R33 Rb30 Conversion

[Bl4cK32]

You can slap the rb30 bottom end in and run it with everyting you got on the car now. Then upgrade other parts as needed.

[GiJOr33]

oil and water pump should be usable, as will the harmonic balancer (mine was cracked so am still looking for one!)

[Bl4cK32]

Just make sure you build the bottom end to take later upgrades....

[Cubes]

geordie

You can't go a R32 GTST ECU.. You will have to go a PowerFC or possibly even a Wolf3D which is also extremely good value. Depending if you have a tuner in your state.

[OVL-747]

pfc would be a better choice than a wolf.

[Cubes]

It appears that the Wolf actually has a lot more features than the pfc.

Here's a quick run down on the features of Wolf v4 plug in for the R33/R32.

Map/Maf Use.

Closed Loop.

Air temp - Fuel/Ign/Boost compensation

Engine - Fuel/Ign/Boost compensation

Boost can be set per 500rpm to what ever value you like, it can also be trimmed to according to tps/air temp, engine temp.

Rotational Idle can be setup by Steve from SST.

Map Switching

Its a good ecu.

Check out the couple of threads that compare the PowerFC to the Wolf3D.

[GiJOr33]

how does it go with running all the factory items eg aircon, etc. The PFC is great cos the general running of the car feels like the factory ecu is still fitted.

[Cubes]

No problems.. Its literally a genuine plug in and drive away ecu.

[GiJOr33]

cool about time there was another good cheap plugin ecu. The older wolfs were a little shit, but i've heard the v4's are good. Dunno how they go with fuel economy, heard the microtech uses more, and can't remember if i've heard the same about the newer wolf's

[Guilt-Toy]

i plugged my PFC in.

BANG. New car.

Wheel spinnage.

awesome power increase.

and after the tune ?? well the tune got me 285bhp

I so love the drivability of the PFC and the hand controller graph views are just totally awesome.

Id suggest the PFC to anyone.

[Cubes]

Microtech uses more fuel because it doesn't have closed loop.

i.e as GTST VSpec told me that in closed loop mode it runs up to around 18:1 where as the best you can get from a non closed loop car is what ever the base map is which won't be 18:1..

[the phantom]

The dipstick assembly is just an iterference fit in the block hole. If you genty twist it you can lossen it and carefully keep turning back and forth until it comes out. Alternatively you could use the correct size drift and tap it out of the block from below.

[Bl4cK32]

OK so how do i get the Crank timing pulley off then. NOT the Crank pulley, the one behind them, in front of the oil pump which the timing belt goes around. Does it come off with the oil pump, cos it seems that the pump is free from the block, but the timing pulley is stopping it and i dunno how to get that off.

Your help is appreciated.

[GiJOr33]

same way you got the oil pump off... tap it off with a hammer. You'll need to take the little key out (the little metal bit that stops the gear spinning on the crank shaft). But have some wood between the hammer and the crank gear cos you don't want to damage the teeth.

[Bl4cK32]

the oil pump is still on, its being trapped by the crank pulley. i cant get to it really with a hammer to tap it off.

[Spoolup]

As the gear needs to be taken off first to get the oil pump off, and the gears are prone to seizing on it is sometimes an option to drill and tap two holes into the pulley and then use bolts and a puller to pull it off.

A new gear will be required.

[Bl4cK32]

Cheers Spoolup, that is what i thought was the go. No other way i can see.

[Spoolup]

If its seized youll just end up damaging the oil pump trying to pry it off.

[Belly_up]

My timing gear was seized on the crank as well, and i got a local engine builder to remove it for me, they just drilled small holes in the timing gear from the front, extending from the center of the gear out to the edge, and then just used a cold chisel to create a radial split in the gear, and off it came. obviously a new gear was required.

[GTR-Ben]

Have any of you bolted the RB26DETT head on the RB30E?

Im about to do that, I was just wondering if anyone knew the difference in compression ratio?

If the RB30E/RB25DE is 8.3:1, what is the RB30E/RB26DETT?

Apart from tapping the holes in the block is there anything alse that needs doing?