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    Need Some Advise

    in General Automotive Discussion

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    Personally, I would not buy a car already modified. Do the mods yourself - then at least you know exactly what has been done and how well it has been done. Also, you will have fun and learn a lot too.

    Hmmm...S15 Vs R33...tough one

    The SR's hammer hard with little mods but the Skyline has more presence on the road. I would go skyline but I am bias. In my opinion, the Skyline is far tougher and can take a lot, the RB sounds better than the SR too.

    Go Skyline me thinks.

    Which car do you prefer?? 56k Warning!

    in General Automotive Discussion

    Posted

    Bring them all back; Monaro, Sandman, Torana

    When is Holden going to bring back the Piazza seeing that forced induction is flavour of the month at the moment? I hope they bring it back and include gridlines on the speedo he he :cheers:

    Oooh, how about the Camira...what was it...SL2000 or something. Red with orange pin striping...fully sick

    Anyway, back to the poll. Prolly should have included M3. Let's face it, it is the benchmark...

    Unknown Smoke...

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    It wouldnt be because of oil on the gearbox, the gearbox shouldnt get that hot that oil would burn as such. I would probably say that you have a possible exhaust leak - maybe from the turbo. Another possiblity is that there may be oil leaking onto the exhaust that is burning.

    Do you notice the smoke on acceleration/boost???

    Petrol Consumption R33 GtsT

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    I have the same problem, the guage is all over the shop after 60Ks from filling up. I wouldn't be too concerned. I resist the temptation to look at the guage until I get home and I'm on my level driveway, then I get an accurate reading.

    It seems to vary heaps depending on road level...stupid pedantic thing.

    If I can help with anything mate, feel free to PM me...I've been around Sky's for a while now ;)

    R32 GTR Gearbox fill and drain point?

    in Drivetrain and transmission

    Posted

    Spot on mate, you're looking at the correct plugs.

    Just use a regular 3/4" socket wrench minus a socket...works a treat!

    Remember not to over fill the box with the new oil...oxidisation = bad! With the car jacked up on the drivers side, fill the gear box until oil starts to trickle out, level the car (lower the jack) and then replace the filler plug when the trickle slows down to a near stop. This should indicate that the oil level is just at the bottom of the filler plug circumference. Remember to replace the drain plug too :)

    Petrol Consumption R33 GtsT

    in General Maintenance

    Posted

    Hmmm...I was just about to put up a similar post Ricoh :)

    I've been battling the whole fuel consumption thing for a while...like most of us. My set up is relatively mild: 3" front/dump, 3" HF Cat, 3" Kakimoto at the tail, Trust Pod.

    Last weekend, I put in a new O2 sensor which seems to have helped a bit (There are many threads about this by the way). I was getting 350Ks max from a tank (Running on/off boost...it didn't matter) but so far I have got about 120kms from 1/4 tank (BP Ultimate)...do the math...hoping for 480ks a tank. This is an obvious improvement so I recommend fitting a new one (O2 sensors only last 40000Ks, when they go kaputt, the ECU runs rich by default). I fitted an EL Falcon O2 sensor which cost me $86 from Motor Traders (A hell of a lot cheaper than the $180 Nissan Genuine part). The only catch is that you will have to cut and re-wire it to fit the Nissan connection...No big deal, the colour of the wires are identical. I can give pics if you want them.

    I also cleaned the AFM with some contact cleaner that you can buy from Dick Smith. I am using a Trust Airinx pod but I need to partition it to eliminate some of the hot air. This should help the efficiency a bit as well. NGK Platinums are also a good investment.

    Always remember the obvious: Tire pressures/alignment, oil viscocities (Not kidding), fuel filter, type of fuel, injector cleaner.

    At the moment, things are looking promising, even if I squirt her a little just to make my presence heard :)

    By the way, I would never tell you to "Not drive a Skyline" :) I would rather pay an extra $20 a week on fuel than drive a tryhard OZ performance POS :)

    Remember, she's quite a heavy, well built car so heavy fuel consumption is a trade off. Luckily we don't have to rev the Sky's tits of to get some performance out of them...it would be even worse then.

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