Roostmonkey

coldrolled is worth every penny if your under 7ga. Anything betweenr 7ga and 3/8", I only use HRPO (hotrolled,pickled in oil stock) because theres no scale.

Welcome, I'm at the same stage as you and putting it in a series one Z also.Mine came with the Nismo twin disc clutch too.Well, good luck..

Again, the fumes are only one issue with choosing galvanized and its an easyly avoided problem.I'd be more concerned with paint/undercoatings not sticking to it. The heat zone from welding will take paint or a cold galvanizing compound but the rest wont.Typically you can scratch off paint with your fingernail.There may be a product out there that is specifically designed for galv but I'm not aware of it.

Did you talk to Shea? I just checked out the Nismo clutch assy that came with my motor. Does yours look like this?

Alex...call 888-449-5131 ask for Shea. He was very helpful when I was ordering a sump and pickup for my RB26. He's in washington state at NIsmo. Mine came with a billet Nismo clutch too but i havent inspected it for #'s yet.

Roostmonkey...a local dirtbike term coined by an old friend, Jerry Bernardo (ESPN comentator most recently seen on the winter X games )

I shaved most the openings off the top of this manifold and tig welded it up.ThenI drilled/tapped some of the mounting holes on the side of the manifold for vacuum ports/boost guage ect... This keeps the top clean and uncluttered. Then it was powdercoated with a hammered siver finish. If you dont have a nice clean nonporous weld, youll get some outgassing during the PC and will leave blemishes in the paint.

This is whats replacing the L28. The plan is to build this badboy to 500 whp. I'll stiffen the chassis with a version of Petes design along with my own.Today I stripped off all the AAC plumbing and it cleaned t hings up alot.Its so nice working on an engine that all the nuts and bolts will come off with your fingers after they've been loosend abit.Well, gotta get back to it, theres so much I still need to remove for inspection or replacement.Also all the fluff that will go off to the powdercoater.

I think I gotta go with Paz on this one. 3.90's in a turbo suck,I made that mistake but have gone to 3.7 since and its much better.

I gotta say Austin, you've got one of the best looking turbo engine bays out there. I thought mine looked pretty good until I walked over and saw yours at ZDAYZ last year. Very tasteful and all business.Hope to see it again this year.Its given me some ideas on setting up my RB swap.

they were run thru a timesaver and it leaves a shiny brushed finish.

Thanks HB, James emailed me and said he was away.

Thanks, thats what I wanted to hear.

there really isnt any one saw that fits all your needs. Handheld plasma's great until you get multiple layers that have space between them such as a tube that has no access to the backside.Can you say sawzall? Chopsaws great for ruffing it, coldsaws are precise but slow.horizontal bandsaws are pretty slick, verticles are good for scroll cutting,CNC plasma,laser or waterjet do what they do very well but for all around homeowner type work the horiz bandsaw or sawzall fits the bill. If your in the business, you need em all.

This This is what I use foe heavy cutting.Ive cut a 4" round solid steel rod with no problem.

the BD rails are 12ga cold rolled steel

I read about this a while back and I didnt think there was a definative answer to this issue. Can I get rid of all that plumbing and valves under the intake? I will be using a standalone and would think that I could program around it not being there.Maby I can lose SOME of it? ( this is on an rb26dett)thanks

I HOPE its not too good to be true too.After getting to know the kid ( looks to be mid 20's) that I got the motor from, I dont believe that he'd tuckit to me but who knows about the importer that HE got it from. He was going to do a 240sx swap but before he started it, he found a beautiful Skyline and bought it. After driving the Skyline for a while he decided to drop the 240sx project and the motor just set for a year. I couldnt understand where all his money was coming from and why , financially, he hadnt tried to sell the motor/tranny.Turns out he won a large settlement and money is no object right now.He and I have just kind of hit it off and he's almost as excited to see my ca r with the RB as I am.Also, I agreed to give everything back that I wont be using, front wheel drive assy,P/S pump,smog ect...We'll see soon enough if it's too good to be true.

No it came with the wrong sump, but ive ordered the right one along with the pickup and gasket from Shea at NISMO for $ 188.xx delivered to MA.So it appears that I got a pretty good deal , paying $3500.00 for an R33 Rb26DETT and tranny.The guy I bought it from said he paid $5500 from some importer in Canada.

Sorry about how the pics loaded. If I knew how to fix them I would. ( 3 pics )

I'm told it's an RB25 rwd trans and will work with the RB26. As it turned out, the sump that came with the motor was not a rear sump ( does the 240sx swap require the rear sump?) so I want to confirm that this the correct trans. Thanks

I cant answer that yet. Ive called twice and emailed but havent heard from James yet.Theres no mention of service on his website so maby he doesnt do what I need done.

I should have known...thanks

I want to mod some stock turbo's and was hoping that someone had some firsthand experience with a shop that they'd use again. I want to replace the stock ceramic turbine wheels for some steel/inconel units.Ive only dealt with one shop and I wont go back to them again.Thanks guys.

JUst ordered a sump, pickup and gasket from Shea. Good guy, Got the lot for $ 188.12 delivered to MA.