My R33 GTS-T

[skylinegts33t]

Well as some of you will have seen from gassing station im a newbie, so i thaught id share my car with you and let you know a little about it.

When i got it 2 years ago, she was a standard M-Type S1. Since ive had it, ive done the following:

Stainless top mount exhaust manifold
Top mount T3-T4 hybrid turbo
Greddy Type S BOV (venting)
Hybrid intercooler
Custom intercooler pipe work
Custom turbo elbow/down pipe/front pipe all in one
Custom exhaust sustem
38mm external waste gate
Screemer pipe
HKS induction kit
Apexi SAFC2
Front and rear strut braces
Apex coilovers all round
Wolfrace Shark Alloys
R400 front bumper
Jun Side skirts
Jun rear spats
Full re-spray
In car PC

The work is not yet done as i want to go higher on boost as im only running 0.7 bar from the waste gate spring at the mo due to maxing out the injectors. I intend on replacing the stock ECU, injectors, cams and internals to get me somewhere further than the 357bhp i currently run. Ill be happy when i get up into 1.2 - 1.5bar teratory and 450bhp area but having a family comes first so the work has slowed down.

[Established 1984]

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like an intereting project, have you got any pictures?

[Pow!]

This it?

[skylinegts33t]

It is indeed, only it doesnt have the graphics on it there. And its dirty lol.

[liner33]

Dont run more than 1.2 bar on the stock headgasket at least not on a regular basis

[skylinegts33t]

I have an HKS 1.2mm gasket on here so she will be fine. The car is set to take more than the 0.7 bar she is running now (standard is 0.8 - o.85) so im under as it is. If it wasnt for the fact im close to 100% on injector cycle i would run more. Im going to be getting a new fuel rail soon so ill up the injectors to some Sard 750cc. This will help with the fueling issue i have, then ill re-connect the boost controler and set it as two stage (low boost and high)- (road and race). Once thats done she will go back to RSP for Richard to re-map here. After this is done i will look at where she is from that point and then decide if im going to spend out on a new ECU. If i go down that road then the Poncams i have sitting in the garage will then go in along with a few other parts. Im not sure how far i want to take the car as i want reliability from it which is what i have now.

If and when i decide i want to stop using the car as a daily drive, the she will be striped out and made a track/drag shell and power will be the RB30 i have been building for the last 8 months. Why wait i hear you say, well thats simple as much as i love my cars, i also love my family and money goes to them first. The RB30 is just a project/play thing for something to do in the evenings as i got the block and head for free. I have had it all tested for cracks etc and all was fine, it has now been bored +0.020 and honed, she has Wossner forged internal, uprated oil,water pumps, head has been re worked, HKS cams(as fitted when i got it) she has had all new shells and bearings and is now just on a frame waiting for me to go and fit the new sump and all ansillarys before she is complete. This engine is now built for 800bhp and all she needs now is a OS-Gigen box and a clutch. As you have all probably worked out from what im saying, im no newbie when it comes to cars and engine building. Much as i no longer work in the feild, im a mechanic by trade but am unable to work in the sector full time due to an accident a few years back (not car related) so can no longer cary the heavy weight on a day to day basis, hence i do it at home in my spare time at my own pace (no boss saying hurry that car needs to go out tonight).

Getting back to the RB30, as mentioned above, it is a play thing, it was never taken on with the defo going to fit it so when it is completed, if i dont use it, it will got foe a full map session and will be offered for sale at a CHEAP PRICE so i can start on something new. Wouldnt mind doing a 2JZ or something simillar.