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so i bought a r33 gtr, prob owned about 30 cars(ish) now, and thought i would have learnt my lesson now with modifying cars :( ,dont do it!

i have the usual mods, exhaust, pod, apexi, cam gears etc, on the car when i bought it, but i wanted the interior/exterior standard (except the lm 400 wheels).......

then the clutch started to slip,

hmmm while the car is getting a new clutch, thought 160ks on the clock, and boosting 1 bar, may just 'wip' of those turbos and maybe go N1s or rebulid old ones etc, run the car at bout 1.2 bar and leave it at that,

everyone (with any brains! :D ) on this forum always say "choose a power figure, and what you want out of the car, and stick with that" excellent advice.... that i didnt listen too

so the garrett 2860-5, oh bigger fuel pump, injectors....sweet,

crap too much power, twin plate hks

but may as well get a profect b, tomei dumps while the turbos are off,

dam tomei dont fit, fabricate dumps, water, oil lines, oh and inlet, on dyno, oops fuel line leaking, fix that

crap, afms maxing out, ZFM's

back on dyno BOV leaking, crap new BOV back on dyno

oh oh, some kinda problem with AFMs, remove and purchase D JETRO to avoid AFM problem

shoot while im there may aswell get a bigger FMIC.....excellent im modifying cars again, dam i love it!!!!!!

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yeah then will come an engine rebuild.....hopefully not a for a while though, still have good compresion, and high oil preassure, not going passed 7500rpm......good luck to everyone going down this path, and thanks to everyone who have given advice on this forum, and a big thankyou to all the guys who run the sau forum.......

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