A Boy's Love For His Rb20

[Roy]

Phil, No idea when first session is. I am guessing kicks off 9:30ish and may have had one session by lunch.

Still got std diff ratio and std 210,000km old gearbox. There is some money being placed on box not lasting the weekend. I have no worries. Old RB20 boxes are tough

[Interloper]

should be ok, it's not like the loads on it from drifting....

[tweety bird]

So the cams gave a sniff that there was more to come. The new turbo has given a sniff that the setup is moving in the right direction.

Seems my R32 is more 58 Plymouth Fury and she doesn't like the extra cubes in her and is playing silly buggers somewhere in the setup. Think dirving around with a head gasket issue with condensation in the exhaust on biref trips etc may have collapse the muffler in the 11 yr old HKS exhaust. I hope its something as simple as that because there seems to be an odd restriction somewhere that means we make ok power but not what we shoudl be

Meanwhile, I need this spend to stop so I can count my cash and go buy my Sierra an 80s dance partner at the end of the month

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[Russman]

Dont know exactly. Tuner and I agreed not to worry about a number. Just run it up, leave plenty in reaserve re fuelling and lets get a good benchmark and some kms on it. Still needs work on fuel setup and cooler piping etc etc. Is somewhere around 300-320. Depends on whether we go for 16psi or 18psi. Dont care just want to it safe to get some track miles under my belt

That's the spirit! Track miles is what it's about!

[Roy]

Well engine seems pretty healthy. Only got two laps before hitting problems but the one lap where I came on to the straight with traffic I was still 24km/h up on my previous best stratightline speed. SO thing has a load more mumbo then the old 98 tune on the 20G.

The only pic from the day, idle in the pits

[Adzmax]

What sort of drama?

[Roy]

I think its the front right king pin bearing on the hub to upright. Tyre now rubs on upright

[34GeeTeeTee]

I think its the front right king pin bearing on the hub to upright. Tyre now rubs on upright

Funny you should say that, my 34 has just done the exact same thing

Engine bay looks great too Roy

[Russman]

Me too! Kingpin bearing is flogged out. but i reckon mine has something to do with 295 semi slicks and lots of track days haha. They are sooo expensive to replace! Something like $800 each from Nissan Japan. They're not servicable. Gotta buy the whole upright!

[Adzmax]

Hey, at least it's not an engine problem mate.

[34GeeTeeTee]

Me too! Kingpin bearing is flogged out. but i reckon mine has something to do with 295 semi slicks and lots of track days haha. They are sooo expensive to replace! Something like $800 each from Nissan Japan. They're not servicable. Gotta buy the whole upright!

Yep i just went second hand and will see how it goes

[sav man]

The bearings in the upright (that hold the kingpin) are a serviceable item. I takes some pasence to get them out without damaging the upright, but it can be done pretty easy. I recently changed mine

Edited May 6, 2013 by sav man

[Roy]

Obi Wan Kenobi...

[paulR32gtr]

I had to do mine on my 32 recently as well - the play was epic

[turboedsloth]

Me too! Kingpin bearing is flogged out. but i reckon mine has something to do with 295 semi slicks and lots of track days haha. They are sooo expensive to replace! Something like $800 each from Nissan Japan. They're not servicable. Gotta buy the whole upright!

Went through the same deal with Jimmy33t also, he found this number BRG A-KINGPIN 40030-33P12

Its the main one, any bearing shop can match the smaller one. Be careful of the lower seal, expensive item through nissan australia

[Ryno]

...sounds like we need a tutorial developed for how to do the kingpin replacement - I'm concerned about mine now

How's the gearbox going Roy? My 20 box lasted for 22 years (with 6 years of that mated to a RB25 making around 240rwkw) and it wasn't until I went for mega torque with my GT-RS that it started making bad noises.

[Roy]

Gearbox is still going fine. It is only street driving and living in the city only so only so much load you can put through a box when in traffic

[TTT]

Try harder.

you'll never reach hektik status with that kind of talk

start painting 11s brah

[turboedsloth]

...sounds like we need a tutorial developed for how to do the kingpin replacement - I'm concerned about mine now

How's the gearbox going Roy? My 20 box lasted for 22 years (with 6 years of that mated to a RB25 making around 240rwkw) and it wasn't until I went for mega torque with my GT-RS that it started making bad noises.

Not that hard to change really, found a tapered roller bearing replacement also which has preload when fitted and no shimming required

[Roy]

Here is my graph. Pretty lazy at the moment as no boost or ignition really thrown at it at the moment. Not until we get some kms on the new engine and get the gearbox and rear end/diff fixed.

At the moment there is no EBC, just s soft gate spring with a bleed.