Angryrb's R33 Street Sweeper

[34GeeTeeTee]

Thanks nick, ill definitely check all those things out, its always had a rough idle and low rpm jerking since I first put the GTX on and tuner said it was the tomei cams that would be doing that but maybe whatever it is has finally come to a head here, be interesting to find out whats happened.

Think ill just leave it alone for a few days, got the shits with it all now..

your idle should be pretty smooth with a light lump too it BUT you should not have any jerking at low speeds...

As for boosting it, you didn't have a tune for that turbo yet? Which means you should not have been boosting

[copycutter]

All good

Nothing a weekend with a few beers won't fix

[AngryRB]

your idle should be pretty smooth with a light lump too it BUT you should not have any jerking at low speeds...

As for boosting it, you didn't have a tune for that turbo yet? Which means you should not have been boosting

yeah true, couldn't help myself.. the knock levels were all under 20 and the previous tune was a very similar turbo but yeah its a different setup I guess.

All good

Nothing a weekend with a few beers won't fix

That's the spirit! The worst that could happen is a rebuild right, and then its RB30DET time.. hmmm RB30...

Edited June 21, 2013 by AngryRB

[34GeeTeeTee]

yeah true, couldn't help myself.. the knock levels were all under 20 and the previous tune was a very similar turbo but yeah its a different setup I guess.

That's the spirit! The worst that could happen is a rebuild right, and then its RB30DET time.. hmmm RB30...

Its the setup and turbo to blame, you are spooling way earlier where there is no fuel in your map! You may have damaged something

[AngryRB]

Its the setup and turbo to blame, you are spooling way earlier where there is no fuel in your map! You may have damaged something

well I hope not, running the Eflex gives me a little confidence that things may be ok, ill try and find out with a comp test, spark and fuel test this weekend.

I guess it was a bit silly though, Im getting busy reading the RB30 threads lol... even if its a long term goal.. probably should of done that instead of the TS ... lol

Edited June 21, 2013 by AngryRB

[AngryRB]

Its alive again... there was no fuel pressure so I checked the fuses and the fuel pump fuse and its blown.

[copycutter]

Yay. That's a relief. Now have to keep an eye to see if it blows again, then there's dodgy wiring.

[AngryRB]

Looking at the power fc, I decided to increase some "injector correction", funny it seems to smooth out the idle and no it sounds almost normal and isn't stalling at all, sounds a bit ballsy lol..

Can anyone tell me what that does? im thinking its increasing the fuel which kind of makes sense seeing as it wants to stall.

Edited June 22, 2013 by AngryRB

[stump_69]

"Injector correction" is the setting to adjust for larger injectors as far as i know, the tuner should have sorted that part out

good read man! subscribed

im going to run a gtx3076 .82 myself, on 98 when did you see boost coming on?

[AngryRB]

will be taking the car for a smoke test next week to rule out vacumn leaks, then once that's sorted book for a tune in a few weeks,

I found the gtx was disappointing on 98, it was fast but just happened a bit late and lacked some wow factor. I could get a few psi low in the revs but the pull happened a bit after 4000rpm.

[iruvyouskyrine]

You can make you own smoke tester for not much from Bunnings mate, check Hanaldo's R34 thread, I think he had how to make one in his thread

[AngryRB]

Thanks for that , sounds like a good idea, how does the pressure not leak out the cylinders down the exhaust?

I found a sizable leak on the intake manifold using some carby cleaner, the bolts seem to be bottoming out before they clamp on the gasket enough so getting the old man to make me some new washers as its 3weeks wait to get more from Japan, that's the rubber spacer/washers around the plenum bolts.

[copycutter]

When you do the smoke test normally you're testing from the pod up to the throttle body because it's closed. It will seep out and of the hoses and gaskets not doing their job along the way to that point.

If you open the throttle body then yes some may escape but it's not under enormous pressure so it just sort of wafts out where it can and then dissipates harmlessly. And you'll probably get to see all the plenum hose and gasket leaks there too.

That's how it was when Sean at EFI did mine prior to tuning.

[AngryRB]

Cars booked in for a tune on Thursday, sorted the wastegate out today and put 3springs in it which are supposed to combine to give 14psi, one down side to the Wastegate location is it took me most of the day just to change the springs, be easier with a car hoist id say..

also did an oil change and filter to prepare for some punishment and fixed a second leak around the plenum

Been checking for leaks with the Carby Cleaner and cant find any more, will try the smoke testing idea hopefully tomorrow.

Can anyone confirm how to hook up the tial 44mm to the AVCR? I've hooked it up with 2 lines going into the bottom row of ports , all others plugged , but maybe it should be one line to the bottem and one line to the top and block all others..

Edited July 2, 2013 by AngryRB

[AngryRB]

Missed tune day but probably for the best as been having trouble with the manifold plenum leaking, was using a cosmetic gasket and tried tightening the bolts more which helped but then it cracked and no im in the process of fitting a replacement manifold.

Hope it works out this time, theres some United servo's that have opened up nearby and sounds like its better than Caltex so might be even better for my setup

[copycutter]

Why aren't you just using a Nissan plenum gasket?

[scotty nm35]

Tune on United e85, that way you can use either mate.

[AngryRB]

well back when I put the GTX on it started leaking on the way home after the dyno runs, that was with the OEM Nissan gasket, then I replaced it with another OEM and it leaked shortly after then this time I tried the cosmetic gasket and its been worse, so now i've replaced the bottom runners and trying again with another OEM gasket,

[AngryRB]

Tune on United e85, that way you can use either mate.

the last few tanks havn't smelt as sweet so im looking forward to some higher doses from united, when ive sorted out these leaks and its dyno time, how far do you guys think I should push it? would it be bad to push it upto 340kws even just for a couple of runs.. ive been debating it for a while..

also heres some pics, I think by the looks of this one that one half of the plenum was not sealing off

does this look like a crack? every cylinder has it so im assuming its a casting mark,

Looks like the ethanol/water droplets on the valves

Edited July 12, 2013 by AngryRB

[AngryRB]

No real updates here, I fixed the leaking manifold and shes running sweet, just waiting on dyno availablility, early days but im loving driving it already, in third and forth it pushes me into the seat on just 1bar.. tuner said the tune will be more like a touch up, its running low in knock at moment less than 20..

random pics

Got the windows tinted, pretty dark in the back and lighter for the front windows

This is the new manifold I bought secondhand, powercoated apparently, ended up using no gasket at all but can see the manifold and topfeed rail etc in this pic

Got these mats off a fellow SAU member, very happy with them..

Edited July 27, 2013 by AngryRB