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Cheers for your feed back. I may just end up doing that. I do have a guy that I would trust to weld it and resurface the mating face. Wouldn't cost me muc, but don't want to put him out if the outcome isn't really worth the effort. I guess I like to do things properly, but i'm only after around 220kw at the wheels as it is just a street car at the end of the day.

A few mm in places 1-3mm depending. I could try getting it tig welded up, as I wouldn't trust any other material. I have seen epoxy used, but if it ever came off you can say goodbye to your engine. I may have to skim the gasket face after welding though. Cheers for the feedback mate.

Hey Guys, I haven't really posted here yet but have got a lot of information regarding my RB25det swap. It is generally going well, and I have most of the parts I need. To make intercooler plumbing tidy and have good throttle response I am going with a Greddy style front facing intake manifold. I did my research and had heard good things about the ISIS greddy copy and figured if Raw brokerage backed it it wouldn't be half bad (atleast better than the ebay specials). I know knock offs are never as good as the original and did expect to do some amount of fettling. Anyway, after offering the gasket up, the runner ports are well out as you can see in the attachments. Removing the material with a die grinder will be ok, but my concern is there are large portions where the gasket over hangs the ports by a few mm as there is no material there. (the ports are too large in places) I guess my question is how much will this effect performance? Can it be fixed? or am I better off getting another manifold? http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/98611-posting-pictures-please-read/page__pid__998203#entry998203

Sorry, posted in the wrong forum... Can a mod please move this to the RB forum.

Hey Guys, I haven't really posted here yet but have got a lot of information regarding my RB25det swap. It is generally going well, and I have most of the parts I need. To make intercooler plumbing tidy and have good throttle response I am going with a Greddy style front facing intake manifold. I did my research and had heard good things about the ISIS greddy copy and figured if Raw brokerage backed it it wouldn't be half bad (atleast better than the ebay specials). I know knock offs are never as good as the original and did expect to do some amount of fettling. Anyway, after offering the gasket up, the runner ports are well out as you can see in the attachments. Removing the material with a die grinder will be ok, but my concern is there are large portions where the gasket over hangs the ports by a few mm as there is no material there. I guess my question is how much will this effect performance? Can it be fixed? or am I better off getting another manifold? Right now I am feeling fairly dissapointed :S

Hey Pat, I'm looking for oil pan and pickup to fit my RB25det that i'm putting into my 260z. I'm aiming for the 300-350Hp mark. I take it you have had no problems with oil starvation with any of your pans? What pan design would you suggest for my application? If shipping to New Zealand isn't cost effective would you sell plans? I am an engineer and can fabricate well, but there is no point in re-inventing the wheel Cheers Greg