Wazman's NB8a

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:40 pm

Where are these updates?!

Are you still selling your manifold and turbo?

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:09 am

Geez give me a break ! I went to Japan for Drift Matsuri ! YAY !

and before i went i blew my motor because the knock sensor failed ! YAY !

SOOOOOOO .........

motor out time !

JDM as ƒü¢k yo ! Hello kitty key !! yayyyyyy !

Where did i leave that bottomless pit into which i can poor my money ???

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:21 am

Some shots of the turbo side, you can see where the self installed oil return goes...

Here u can see the adaptor that i used to "T" in my oil feed line under the plenum...

whats wrong with this picture ? LOL

The com didn't pull out the timing because the knock sensor was cactus and i was still baking it around the track for another 5 laps after temps hit 130 deg ! YAY ! go me ! :mrgreen:

So the motor detinated the crap out of pistons 1 and 4 ......

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:31 am

Sorry 1st pic there is junk... :roll:

I have ordered eagle rods and JE pistons from the USA...... yay for their dollar being so crap atm! $921 including rings, delivered (rods and pist)!

Anyway hoping to hit 200rwkw by the way of the stronger bottom end + more boost + cam gears + bigger turbo (prob t28BB) (or maybe the 2871r thats sitting in my shed doing feck all !)

i saw pretty gardens in the land of the rising sun....(share)

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:25 am

Me and 3 friends bought and shared two cars for the Drift Matsuri in japan. I was enjoying the FD rx7 as it was under powered and the hand brake didn't work so it was much like my mx5 a while back. It cost $3800 ! non registerable or importable..... unless u paid more...

Drift matsuri is held at Ebisu zoo/ motor sport complex near Sendai....... 6 tracks on one mountain, all with varying elevation and difficulty levels.
Awsome fun to drive tracks that are steap and tight ! back to 1st gear for some hair pins !!!!

The other car we bought was a nissan Laurel

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:35 am

And this is what it looked like after 4 days of drift...... Poor FD

Anyway thats where i've been hence no updates for a while because i was pooring cash some place else.

Stay tuned i will try to do a nice engine build with lots of pics etc...... was hoping to have it driving by xmas but that dosn't seem likely

i also got this big guy! Domo kun !Yay!!!

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:10 am

Nice!

That is a worth excuse for no updates.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:44 pm

Nice pics.

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:50 pm

You went to Japan with Richie? Looks like his R33 in the background there.

Good luck with the bigger and better turbo build.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:34 am

Bloody hell that's awesome! Matsuri would be epic!

Shame to hear about your blown engine man, Are you going to use the same manifold and shiz with the bigger turbo?

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:32 pm

Yeah same manifold.....Got a garret t28, cam gears, valve springs, eagle rods and CP forgies......
xmas present to myself....

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:34 pm

Wow i'd love to make that Japan trip (and I cant even drive sideways)!

Thanks for sharing it all with the forum, I love DIY. I'll be keeping an eye on the engine build thread for sure, make sure you take loads of pics.

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:11 pm

I ordered a few parts over the christmas break....and they have started to turn up

I am not loaded in cash so i am trying to make the most power and spend the least amount of money...... i have a crap memory so i'll try and post costs where i can remember what i payed....

Gates timing belt.....not exciting but necessary :roll:

$180 ish ...ebay

"Performance Springs" sent me my new higher spring rate valve springs....... $132.55

"ULTREX PERFORMANCE" adjustable cam gears $170 delivered from ebay

Engine machinest opens on the 10th so it all ready and waiting for him to open shop :roll:

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:05 pm

In the mean time i pottered around today and fitted the new second hand T28 garret turbo up to my manifold and dump.
I was worried that the front housing would foul on the manifold because its quite a bit bigger than the T25g......

First thing you do when you are bolting up a turbo is make sure you use new BRASS nuts and new studs where you can. Brass dosn't expand and contract as much as metal nuts do (which is the reason that metal nuts always seem to come loose).

I went to MTQ in dandenong as they have in stock the range of "sonic performance" turbo gaskets, banjo's, oil feed fittings and stud kits.....also flanges.
I bought the stud kit which comes with crimped brass nuts, the crimp ensures the nut binds on the thread slightly so it cant vibrate loose.

I also bought the T28 Sonic gasket kit......both these kits together cost me $35 ish

I also went to melb bolt co at 271 Boundary Road to get some crimped steel nuts to hold the dump pipe on... 80c each ish

If you look closely you can see they crimp the last thread or so into an oval shape so it binds on the thread slightly and cant vibrate loose !

Picture bellow is the brass nuts that i used to hold the turbo to the manifold and the new pressed stainless steel gasket in between.

The sonic dump pipe gasket is also a stainless steel pressed type. ( i have found this style to be very reliable in the past 8 years of turbo car owner ship)

Since the T25g and the T28 use the same water and oil lines in the same place its just a matter of swapping them over. I added some heat wrap to my oil line this time ( i'm trying to do all the little things to get my temps under control)

This pic shows how close the front of the turbo housing on the T28 is to the manifold runner......the t25 had a 12mm gap ! now its about 2mm with the T28 fitted ! YAY no need to modify the manifold

The only annoying thing that i did notice is that where the outlet snout bolts onto the front turbo housing......its a different rotation !! argh !!! :evil:

Bad ! because my snout had a custom alloy bend welded onto it.....and when fitted to the new turbo, it wont line up with my cooler piping anymore

T25

T28

Lucky i havn't kicked out my welder house mate yet! :twisted:

All fitted up !

The money shot ! size comparison of the front housing is most obvious like this

The T28 was $300 found on Hardtuned.net classifieds

wazman · Postby **wazman** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:16 pm

Note the BENT fin on the T25 in the comparison shot !?!

we believe that was caused the by the piece of piston that broke off going the the exhaust side of the turbo ! making the shaft jump just enough to cause the front impeller to hit the side of the front housing ! and bend the fin.........as i always run a pod filter so nothing else could get in there :roll:

I have a whole Polyurethane bush set for the suspension coming from the UK .......

so there is more to come........