Turboing An Rb30

[bk558462]

Yo... thinking of buying an r31 and turboing it and converting it to manual. anyone got any tips ??? how hard is it ???

[zebra]

How hard depends on how much you stroke it

[paulr33]

tips?

buy a vl turbo manual

save time money effort pain hassles and it all works

[bk558462]

How hard depends on how much you stroke it

haha good one mate

[bk558462]

tips?

buy a vl turbo manual

save time money effort pain hassles and it all works

yeah but then its not a skyline lol

id imagine it to not be to hard to tirbo and what not just becuase there such a popular old motor

[Rolls]

buy one already turbo'd, difficulty = 0 then

there are loads of guides on the r31skylineclub forums

[bk558462]

buy one already turbo'd, difficulty = 0 then

there are loads of guides on the r31skylineclub forums

turbo ones cost to much to buy already set up tho

[Rolls]

turbo ones cost to much to buy already set up tho

you are underestimating how cheap it is to build one, and trust me, shit will break that you will have to fix.

[luvpsi]

or buy yourself a rb25det half cut i did for my vl however i underestimated how much it would cost me and it ended up costing me close to 8-10gs

if you turbo a r31 skyline( stock rb30) you will need to rebuild whole motor no point just slapping on a decomp plate and turbo kit cause it wont hold much boost at all. if you want information on all of it go to calaisturbo.com.au they will tell you everything yopu need to know about the rb30

[eightsixboy]

Join the r31 skyline club. Tons of info on there about this.

[GTScotT]

Like luvpsi said, there are 'cheap and easy' ways to go about it but they will definitely cost you the better part of 10 grand.

Get a manual one then buy a skyline halfcut and bolt it all in... is the easiest way to go by far. Even if its an RB20, it sounds like all you want is a turbo.

Be it myself, I would need a good reason to have a R31 to begin with lol... But then if it was what I wanted, I would buy the R33 or R34 half cut, then conjur up a RB2530DET hybrid by following instructions well documented on this site, then get a full exhaust, fmic, fuel pump, good injectors, good afm, tunable ecu and a 500ish HP turbo (id be willing to try an ATR43G3 on this budget project) and get it all together.

With epic torque I would saaayyy.... thats the better part of 15 grand though.

GL

[Rolls]

as all these guys have said, youll spend 10k doing it properly, maybe a few grand initially doing it on the cheap then when stuff breaks and you end up doing it properly it will all add up.

Just buy one already turbo'd it will be cheaper trust me, just ask anyone who has already done it. You need tyres, suspension, clutch, fuel pump, tuning etc, these are all the added extras on top of turboing the motor assuming it doesn't explode.

Edited May 20, 2011 by Rolls

[zebra]

http://www.force-flow.com/product_x4brushless.aspx

[luvpsi]

like rolls said i wish i had of bought a vl already turbo'd but then again i loved building it myself but like they always say

DO IT ONCE DO RIGHT

[Rolls]

http://www.force-flo...4brushless.aspx

LOL would that even generate 1psi of positive pressure? looks the size of a hair drier especially with those tiny gauge wires.

[zebra]

LOL would that even generate 1psi of positive pressure? looks the size of a hair drier especially with those tiny gauge wires.

On a Briggs & Stratton at idle maybe

[Cheddle]

Firstly. f**k all the haters above...

Secondly. Easy

buy VL turbo aka 270cc hose tail injectors or any other similar type of hosetail injector.

Buy turbo manifold. Ebay used to be a good place but stock is low. Try for a 2nd hand stock cast iorn vl turbo manifold.

Buy a turbo. An rb25det turbo ia a good start for about 180rwkw

contact nistune for a custom remap. Around $100 exc postage

Custom oil+water lines are $100-150 on ebay

now. Either take the lot to a resonable performance garage and have them fit it and have the piping+dump pipe fabricated. This will cost around $1000

Or do it yourself and save around $700 labour but tou will need to pay for random pipe and joiners and also pay for the exaghust to be made.

I turboed an automatic TI r31 for around $1500 total using a KKR480 turbo $600 and mates rates on the dump pipe

[Cheddle]

Ill add that id made 110 rwkw on 4psi with -5 deg timing, no intercooler and a slipping auto box. It made 110rwkw at 2000 rpm and then the auto slipped.

[Rolls]

so tyres, clutch, intercooler. manual gearbox, all the pedals and crap, LSD diff, brakes etc are free?

you really do need all the above otherwise you might as well just buy one with it all for $5k

Edited May 20, 2011 by Rolls

[zebra]

That also is a lot of effort to go through to have a standard turbo in the car.

Only to no doubt want to upgrade later, in which case you would need to replace all the standard bits again anyway.