A Boy's Love For His Rb20

[Roy]

Yep, panel beater painted it black but still the same pipes, also got the HKS piping from the old Type S cooler

[TTT]

May PM you later about it.

[ravenofanarchy]

made my day reading this, im building up my 20 atm... really over everyone telling me to drop a 25 in...

[TTT]

won't be needing the cooler piping after all.

[zebra]

Bout time you got a propper performance car Bris

[the_wolf]

Just finished reading the whole 20 pages of thread..

Top yarn, so pretty much you would recommend from a stock 20' to go for

*power fc

*trust td06 20g 8cm

*greedy mani and wastegate

*stick with oem plenum and cams,few gains from gears?

Just trying to get an idea of what I need to get to around the 240-250kw region,

And am assuming I could probably have a more responsive, snappier setup by dropping down to a 2530? Wouldn't bother dropping the overall power output if it wasn't much more responsive

[Beer Baron]

yep spot on mate. to that list you need to add some injectors, fuel pump, Z32 AFM, good exhaust, front mount intercooler and a decent clutch. and yes it'll be more responsive with a 2530 but no where near the top end hit of the old TD06. probably a faster road car though but less fun on track.

[the_wolf]

Yep yep do see where your coming from re the turbos. I understand the other things u said ie z32 afm fuel pump, good fmic, just wasnt sure on the main power getters. This may sound like I'm wasting my time but I do love the 20'

My aim is to have a decent car that can switch from circuit to drift with minimal fuss and still perform. Hence why I'm looking for a decentish midrange torque + response so I can fry tyres nice n easy:P.....,,all whilst keeping the rb20

[Roy]

Yeh, a 2530 makes for a nice setup, but I personally think its worthwhile losing 15-20rwkws at 3,800rpm odd to make equal and more power from 4,200rpm. If you are caught in the wrong gear etc the TD06 can be a bit painful...but I feel a TD06 will make for the quicker car all other things being equal around a track, drifting or drags

But the truth is its pretty easy to spend 5k getting a TD06 setup singing so whatever you chose just do the numbers carefully before hand and make sure its the path you want to take.

[the_wolf]

Thanks for the advice, it will be well -heeded.

Am trying to work of the experience you have here to make life a bit easier for myself but from what you say I think it will be td06....am seriously pondering a kinugawa td06.....

There's just so many trims lol. Sh.sl etc, should I go 20g or 25g and which trim do you reccomend??

[zebra]

20G for an RB20

[Roy]

I think if you can get a 10cm TD05 exhaust housing then I would grab a kinugawa TD05h-18G and throw 18psi at it. I suspect you may be down 20-25rwkws compared to the TD06-20G but between 245-255rwks would be a good cross between 2530 and TD06-20G. If you get bored of the power just throw a kinugawa TD06-20G on it...but I suspect the 18G could make for a generally faster more reliable RB20

[the_wolf]

Hm hm sounds pretty interesting...td0518g would be internally gated I guess? Also if it is would there be any chance of me mounting it on the standard mani?

[Roy]

The TD05-18G comes internally or externally gated. If you can stretch the dollars I suggest going the external gate as its my opinion that the RB20 likes an exhaust manifold a lot more then the RB25 as you dont have the extra compression, variable inlet timing and compression the 25 has.

[Ronin 09]

hey roy. your r32 is poo.

[Silvia GTR]

Build threads with a story are the best! Not just a list of parts and a result.

You must be proud of that televised opening scene of the dutton rally

[Roy]

Yeh, the Dutton footage was funny. The car had a fair bit of coverage considering it didnt really factor in the placing on the event. One year when Juz was co-driving she got her own 2 min segment which meant the lil R32 got plenty of coverage

Right now I am trying to move around dates as I am entered in the SAU Nationals but having wisdom teeth out the Thursday before the event

[Russman]

Yeh, the Dutton footage was funny. The car had a fair bit of coverage considering it didnt really factor in the placing on the event. One year when Juz was co-driving she got her own 2 min segment which meant the lil R32 got plenty of coverage

Right now I am trying to move around dates as I am entered in the SAU Nationals but having wisdom teeth out the Thursday before the event

That sucks man. 2 days is not enough recovery! Unless you plan to anethetise yourself with alcohol all weekend!

[rb.20.4ht]

Was actually looking for something else when i came across this thread....Larv the car Roy and jjjjjesus you have some patience mate...anyway ive been a RB20 fan for years now and after a hard year of working llllong long hours and saving alot my (r32 4 door) goes into a performance workshop tmrw for a replacement engine (20 of course) and a retune with the following goodies - gtr injectors and resistor pack off of a 2004 nur spec gtr, Z32 air flow meter,apexi power fc, cam gears,FMIC,Bleed valve (4 now), 3inch zorst all the way with 4 inch tip, orc clutch and lightened flywheel,bosch 044 fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator and a genuine td05/20g turbo with turbosmart ultra gate and screamer ..I know that the td06 is a better turbo at top end but i chose to sacrifice top end for less lag and more fun sooner rather then the 700rpm to 1000 rpm later..i do have a question tho in regards to cams, i was intending to get tomei pon cams but after reading the whole 20odd page killa read im sorta in 2 minds now as if they will be worth it..? any ideas?

Cheers mate

Edited October 30, 2011 by rb.20.4ht

[Roy]

Sounds like a sorted package. I personally wouldnt bother with cams. I think std are fine. That said I do have some Tomei 256/8.5mm cams that may get a god in a few weeks when my car finally goes E85. Perhaps they will work, but I suspect I will lose power again.I will be sure to report back either way.

And just got back from the SAU Nationals where the car ran pretty well all day. A few little gremlins that hurt early running but car drive home which is the main thing. I think its time for a compression test to see how the engine is holding up.