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my mate has got a lc torana track car that has just had the suspension and bushes done, been dumped and sway bars been added all round and painted and all that. already got a 9 inch thtats been modified to to take torana stud pattern. its curently running an old school warm l..u..m..p..y 202 but he wants more power. i managed to convince him that if he wants a reliable kick in the pants go the best the general has offered in the form of a rb30et with a properly matched turbo. (he he i got an import and i got the chance to put a boosted nisan motor in ausi classic).

i fugured a few guys on this forum would be able to give me some help should problems arise during build thats why i wana know if people would be interested in this build if i posted it?

the whole convert will be done by my self and my mate (owner of torry),

so far i got the folowing planed.

-rb30et motor

-c if i can mate his supra 5 speed to the rb30

-custom mounts and plenum, exhast manifold (might go tuned length for shiz and giggz)

-front mount and moved bov (mad inglish) v8 throtle body (prob polish allup)

-acl race bearing kit, new front and rear main seals, full gasket kit, oil pump drive crank colar and n1 oil pump, full new set fastners throughout, wisco forgies low comp, rods all treated and stuff

-im going to do the head work port and polish valve re grind and springs. deck block and head also

-do a custom o44 fule system with surge tank in boot ans it already has 40 ltr cell in boot also move batery to boot to.

-going to get Haltech e6x with loom and software to tune as i have read that its a fairly user friendly system as i want to be able to atleast base tune it with posibility of race tuning it in future.

i got access to gear and hoist and workshop for job. im a fitter turner with expeience indoing re- desigin and break down machining work in coal mines on draglines and 2 years of fab work with stainless and alloy and other materials of the such so i know the fundemental workings of mechanical parts. also i have taken in as much information about other custom fab and motor engineering projects. the only thing i belive i will struggle with is the tune but i got time. has ne one here tuned this type of ecu was it good or can u recomend another any info or ideas would be great as this is the first of my builds that i undertake this will train me up to do my rb25/30 convert in my r33 but ill be happy with my bolt on beast (makes mid to hi 300hp at rears) for now if people are interested ill post up picks and build details over the next year (he got 1 year of p's left). we are aiming for 300to 350 kw atw which is perfectly doable from a preped rb30 so im lead to belive if its tuned good. this is all going in a 1100-1200 kg car wich should be a strip and track monster to say the least with the odd power cruise thrown in i would dare say. well let me know ur thoughts dont be shy were all mates here :D

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Personally I wouldn't bother with the RB30 and put an RB25 in instead. You will need to do something about the inlet manifold though as it will hit the master cylinder. Using a china manifold could fix this problem

Torana Tare weight is 990. You should be able to keep it under 1000kg

If your mate wants it as a circuit car, he will have to spend a bucketload to make it go around corners. It will be great in a straight line though.

Here is some pics of the LJ RB20DET I did many moons ago (I sold it as an unfinished project)

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we're putting an RB30+T in my step dads EH at the moment...

Engine mounts we're piss easy...

He's using the RB30 box till it blows, then going RB25

The wiring is probably the most time consuming part...

We took the eh for a drive the other day (finally ready after about a 4yr ground up rebuild...) and head gasket blew...

got the head off now...

thanks for the ideas guys thought about all of this all goood stuff. as i said at the top of the post its had the whole running gear done and the suspension just had 6 g put in it. it lifts wheels.... nuff said. its a 4 dr lc painted and kitted to look like xu1 red w black stone trim. will get photos of it soon just still at pedders. i thought about doing a 25 but ultimatly i want to work with my r33 gtst and build a 25/30 combo so this a warm up build sort of so i can lern more about tuning i know how to rebuild a motor so thats not much of a problem and a warm 30 has much more power and torque when matched with a garrett gt35/40 it will also be responive enough for track duties on low boost 14psi ish. we want a tourque monster without going 2 j power lol. i wnated to c if the celica box could be maed but prob wont lol just try get a vl box with motor and later a 33 box. personaly as the person doing majority of the build i am going to fab all that can be fabbed for this car, sort of want to try make something of my trade so yeah should look wild and i recon with mt's on rear looking at low 11's if it can hook up but its a track car ultimatly. a mikture of the best parts that the general has ever offered the rb30 torana lol ne way nuff from me post pics soon...... :)

Mate of mine runs a 500+rwhp Holden 202 turbo motor in his sub 1200 kg LH Torana.

All I can say after going for a ride in it is you need to put some money aside for some serious brakes like AP's or similar .....or a parachute.

yeah got phots now will post after work tomoro. as i said in 1st post its a track car its already done with big breaks and stuff biggest you can get under 13s lol. the rb 30et is good for 250 to 275 kw easy with good tune but we are only going for rough ly 300- 350hp per ton with small twins. prob get 2 cheap rb25 turbs and run them off 3 cylinders each into custom dumps with 2.5 inch pipe on each turbo back with a balancer pipe cough..no restrictions cough... would this work we are looking for early as possible boost with no huge power surge.

350 hp will easily be too much for a track car. and then for power cruise just wind the wick up and point and fire

aim = not to much power + reliability + new school and the ability to wind the wick up and scare yourself to sh*t

cmr shop got a chasi kit and engine mounts with my name on it.

but we decided to fin my r33 first will be owner built rb30det thats the last piece of my puzzle and after reading about it on sau i know the hard bit will be the tuning 1s time on efi i have good understanding im going to tune the rb25 to practice and see what i can get out of it b4 it go pop

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