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lol... The above qualifies... I can bump it up a little if your tired of sitting on 40%?

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Car jack is fine. You will need a reasonable breaker bar. :P

On the note of a big turbo.... Don't go too big as you loose the fun in first and second gear.

Mafia over in QLD has the right idea.. GT30r .63 18psi Water/Meth injection and an easy 295rwkw, all its boost in by 3600rpm. Still has more in it; he's just a little worried about the stock bottom end. Which I wouldn't be. :/

Det is what kills the bottom ends.

S3girl here in Adelaide ran his stocker bottom end Rb30 up to 470rwkw with WI and a big turbo. Quite impressive what a little bit of water and methanol is able to do.

Man 430rwkw is a lot for a stock rb30.... i could just imagine the torque figure that thing would have been putting out.. i could imagine lots of fun :(

Ive sorta got a water methanol kit sussed for about 230 odd which i think is a good buy, i am hoping they are not hard to install....

I tell you what, i could not crack the outside bolts for my front suspension (even after half a can of wd40) looks as though i will have to get the pros to put the bilstiens in --> waste of about 230 odd dollars!!! I ended up rounding off the bolts as i did not have the right socket sets, (i only had the multi point sockets instead of the hex head sockets). I also had a bit of trouble with the rear bolts as the socket set would not reach the nut due to the size of the bolts!

One thing i found out when assessing under my hood lately when trying to change my suspension was that i had broken one of the strut braces near the inside left bolt (must have broken due to some extreme body flex) has anyone ever had this happen before???

By the way i am 25 and i did feel rather old on the fri night cruise, but it was still fun all the same. Generally the midnight cruise runs are an older crowd. I generally feel young on those.

Its not that hard to change the suspension on yer car really. All u need is the 1 socket size and a long lever off some sort. If a nut is frozen in place then the besst thing to use is a can of "Rost off" Basically a silicon creeping spray that works its way into the thread of seized on nuts. Ive used this shit on bolts that were stuck on good, and after soaking fer a few hours or overnight anyhting will come off. As for the rounded nut, use a set of vice grips to bite into it then just get another to replace it. Seriously not that hard a job (seeing as its only 3 nuts per shock)

Then again i can go on about how easy it is to do stuff forever....

Man 430rwkw is a lot for a stock rb30.... i could just imagine the torque figure that thing would have been putting out.. i could imagine lots of fun ;)

Ive sorta got a water methanol kit sussed for about 230 odd which i think is a good buy, i am hoping they are not hard to install....

I tell you what, i could not crack the outside bolts for my front suspension (even after half a can of wd40) looks as though i will have to get the pros to put the bilstiens in --> waste of about 230 odd dollars!!! I ended up rounding off the bolts as i did not have the right socket sets, (i only had the multi point sockets instead of the hex head sockets). I also had a bit of trouble with the rear bolts as the socket set would not reach the nut due to the size of the bolts!

One thing i found out when assessing under my hood lately when trying to change my suspension was that i had broken one of the strut braces near the inside left bolt (must have broken due to some extreme body flex) has anyone ever had this happen before???

By the way i am 25 and i did feel rather old on the fri night cruise, but it was still fun all the same. Generally the midnight cruise runs are an older crowd. I generally feel young on those.

You didnt give Chris a ring did you... :woot: he will be more than willing to help you out and you'll have change from $230 so much so it makes the drive worth while im the same with boostworx hes so far away but his prices and quality of service make the trip worth while - give him a ring what harm can it do - dont forget to mention dude with grey 4 door said he would look after you

TYREPLUS TEA TREE GULLY - Chris (owner)

1277 North East Road

Ridgehaven SA 5097

Phone: (08) 8395 5880

Fax: (08) 8395 5882

not how you play cs is it madaz?!?!?... damn campers =P

lol good call, i havnt got the patience to camp im more of a rambo

BTW not sure if its same person but i heard Darren wrote off his RB30 monster parked in the back of a parked car drifting around a corner

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BTW not sure if its same person but i heard Darren wrote off his RB30 monster parked in the back of a parked car drifting around a corner

Oh dear, hope you don't mean SLO-031 :woot:

Then again, wasn't SLO off the road again with bottom end issues (read: hole in the piston) after an outing to Heathcote?

i swear everytime i park my car a bird shits on it!!! always!!! and the last bird ate curry! lol

:woot: I get that but not as often as you!!!!

my dads a very good spray painter, well good enough for what i want my car for any way!! lol

Oh nice...so has he seen the kit that you want and the condition and workmanship? He will tell you if its good or not and how much work is involved in getting up to the stage where its ready to paint...

A mate brought a kit thru speedreams and in the end had to do so much work to it just to get it up the standard to paint ;)

:woot: I get that but not as often as you!!!!

Oh nice...so has he seen the kit that you want and the condition and workmanship? He will tell you if its good or not and how much work is involved in getting up to the stage where its ready to paint...

A mate brought a kit thru speedreams and in the end had to do so much work to it just to get it up the standard to paint ;)

No i cant see the kit because im looking to buy from DMD and there in Qld and obviously im in SA. there a bit expensive but have heard good things about there fitment etc. And id rather pay alittle extra and get a good fitment you kno. but in saying that im going to og down to VIVAGARAGE and see if theyll show us there BN kit just to see what there quailty looks lik.....

No i cant see the kit because im looking to buy from DMD and there in Qld and obviously im in SA. there a bit expensive but have heard good things about there fitment etc. And id rather pay alittle extra and get a good fitment you kno. but in saying that im going to og down to VIVAGARAGE and see if theyll show us there BN kit just to see what there quailty looks lik.....

Look at the end of the day, most kits are of a mould of an original kit, Most kits will prob have some form of issues installing it, and also different panel beaters will have a whinge about different stuff between them eg: the good ol Joe Blogs down at Kits n S#@t will say the ends didn't line up, and Bob Hope down at Fibro Crash will say he had to sand the absoloute crap out of it for readyness to paint! So all in all if you want no hastles pay top dollar and get an original kit from Japan! If not then get local get it fitted and sleep at night!!!!

Look at the end of the day, most kits are of a mould of an original kit, Most kits will prob have some form of issues installing it, and also different panel beaters will have a whinge about different stuff between them eg: the good ol Joe Blogs down at Kits n S#@t will say the ends didn't line up, and Bob Hope down at Fibro Crash will say he had to sand the absoloute crap out of it for readyness to paint! So all in all if you want no hastles pay top dollar and get an original kit from Japan! If not then get local get it fitted and sleep at night!!!!

^^ good advice. thanks

Deluxe,

With your front bar, you said you got the side vents glassed over on your 400R style bar. Do you know mind sharing how much it was to have that done? I dont know if it's worth changing my whole front bar or just getting some modifications done to the bar on the car :S I just don't like the side vents!!

Cheers :worship:

Deluxe,

With your front bar, you said you got the side vents glassed over on your 400R style bar. Do you know mind sharing how much it was to have that done? I dont know if it's worth changing my whole front bar or just getting some modifications done to the bar on the car :S I just don't like the side vents!!

Cheers :worship:

Yeh i have no slots on the front of my bar nor do i have the side vents! I actually bought it like that from Viva about 2 years ago, it was either a choice between that bar and GTR! I'm with you, i can't stand those square ugly looking vents, and as Viva said they made it without the vents so it would match up with BN side skirts, and well pretty much anything!

I'd say if you can take her off the road for a while, you might be able to do the mods on your bar yourself! Fiberglassing isn't actually that hard, its the time to sand down and get smooth and flat thats the issue. Other than that i couldn't see it bieng too much to get done if you took it to a fibre glasser! You'd obviously have to get the whole bar painted again anyways!

Yeah, Im not a fan of the front bar as it stands now. I have attached a MS paint pic of what I would like to do, I think it just makes the car so much cleaner. (excuse the MS Paint effort LOL)

Anyway, might have to get some quotes on it to find out how much. I was thinking of a GTR bar, but at $300 for the bar from Viva, then modification to fit, then painting, figure It might be a cheaper option just to modify the existing bar :worship:

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If you really want a good local kit speak to kane, Sly14 off here. He does A1 fibreglass work (as well as repairs)

Ive got his gtr front bar ready to fit to my car (which is a gtr modified to fit the gtst) which he does himself.

Send him a pm to see if he can help u out.

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