Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Looking good mate, and yeah nice power curve.

Pitty about the burns, my car owes me far too much skin as well haha.

Thanks mate. The curve for the higher boost run is almost exactly the same but another 40-odd kW more and for another several-hundred rpm.

  • Replies 843
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

For anyone interested in the full specs, you can find them at the following link:

2RISMO RACING R33 SPECS

Brad from Spool Imports was kind enough to make some space on his site for me and I'm very grateful.

Ten Inevitable Truths of a Major Project.

Here are some things I've learned so far...

1) When calculating a budget for a project of this magnitude, put all of the hypothetical figures down on paper, study them intently, then crumple the paper up and wipe your ass with it.

2) Nothing will go as planned. Write that down, tatoo it on your thigh, whatever, this is a guarantee.

3) When something appears that it's going to be easy...it's a trick. Back away slowly, get reinforcements, drink a beer, bitch to your buddy about it, consult the internet, drink another beer, and pray for the best.

4) Company's that manufacture high quality go fast parts are extremely proud of the quality they put into their parts, and they're not afraid to let you know how proud they are via product pricing.

5) It's ok to speculate on a time frame for your project to be completed within. Once you've convinced yourself as to what that time frame is...walk into the bathroom, look in the mirror, then point and laugh hysterically at the idiot staring back at you.

6) It's highly recommended to surround yourself with good friends before deciding to have something like this done. Not only will they drink beer with you, they'll talk you out of pulling the plug on the whole thing countless times, convince you that you really don't hate Skylines, and somehow make you feel better about spending a king's ransom on a car that redbooks for about 5 grand.

7) When dealing with a factory produced aftermarket block, parts claimed to be direct replacements or "bolt ons" are anything but. What the manufacturer means is that the part easily bolts on to their test car, not necessarily your car. Consider yourself lucky if you know someone with the ability to make a one off custom bracket enabling the use of your "bolt on".

8 ) When you're told to expect something to arrive via UPS on a certain day, it's usually safe to assume you can add a couple days to that. If what you're waiting on to arrive is holding up all other progress, add at least two weeks.

9) Under their exterior coatings, AN fittings are actually made of 24 karat gold. In this down economy, it may be wise to invest in these as opposed to other stocks.

10) Familiarize yourself with the following statements, as you will repeat them often...

- "It costs how much!?!?"

- "What do you mean it doesn't work??"

- "Uhhh...I didn't budget for that."

- "No...it's still sitting in pieces."

Amen brother - I relate - I feel the pain - It's all so true.

1) The Silver Skyline (SKYLYN) that blew up on the Dyno, then another WS fixed it up - Double whammy for costs.

2) The Cosmo - Went in for a Turbo upgrade - came out with a rebuilt engine 6 months later.

3) The S12 Project - Is in the workshop still and is onto it's 2nd Rego since being in there

(1) - $70K including Car - 12 months off the road

(2) - $50K including Car - 6 months off the road

(3) - $10K including Car - 12 Months ++ off the road

2.5 years off the road and $130K later

Events attended in last 4 years -

3 Drag Days, 3 drift Days, 5 track days.

Bloody expensive and time consuming hobby.

I should have just bought an R34 GTR.

buy the time you get this car back you probably could have bought a r35

Amen brother - I relate - I feel the pain - It's all so true.

1) The Silver Skyline (SKYLYN) that blew up on the Dyno, then another WS fixed it up - Double whammy for costs.

2) The Cosmo - Went in for a Turbo upgrade - came out with a rebuilt engine 6 months later.

3) The S12 Project - Is in the workshop still and is onto it's 2nd Rego since being in there

(1) - $70K including Car - 12 months off the road

(2) - $50K including Car - 6 months off the road

(3) - $10K including Car - 12 Months ++ off the road

2.5 years off the road and $130K later

Events attended in last 4 years -

3 Drag Days, 3 drift Days, 5 track days.

Bloody expensive and time consuming hobby.

I should have just bought an R34 GTR.

well i've spent a small fking fortune on my grey GTR and it's probably the least nice car i've owned. I honestly have no bloody idea why I like it so much. I literally have enough parts to be given a complete empty shell and turn it into a fully running 600hp GTR. it's bloody stupid. but hey, almost finished now thank god.

haha absolute gold... and sadly very accurate... I love this line "make you feel better about spending a king's ransom on a car that redbooks for about 5 grand"

nearly everything on the car I have done at least twice (including engine rebuilds)... latest saga is a almost brand new HKS turbo that destroyed itself after 3 runs on the skid pan... last 2 motorkhanas and 1 trackday I've been to I've a combined driving time of about 5 minutes

car is now for sale and guess what? I'm secretly hoping it doesn't sell... yep I've got problems... although you make me feel a little better B-Man!

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

    • Put a fuel pressure gauge on it. Replace the turbos. Probably completely separate issues.
    • What copper washer do you guys use on the bleeder bolts? The existing one I have I had no idea where to find it in a local store, I did buy some online but that are only 1mm thick whereas my old one is 2mm+ thick and when I put the new washer out and squeeze the top radiator hose I can hear a bit of air but not with the old one. Does this matter? The new one doesn't leak, but the inner diameter is a bit loose whereas the old one threads on the bolt.
    • Howdy all, after being out a few weeks ago on a spirited drive in my GTR I have 2 issues that oddly have appeared at the same time. Whilst accelerating quickly through the gears all of a sudden i’ve lost power at the top of third gear (below redline around 6000rpm) for no obvious reason.    From that point onwards the car has been running rich on idle, won’t really rev under load without a ton of black smoke and the odd backfire, and dying as a pull up to a set of lights unless I keep the revs up around 1500rpm. In addition when shutting down the car that same night (I was 10 minutes from home) I noticed one of the turbos was significantly noisy on wind down when shutting off the engine. After letting the car cool down overnight it starts up fine, although once it gets to temp the revs start to creep up and down, the exhaust is darker than it should be and it also sounds like it’s running rich (fat note) I’ve put a new set of plugs in it - no change, the old plugs all seemed OK with two of them being somewhat richer/fueled up than the other 3 with 1 being borderline. I’ve smoked tested the intake system via the front of the Turbos, found a split vacuum hose going to the factory boost gauge sender, which I have since replaced.  Also found another leak on the gasket coming off the rear turbo outlet, have also replaced this. After fixing both of these leaks - still have the running rich issue. I’ve also tried another pair of AFM’s - no change here After pulling off the front turbo intake pipes, there is obvious shaft play in the front turbo, which now hisses loudly on light revvs although I can’t see why this would make the car run funny even under idle. I’m curious to know why it’s running rich before I potentially replace/rebuild turbos. The car is completely stock <50,000kms  other than an exhaust. Oil and coolant are all clear. I haven’t bothered with coil packs as it looks like they won’t be the issue due to condition of the plugs. Any help appreciated as I cry myself to sleep!
    • No probs at all. I used to love trying to dig up obscure info for those in need where possible going back 20+ years on SAU.  I did have another look and couldn't come up with any closer match. I'm leaning towards those skirts in your first pic are custom fitments, cut down/extended or from another car entirely and modded to fit an R34 sedan. I would've thought someone in Japan had them and taken a photo at some stage over the last 2 decades but there's nothing. Someone out there must know surely.
×
×
  • Create New...