Has Anyone Retrofitteed R33 Atessa To An R32?

[Adriano]

Hi, ive been told the main reason the r33 gtr is quicker then an r32 gtr on the track is the super atessa, has anyone swapped them?

[Ronin 09]

heard this before, been interested too...

no answers yet though

[Beer Baron]

I have seen a car in japan that had R34 attesa and ABS fitted (along with a 34 engine and 6 speed too).

if I was going to do it I would skip the 33 and go straight for 34 if at all possible.

[ali-turko]

yes i would also like to no this, i still have all thee r33 atessa parts still left from the wreck

[MrStabby]

I heard ages ago that you could just swap the controllers, did a 1 minute google and came up with;

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/6095-r32...controller.html

which refers to this

http://www.carsurvey.org/review_19225.html

Which says "Unless you know what you're doing you'll be better off with an R33 or R34, but for the ultimate in more than one sense of the word, an early R32 is hard to beat.

Handling can be subdued considerably by swapping in the ATTESSA-ETS AWD controller unit from R34, which pretty much makes the car behave like its newer counterparts."

[Nee-san]

THREAD REVIVAL COMBO BREAKER.

Anyone know anything about this ?

[MrStabby]

I just ended up getting the cheapo ebay attessa tweaker, and it worked so well i just left it at that. The plugs are different on the attessa units, so its more than just a simple brain swap. No idea how much more.

[Nee-san]

They work well yes, but you're only ever going to get the system to operate as fast as it's weakest link.

I think it could be worthwhile, I am sure someone has done it.

Just need to do some dredging.

It's funny for how widespread the internet is there is still alot that only exists in the real world and I'm ok with that I think.

[MrStabby]

They work well yes, but you're only ever going to get the system to operate as fast as it's weakest link.

I think it could be worthwhile, I am sure someone has done it.

For me, i'd want to have some evidence it will make a non-trivial improvement over a tweaked standard system for the effort to be worth it.

But you may just want to satisfy your curiosity and try it!

[SimonR32]

Why not try and run a ETS-Pro from Full Race?

[Nee-san]

Driving an R33 GT-R and 33 Back to back clearly shows the worthiness of the AWD upgrade I think.

ETS-PRO while good like the Ruzic unit is still not going to the root issue which is the preload, the speed at which the system operates and of course the vast increase in sample rate.

[SimonR32]

Driving an R33 GT-R and 33 Back to back clearly shows the worthiness of the AWD upgrade I think.

ETS-PRO while good like the Ruzic unit is still not going to the root issue which is the preload, the speed at which the system operates and of course the vast increase in sample rate.

ETS-Pro maintains preload, the R32 and R33 system are same operating speed (pump gaining and losing pressure) and it has a brand new ECU with much faster sample rates?

[Nee-san]

The preload is still lower though.

There are limitations to what you can do with a Electromechanical system without actually changing the nuts and bolts of the system.

[MrStabby]

Driving an R33 GT-R and 33 Back to back clearly shows the worthiness of the AWD upgrade I think.

I guess you meant R32 and R33 GTRs? If so, thats pretty obvious and therefore not so interesting.

IMO what is more interesting would be comparing an R32GTR+attessa tweaker to an R33GTR without a tweaker.

I'm assuming that the change in front/rear bias as the system evolved is a much more significant affect than things like the ECUs sample/clock rates. It is an assumption tho. Would be interesting to KNOW. Bang for buck and ease of installation the tweaker will be miles ahead.