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Hi y'all

My bro finally joined the skyline club!

It's an '95 R33 series 1

He wants a drift car out of it and has to rebuild it cos piston rings are gone

My question is what would you suggest he does whilst the engine is apart? He's a mechanic and all the work will be done at home... He wants to spend about $2-3K

The front mount has been installed but that's about it at this stage, pretty stock...

Thanks heaps

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Forged pistons, RB26 or just balance and shot peen stock rods, Nissan or ACL bearings, Metal head gasket, N1 oil pump with Billet gears if you dont want to go a good oil pump, Head drain/return, IF he's building a dedicated drift car id go a larger baffled sump ASR or Hi Energy.

What power figures is he after also how reliable does he want the setup to be?

1> Don't drift it on the stock turbo. He will want more power, he will turn the boost up, the turbo will shit itself, he will be unhappy.

2> Don't drift it on the standard ECU. He will want more power, he will turn the boost up. The ECU will crack the shits, he will be unhappy.

That's already more than $3k right there. Double the budget, then double it again.

stock undress 2nd hand motor $700

nistune what $500 ish

kando or highflow 2nd hand $600ish

highflow stock injectors $500ish

coilovers $500 2nd hand

2nd hand z32 $150

2nd hand fixed back seat $300

steering lock spacers $10

weld or shim diff $ buggar all

do that with the 3k

Edited by 1400r

People are out there drifting with RB20e motors in there cars, so a standard RB25DET should be fine. More power is great, but I guess it also shows that handling setup can and is just as important as power. By all means though get some more if he can because, why not!!!!!

Head studs, oil pump collar, oil pump, oil restrictor in head and enlarge block drains.

Extended/baffled sump with an oil cooler. Then you should be set.

Stocker 25's go great. Dont worry about power yet. Get the suspension gear done (diff,castor,camber,coilovers,rack spacers) then worry about hp.

Basically. Get the cooling spot on, Oil control and reliability spot on, Suspension and steering spot on then when you can confidently drive it in the red all day long (7,000rpm) and pull big entrys.. then you put more power into it. Your coight will pucker when you're 3rd pinned about to initiate your entry at winton before the last s bends. Thats without much power.

In terms of the factory RB25DET tune, is it considered "safe" for drifting/track work/in general? Obviously not maximized for power or apparently ralative fuel economy but aside from that.

Stock tune with the engine in stock form and it will do fine. From memory i think it runs a little rich so not a bad thing, correct me if i'm wrong.

I drifted mine for over a year, factory tune with just a front mount and turbo back.

I'd never go to the track with a stock ecu on a RB25DET thats been boosted. I melted a couple pistons on the street with my old RB25 running 12psi. Put in an unopened engine with an ecu and a good tune been making 300+kw for around 6 years and ringed the absolute neck of the RB and it hasnt even had a missfire.

A vehicles tune is a make or break sort of thing.

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