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A leak or tear in an intercooler pipe coupler wouldn't effect your idle vacuum so I would go through them and see if you have any boost leaks. I would also check TPS voltage for smooth operation from ~.45v to ~4.5v

They said its half the motor and its scaled down.

Looks like a clean chassis man and a load of good parts... ill be watching this one, good luck with the project!

I did section my struts, I think the springs themselves are fine although I'm looking for other alternatives. For a mild 1-2" drop they would be fine but even with sectioned struts I'm way to close to bottoming out the shock and I really want to change to a arizonazcar type setup where the shock body is threaded so doesn't loose travel when the car is lowered. [shameless plug]I'm actually thinking about selling my complete setup so PM me if you are interested! lol [/shameless plug]

checked to see if all the valve guides are in place... ive seen them crack and drop a piece off into the head.

Still riding it out, more time goes by the less i care about a paint job lol. Been just enjoying the car lately for a change hahaha.

could be turbo or non, manual or automatic. So pretty much any z32 ecu between 90-93... The newer z32's have a slightly different ecu which doesnt work. Here's a good thread on it, requires repinning 8 or so wires on your ecu harness to compensate for the change in firing order, o2 and knock sensors. http://forums.nicoclub.com/rb25-with-z32-ecu-t359056-80.html

yo BigPhil, just a heads up. Not sure if you want to retain the VTC of the rb25 head if you do you can use a z32 (6-7 wires need repinning) ecu and nistune which will allow you to keep it, this is the setup im running. The rb20 ecu doesn't activate vtc so that gets lost in the mix. Also if you decide to keep vtc there is some oil mods that need to be done to the rb30 block which is documented somewhere online.

not true at all... Series one still has individual coilpacks, they just have an external ignitor firing them vs. the series 2 which has ignitors built into the coilpack. GT3076r is a great all around turbo for the rb25det if you want to spend big coin or like others said you can get a holset for cheap.

My friend used that combo with these big o-rings which were supplied with the fuel rail and although I was skeptical they worked out fine. I believe they were greddy injectors on a JGY rail.

Thanks man! Let me know if you need anything, be glad to help you out.

PRC racing radiators are super affordable and come in a ton of variations as far as size, inlet/outlet locations, built in oil cooler etc.... Lot of the RB guys are running them including myself and when everyones car is overheating at willow springs on a hot day my car is still chillin! http://www.prcracing.com/aluminum-radiators.html I bought from them direct... its the cheapest this way. Came out to 250 shipped for a fully tig welded aluminum radiator WITH an oil cooler and AN fittings. Click on the signature link to see some shots of the radiator setup.

all the bolts for the headlight and headlight bucket are from inside the fenderwell. The screws you are messing with are headlight adjustment.

Looking good bud, keep up the good work!

Beautiful work... what turbo are you going to be running? What kind of numbers are you going for?

cool project and even better father-son pic!

we should all have a nice socal peeps cruise sometime... up the PCH... some lunch at neptunes... mulholland drive after? lol I have to agree though, for not much more you can have a rb25 and its a much better platform than the 20.... id go sr20 instead of the rb20.

series one can also fire series 2 coilpacks... its like blood tybe AB while series 2 is a universal donor lol. That said I would pick up whichever motor looks the best... spin them with a ratchet from the crank and see what the compression feels like and look under the valve cover for signs of a negligent owner. Comp test would be nice but it not always feasible unless you got a spare battery handy!

possible pinhole head gasket leak causing exhaust gas to get into coolant system... doesn't always show up as coolant in oil when the gasket goes. You could use a radiator test kit which checks for exhaust gasses in the cooling system to rule it out.

Pretty good actually considering you are on the track. Whats ambient temp like?

Im in the valley

Ill take a pair!

It gets pretty close to the inner fender but I managed to make it work. I used a 3.5-3" 45 degree coupler as Rayaapp2 described and ran my throttle body sideways, having the cable hidden under the manifold which saved up some room on the side.

That looks sweeeet! I'd love the file if you don't mind emailing it, I like to do cad work and its just interesting to me My email is tooft77 at yahoo dot com

tap them the next size up and use the appropriate bolt for whatever you tap it for.