My Bolt On Engine Upgrade Thread: R34 Gtr

[Bakes]

I dropped my R34 GTR off at Red R Racing yesterday morning for some bolt on upgrades at the hands of DirtGarage (Paul) and co.

Ive had a few people show interest in my planned upgrades so I decided to start up a thread for those interested. Thread will include plenty of pics and final results with a full mod list at the end to accompany dyno results.

A few of the parts going in, more to arrive - see below

Garrett 2860R-5 turbos

Cam cover comes off for access to gears and belts, radiator also out

Getting to the stock turbos

Front turbo out

Close up of stockie still in place

Old vs New

More parts are expected to arrive over the next couple of days including Cam Gears, Vipec ECU, Tech Edge Wideband AFR controller, injectors, oil catch can and a few other bits. Will post up pics when they arrive/go onto the car.

Cheers

[rtune]

I'll be following the topic,

so what are you aiming for awkw, and what RPM do you expect to lose in terms

of coming onto 1bar of boost vs stock?

[Bakes]

320AWKW but we will see how it goes. Dont want anything too crazy, bottom end is stock.

As for response loss on RPM, time will tell. Hopefully not much though, will post full results so will be able to compare to my stock turbos.

[N1GTR]

So, when is the RB30 bottom end being built?

[rtune]

320AWKW but we will see how it goes. Dont want anything too crazy, bottom end is stock.

As for response loss on RPM, time will tell. Hopefully not much though, will post full results so will be able to compare to my stock turbos.

maybe i am wrong but aren't your chosen turbos HKS 2530s equivalent, but GT-SS which have less lag make 320 awkw easily..

in fact there are a second hand pair in classifieds that made exactly that?

[Swiper the Fox]

Bakes, Matt was having trouble keeping his mind on the job...every now and then he would stand back and admire your car. He's been around plenty of tough GTR's and to see him drooling over your car was a laugh.

[Bakes]

maybe i am wrong but aren't your chosen turbos HKS 2530s equivalent, but GT-SS which have less lag make 320 awkw easily..

in fact there are a second hand pair in classifieds that made exactly that?

Have been over and over GTSS vs -5. Not going over it again. I did my research, I wanted -5s, I bought them. Please keep turbo selection out of my thread.

[Bakes]

So, when is the RB30 bottom end being built?

Not anytime soon. Wife has put the foot down - No more mods for a long while after this lot

[Bakes]

Bakes, Matt was having trouble keeping his mind on the job...every now and then he would stand back and admire your car. He's been around plenty of tough GTR's and to see him drooling over your car was a laugh.

haha, Good stuff

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

This thread shall be awesome!

Love the Old vs New Turbo pic and as you can see there is a bit of size difference there.

[Scooby]

Have been over and over GTSS vs -5. Not going over it again. I did my research, I wanted -5s, I bought them. Please keep turbo selection out of my thread.

good call

[rtune]

ok no problem!!

[N1GTR]

Not anytime soon. Wife has put the foot down - No more mods for a long while after this lot

Fair enough. Start buying her shoes, lots and lots of shoes

[GTRNUR]

Im in and watching closely too. Did you do a baseline dyno run with the car entirely stock as well?

Cheers,

Ian

[Bakes]

I have dyno run with just exhaust and pods: 215AWKW - so close to stock.

Will be able to compare to that at end.

[Guilt-Toy]

I am going to enjoy this one.

[bigmikespec]

I am excited to see the results of this, great stuff.

Quick question, with regard to the wideband, why did you not go with the Innovate Motorsports WB which is reccommended to be used with the Vipec ECU's? Geniune question, I am not just being a d**k.

Mike

PS: in comparing dyno runs details of AFR and ignition advance would be good to get more of a direct comparison.

[DR-JEKL]

This might be as quick as that blue bugeye WRX with MJ number plates getting around Newcastle when it's finished getting built Bakes?

[blitzxtr]

This might be as quick as that blue bugeye WRX with MJ number plates getting around Newcastle when it's finished getting built Bakes?

Kool another rexy to smoke I HATE WRXs

[Bakes]

This might be as quick as that blue bugeye WRX with MJ number plates getting around Newcastle when it's finished getting built Bakes?

Huge lol