Intro/R33 owner

[thozza]

Morning everybody, recently got a R33 Gtst Series 2, loving this site so far and getting some good info from here.

Ideas for it is just get a new turbo/move it up with the engine, fix the transmission since second is a bit sassy when changing with some lovely metal shavings in the transmission oil and led conversion to make it look nicer.

Any tips/ideas/info about anything is appreciated and happy to be here

[MBS206]

Welcome aboard!

Is your Skyline auto or manual? I'm assuming manual.

Does it have any mods done yet?

[PranK]

Welcome! 

How long have you had it? And what colour is it?

[thozza]

Yeah it’s still got the oem manual gearbox and clutch, only kinda mods are a blow off valve, coil overs, and a aftermarket intercooler.

Also had it for about 2 months now with a lovely midnight purple paint on it.

[Mcmannaman]

Welcome aboard!

[f00stx]

Welcome! New member myself, but I had an R33 back in 2002.

Best advice I could give, based on my experience: if you're running the factory turbo, be very conservative with boost. I made the mistake of just fiddling around with the boost controller and cranking the boost for fun, and the end result was my intake pipes popping off frequently from the constant deluge of oil that was being blown into the recirc by the stressed-out turbo, which itself was siphoning oil from the engine and farting it out both sides of its centre bearing (or something to that effect).

If I could do it all again, I would have gotten a new turbo and had a tune dialled in professionally and then just left it alone!

Funny you mention the metal shavings in the gearbox, as I had the same thing - the probe plug (magnetic drain plug, essentially) would come out caked with shavings. At least it was doing its job. Not sure if that's just sacrificial wear and part of the deal, or if my gearbox was shagged, but I wasn't abusing it.

Enjoy the R33 - they're a dying breed, and if they weren't $35k+ on CarSales in Queensland, I might have picked up one of those again, instead of the 370GT I own now (though I'm loving the 370GT, that big 3.7L V6 just hits different).

[luke gtr]

Welcome