Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • 1 month later...

OK so an update, I have recently changed jobs and the benefit of of this is now I can afford to finish my RB24DET project once and for all!!!!! and it doesn't help that my boss has a 9 second datto ute.

I have lined up a Nitto oil pump to replace the factory item which I modified with billet gears, and also looking to replace the Ku Engineering plenum with one of the following:

  • Hypertune RB20 Forward facing $1700
  • Plazmaman RB20 forward facing $900
  • R.I.P.S RB20 forward facing item $1100

They are all nice items with their own benifits etc.

I'm thinking of the size of the turbo (t04z), it would be nice to have a bit more torque lower down utilizing the factory runners so I was leaning towards the Plazmaman intake, but last time on the dyno it was producing roughly 400 ft lbs torque on 4.5psi and 200kw at the rears it's not too large a deal... or is it?

Ignoring the prices what are your opinions? What would you choose?

The Ku Engineering Item is a great product but I've always thought of completing this build using only genuine products with an Australian warranty & the R&D done by local companies.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Cheers

Cameron

  • 4 weeks later...

So A little update,

On order is a hypertune Intake manifold & throttle body for the rb20.

I have since last posted Recieved a Nitto Oil Pump (Thanks Paul), New N1 rb20 water pump & New 52mm Koyo Radiator, I hope to have these installed and enggine running again in 2- 3 weeks.

Does anyone know where I can get a new top radiator support for a HCR32? mines slightly bent and I want to change it out before I getting the car finished.

Another thing I am trying to track down is the ideal radiator dan setup, i'm not sure if I should run 2 x 12" fans or one large 16" Fan?

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by murrayis

I hope the Hypertune manifold includes hand jobs and coke of the belly of Russian hookers....or at least multi throttles. Otherwise its a lot of money for something that is likely to make very little difference on your setup....thats just gut feel. But AWESOME that you are having a go and throwing some good quality parts at the engine!

Roy,

I have been stewing over it for a few weeks, I am having troubles getting the engine to idle low enough with the current setup, It's idling at 1200rpm with the butterfly closed.

I'm not happy with the water setup on the current manifold and the fact one of the rear mounts is cracked.

I'll suggest to Pete that the manifold comes with those additions and let you know......

LOL, if it comes with those options put me down for one too :P I have a plazmaman being installed at the moment along with my 6 boost mani. I am so, so , so keen to see the results and get home to drive it. I am OS and cant play with this stuff myself so share your frustration over having trouble finishing things you start ;)

Roy,

I won't put people through that, I havent driven my car in 3 and a bit years have alot of frustrations built up inside :P

Radiator Fan and Radiator Support is all I need... Don't want to goto Nissan to get one might be more than the Hypertune

That is why I always buy other peoples project cars, all their time and money, and I get all the enjoyment for only a slight price hike.

Bought a 32 for $11k, guy had bought it for $11k, spent $20k and basically sold it for the same price. I still feel bad for him.

LOL, thats the reason i will keep my 32 and never part with it. When i am bored of the std 20 or blow it up I will copy murrayis and throw all the Tomei 2.4L internals i have waiting in storage into it. I will probably be 40 by then so hopefully can afford the price of an RB rebuild by then :P (I am not joking about the age thing ;))

Another thing I am trying to track down is the ideal radiator dan setup, i'm not sure if I should run 2 x 12" fans or one large 16" Fan?

Ideal is whatever would pull the most air through the radiator. but make sure its shrouded. Not a lot beats the std setup, but thats only because the std cooling uses a shroud.

Nice setup btw.

Another thing I am trying to track down is the ideal radiator dan setup, i'm not sure if I should run 2 x 12" fans or one large 16" Fan?

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

If you have space, fit in an Ford Falcon AU thermofan+shroud. They about 12cm thick. Pull about 3000-4000cfm of air. Most common thermo setup on any modified car. Google it and you will see it being used on v8 kingswoods to silvias.

Thanks for the suggestions, Not sure if I will have the room with the 52mm radiator.

Will have the dummy the radiator up and see how much room I will have.

I just fit in a 52mm radiator and had no room either. Only had 6.5cm to play with.

I bought the slimmest thermofan on the market: http://www.frsport.com/Flex-A-Lite-410-420...FM_p_12555.html

The thermofan got in the way of the power steering pump lines. So had to get an angle put in and route the piping to the right of the pump, instead of them going infront of the pulley. (hope that makes sense)

I'll have pictures up in a couple of days.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Even more fun, leave all the ADAS stuff plugged in, but in different locations, hopefully avoid any codes!   And honestly, all these new cars with their weird electronics. Pull all the electronics out Duncan, and just shove an aftermarket ECU and if needed a trans controller in, along with a PDM. Make it run basic but race car styled!
    • To follow up a question from earlier too since I had the front bar off again (fking!) This is what is between the bumper and the drivers side wheel And this is the navigator side, only one thing but its a biggy! So basically....no putting coolers in the wheel arches without a lot of moving other stuff. Assuming I move to properly race prepping this car I'll take that job on and see how the computers respond to removing a whole bunch of ADAS modules
    • So I prepped the car for another track day on Wednesday (will be interesting to see coolant temps post flushing out and the larger reservoir, with a forecast of 3-14 being 20o cooler than last time I took it out). Couple of things to mention; since I am just driving the car and not taking a support vehicle, I took the rear seats out and just loaded the back up Team Trackday style. Look at all that space! To cover off removing the rear seat....it is weird (note the hybrid is probably different because it wouldn't have folding rear seats) Basically, you remove the lower seat base, very similar to a r series but it is a clip that pulls forward to release the base rather than it being bolted down. Easy Then, you need to remove the side section of the rear seat on each side. There is a 14mm head nut at the bottom of the side piece, the it slides upwards off a hook at the top to release; you also need to unhook the seatbelt from the loop at the top. Then the centre piece is weird. You need to release/fold the seats forward with the tab in the boot on each side From there, there are 2,x12mm headed bolts holding the rear of each seat to the folding bracket, under the trim between the rear seat and the boot (4x christmas tree clips there, they suck). The seat is out but you can see where the bolts attach to the bracket
    • As discussed in the previous post, the bushes in the 110 needed replacing. I took this opportunity to replace the castor bushes, the front lower control arm, lower the car and get the alignment dialled in with new tyres. I took it down to Alignment Motorsports on the GC to get this work done and also get more out of the Shockworks as I felt like I wasn't getting the full use out of them.  To cut a very long story short, it ended up being the case the passenger side castor arm wouldn't accept the brand new bush as the sleeve had worn badly enough to the point you could push the new bush in by hand and completely through. Trying a pair of TRD bushes didn't fix the issue either (I had originally gone with Hardrace bushes). We needed to urgently source another castor arm, and thankfully this was sourced and the guys at the shop worked on my car until 7pm on a Saturday to get everything done. The car rides a lot nicer now with the suspension dialled in properly. Lowered the car a little as well to suit the lower profile front tyres, and just bring the car down generally. Eternally thankful for the guys down at the shop to get the car sorted, we both pulled big favours from our contacts to get it done on the Saturday.  Also plugged in the new Stedi foglights into the S15, and even from a quick test in the garage I'm keen to see how they look out on the road. I had some concerns about the length of the LED body and whether it'd fit in the foglight housing but it's fine.  I've got a small window coming up next month where I'll likely get a little paint work done on the 110 to remove the rear wing, add a boot wing and roof wing, get the side skirt fixed up and colour match the little panel on the tail lights so that I can install some badges that I've kept in storage. I'm also tempted to put in a new pair of headlights on the 110.  Until then, here's some more pictures from Easter this year. 
    • I would put a fuel pressure gauge between the filter and the fuel rail, see if it's maintaining good fuel pressure at idle going up to the point when it stalls. Do you see any strange behavior in commanded fuel leading up to the point when it stalls? You might have to start going through the service manual and doing a long list of sensor tests if it's not the fuel system for whatever reason.
×
×
  • Create New...