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Gday Gents

First time creating a build thread here and very green with the Nissan product

A bit of history and my back ground in cars has weighed heavily with Fords I own a FPV F6 Typhoon since 2008 this car didn't stay stock for long.

It has gone through a number of transitions over its life to be a very reliable tuff street car 730rwhp or 540rwkw

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I then purchased a R33 GTST as a rolling shell off a friend at work This car came with everything bar a engine

me and my girlfriend at the time sourced a RB25 motor and began the build

We ended up running a T04 turbo and it made a mild 460rwhp on United P100

We had a heap of fun with this car at power cruise events and cruising but the bug had bitten hard I wanted more power but the car had massive traction issues as it was

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After a bit of thought I realized that a GTST wouldn't cut it. I already had a big hp RWD car

It was time to find a GTR

Introducing the new project

1995 R33 GTR Vspec purchased as a roller off a bloke off the forums Matt Haines

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So went a bit crazy at the start. Bought a RB30 block and crank, CP pistons, spool rods ect but really forgot what I wanted out of the build

High reving twin turbo the 2.6L engine had that ability and I was about to throw a 3L at it I really want to do a 26/30 build however now was not the time first I needed to get the car on the road and experience what the RB26 could do

I picked up a low km rb26 engine which was running only 6 months before. It had some good bits in it

Poncams, eagle rods and CP pistons Picked up some -5 twin turbos and a vipec ECU

Planned on dropping it in and getting it licensed. But after a few interesting conversations some invaluable information was given to me which I'm glad I followed through with I went ahead and pulled the sump off and check all the bearings

Well I'm glad I did

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After removing the intake plenum and throttle bodies The cylinder head ports were also very wet with oil and on closer inspection they didn't have brass valve inserts

The pistons on number 2 and 6 had massive pitting on the tops from destination

The bearings were made of a really soft material and chunks were missing out of them they were a very soft material so soft the chunks that have come away had not damaged the crank

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So now a full engine build is a go the list of parts as follows

Ross Pistons

Eagle Rods

ACL race main bearings and big end bearings

ARP head studs and main studs

Tomei head gasket

HKS step 1 camshafts

Ported head with bronze/brass guides

N1 oil pump with billet oil pump gears

N1 water pump

Tomie sump baffle with trap doors

I purchased a Greddy plenum awhile back so throwing that on as well

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Covers look great :)

Car is clean man, hope all goes well with the new engine!

Thanks man

The car is very clean. The engine bay has been repainted and cleared about 2 years ago so it's something I don't need to worry about

I have found a few bits and pieces that aren't right for this year car though

I found out the car has a R32 gearbox in it

It has a R32 ignition wiring harness in it so the ignitor is separate from the coil packs

It had various after market gauges and timers in it I have stripped them all out and am starting again

Doe anyone knows if these HKS knock boxe and timer are any good

Either way I pulled them out I think they may be missing components

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