Adam's R Chassis Journey - Skyline Number 5!

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Hope that compressor nut doesn't affect the compressor wheel's balancing Adam

Is that power figure on 98RON or E85?

[GH05T]

love the look.

[Michanic]

What a car history you've got! Love to see you back @ the 33's.

I'm liking the setup your running. Was wondering though, what's the complete spec list of the engine? And the specs of the T67? and at what RPM does it come online?

[jap4lyf]

such an awesome build thread! gives me so much motivation love the car, definitely one of the best r33's around. cant wait to see more updates!

[IT15ON]

car looks fantastic mate, the paint really transformed it!

[jmknights93]

Wow. Nice thread mate.

[Run-It-Hard]

Back on the track - VIEW ON THE BLOG

It was 2PM, Saturday the 7th of May. I felt spontaneous and really wanted to go drifting. Hi-Tec drifting were holding a South circuit practice night so with a few favors called in I got the R33 picked up and towed to Eastern Creek. It was so good being back there, prior to night I hadn’t been on South circuit in over 3 years!

With all the usual stuff done, scrutineering, drivers briefing and going over the car to make sure it’s ready for a beating, it was time to head out. As you’d expect the first few runs were a little how’s it going, I’ve never had a good slide in it since the new turbo and suspension setup, but I got used to it rather quickly.

On my fourth run though disaster struck! one clutch kick too many lead to blowing third gear. So I whiled back into the pits, thinking this is such a typical thing to happen. Some time went by and out I went again. I ended up bashing limiter off second gear for the rest of the night.

I got to a point where I was wondering why do I bother anymore, my money could be put elsewhere, and drifting just doesn’t give me the same buzz that it used to … I guess I’m more maturely minded now. But I had a few random people come up to me each time I headed back into the pits and asked if I would take them out for a spin. So out we went and after the first run out their smile was ear to ear, they were ecstatic! It was a good feeling to give someone the opportunity to experience drifting, and it reminded me of how fun it actually is.

As for the Skyline, big buzzkill on the blown gear, but the night didn’t end. There was no way I was going to throw in the towel after spending a premium to drift again (event fee, cams, membership etc). The cars setup is incredible now though, there is so much grip and stability thanks to less camber and the GKtech rear knuckles. There’s no more steering bind too which is oh so rad.

On the flipside, the RB25 was doing the ol’ pump the oil out of the head trick. So I need to do my baffle mod to the cam covers, like I did on the Stagea.

As for the gearbox, I’m thinking of going along the lines of a Z33 transmission. They cost the same as a RB25 box, closer gearing would be better matched for my big turbo and the internals are much stronger. Obviously there would be a lot of stuffing around with the tail shaft, and adaptor plates etc but it’s either that … another used 25 box that probably wont last long (they are getting old now), or a gear set which would be the most costly option.

I’ve got plenty of time to decide though, my wedding is coming up so there is no money to allocate to the R33 … it’ll just have to remain dormant in the garage for a while.

[Run-It-Hard]

Hope that compressor nut doesn't affect the compressor wheel's balancing Adam

Is that power figure on 98RON or E85?

I got it checked, its all good

It's on E85. Shortly after writing that post I noticed my EBC was reading lower than my boost controller ... so it was tuned on only 18psi.

love the look.

Thanks!

What a car history you've got! Love to see you back @ the 33's.

I'm liking the setup your running. Was wondering though, what's the complete spec list of the engine? And the specs of the T67? and at what RPM does it come online?

I know right? Lots of money wasted away hahaha. All good fun though.

It's a unopened RB25, here's a copy/paste from my little speclist doc. I tend to do this with all my cars ... helps me keep track as I always forget lol.

Turbo setup:

Plazmaman intake plenum

Plazaman pro series intercooler

Plazaman 72mm throttle body

Nismo engine mounts

Kando T67-TO4R T3

Braided turbo lines

RIPS steampipe manifold

45mm Tial MVR wastegate

Screamer pipe

Trust 10cm rear housing ceramic coated

Cartel black billet compressor nut

Ceramic coated manifold

Chrome powdercoated compressor housing

Aeroflow 100 Series Tial water lines

Aeroflow 4 inch intake bellmouth

3 inch custom dump pipe

Custom intercooler pipe

4 Inch intake and Spectre filter

ECU:

Blitz dual SBC spec S boost controller

Adaptronic eSel015 Select ECU

Fuel:

Walbro 255LPH fuel pump

Bosch 1000CC injectors

Custom 1.5 Litre under-car surge tank

Continental fuel flex sensor

Proflow 380LH fuel pump

Proflow billet fuel rail

Sard FPR with gauge

Ignition:

Splitfire coilpacks

Cooling System:

Gktech top radiator hose

GKtech clutch fan (

ASI 42mm dual core radiator and hoses

Oil control:

Aeroflow 1.25 litre Oil catch can

ASR baffled sump (holds 7 litres)

Setrab oil cooler kit

PWR Power steering cooler

Greddy oil thermostat

Run It Hard! Triple baffled RB20 cam covers

Exhaust:

TurboXS resonator

Stainless steel piping

punched out 3 inch catco cat

Redback muffler (street)

A spec blast pipes (track)

I have the T67 with larger T04 Compressor wheel. 10cm rear T3 flange. Full boost comes on around 4400RPM, its a touch laggy but I can imagine the Z33 box fixing that issue quick smart. the Normal T67 comes on at around 4000RPM I believe.

such an awesome build thread! gives me so much motivation love the car, definitely one of the best r33's around. cant wait to see more updates!

car looks fantastic mate, the paint really transformed it!

Thanks for the kind words dudes!

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Needs more boost man!

[Run-It-Hard]

It does! will pump some more in after the box change.