R34 Gtr Engine Noise

[Hadouken]

How did you do it?

[T4NK]

Gave it a bit when out with some m8s. did some spirited driving down the old pacific highway in my area pulled up drove off and noise was there. i gave it to it hard once the hole night and after that was done.

[Hadouken]

good old old pac ey?! I love that road, hate the water streams on some of the corners though

[T4NK]

yeh it was really nice on Saturday night/Sunday morning, we left at around midnight did speed limits all the way to berowra was the 1st time i was able to drive the GTR on a good road other then to and from work so im pretty devastated about it. 1st time i gave it a bit and it went

[GTRsean]

After reading your thread and current situation, my suggestions for your car and it's use (big thing here is keeping constant oil pressure and oil around the oil pickup):

Stock gtr oil pump, because n1 will pump more oil out of sump regardless of restrictor.

tomei or similar baffle kit with restrictor, plus .5-1L overfill on oil. I put 6L in mine every oil change.

Mines style cam cover baffle kit.

It will live a happy life, but the stuff I reccomended is your choice in the end.

[DVS JEZ]

Yes exactly as Shaun has said. Biggest thing now is getting the motor running to that stage

[T4NK]

sigh i feel like i have died on the inside.

I am really out of my league with this sort of stuff and im lost, but i think what u said sean makes seance to me, im not going to be running huge boost or power so there is no point in doing the forged internals thats just a waste of cash on the parts and the machine work. If i was to do what you suggested would you happen to know all the parts i would need besides the Baffle pans, pump and bearings?

and is this the cam baffle u where talking about?

http://www.nengun.com/mines/triple-flow-cam-cover-baffle-plate

Edited July 23, 2012 by T4NK

[DVS JEZ]

Realistacally u just need an engine gasket set and bearings, then the sump baffle etc.

Main issue is stripping and cleaning the motor down to remove all the small bearing material debris.

[SiR_RB]

^this man knows !!

Plus possibly linish/blance crank

[T4NK]

ok so my list is

Engine======

Bearings

Gasket set

Timing belt (may as well do it with engine out)

Water pump (may as well do it with engine out)

oil delivery====

Sump Baffle

Cam Baffle

Oil Restrictor

Oil pump

hmm well this is a very steep learning curb for me, other option is to fix what is broke and sell her, as sad as i will be

[PN-Mad]

If he cant afford pistons, at least wouldn't you give the rings a freshen up, RB26 gurus?

[GTRsean]

As above, at least get some new genuine rings for the pistons as well.

Shouldn't cost too much.

Also get new timing belt tensioner bearings (because the wear and dry out) and a new tensioner stud, as studs are known to break.

And make sure everything gets cleaned out really well. Ball bearing turbos hate any sort of metal debris in them...

Shop around/ check for sale threads for best deals too.

[levinboy]

Ps. Why on earth would you make your GTR a daily, thats just asking for trouble lol !

would have to agree with this 100%.. its not impossible, but far better if you dont have to rely on a car like this as your primary mode of transport unfortunately..

keep us posted, best of luck to you mate..

Mine is a daily i dont see a problem with it being a daily

[greensa14]

Everyone's worst nightmare man. Tuff luck. Get it back on the road and enjoy it.

I know u want it as a daily but it's a risky thing man.

I had mine as a daily for a bit and hated putting so many kms on it. The bug will bite mate it's just a matter of time.

I ended up buying a pos daily for $500 to get to work and back. I absolutely love being able to leave my baby in my garage for weekend ls etc. prob the best thing I ever did was buy the daily.

[DVS JEZ]

Yes agreed,

Its unfortunate but if u do it the correct way this time it should last a long time for u in the future

[T4NK]

Yeh im waiting on a price to do the oil system and clean the block out and replace bearings, i think this is the best option for me, im also seeing if i can borrow a car from my parents for a few months, if only this happend in 3 months time i would have been ok but 2 weeks after i bought the car, i also think the guy i got it from knew it was shagged as he has not returned any txts or calls and i still have his peronalised numberplates that he wanted me to send back.

[Hadouken]

This is why you do your research. Things like this happen. You should also have changrd the oil straight away.

If it wasnt making any noises when you checked it out and you did the mechanic checks then you couldnt have known.

[maclarenf1]

Feel your pain, i will be pretty pissed. If this happens to me. luckily mine is weekender only, although do get driven on the odd spirited drive. let us know what you end up doing and how much a standard build cost. everyone talk about big forged builds, but not everyone needs that kind of engine if your keeping it stockish.

[T4NK]

Im going to to a forged build but i think im going to use the same size pistons to try to cut down labour on it, im going to have to garrage it for 2-3 months b4 i can do it and ill pay cash for it. I need this thing to be bullet proof, not for big power but for reliablity as i want to use it as a daily. im doing around 120km a day atm but i will be moving closer to my work in the next 6 months so this will cut right down, i just want to enjoy the car and not have to worry about blowing it out again so doing it right the 1st time. Im looking at getting power tune or the shop on the coast to do it at this point depends who can give me the best price and service.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Im going to to a forged build but i think im going to use the same size pistons to try to cut down labour on it, im going to have to garrage it for 2-3 months b4 i can do it and ill pay cash for it. I need this thing to be bullet proof, not for big power but for reliablity as i want to use it as a daily. im doing around 120km a day atm but i will be moving closer to my work in the next 6 months so this will cut right down, i just want to enjoy the car and not have to worry about blowing it out again so doing it right the 1st time. Im looking at getting power tune or the shop on the coast to do it at this point depends who can give me the best price and service.

I was in the same situation of wanting to rebuild it for strength and longevity and only use the stock Nissan parts.

But Racepace explained and justified to me how they rebuild their RB26's and forging is the best.

As well as forging, refinement / customisation / balancing the parts and improving the whole engines setup.

Which leads to Strength / Longevity / With-stand High Power Applications = Bullet proof.