Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 104
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

27th September 2011

Car was towed to the workshop yesterday, no real progress was done, just cleaning and finishing up things that needed doing.

Called into HPIAB on my way to work today, so I could drop off some parts for the build and this is how the engine looked.

0927_085421.jpg

Called in on my way back also, to see how the day went, and this is what I saw...

0927_174606.jpg

...ummmm, something is missing here unsure.gif

0927_173341.jpg

Ahhhh, that's where it went.

Morrie had been a busy little bee today, pulled the old engine out, swapped parts from the old to the new, and even cleaned the engine bay out.

Sump is going on tonight, and should the engine should be going in the car tomorrow...not too much longer now biggrin.gif

28th September 2011

Engine is in the car, all wired up, and looking schmick. Could turn the key...but its missing oil and fuel....and still waiting on the exhaust manifold from the ceramic coaters. Once the manifold is back, on goes the turbo, and all the inter-cooler piping, etc. Then onto turning the key and the run-in process and tune...hopefully next week, it could be a anniversary of when the original engine blew up.

should be a pretty fun 300 od kw once its all done. not going e85 while your at it?

Maybe later. I feel that E85 is not suitable for running the engine in, plus I have a trip over to Victoria at the end of October for SAU Nationals, so I don't want to be dependant on E85, would like the flexibility and mileage of 98.

Maybe later. I feel that E85 is not suitable for running the engine in, plus I have a trip over to Victoria at the end of October for SAU Nationals, so I don't want to be dependant on E85, would like the flexibility and mileage of 98.

completely agree, also contemplated doing the trip on e85. the 400L i allowed for wouldnt be ideal

  • 2 weeks later...

Friday 14th October 2011

Finally after 1 year and 7 Days the R33 lives again. Called into HPIAB at around 9pm on my way home from going out to tea and Morrie says "Good thing your here, my tune hasn't shown, so I am going to run your Car in"...My reaction was along the lines of BigCheesyGrin.gif

Car was put on the dyno, and run in. Lots of smoke as the residue oil was burning off from the previous engine failure, but after awhile it disappeared :)

The new engine ran like clockwork with nothing breaking or leaking. During the run in process the Turbo and Exhaust manifold hot a nice red hot glow to it :), I'll try and get a pic.

Saturday 15th October

Apparently the car was run in some more, and the timing touched up from the previous tune to coincide with the new camshafts. I don't know exact details as I was at work all day.

I had the pleasure of watching the motor being run in with the car on a chassis dyno. This motor is going to be very strong..

Here's a cool pic, a bit of heat being generated i'd say. my iPhone captured the image in infared for some reason..

8a78adae.jpg

Good to hear mate. So ready for a tune??

Not too sure, I know on Saturday it was having a secondary run in, and the timing was being touched up, I have heard it is going back on the rollers today (Sunday 16th), so I can't exactly say for sure.

I had the pleasure of watching the motor being run in with the car on a chassis dyno. This motor is going to be very strong..

Here's a cool pic, a bit of heat being generated i'd say. my iPhone captured the image in infared for some reason..

8a78adae.jpg

Cheers Matt, sorry for the car's smoke trying to kill you :P

Sunday 16th October

Went to the workshop tonight to watch the final instalment of the Engine run in...was rather boring actually. After that was done we dumped the run in oil, and replaced it with some nice new fresh stuff...and then we decided to do some fun stuff...Power Runs.

Back in 2009 the boost tee was set to 14.5-15psi, and that was what it was still set too. Lets just say this was a semi bad idea, why was it bad? The amount of power that was being made was too much for the clutch to take so it slipped...or just wheel spin.

So we disconnected the boost tee and ran actuator pressure...which was just a measly 8psi. Ran the car up, no issues at all there...the power figure is about 220rwkw at 8psi with about 400nm of torque and a lot more response all over.

This thing is going to be a monster once I have a new clutch and tune in it :w00t: ...which is going to be a LONG way off :(

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • I thought that might be the case, thats what I'll start saving for. Thanks for the info 
    • Ps i found the below forum and it seems to be the same scenario Im dealing with. Going to check my ECU coolant temp wire tomorrow    From NICOclub forum: s1 RB25det flooding at start up Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:23 am I am completely lost on this. Car ran perfectly fine when I parked it at the end of the year. I took the engine out and painted the engine bay, and put a fuel cell with an inline walbro 255 instead of the in tank unit I had last year. After reinstalling everything, the engine floods when the fuel pump primes. if i pull the fuel pump fuse it'll start, and as soon as I put the fuse back in it starts running ridiculously rich. I checked the tps voltage, and its fine. Cleaned the maf as it had some dust from sitting on a shelf all winter, fuel pressure is correct while running, but wont fire until there is less than 5psi in the lines. The fuel lines are run correctly. I have found a few threads with the same problem but no actual explanation of what fixed it, the threads just ended. Any help would be appreciated. Rb25det s1 walbro255 fuel pump nismo fpr holset hx35 turbo fmic 3" exhaust freddy intake manifold q45tb q45 maf   Re: s1 RB25det flooding at start up Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:07 am No, I didn't. I found the problem though. There was a break in one of the ecu coolant temp sensor wires. Once it was repaired it fired right up with no problems. I would have never thought a non working coolant temp sensor would have caused such an issue.
    • Hi sorry late reply I didnt get a chance to take any pics (my mechanics on the other side of the city) but the plugs were fouled from being too rich. I noticed the MAF wasn't genuine, so I replaced it with a genuine green label unit. I also swapped in a different ignitor, but the issue remains. I've narrowed it down a bit now: - If I unplug and reconnect the fuel lines and install fresh spark plugs, the car starts right up and runs perfectly. Took it around the block with no issues - As soon as I shut it off and try to restart, it won't start again - Fuel pressure while cranking is steady around 40 psi, injectors have good spray, return line is clear, and the FPR vacuum is working. It just seems like it's getting flooded after the first start I unplugged coolant sensors to see if its related to ECU flooding but that didnt make a difference. Im thinking its related to this because this issue only started happening after fixing coolant leaks and replacing the bottom part of the stock manifolds coolant pipe. My mechanic took off the inlet to get to get to do these repairs. My mechanics actually just an old mate who's retired now so ill be taking it to a different mechanic who i know has exp with RBs to see if they find anything. If you have any ideas please send em lll give it a try. Ive tried other things like swapping the injectors, fuel rail, different fuel pressure regs, different ignitor, spark plugs, comp test and MAF but the same issue persists.
    • My return flow is custom and puts the return behind the reo, instead of at the bottom. All my core is in the air flow, rather than losing some of it up behind the reo. I realise that the core really acts more as a spiky heatsink than as a constant rate heat exchanger, and that therefore size is important.... but mine fits everything I needed and wanted without having to cut anything, and that's worth something too. And there won't be a hot patch of core up behind the reo after every hit, releasing heat back into the intake air.
    • There is a really fun solution to this problem, buy a Haltech (or ECU of your choice) and put the MAF in the bin.  I'm assuming your going to want more power in future, so you'll need to get the ECU at some stage. I'd put the new MAF money towards the new ECU. 
×
×
  • Create New...