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Hi Guys,

I bought a 95 r33 gts-t s1 about a month ago. Everything is pretty much stock on the car except for the 3" exhaust, boost controller, air intake and dump pipe

The thing is, when I got the car, it was running perfect then I got a little too gready and pumped the boost controller up. I ended up blowing the plugs. I took it to the mechanics next door where I work and he fitted some dodgy ones that were misfiring badly. From previous threads I learnt that the gaps were too big. So I brought it back and the damn mechanic checked the fuel pressure as well as reduced the boost way down.

The car kept misfiring and I kept insisting for the plugs to be regapped. Today, while I was driving I noticed that the engine sounded lke it was under tremendous load, sort of high turbulence noise. The boost is really week, and there is practically nothing from the blow-off valve. It consumes too much fuel. nearly 3/4 tank over 80 kms.

The car has also lost tremendous amount of power. It lags everytime I put my foot on the throttle. I tried to inspect what was going on under the hood. I noticed a little oil stain near the intake.

I have spent the last 6 hours goin through turbo leaks, coil failure, afm failures and many others.

I am really nervous. I have booked an appointment with SHIFT performance to have a look at the car on Tuesday.

The thing is I am extremely anxious and worried. Has anyone experienced similar troubles. What should I do? Is it going to be costly?

I appologize if there are any similar posts. Help, Please!

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Now when you say you got greedy and turned up the boost..... exactly how much psi were you running?

And the blown spark plugs, what do you mean? EDIT: Did they actually come out of the head

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Shift performance is rubbish there a jdmyard wanna be, take your car to someone who deals with skylines day in day out. Try jap link on parramatta road they have a mechanic that used to work at pan in japan, they no there shit

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