hardsteppa

man I love water gardens.

a-pillar braces, recirc adapter and castwizzle-brace sold. Also found in my garage - 1x set of subframe aluminium lock collars, black. Look just like the million other pics of subframe collars, except one of the upper collars has a slightly ground-away section where I was trying to make it seat in better against the OEM rubber before I realised it would make no difference so gave up, so is only done to one of the pieces. $30 plus $5 postage, happy to post up a pic if anyone keen. - R200 ABS diff off r33 gtst, 4.1 gears. Long-nose? has abs sensor at front near tailshaft. $100 pickup or deliver in Brisbane, too heavy to post.

Finally, someone's asking about suspension for skylines, about bloody time. Sport, there's so many threads on here about it, its not funny- hence why i'm not laughing- including a huge one about BC's.

people give the R33 gtst sh&t saying it handles like a boat; I disagree. It handles great, just not in stock form. Then again, a lot of cars don't. Some stuff I've got for sale, for an R33 but I believe most/all will fit r34 - pls check for yourself though to confirm. All available for pickup/delivery in Brisbane, or postage as listed. R33 a-pillar braces. Handmade in my workshop so don't expect production-line welds and finish; they are neat enough, fairly light and strong as sh&t though, and if you don't notice the front end feeling a lot more solid on the road over 100kph I'll be very surprised, I found a huge difference once fitted. $100 the pair, $15 posted anywhere in Oz. TEIN medium S-Tech springs. These drop the car by about 30mm, and are around a 4.2kg spring rate? from memory anyway, exact rates on the Tein JP website. Ok, these are as close to brand new as you can get; bought them when I thought my bc coilovers were on the way out. Bought these tein springs and put them and a set of shocks in, and found the issue was the same and nothing wrong with the bc's (product plug for bc's, good item) and so these springs came straight back out, and have sat in the garage for the last 18 months being kept for when I might need them again. BC's still going strong, so if you want a set of top-quality springs new without the new pricetag, here they are, still in original Tein box. Link to counterfeit Tein spring id'ing, these are genuine not copies. https://thecounterfeitreport.com/product/336/Tein-S.-Tech-Springs.html here's the cheapest price I could find http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TEIN-S-Tech-Springs-medium-Nissan-skyline-Ecr33-Gtst-/151723212392?hash=item2353687e68:m:m8tmNJcZc0sCVq7xzJTFytA so, I'll do $350 for the set of 4, and $20 posted anywhere in Oz except NT and WA. Cusco castor-rod brace. Genuine item not a copy, in excellent condition, just has usual scuffs/marks from being fitted to car. This is cheapest price I could see http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/CUSCO-TENSION-ROD-BAR-BRACE-SKYLINE-R33-ECR33-R34-ER34-GTST-RB25DET-RB25DE-RB25-/141646100094?hash=item20fac3f67e:m:mBRbPtLm42OS3HSHxWzM4Sg so, $90, plus $12 posted anywhere in Oz except NT and WA. also genuine HKS SSQV recirc adapter, 29mm hose size. Brand new, still in box as per pic. I found the 25mm adapter fitted to the other end of the hose so didn't end up using this 29mm one. $15, plus $7 posted anywhere in Oz. also 2x stock R33 wastegate actuators, just have mounting holes elongated to work with Hypergear hiflow turbos, will still work just fine with stock turbos. $15 each. Gizzmo IBC-R electronic boost controller, options of 6 boost presets, and rpm setting. Guaranteed in good working order with user manual, just that the wires have pulled out of the back of the plug that plugs into control unit. Either track down some square-end wiring plugs or just call Ray at gizmo and buy another plug kit, and you got yourself an electronic boost controller cheap. $100, plus $10 posted anywhere in Oz. And I do mean guaranteed working, I wouldn't sell it if it was no longer working. other stuff - set of 6 stock R33 injectors, $40. - 2x R33 series 2 engine mounts, rubber solid as, no cracks/splits, $25. Sriously in good cond and perfectly usable, I just put Nismo mounts in trying to eliminate drivetrain 'slush' as I have auto trans. - series 2 CAS. Working fine, I replaced CAS when troubleshooting idle issue which turned out to be afm. You're welcome to test before buying if in Brisbane. $80. By all means reply to thread but also PM me pls so I can get back to you sharpish. Any q's on anything just let me know.

yeah fairy-nuff, I just ditched mine and spraypainted the area black instead. Less crap I have to pull off to get to other stuff the better.

whats a parcel shelf still doing in a track car

i'll take that as a maybe...

it's ceramic, it won't burn. Nothing good will come of having it in the cylinder. But, any household vacuum cleaner should be strong enough to pull bits out if you put it hard up against the open spark plug hole.

oh wait you already answered it. Well yes...I agree.

i'd bash dream boats just to make a name for myself. You know if you want a track car. it's a firm decision. Until then, you want a street car.

matt black, or bronze, would be my choice.

i'll also just say, I like your attitude, seriously. You were prepared to have a go at it...ok, f*ked it up, but, acknowledged your mistake and have learnt something in the process. As long as no major damage caused, not a bad result at all. Although, I you're seriously concerned bits of ceramic fell in the cylinder and you haven't run the car yet, pull out the plug and use a vacuum hard up against the hole, vacuum out any bits of insulator in there.

i'm pretty sure some awesome dude who knows heaps about european porn...I mean, cars...said "spark plugs don't like being dropped. A cracked ceramic insulator can cause ignition issues" spark plugs are one of the few things I use a torque wrench for, would suggest you do the same until you get the feel for them, or follow gtrpsi's guide above.

Will add pretty sure overall diameter is smaller tho, being a 40 profile rather than 45, with the 235's.

I use 255 rsr's on the rear, on a 17x8 rim. Previously had 235's. Slight bulge but feels alot more solid, can't say i've noticed any doughy feel.

Lol, youth of today, busy on their mobiles at work instead of....working. Although i did post this from mobile. On work time.

spark plugs don't like being dropped. A cracked ceramic insulator can cause ignition issues. A set of copper plugs is cheap as sh*t, would be putting in a set of new plugs if you hadn't already, can always just keep them aside for later use if it doesn't fix your issue. I just use brake cleaner on afm, give it a fairly quick spray in the direction of airflow.

have you cleaned afm?

I'd be surprised as i wiuldn't think it that common an issue. When i fitted my whiteline arb tho i had to flip the link over to get it to align with the mount & bar holes. To ask yhe obvious, you have done the same, and haven't really preloaded the link/bracket trying to get them aligned?

Wait, this DE-T engine is the same one that you set the timing on by eye, rather than using a timing light?

Also, u have to remove cas to put on new timing belt, so, cas is not at same position it was with the old belt....if that was set at 15 deg.

exactly, my learned colleague. Just get a timing light, set cas in middle. Check timing. Set it all way advanced. Check timing. Now you know how much the range of adjustments is. You'll find once you've tried setting timing you'll throw any notion of turning the cas to the closest mm out the window, you only need to turn it a smidgin to get a change in timing, and add in a cas that's hot as f&k to touch at operating temp, won't turn because the bolts are still too tight and jumps too far cause you used too much force to turn it, then you loosen them off, and timing changes back/fwd slightly when you do them back up so timing's no longer where you had turned it to, and so on. Use a bloody timing light. Preferably along with an on-screen display like ecutalk, consult, etc.

but do you really know it though. it is very approximate, and a timing light from supercheap is less than a slab of beer; it's a basic tool to have if you're going to touch your car.

you're forgetting about NOS.

well in fairness, we ALL enjoy doing that, I know I certainly do. Ben I can't believe you didn't say NOSSSSSS!! but seriously you could mess about with little mods but by comparison to going turbo, not a lot that will give you dollar-value HP.