing is able to spin freely. *please look at the photo below where I have highlighted the bolts which need to be loosened* Ok now that that’s done you have to swap the actuators over because the problem faced is that the stock vg30 actuator will hit the rb25 90 degree bend and therefore will not work. So remove the actuator that was on the stock rb20 turbo and then put that actuator on the vg30. It may be a bit of a pull to put it on but mine worked fine so it should be good. You can modify the stock vg30 actuator if you like but swapping the actuators over is much easier. Ok a problem I ran into was that one of the water lines on the stock engine where not big enough to fit the banjo bolt that goes onto the vg30 water hole. Some people cut the water line pipe and then join it with a rubber hose but a problem faced is that if the rubber hose is too close to the turbo it may have a chance to melt. So what I did was remove the water line from the side of the engine block and take it out then I cut the old banjo bolt holder and then welded on the vg30 banjo bolt holder so that it would fit. *CAUTION! IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO WELD DON’T TRY THIS ALSO CHECK FOR WATER LEAKS AND DO A PRESURE TEST TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO LEAKS FROM THE WELDED JOIN* Before installing the turbo back on make sure that everything match’s up and that the vg30 aligns up with the stock turbo. Ok everyone look at the photo below and this is what your engine bay will look like where the turbo was. The water line that I had to cut and modify was the one on the right. Yours may fit without having to make it bigger. The reason these have to change is because the banjo bolts on the vg30 turbo are slightly bigger then the banjo bolts of the rb20 turbo. *REMEMBER to make sure that the re welded water line is in line perfectly with the other side. Otherwise you may struggle trying to put the banjo bolt back in with the turbo.* Also after all this connect the dump pipe back onto the rear housing of the vg30 Step 4 Ok everyone, now everything should be done just double check that all the water lines match up and that the actuator is not hitting the intake of the rb25 90 degree elbow. Next put on all the gaskets i.e. the t3 footprint gasket. Ok to put the turbo in again its not the easiest thing to do but it is possible (many people remove the manifold but I didn’t, but that’s totally up to you). Ok once the turbo is in, put 2 bolts on the t3 footprint that connects to the manifold (don’t fully tighten them as you will have to move the turbo around a bit to put all the water and oil lines in). After this again go under the car and put the 2 water lines back on the car *TIP- I found it easy to loosen the banjo bolt on the engine block so that I could move the water lines side to side a bit more* after the water lines are done, put the gasket on for the oil drain line and bolt that back up on next go back above your car and put the top oil line back on also. That’s the hardest part done, after all this just repeat the steps backwards as in put back the bolts back on for the exhaust line. Before connecting back the intercooler piping and intake piping go under and above the car and make sure EVERY! Bolt has been tightened and is not loose. Do a check that everything is done properly and then finally put back all the piping back on, don’t worry if the piping is a bit out compared to the old one that’s because the turbo is slightly longer. Ok now you should be done and everything should be installed and it should look like the picture below. IMPORTANT! There is a small vacuum line just under the air intake, and when connecting the intake pipe back on make sure you don’t forget to connect the tinny vacuum line back on. Finally refill the oil and water in the car and make sure there are no leeks. Well that’s about it, hope this guide helps any one who wants to install this turbo. If there’s anything that’s wrong with this guide please let me know. Thanks every one Niran

Hey dude i also have a r32 and I’m using the alpine r type splits.. What i did was mount the tweeters on the inside of the side mirrors in other words like the interior just that spot you have free. The basic idea is that the tweeter to faces you, so that sound is driven your way. You could also get tweeter holders and mount them on the dash so that they point to your direction too

few!!! thanks mate, yer i rotated the front i just have a noise coming from the rear wheel when i rev the car like it's hitting somthing and i just got worried wether it was because i rotated the rear housing.. thanks for the help mate have a good one niran

Hey guys i have a real quick question that is really concerning me..I bought a vg30 single turbo ball bearing some time back and to fit it in my car (r32 gtst rb20) i have to turn the housing to match up with the old one that was in there.. a lot of people say to turn the rear housing but my rear matched up just fine and it was my front inlet that was out by 8 cm or so.. Am i able to turn that or MUST the rear housing be rotated? Also is there anything wrong with rotating the front housing?? or doesn’t it matter what housing you rotate (front or rear) thanks guys niran

hey guys thanks for all the help (Y).

Hey guys how are you all going. that was an awesome cruise good to see the turnout.. Had an awesome time man i enjoyed the rain ahaha. Great planning man loved the costal drive i got about 30 photos or so and 1 or 2 videos. ill upload them up to a photo bucket account and then put a password so that only sky aus can see them. They should be up by Thursday, if any one would like them just send me a pm with your email address and I’ll send you the link and the password thanks again niran

hey mate thanks alot for that, that was incredibly helpful yer i wasnt planning on running over 14 psi, so it should hopefully hold thanks alot for the help every one much appreciated niran

hey every one here is some more photo's Pic 1: Front Pic 2: Side Pic 3: Rear niran