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Hi all am about to own my first skyline, a 32 Gtst.

Have just come from a 12 sec 200+kw atw manual legnum and hope I can replicate those kind of figures with the 32 fairly comfortably to :)

Looking forward meeting folk on here and doing it all over again with s skyline!

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Welcome:)

Would go an RB25DET conversion if it was me but yeah good luck with it!

From what i hear you'll have a Much easier time changing plugs Aha

Have a good one.

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Haha I'm a mechanic so plugs aren't too bad on the legnum...just like a magna really...,I'm more excited about having a nice simple rwd setup!

You think a 25 is the go hey? Not disagreeing but I might stay true to the ol' 20 and build it up...then again might go '25. I'm not looking for monster power low 200's atw is plenty for me :) if money permits though might go 25 :

Thanks for the welcome!

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I would stay with the rb20. They are a tough lil engine and if worked on properly you will easily be able to produce that power figure. My r32 gtst i just sold had a high flowed rb25 turbo, exhaust, front mount cooler, fuel pump, injectors and a tune and made low 200's easily. Was a fun little car. Best of Luck and welcome!!!

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+1 for the rb25 conversion. sure you can get power out of the rb20 but at the expense of low end power. you can get the rb25 to be knocking on the door of 200kw with stock everything but exhaust and cooler (with the boost bumped up a bit) and it will be making full boost by around 2700rpm. even with a turbo, ecu and injector upgrade you can make around 250kw and still have full boost by under 3000rpm. to get even 200kw from the rb20 you won't be making full boost until closer to 4000rpm.

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^this is true but the 20 is a solid unit and is more than happy to rev its head off all day. I had a 20 with a to4e + supporting hardware with 210rwkw, was a ball in a nice light chassis. The 25 does have more scope though, by the time youve done up a 25 you could have a 26 with light mods.

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Yep can totally understand the benefits of a 25 in terms of low end torque....it simply comes with the capacity. At the moment though as I e cone from an awd turbo background im going to be getting the suspension and brakes exactly how I want them and learn how the car behaves before chasing more power.

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^this is true but the 20 is a solid unit and is more than happy to rev its head off all day. I had a 20 with a to4e + supporting hardware with 210rwkw, was a ball in a nice light chassis. The 25 does have more scope though, by the time youve done up a 25 you could have a 26 with light mods.

you can get that sort of power out of the stock turbo on a 25 with just an ecu (and a shortened turbo life). if you are willing to run the gauntlet you can get up to around 220kw on the stock turbo at about 16 or 17psi through the stock turbo.

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Yeh I'm happy with 240-250, that's plenty for me...but I want it to be useable power, I don't know whether the 20 will have as much of a street friendly useable 250kw as a 25 would

No way in hell!

Get ready for the torqueless goatf**ker compared :P

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Lmao yep I sort of figured....oh well might drop in a 25 down the track when funds allow...

To save all the to and fro with questions I have about how easy it is to swap to a 25...could someone post a link to some info? Thanks

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