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New article in autospeed about my r32 GTR with rb30dett build:

http://www.autospeed.com.au/cms/A_112538/article.html

This is part II of the build - there is a link to part one (the rb26 bolt-on build) in the first para of the article.

Let me know what you think!

Nice reads. I had read your revisited one a while back.

I am somewhat curious of the power outputs... Your 2530 adventure saw you make stock like numbers..

And now your RB30 adventure seems to have panned out again to fairly entry level numbers.

By no way am I knocking you or your build, I admire the effort and especially your articles, yet what of the results in your eyes?

Um, 279 kilowatts at all four wheels on an r32 GTR is "stock-like" numbers?

Don't know where to begin with that one. As for 383 kw at the treads being entry level...

Nice reads. I had read your revisited one a while back.

I am somewhat curious of the power outputs... Your 2530 adventure saw you make stock like numbers..

And now your RB30 adventure seems to have panned out again to fairly entry level numbers.

By no way am I knocking you or your build, I admire the effort and especially your articles, yet what of the results in your eyes?

Edited by dorifticon

I did say dont take offense..

280 at all 4 is definitely doable for the stock turbos. A full exhaust and a tune will net that without too much drama.

I call 380 entry level when comparing it to 26s, I guess I felt a cammed 30 would fairy easily exceed 400 with these turbos. Its certainly not a small number but is more or less what you see from factory motors.

Have you ever run it on a different dyno?

Welll written Andrew; I agree with Steve-O...a must read for anyone contemplating a 30 swap.

I knew you were in trouble when i saw the pic of the HKS triple plate "quite abrupt engagement" lol. I just got rid of my HKS twin for a ORC.

I did say dont take offense..

280 at all 4 is definitely doable for the stock turbos. A full exhaust and a tune will net that without too much drama.

I call 380 entry level when comparing it to 26s, I guess I felt a cammed 30 would fairy easily exceed 400 with these turbos. Its certainly not a small number but is more or less what you see from factory motors.

Have you ever run it on a different dyno?

esp is one of the slightly higher reading dynos in town if you were thinking its a low reader?

MM no I wont go there. Interesting info tho..

Yeah my car makes a bit more power than it should on ESP's dyno (see my sig, that should be more around the 18psi figure for the turbo I'd think)

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