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After 3 engine failures I am finally back on the street with a Skyline - at last.

The R33 GTR is going again, with it's 3rd (& hopefully final engine build)

After the last fiasco just before the last 4,6&rotor nats in Feb (when we made 480rwkw then cracked the block on the friday before the meeting) the street GTR is up & running again.

This time the R33 has a brand new N1 block, new aries forged pistions, smaller 272 HKS cams (the 288 step pro cams from the race GTR are going into a 3 litre that Mark from Rhemac Motors is building for his GTR) & a conservative run in tune

at 1 bar. Tim has tuned the motec at Tilbrooks (who did an excellent job of getting the car ready) & the GTR currently has 375 rwkw (500hp).

The only other change is the gearbox, which is now an OS Giken Sequential 6 speed. This box has bigger dogs then the Holinger & should take the pounding of street use better than the finely tuned Holinger box(which is staying in the race GTR)

I have only started running in the GTR over the last week & hopefully will have it sorted ready for the skyline cruise later this month.

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After 3 engine failures I am finally back on the street with a Skyline - at last.

The R33 GTR is going again, with it's 3rd (& hopefully final engine build)

After the last fiasco just before the last 4,6&rotor nats in Feb (when we made 480rwkw then cracked the block on the friday before the meeting) the street GTR is up & running again.

This time the R33 has a brand new N1 block, new aries forged pistions, smaller 272 HKS cams (the 288 step pro cams from the race GTR are going into a 3 litre that Mark from Rhemac Motors is building for his GTR) & a conservative run in tune

at 1 bar. Tim has tuned the motec at Tilbrooks (who did an excellent job of getting the car ready) & the GTR currently has 375 rwkw (500hp).

The only other change is the gearbox, which is now an OS Giken Sequential 6 speed. This box has bigger dogs then the Holinger & should take the pounding of street use better than the finely tuned Holinger box(which is staying in the race GTR)

I have only started running in the GTR over the last week & hopefully will have it sorted ready for the skyline cruise later this month.

Hey my Dad used to be the engine builder at Rhemac Motors :D.. he retired about 12 months ago after 20+ years there :D.

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good work John, whats the power curve like? also didnt you have a ppg box in their for a little before, did you get a chance to use it much and why the OS 6 speed?

Joel, yeah Tim Possingham now works with tillbooks and has done for a while now, catch up boy

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The OS engine is still in the race GTR (which will hopefully be ready before the 4,6&rotor Nats/ & Drag Combat). Yes I did try a PPG box for a little while.

I am testing out the OS 6 speed because I like the sequential changes (& the extra gear)

It sometimes does'nt grab the next gear if not shifted firmly enough - will have to keep practicing.

The power curve is OK for now - is still pretty conservative(I want to get some use out of this engine - not blow it sky high like the previous setup.)

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I thought I'd seen the beast tucked away at work a few times lately John. It inspired me to bring mine out for the daily commute a bit more mate! Congrats on being back on the road. Feels good doesn't it?

Tim is a damn fine tuner and I have no doubt that this motor will hold together over the long term. A little less power is much better than another failure! And more money/time.

I'm toying with the idea of going for a bigger turbo on my thing... not sure exactly what yet but 'nicely' into the 300+rwkw region would be the aim. See what happens I guess.

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