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Hi fellas :sick: ,

Well after a journey lasting nearly 5 years from bog standard road car to current guise, delighted to say that the "old girl" did us proud last weekend here in the UK at Santa Pod at the FIA Main Event.

She finally decided it was the right time not to break or give us any grief & we finally saw sub 7.5's - running a 7.45 @ 187 & then afterwards a 7.49 @ 183 to back it up. Was an absolutely amazing feeling & fair to say has been at times a hard slog.

Huge thanks to Abbey Motorsport here in the UK who look after all tuning & engine work + the crew - all over the moon.

Here's a few vids & a couple of piccies

7.45 run (we were against an 8.4 rail with a 0.9 headstart)

The car still has a bit more to give & we will keep on "tweaking away " but just brilliant progress from the team & i'm over the moon for the guys who at times have bust a gut to get the car together

cheers

John

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  • 3 weeks later...
Hi fellas :P ,

Well after a journey lasting nearly 5 years from bog standard road car to current guise, delighted to say that the "old girl" did us proud last weekend here in the UK at Santa Pod at the FIA Main Event.

She finally decided it was the right time not to break or give us any grief & we finally saw sub 7.5's - running a 7.45 @ 187 & then afterwards a 7.49 @ 183 to back it up. Was an absolutely amazing feeling & fair to say has been at times a hard slog.

Huge thanks to Abbey Motorsport here in the UK who look after all tuning & engine work + the crew - all over the moon.

Here's a few vids & a couple of piccies

7.45 run (we were against an 8.4 rail with a 0.9 headstart)

The car still has a bit more to give & we will keep on "tweaking away " but just brilliant progress from the team & i'm over the moon for the guys who at times have bust a gut to get the car together

cheers

John

What engine is in it?

sounds like an eight?

Specs from there website :D

1997 R33 GTST Nissan skyline

Engine

Nissan Skyline RB26 N1 Engine - bored to 2.8L

HKS Step 2 Pistons

HKS Billet Crank

HKS Forged Rods

AET prototype turbo

Motec M800 ECU

HKS Fuel rail

HKS Manifold/wastegate

Moran Motorsports fuel injectors

HKS Ignition Amplifier

ACL Bearings

JUN Camshafts

JUN Head & Block studs

Gizzmo MSIBC Boost Controller

Abbey Motorsport Head Gasket

Veilside Plenum & Throttle body

Chargecooler System

Abbey Motorsport Prepared Head

Porting/Polishing Abbey Motorsport

Magnafuel Fuel System

ATL Fuel cell

Moroso Dry sump System

One off Abbey Motorsport exhaust system

Chassis & Running Gear

Webster race Engineering fully licenced 25.1E legal cage

Jerico 5 speed gearbox with airshifter

Ace Clutch

Trick Titanium bellhousing

Mark William propshaft

Strange fully adjustable F & R suspension

Strange discs & calipers

ARRC rear axle

American Racing Wheels

Stroud parachute

Interior

Motec Datalogging System

Racepak Display

TRS Harnesses

Reverie carbon fibre seat

OMP Fire System

Exterior

Carbon fibre front splitter - http://www.carboncerbie.com/

Carbon fibre Doors

Carbon fibre boot lid

GRP Front + rear bumpers

GRP Headlight vent

ARRC Rear soiler arrangement

Lexan F & R screens

Lexan windows allround

What breakages have you had ? (I know there is probably a list).

Just gives an insight to what happens when you want to achieve the top tier of drag racing for us commoners to understand lol .

I take it you are stripping the motor after every meet to check everything is alright.

I take it you are stripping the motor after every meet to check everything is alright.

John is running about the same power as I do running 7.2s. (1300-1400hp)

Our motor went untouched for just on 3 years and I'm sure John gets a huge amount of runs/meetings from his motor as well, stripping a motor after every meeting sounds like something the old school V8 boys might do :-)

Rob

  • 4 weeks later...

Hi guys :( - hope you are all well.

To be honest we have reasonably decent reliability considering the power output.

We don't bother taking the engine out every meeting unless it's one of the 2 big ones each year (Main Event & European Finals) as they are both 4 day meetings & you can be looking at 12 runs + at each one.

Normally it's a case of finishing the meet & if all looks & feels ok then a compression test at the end & if all good she gets packed away & then left really until the next meet. Prior to each meet we get the car out a few days before, detailed check over & put her on the dyno just to check basic settings & if all ok off to the meet we go.

Only hassle we have had over recent times has been a couple of gaskets failing which is no huge surprise, so off with the head & get it changed at track if needs be & then back out again :-)

Same crank for the last 3 years, same pistons for last 12 months, same rods last 12 months etc, same block etc - normally change bearings regularly & exhaust valves etc just to be on the safe side.

These RB's are tough buggers :-)

  • 2 months later...

Hi,

I'm new guy here in this forum and I like the forums too...

Well, I'm working on Killer project hear in Bahrain... I have a RB30 block and 26RB head

I need some one to put me on track... any suggestion for picking the parts

My goal to run in 7.5ET

Nice work John

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