Robo's ride

[Robo]

Yeah the idea of weak fittings, any stray current or poor inhibitor is present, then they are supposed to become a sacrificial anode.
and save the expensive cast alloy fittings, well its a theory anyway but makes sense to me.
But hey I bought the kit yrs ago and did alot of bits on the GTR.
the goldbrite comes in handy.
I just replaced the fuel rail as removing the old injectors twisted & broke it.
the new oem rail was only zinc plated unlike the original one.
give it a clean and rinse and dip in goldbrite and rinse.
and it will stay looking new for a long time.
I also ordered some of those alloy brazing rods tmh2000 (or something like that).
low temp rods for repairing the slight damage on the lower thermo fitting, save over $200 for something else.

[BigRAWesty]

Geeze this thing will be showroom spec once done..
That's also a pretty good price on the flywheel mod..

[Robo]

Geeze this thing will be showroom spec once done..
That's also a pretty good price on the flywheel mod..

Nar , it's just alot of work over a short period of time.
But the td's are worth it hay!.
About to go and pickup f/wheel this morning, getting stuck in this-arvo.
"Back On the Rd again" Real soon.

[BigRAWesty]

Still gunna be a nice ride..
All these builds going on and mines going backwards makes me sad....

[Robo]

Still gunna be a nice ride..
All these builds going on and mines going backwards makes me sad....

Its all horses for courses, ahh fairly sure you've got a few things sorted that I haven't.
chasing a bit extra for pulling large caravan and not struggling doing it.
then there's the fools that keep cutting ya off, thinking its ok cause your in big slow 4x4 lmao.

Near finished got a few things to do, should fire back to life after lunch today.
Then book in for injector pump upgrade & dyno tune.
Happy days.

[threedogs]

Its all horses for courses, ahh fairly sure you've got a few things sorted that I haven't.
chasing a bit extra for pulling large caravan and not struggling doing it.
then there's the fools that keep cutting ya off, thinking its ok cause your in big slow 4x4 lmao.

Near finished got a few things to do, should fire back to life after lunch today.
Then book in for injector pump upgrade & dyno tune.
Happy days.

Havn't read the entire thread but will have you done a brake up grade at all braided lines etc

[threedogs]

Where do you buy copper ones? The only ones I know of are the brass ones but they are no better than the ones which come with the engine?.

Its only a BSP thread isnt it ??????
even come in SS

[Robo]

[QUOTE=threedogs;641106]Havn't read the entire thread but will have you done a brake up grade at all braided lins etc[/QUOTE.

Thought ya couldn't fit braid to ABS equipped cars !.

Did fit braid to GQ it worked well

[Robo]

Well after a few minor delays stopping me from working on it, Pat's back on the Rd again and even better,
No hick-ups from the moment the key was turned.
New turbo feels much better, instance response, all over the old Ht18 hands down.
Boost gauge nearly moves like the tacho now.
cleaning/porting the exh maniflod has paid off I recon.
lightning the fly wheel has also made a real difference 1.5 kg removed.
NPC 6x6 clutch is very light and easy to use.
acceleration much better, ya can feel alot more torque at play.
very happy with how it's turned out so far.

Thankyou to the fellers who have helped with advice on the build.
3 cheers.

I thought about taking pics of rebuild, it's been covered by others before
didn't feel like getting crap all over the camera.
Be booking in for the injector pump up grade real soon.

[Robo]

Here's a pic of turbo fitted before vac lines plumbed up.DSCF7071.JPG.

And that's not a torque wrench,
This is a torque wrench!DSCF7065.JPGDSCF7066.JPG.
This one 200--750 ftlb. thats around 1000 nm.
Made light work of the harmonic bal nut needing 239ftlb.