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  1. 2 minutes ago, niZmO_Man said:

    Ditto and a half!

    I should rig up an alignment setup in the garage.

    Actually alignments is one of the few things i do trust shops for as i get mine done at Road2Race Chassis Tuning in West Gosford.

    Peter is a wealth of knowledge and extremely passionate when it comes to anything performance related!

    He is very much like Jez in terms of advice, its no bull straight up honesty :D

  2. Got good news from Jim Berry last night... Clutch is in good nick!

    The pads started at 8.05mm and after 4 years of abuse they are still only down to 7.95mm like new lol

    The only damage on the clutch is from the incompetent idiot mechanic that dropped it at a certain workshop and then covered it up so i would never know, when i removed the box about a year later i was shocked! This is why i do most of my own mechanical these days! Hard to find reliable workshops!

    I ground back the damage and cleaned it up and it still functional but one of the fingers was slightly bent so this has been repaired! I could get a whole new plate made but there is no need! Should be good for another few years at least!

    So clean, machine and good to go again!

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  3. 2 hours ago, Jazzadub said:

    OK, bad news.

    Cylinders 1 & 5 compression tested at 60psi...

    They are going to be bore scoped today, but it's probably cracked ringlands - the pistons are stock RB26.

    Why oh why didn't I forge the damn thing from the beginning!

     

    Anyway, this is happening sooner than I would have liked, but as the engine needs to come out, I might as well go RB30 with a single. :8_laughing:

    EFR8374 A/R 1.05 still a good choice? Twin 38mm, or 44mm gates?

    I ran the same turbo on my stock NEO and it was a good choice! The extra capacity will be killer!

    If you are going 3L i would nearly go a size up for shits and giggles :laugh:

    I run twin 40mm turbosmart gates!

  4. 15 hours ago, NEO25T said:

    Are you able to let us know the condition of the motor once its pulled down.

    Would be interesting to know if a set of rings and bearings would freshen it up.

    I wont be pulling it down, but can ask the question to see what condition it was in... I am going to say well worn though :laugh:

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  5. 1 hour ago, timmy_89 said:

    Yay updates. Wish I had some updates >.<

    I thought Jim Berry was retiring back when I bought my clutch 4 years ago? Hahaha.....

    Giving away any plans on the engine build? Should probably keep the stock bottom end and we can battle it out for fastest stock bottom end, Jim Berry clutched, R34 GTT with a sick kunt driving it :4_joy::4_joy:

    Lol pull your finger out then!

    He did retire, but still looks after existing clients and picks and chooses work to keep himself amused. I probably could have got a few more years out of the clutch but might as well make it fresh while its out.

    Lol you can have that award all to yourself. The new engine will be far from stock... But look stock from a far ;)

  6. 56 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

    Me too :(

    I have a new motor, it is unfortunately built lol

    I blew (well Phil did) cylinders 1/5/6. Smashed a bunch of ring lands, filled the sump with metal, destroyed the head, and destroyed a fairly new turbo. Same as Matt, plenty of abuse and anti-lag launches LOL

    Lol you animal!

    I pulled mine out before total destruction as i am building the original :P

     

  7. Well the decision was made not to go with another stock NEO as the risk of failure again with the new EFR setup was too high! It was OK belting around the track on 300kw with the old setup but the bigger turbo is pushing high 300s on gate pressure with a worn out engine, so time to step it up a notch... 

    Making space to get the engine out... Fills up quick once everything comes apart - 

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    Prior to removal - 

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    Just jacking this thing up with the aero is a pain in the ass - 

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    Removal is methodical and time consuming - 

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    Fabtech's work of art, not so user friendly when it comes to removal, but should be one of the last times it comes apart - 

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    You can see where the paint burned prior to the turbo heatshield was fitted next to the EFR, its pretty well hidden when everything is together. Once the new setup is complete i will clean up the engine bay back to its former glory! Just cus its a race car doesn't mean it cant look good!

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    Evidence of engine issues... I can shift the crank back and forth by hand... This was actually unexpected but does explain a few issues i had over the past few months.

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    So much room for activities!

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    Super Cheap Auto had a half price special so got myself a new engine crane and leveller!

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    Making a fkn mess :down:

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    Clutch is off getting a freshen up. Its done years of hard work and still performs faultlessly but while its out i might as well!

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    Can finally access all the lines that have been run over the years with the engine fitted and the mess just got more and more... Will spend some time routing stuff and cleaning up to make it easier to work on in the future.

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    Was a pretty painless removal.

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    Used whatever i could find laying around work to get it transported safely to our stretch wrapper.

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    Stretchwrapper did the trick! It wasn't going anywhere in a hurry!

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    So i just got an email as i was uploading these to inform me the engine had already arrived at Racepace (Bayswater VIC) which was under 24hrs... Not bad TNT! :486_truck:

    While the engine is off getting built i have a long list of changes to make to the car for reliability as well as performance. I am not sure if we will make Round 1 of the NSW Super Sprint series as yet, really depends on the engine build time... We will do our best no matter what though! Once the engine is back and in the car it will go to DVS TUNING for a run in and base tune... We will run the first few events pretty sedate to ensure the engine is sweet before we run it up properly.

    Suspension has been upgraded thanks to Josh @ MCA Suspension

    Brakes have been ordered and will be all new and fresh for 2018

    Clutch is up with Jim Berry getting a freshen up, its run since 2013 as is without a hiccup.

    Tyres will have to be replaced... For those that were interested this is what i ran the 1.39 on - 

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    More updates coming soon!

     

     

     

     

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  8. Finally leaving this group... Unfortunately not the way i wanted too lol

    My stock NEO is finally tired, but it has copped a beating as a dedicated track car for the past 2 years so it was self inflicted!

    Engine ran over 300kw, just shy of 400kw at times since 2011 and was daily driven up until 2015ish... Since then its been thrashed on track for more events than i can remember! Engine still runs and does everything as it should, its just pushing oil on track so time for a new build!

    Stock NEO's FTW :cool:

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  9. SAU Nickname: 34GeeTeeTee
    Car Make and Model: Nissan R34 GTT
    Circuit Name: SMSP GP Circuit
    Lap time: 1.39.6 (Natsoft)
    Modifications: Basic bolt on gear as per build thread.
    Engine: ORIGINAL STOCK RB25 NEO - LAST RUN EVER FOR THIS ENGINE AS ITS FINALLY TIRED :down:
    Power: Gate Pressure with new EFR 8374 setup - Power approx 350rwkw
    Suspension: MCA Red - 14kg front 8kg rear combo - Whiteline Swaybars F 24mm on mid setting + R 22mm on stiffest setting. 
    Tyres: Hankook Z221 in 295/30/18 - Tyres were dead, front right was so worn it blew on the session after... The tyre delaminated.
    Brakes: Alcon 365mm front, Alpha Omega 350mm rear setup

    Will be back out in 2018 with a new engine and fresh rubber to have another crack... Suspension has also been rebuilt to suit!

    This lap was pretty rubbish, but got the job done - 

     

     

  10. 4 minutes ago, Deano 1 said:

    the plenum is deff not worth the investment the amount of work invloved and extra lines and hoses needed to be made/brought to set it up, it should make 500kw in NA form. The plenum's are a waste, Nismo FTW. 

     

    I went 60mm single gate, for packaging as theres not alot of room under there for 2 gates. Also the waste gate pipe is split anyway so you get the same effect with the single gate just less mucking around. 

    I looked at that option but after my 6Boob experience i chose to go down the path of the HypeEx/Fabtech true twin scroll manifold with twin gates... He performed artwork on it and it all fits pretty well! Going to be a prick to take off over the next few weeks so i can get the engine out for a build.

    Will be interesting to overlay the graphs once i get mine running ;)

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