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    Rb25det - Lj Torana

    in General Automotive Discussion

    Posted

    30 year old tractor engines ? ? ? I built some tough red 6s over the years and pound for pound they go hard if you know how to build them up. Eldred Norman ( of Norman Superchargers fame ) was running 9 seconds on the quarter mile in the sixtys on grooved slicks ! ! ! ! Love old Holdens and Red motor sixes ! ! ! !

    Where to live in NSW?

    in New South Wales

    Posted

    Hey, Thanks for the info. I'll be moving to Sydney soon and was going to ask same question.  :rofl:

    At the foot or just on the Blue Mountains. About 50km to the city(express trains if you dont want to drive). About 50km to over the mountains right into the country. Just about the same down south and up to the north with fairly good motorways connecting them. A lot more reasonable prices for real estate and a great place to live.

    Can tyres 'go off?'

    in Suspension, braking and tyres

    Posted

    FATGTS-R, Methaline Chloride is about the only thing that will "soften" tyres somewhat but it not recomended that you get it on the side walls as it also tends to breake down the ability of the rubber to bond to the carbon in the tyre. Oh and watch out, Methaline Chloride is pretty toxic stuff so gloves and very well ventilated areas when applying

    possums, damp roads, corners and un suspecting guard rails.

    in General Automotive Discussion

    Posted

    Rooshoo/Animal repellers. Stick em to your car where there is high air flow. Emits a high frequence sound after 30km/h as the air flows through it and animals ping off ( but dont count on it with wombats though ). $6.95 at Super cheap and you can buy electric powered ones that work all the time while the car is running. One of the best and cheapest insurances against Roos and other animals you can buy.

    GTR Clutch suggestions

    in Drivetrain and transmission

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    Just going through the clutch shuffel at the moment. I am building a RB30/26 combo and am aiming for 350 rwkw. Been looking at the pros and cons of mulit plates. Dont like the confilcting info that Im being fed. Not to mention the cost ! Finally found a place that does a sprung single plate mulit puck plate with a pressure plate that clamps 1650kg. This combo has a slightly heaver feel on the peddal and has minimal shudder . The pucks on the plate are riveted on so you can replace them for a decient price( not around $1500 for most multi plates ) This seemed to convince me and the price which came in at around $800.

    What the heck is this? GTR 33

    in RB Series - R31, R32, R33, R34 (1986-2002)

    Posted

    Would the hose be for the drain on the bottom of the motor on the power ariel. I have one on the bottom of mine and its suposed to vent through a small spliced rubber gromet inside the wheel arch at the bottom. Ive repaired my ariel and thats what I found. Although the hose wasnt pushed through the gromet it was just laying there leaving water to build up in the arch. Fixed that pretty quick I can tell you !

    ***WTB- remote oil cooler fitting***

    in Wanted to Buy

    Posted

    Went and got the block adapter and the remote oil filter adapter with out the fancy anodised fittings and braided oil lines From UAS . Then simply went to a hydrolic supply place and got the high pressure hose, elbows, fittings and the like for about ninety bucks and put it togrther my self !

    Electric Water Pump & Thermo Fans

    in General Automotive Discussion

    Posted

    Hey I was looking at an alternative to both ! I'll bounce it off you guys and see what you think. I've owned and built a few engines over the years and was always chasing every bit of horse power I could get for free. Seen some interesting ones over the years.The most memorable being a fan driven altenator. But I digress. I looked at drving the standard water pump electricaly and finally after seeing a fan on a Lexus V8 got me thinking. You see the fan on that engine is drive by a small hydrolic pump through the power streering pump. So I wanted to try and use this pump to drive the water pump itself as the power steering pump runs any way. I dont think the load would be much higher so you might get some free horse power from this set up. Just a bit of food for thought and if I run across one of those fans in a wrecking yard I might give it a go

    Cryogenically treated RB26 engine internals

    in Forced Induction Performance

    Posted

    I think they were called the LSW group (02)9708 0888. They were claiming 200-600% in strength and durability. I looked into the process when it was only available in the US.

    The companies over there were at the time first dropping the temp of the components down to -240 degrees C and bringing it up to 125 degrees C then back to ambient temp over about 48 hours I think. It is a destressing process designed to negate the micocracking in the metal structure. From what I remember of my metal technology I dont think it actually realigns the the granular structure of the metal. To do so youd have to first heat the metal to about 900 degrees C or so so it becomes semi plastic and hold it there for quite a while to allow dendritic structures to grow with in the metal for extra strength. Then it must be cooled very slowly to allow the entire structure to hold in its present pattern. But its been awhile since I looked into the process and maybe things have changed

    Hope this helps

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