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Its definitely doable but application obviously changes things. I have seen 60+ temps with an unshielded pod vs 21C temps idling for a good 60+ minutes in a 21 degree shed. Same behaviour at 35, 40C days (though obviously the air temp becomes the new ambient) but 0% heatsoak which was really suprising. Enough for me to get an airbox made up (or in progress) Turbo cars different due to intercooler etc. You really just want to know how close your AIT is to ambient when you're using the car in the manner you care about AIT's in.
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Surely having a pod in there removing all of the air in the box will cause it to draw from around the edges? I guess not with an air ram/scoop but the proof is in the IAT's really... but as discussed _less_ important on a turbo car as your intercooler is doing most of the work. But it helps to lessen the load the cooler must do though.
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As someone who is just starting to adapt the JSAI alloy airbox into my car..... and realising how 'fun' its gonna be. What's the bottom line of this look like, the one that follows the chassis, lines, etc?
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An important question is: What actually failed? There's not a lot of logic in upgrading your pistons, if your pistons did not fail. The Engine is only as good as its weakest part, and people OFTEN upgrade things that aren't even close to the weakest link in the chain, and won't be the weakest link in the chain etc. This, when coupled with what you are going to do with the car (honestly) is where money is to be saved, but not so much saved as spent appropriately.
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Do R34 GTR front and rear seats fit into an R34 Sedan?
Kinkstaah replied to MikeLeon's topic in Exterior & Interior Styling
The fronts definitely don't (the brackets/mounts are different) but I am sure out there there is a kit to adapt and many R34 GTR style clones out there. Unsure on the rears - I have a sedan myself, I can't see the coupe seats fitting a sedan of any varient.. If they actually do, then I still don't know if the mount points for the GTR rear seats are different from the GT/GTT Coupe. -
One simple trick to own a R34 GTR
Kinkstaah replied to Diomedes's topic in General Automotive Discussion
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I mean... what air exactly do you think your pod filter is sucking in? You will see changes if you move it a little out and box it in, and duct it/heatshield it. I have been doing science on it as of late and you should too (as above :p)
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.... whats your intake/engine bay look like? E85 (in dyno situations) does reduce IAT's on repeated pulls. Most people like to run it if you aren't already. I saw a back to back jump after literally dyno tuning on E85 then putting 98 in the tank and running the car. (I didn't get to 70C IAT mind you, and this was with a return flow blitz SE intercooler)
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I'm pretty speechless. I don't know if you're attempting to rescue that car.. or you have another car, and you're using the one pictured as a parts car and salvaging as many as possible things from it... Either way this is going to be an uphill battle, I am suprised there is a Skyline (or two?) in Surname!
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I think this proves my point moreso than yours, this is absolutely a more sporting looking vehicle than a M340i sedan. It is boring to you as you've seen it for many years, this is the human condition 😛
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Its amazing how ingrained these views get when you look at your car everyday and it's no longer unique to you. It doesn't take long at all for people to look at Skylines (for example) and get used to how they look and to them it's nothing special. But to someone else who hasn't seen them before (or sees very rarely) they are OMGWTFBBQ good looking etc. This could happen even if you have a F40 parked in your driveway.
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Surely someone with new MX BMW budget money is not buying a new BMW. What a silly proposition.
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lol not to mention that if you somehow got a GTR back with a RB25 in it, they would have had to do a lot more work to get that RB25 to run correctly in a GTR and retain AWD than they ever would by supplying a RB26 😛 There's an argument that a RB25DET Neo GTR would be better than a 26, but it requires so much specialized knowledge to get that going that absolutely 0.0% of people would ever consider it than simply supplying a RB26, because it would cost the shop way more time and money to do a scam like that than simply supplying a 26! Just ask them about the piston. They may have actually just ordered the wrong part, or clicked the wrong button on a website which is way, way, way more likely!
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MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Kinkstaah replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
T56 Magnum is the best gearbox that exists. I'd say come drive mine to prove it, but we're talking about a box that is warrantied to 700nm, which is 933hp at 7000rpm. It shifts better than anything else, to boot. -
To be honest (and it may be just the groups I am in) the concept of aftermarket performance has strongly disappeared. Almost all of the posts I see about Skylines (and silvias etc) are bodykit/paint/styling things now and very little (if anything) else at all.
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Mistakes were made, my R34 Story
Kinkstaah replied to Kinkstaah's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
I did this today There were no problems, much great sound and really great handling. There's not a skyline on the planet I'd rather drive tbh. I also did this with my IAT sensor: You'd think this _really_ gets it out of the way of radiant heat, but the answer is "no, not really, kinda better but not really that much" which does make me think the pod itself is unsuprisingly getting a lot of hot air in there, though IAT's were really quite okay when beating the car to death for nigh on 8 hours (they were 32ish on a 22C day) That said, I have contacted a fab company to see if they can extend the pipe into a 80mm/71mm section to go through the factory intercooler holes, and have the pods themselves sit in the guard on the passenger side. _that_ should get them out of the engine bay heat! ... though they would be behind my oil cooler in that case... But hey. This is what science is all about. -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Kinkstaah replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
The above chart is how much timing is being pulled, load vs IAT temp and you can see that at your suggested 70C of temp it is pulling 6 degrees of timing at 0 psi. Obviously your car has boost so that table will look different but if anything on boost I'd wager its more aggressive or what have you, depending on what the tuner has dialled into it. -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Kinkstaah replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
This is the stock IAT timing table for a LS1 Commodore. Remember, you may also actually have heat soak, but the stock sensor on any kind of aftermarket intake just gets heatsoaked to an insane degree without an airbox or some kind of shielding. I relocated my IAT to inside my pod filter but I'm yet to test it lol. Many people in the USA relocate them to outside the engine bay entirely, as it's more accurate to the air that is going into the engine, given it doesn't physically have time to heat up to the degree that the sensor reports. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO FORCED INDUCTION THOUGH. So definitely check it out/look into it lol. -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Kinkstaah replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
People with cam only (i.e my pitiful 282ish kw) usually, USUALLY, trap about 115-118mph. Maybe 120. Given you only did 4 runs, I suspect you were in line... a long time. Which means heat soak, and I know alllll about IAT's and heat soak and how the OEM ECU likes to just ruin your day because it believes the IAT is actually 80C when it isn't. So I wouldn't be too surprised if your MPH was down from a combination of (real) heat soak, and the ECU thinking there is more heat soak than there is due to IAT Sensor fun. -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Kinkstaah replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Yep. Traction is lol from a dig with street tyres. I adore my Racelogic but the amount of intervention it needs to get moving is laughable. Come off the clutch at 2000rpm and you have to baby it to ... get moving. Put on some DR's on some 15's or something, and go run an 11. I am suprised it was only 112mph though, from memory without looking I thought you were 300kw+ with the charger on. What is most important is you had fun and didn't break anything though, which is always a win -
18psi too high for stock intervals?
Kinkstaah replied to Rhyss_r33's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
Slghtly longer answer, it can be fine, but there is soooooo many things you need to consider other than "18psi" as "18psi" really isn't so much a setting, as it is a byproduct of the rest of the setup which is comprised of extremely critical things, all of which can change the answer between "OK" and "Very not OK" Realistically, no matter what, no matter what setup you burn the candle faster with more power than you do with less power. -
R33 gtst suspension on r34 GT series 1
Kinkstaah replied to gazgolder's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
Um, so how wrecked is the 33 then? I'd take a 33 with no wrecked roof over a 34 with a wrecked roof. A lot of the stuff is interchangable between 33's and 34's under the floorpan, arms, subframes etc. There are some parts with MINOR differences (i.e the R34 castor arms have a curve in them) but they generally aren't an issue outside of some very very specific situations.