Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hey guys, i'm currently planning out some mods for a N/A R34 Skyline...and other than exhaust/headers...what would you guys recommend to a relative newbie when it comes to modifying the engine? (bearing in mind i wanna keep it NA)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/95782-r34-gt-and-a-3000-dollar-ish-budget/
Share on other sites

Hey guys, i'm currently planning out some mods for a N/A R34 Skyline...and other than exhaust/headers...what would you guys recommend to a relative newbie when it comes to modifying the engine? (bearing in mind i wanna keep it NA)

Apexi SAFC and ITC

Unfortunately mate, 3G.. won't do a hell of a lot for you..

Once you pay for labour and all.... If you can do anything yourself... you'll save heaps in money and will therefore be able to do more...

What's your compression on that motor? Could bump up the comp a bit... port the head to get better flow... Change your cams... get a stand alone management system.... There's a few ideas... I'm a forced induction person so I'd just say force it but that will cost a bit.....

Have you got any ideas yet? Does that help?

Unfortunately mate, 3G.. won't do a hell of a lot for you..

Once you pay for labour and all.... If you can do anything yourself... you'll save heaps in money and will therefore be able to do more...

What's your compression on that motor? Could bump up the comp a bit... port the head to get better flow... Change your cams... get a stand alone management system.... There's a few ideas... I'm a forced induction person so I'd just say force it but that will cost a bit.....

Have you got any ideas yet? Does that help?

i'm trying to avoid forced induction, mainly because of P-plate restrictions.....so i'm trying to keep the mods, below radar...but yeah a few people have suggested a new ECU...you are right about the budget tho, so i'll be doing as much as i can myself, thanks for the help though, cams seems like a route that may work

  • 3 weeks later...
  • 1 month later...

im about to spend 8g on mods for my car.

$2000 ECU

$1500 Turbo Parts + install (high comp, low boost)

$1200 full catless exhaust, straight thru 3"

$800 Front mount

$300 cold air intake

plus im working on acouple of other things.

im about to spend 8g on mods for my car.

$2000 ECU

$1500 Turbo Parts + install (high comp, low boost)

$1200 full catless exhaust, straight thru 3"

$800  Front mount

$300  cold air intake

plus im working on acouple of other things.

if you go ahead with that at those prices, you are getting ripped

I really wouldnt say that.

Depends what type of person you are. Ive spend 2k on my full exhaust, 1.2k on frount mount, id spend 2k on an ecu including tune etc etc (PFC), 1500 on a rebuilt turbo+install.

Its not that bad!

Sure you can do this

chinese exhaust, chinese turbo, chinese frount mount, chinese ecu (exist? iono, probably some copy somewhere) + chinese mechanic/chinese tune (nothing against, just part of the theme) and get it for heaps less, but it depends where your priorities lie my friend.

Id pay the above prices. I am not much of a hybrid/xforce fan (speaking from past experiances)

dude... i dont mind you trying to portray the whole copy/pirate scene, and i fully understand what you're trying to get at - but being chinese i take slight offence at your stereotype.

been to china 4 times and there are a few respectable garages in china that stock all the well known brands such as hks, blitz, greddy, etc (and guess what they are all similarly priced as stuff you would buy here).

people buy copies knowing that they are copies - and yet they complain when they break. dont buy em.

that said - those prices do look a little high (even for australian prices)

cheers

eug

$2000 ECU + tuning and install

$1500 Turbo Parts + install (high comp, low boost) (turbo,manifolds,bov, injectors, etc)

$1200 full catless exhaust, straight thru 3"

$800 Front mount (including custom piping)

$300 cold air intake

^^ whats so rip off about that.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • What copper washer do you guys use on the bleeder bolts? The existing one I have I had no idea where to find it in a local store, I did buy some online but that are only 1mm thick whereas my old one is 2mm+ thick and when I put the new washer out and squeeze the top radiator hose I can hear a bit of air but not with the old one. Does this matter? The new one doesn't leak, but the inner diameter is a bit loose whereas the old one threads on the bolt.
    • Howdy all, after being out a few weeks ago on a spirited drive in my GTR I have 2 issues that oddly have appeared at the same time. Whilst accelerating quickly through the gears all of a sudden i’ve lost power at the top of third gear (below redline around 6000rpm) for no obvious reason.    From that point onwards the car has been running rich on idle, won’t really rev under load without a ton of black smoke and the odd backfire, and dying as a pull up to a set of lights unless I keep the revs up around 1500rpm. In addition when shutting down the car that same night (I was 10 minutes from home) I noticed one of the turbos was significantly noisy on wind down when shutting off the engine. After letting the car cool down overnight it starts up fine, although once it gets to temp the revs start to creep up and down, the exhaust is darker than it should be and it also sounds like it’s running rich (fat note) I’ve put a new set of plugs in it - no change, the old plugs all seemed OK with two of them being somewhat richer/fueled up than the other 3 with 1 being borderline. I’ve smoked tested the intake system via the front of the Turbos, found a split vacuum hose going to the factory boost gauge sender, which I have since replaced.  Also found another leak on the gasket coming off the rear turbo outlet, have also replaced this. After fixing both of these leaks - still have the running rich issue. I’ve also tried another pair of AFM’s - no change here After pulling off the front turbo intake pipes, there is obvious shaft play in the front turbo, which now hisses loudly on light revvs although I can’t see why this would make the car run funny even under idle. I’m curious to know why it’s running rich before I potentially replace/rebuild turbos. The car is completely stock <50,000kms  other than an exhaust. Oil and coolant are all clear. I haven’t bothered with coil packs as it looks like they won’t be the issue due to condition of the plugs. Any help appreciated as I cry myself to sleep!
    • No probs at all. I used to love trying to dig up obscure info for those in need where possible going back 20+ years on SAU.  I did have another look and couldn't come up with any closer match. I'm leaning towards those skirts in your first pic are custom fitments, cut down/extended or from another car entirely and modded to fit an R34 sedan. I would've thought someone in Japan had them and taken a photo at some stage over the last 2 decades but there's nothing. Someone out there must know surely.
    • Welcome mate. Any pics? Even with a DE I'd be well happy if I had that as a 1st car. 
×
×
  • Create New...