Best Ways To Maintain Your Skyline

[rdirty3]

Hi guys,

i just wanted to know some of the best ways to maintain them with these mods below other than getting it serviced every 5000kms.

engine mods are:

-greedy boost controller (10psi)

-nismo full exhaust 3"

-k&n podfilter

-CENTRAL 20 ECU

-Greedy Front mount intercooler

Cheers!

Edited July 27, 2010 by rdirty3

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

i just bought a house, and, apart from cleaning it, what other ways are there to maintain it?

[chubs]

Dont drive it like a dick and flog the crap out of it is the first step Just make sure when something needs done that you do it rather than leaving it to fix later.

[rdirty3]

Dont drive it like a dick and flog the crap out of it is the first step Just make sure when something needs done that you do it rather than leaving it to fix later.

is there any particlar maintaince i need to take with the mods made to it?

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

is there any particlar maintaince i need to take with the mods made to it?

only thing that i can see is the pod will need re oiling every 10k or watever, and its spelt greddy, not greedy

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Dont drive it like a dick and flog the crap out of it is the first step Just make sure when something needs done that you do it rather than leaving it to fix later.

If that's the case he would have gotten a Prius... these cars were designed to get sexy with

As for maintenance, oil/oil filter/air filter/spark plugs every 5000kms timing belt/tensions/seals every 100 000kms.. they're reliable cars that don't break with mild mods.

I've had 3x imports, I have sexy time with all of them and none of them have failed. This involved skin pad days, etc... no dramas!

[TUFF_350]

spark plugs every 5000kms

Disagree with that one, buy yourself a set of NGK Iridiums and they wont need changing for a good 50,000kms or so.

Best hungey or so you could spend

[mad082]

you will easily get 10,000kms out of a set of copper plugs. should get 15,000kms out of them if your coilpacks aren't dead/dying. no point spending the extra money on irridiums. the set i pulled out of my 33 were dead after about 20,000kms.

[08yannch]

oil change every 5,000km filter change +10,000km

copper spark plugs every 5,000 to 10,000 dont wast ur money with the platnem ones

dont thrash it like a dick.

timing belt every 100,000km

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

oil change every 5,000km filter change +10,000km

copper spark plugs every 5,000 to 10,000 dont wast ur money with the platnem ones

dont thrash it like a dick.

timing belt every 100,000km

why not thrash it like a dick? Nissans take them like a real car, unlike Australia cars which are not really Australian

as long as it's maintained, cooled properly, they love it

[mad082]

getting slightly off topic now, but aussie cars will take a thrashing just as well as nissans do. look at how many junked out old vn's, etc are still going with over 300,000kms on the clock and getting thrashed by young idiots who usually do very little in the way of maintenance.

on topic though, just treat it with respect like you would any other car that you cherish. they aren't some super spectacular motor (depsite how a lot of people on this forum make them out to be). just regular servicing, not thrashing the arse out of it then pulling up straight away without letting it cool down first, use decent quality parts, etc.

[Birds]

lol @ Aussie cars not taking a beating. Best way to maintain a Skyline...don't drive it

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

I had a commo-crap vn as my very first car, and with all cars I service them very well with decent oil/filters/etc.

I can tell you this, they're shet, car had around 150xxx km on the clock and during the time I had it, I went through:

- 2x power steering pumps

- 1x CAS

- 1x Alternator

- Shift Solenoids

They're crap cars man... then I bought a 1989 180SX, which was even older than my VN and to my surprise, nothing broke, nothing gave way, all electrics worked, and even though the KMs weren't genuine (like most imports).

Yeah off topic lol..

Just remember to warm up, cool down, and regular maintenance and loads of sexy time haha

[On Edge]

lol @ Aussie cars not taking a beating. Best way to maintain a Skyline...don't drive it

theres the answer

[Mayuri Krab]

If that's the case he would have gotten a Prius... these cars were designed to get sexy with

I drive my dad's Corolla harder than I do with my Skyline since you need to floor the sh*t out of the Corolla to actually get it up to speed... otherwise you get overtaken by trucks & buses

[Birds]

I had a commo-crap vn as my very first car, and with all cars I service them very well with decent oil/filters/etc.

I can tell you this, they're shet, car had around 150xxx km on the clock and during the time I had it, I went through:

- 2x power steering pumps

- 1x CAS

- 1x Alternator

- Shift Solenoids

They're crap cars man... then I bought a 1989 180SX, which was even older than my VN and to my surprise, nothing broke, nothing gave way, all electrics worked, and even though the KMs weren't genuine (like most imports).

Well I wasn't talking about reliability, I was talking about them taking a beating. But on reliability, you've owned one Holden and declare all Aussie cars to be shit? Come on...every manufacturer has their lemons. In contrast I owned a VR that only ever had a head gasket leak. Took it from 150,000-230,000km without another worry. But I wouldn't go declaring them all to be 100% sound based on my one experience! And atleast when shit goes in the Aussie cars they are much cheaper to replace than genuine items from import manufacturers.

[mad082]

i had an ea falcon (the worst of them) and in the 2 years i owned it i had the bonnet up less than the 18 months i owned my 33. only problem i ever had with the falcon was a head gasket and the leads needed replacing due to old age.

[Galois]

+1 to copper spark plugs being the way to go. had a mate recently whose iridiums lasted 3000km!

[r33cruiser]

+1 to copper spark plugs being the way to go. had a mate recently whose iridiums lasted 3000km!

no. I used to be like u.

Copper may be a better conducter but if you want any form of longevity u need iridiums.

Coppers last aages (10000kms or wateva). But heat kills them. I actually had 2 fail, and shattered the ceramic part on 2 plugs after 1 track day (BCPR7ES's).

My mechanic also races at QR using iridiums, and they last for many meetings.

You may think they are the way to go, but we have actually seen the results.

[Galois]

there's plenty of testimonies in the spark plug thread going both ways. some people say their iridiums lasted just a few 10k, some have them last over 100k. A friend of mine has a soarer with a bit of extra boost, he spent many hundreds trying to find the source of a misfire which ended up being his spark plugs, he didn't check them cos they were only 3000km old. May have been a faulty plug, but there's still a fair few stories each way out there.

On a side note, Bosch platinums are less than $40 for 6. Some extra kms but without the big $$$