robbo_rb180

My experience with rod knock was similar 1. Not always, depends on how bad bearing is 2. I couldn't hear mine at idle but noise was there as soon as throttle applied 3. My temps were fine 4.depends on the damage, how much bearing is worn 5. I coundn't see anything 6. Never had it but had turbine fins hit my car maybe a case of pull the engine and check it.

22 years of this forum would hope so use the search function plenty of information. I have a forged rb25, yes it makes good power, I run the r33 gearbox(in a schassis, its tight), Use stock manifold or a plazmaman plenum. And because I am in a good mood, read everything.....the reread everything then ask questions. Everything has been answered. https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/8-forced-induction-performance/

Its great not having extra stuff on the dash, been using realdash for a while, setup just took a bit of time to get what gauges & setup I wanted.

Its generally clutch kicking and launches with aggressive clutch setups. One in particular was a turbo LS drift car running 265 semi's

For reference rb25neo, tdo5, short runner intake manifold vs same car stock manifold. So much lag and loss of torque. Green stock Blue aftermarket

If you like no low/mid range torque go for it Biggest waste of money and performance especially all the fake/copy stuff. This is the only aftermarket plenum to run https://plazmaman.com/product/rb25-det-r33-skyline-inlet-plenum/ Add DBW and an aftermarket ecu makes it great for drivability and torque everywhere. Can control air velocity by open/close TB at certain rpm/load *** I previously ran a genuine greddy & q45 TB best thing I did was go plazmaman plenum & DBW***

Everyone I know breaks the gears not centres. All are running either welded or aftermarket centres. There are 2 different teeth sets with r200 and the wider/deeper tooth is what is preferred.

get a scan tool and check codes would be a good start and find a copy of a maintenance manual and run through the diagnosis procedure.

They are amazing. Worth the money, th epro comfort or sports are great for daily. My car is all brand new whiteline rubber bushes, MCA X-R coilovers, whiteline sway bars and gktech castor, toe, traction & camber arms. Rides better than my 370z and when you hit bumps its a gentle movement where my tein superstreets went bang.

Keep them long, you put in good detail of how you thought about doing things and the process of doing it. I am always looking at things I've stuffed up. It use to upset me a heap but now I think of it as a lesson as we are all learning as we go on our cars especially bodywork/paint and fabrication.

Kyle at Trix Parts in toowoomba or Adrian at All Import Wrecking down near gold coast https://www.facebook.com/trixsparts https://www.facebook.com/ALL.IMPORT.WRECKING

FYP Solid lifters and VCT 😁

Welcome to the forum, Looks like a very tidy car. Good idea on doing all the maintenance from the start. Clinking will be subframe or diff bushes or both best to just do every bush at once with a Whiteline rubber kit, stay away from the nolathane stuff. Oil choice is always different pending climate, always good to use a quality oil. I run a 15-50 but its a lot warmer here and on ethanol. They can be a solid car when looked after buy its a rabbit hole once you start modifying them.

What kind of dogs are they? All in one unit is definitely way to go. Designed for a certain area size and warranty. But just having moving air is good. ^^^This too, working with dogs overseas in summer time they acclimatised pretty well. Was a lot of very long "walks" but any time could get them into a pmv for ac was good.

I can't keep her out of the car when we can run passengers. Yeah but more is always better.

Got some professional pics from the event last weekend, interesting to see how the car leans and tyre contact.

probably something designed for a sleeper cab or if super budget a window box cooler and an inverter setup.

Base fuel has to be right. All cranking, IAT, ECT are all corrections or multipliers of the base fuel map. This goes for Ignition and boost tables too I thought with my trigger kit there was issues on cold start/cranking rpm but was Cranking and Prime fuel tables being off between 10-30C

Faulty injector, coil pack, cas or head gasket. List is endless. What else have you done while swapping pump? How were you driving? What was temps? List mods and answer above. They are a 30+ year old car and lots go wrong with them.

Also depends on climate. I have lived where its 36-38c and 75+% humidity and car would run at around 84-86 cruising to now 10-30+C 40-55% humidity car runs at 72-76 up the highway and around 82c cruising suburbs. Not 1 change to the cooling system. 40mm rad, header tank, ducting and a 14 push and 12 inch pull fans, 1 set to 87C and other at 90C.

5000rpm is good along with 70% TPS. Could wire a pressure sensor in and track pressures to find where system is efficient too and switch the condenser fan as needed. I am interested in this kit, the compressor and condenser efficentcy will be a massive improvement https://frenchysperformancegarage.com/collections/cooling-and-air-conditioning/products/fpg-nissan-skyline-r32-a-c-air-conditioning-replacement-kit-r134a-fpg-039

Of course you don't have it on while on track, good to cool down while in line up or pits. I know exactly what most OEM do with AC switching at pressures (low & high), temps, rpm and tps. One of my trades is refrigeration 😛

Congrats on the lap record and win thats a massive achievement itself plus everything behind the scenes. One thing you could do with the dbw you could try is make the 0-50% pedal area = 0-35% TB as an example to give you a bit more pedal down low. Some times this can help make power a bit more linear but can cause issues as airspeed can be faster and make more power. Look at that torque curve, would love to see an overlay with the old motor.

It has been but I don't push mine as hard as you do. Happy with just over 300kw but I am jealous you have Air con in yours.

You would have thought nissan would have just used the same hub on everything. Why didn't you down grade to a ling long dual 12inch elec fan setup 😂