Duncan

hey, don't worry about the simple mechanical stuff...how do they turn the dash upsidedown and still have it fit, where are the seat memory switches and do they work, and does the beeper still go off when the driver's door opens with the key in the ignition. so many questions! I've got a LHD>RHD converted Titan and that stuff just blows my mind. So much work in the cabin of a modern conversion...

A little off track, but I understand those clips you've shown are series1-2 R33. Apparently s3 R33 had a better designed clip installed and retrofit is possible.

With respect to whoever built it last time, unless they offer to correct their error for free, I would not be going back there. They can't fall out if everything is assembled correctly.

well, your profile nor post says which car / box, but potentially much cheaper to pull and rebuild. some of the Rb boxes are getting very expensive these days. Few hours labour for box in and out if you can't do it. depending on whether the bearings and synchros are still good to reuse it may just be a few hours to refit the keys.

yeah sorry I'm no gearbox expert. I guess it needs to come apart and may as well be checked/rebuilt while out. The clips/keys hold the synchro hub assembly together and I think there are 3 per hub so perhaps the other one is holding in there for now, I was wondering if it was crunch shifting between a particular pair of gears.

They are syncroniser clips, and would more commonly be found holding your syncro hubs together. Did you change your oil for a reason?

sorry mate but it's hard not to chuckle. you have a sickness

Thanks, fixed that too. I am not sure how hilarious that joke was in the first 2 seconds, but it never should have been in place so long. Is the car a Y34 Gloria/Cedric?

Hi Bahadir, welcome to the forum. I have fixed problems with the autoreplace function

definitely square is rear per the manual, but it doesn't make any difference to how the car runs...

Do you have the wrong style of bellhousing (ie push instead of pull) or none at all? Whether push or pull the bellhousing should have the slave cylinder mounts cast into it(you may need to drill and tap them), and everything else in the bellhousing is the same. However, the front plate for the gearbox is different between push and pull due to the different thrust bearing mountings

Now it's a bit warmer...and keeping in mind this is GTR not GTST, I run eibach 0800.250.0450 front and 0800.250.0350 rear. 0800 means 8" long, 250 means 2.5" inner diameter and the 0450/0350 is spring rate in lbs/in, so 6.2kg/mm rear and 8kg/mm front. Anyway, point is, with the circlip groove/threaded sleeve, adjustable platform and that style of springs, you can order anything you want from eibach and end up with exactly the rate and height you are after.

Yeah if the wear is good I wouldn't change the rear camber, unless I was chasing grip out of corners (but it sounds like your problem is lag not lack of grip)

BTW love the look of the car too!

That is pretty weird to have a spongey clutch, I've never had an issue with overheated clutch fluid, it just doesn't have the heat coming into it like brakes do. I do run a direct line from clutch master to slave rather than via that intricate factory damper. Suggest you change to a direct line if you aren't and of course it will be bled at same time. For the corner exit, do you have the option to run a shorter diff ratio (obviously need to consider likely highest speed in top gear at the tracks you go to). And of course if you are having a rear traction problem getting on it earlier, a little less rear camber and a good diff can help

sorry it's -1 outside and dark Plus it's a gtr not gtst and motorsport not street use. I don't know what rate the nismo stuff was, but I am willing to back their engineering skills and knowledge over mine

eibach make anything you need for springs, I run bilsteins with circlip grooves which hold the threaded sleeve which hold adjustable platforms. Then I just run eibach springs in the right rate. what is your use, street or some sort of motorsport? and I see you aren't in Oz, but it might have helped to say where you actually are (or just fill in your profile location)

redline lightweight is good for improving shifting in boxes which crunch on fast(er) shifts due to worn synchros. I would steer clear of it in new or rebuilt boxes with good synchros as it is not recommended for synchro boxes by the manufacturer

my bet is it is something small and loose but hard to move because gearbox oil is very sticky....Lots of little pieces that could detatch and have the box still working OK like a synchro clip

With any luck that fragment will be magnetic. just use some short wire with a magnet on it to try and drag the part out....but bottom line is nothing should be loose in there so a teardown is in order.

Looks awesome, yellow is a great colour to stand out on track. MCA golds are a good choice for endurance work and they should have settings available for 32 GTST.

Yeah there are variations in the looms from different years, but if you have 2 relays on is ECCS and the other ignition. Per your diagram pin 16 should earth the ECCS relay when the ECU gets IGN on signal, so check out that part first.

Are you sure the ECU is powered up correctly? Can you attach a consult of some sort to the port to monitor? ECU power needs the ECCS relay all hooked up correctly, that would be the place to start if the whole ECU is dead.

Much more likely something like the turbo drain is kinked or blocked, probably just pushing oil past the turbo seals. No gasket in the exhaust will definitely not cause white smoke. white is generally either water vapour or oil burning

Since I don't often tow with it any more, the towball and hitch is in the boot, and I got this custom cover from ebay for the receiver. (poor girl is looking dirty these days....we are a long way to the closest tar....)