My Vl Turbo Conversion

[nasty1]

bout time you hit gym telly tubby

[detox_nath83]

errrm what bow?

[sweefu]

Anymore updates mate? I've almost gathered all the bits to turbo my rb30 (r31 however)

[detox_nath83]

not as yet man nope...

awesome. are u doing a stock setup on the 31?

[sweefu]

Yeah stock-ish man.
Stock VLT Manifold
VLT ECU
RB25 turbo
VLT injectors
return flow fmic
2" piping
On 10psi should be good for 160+rwkw, minispool diff, 4.11 gears.
car weighs under 1200kg, 8kg front springs, 6kg rear springs, height/damper adjustable coilovers, R32 GTR front brakes, stripped interior, custom dash etc etc. Should be a very fun car once its all done!

[detox_nath83]

yeah man very nice go hi-flow t3 turbo :P:P Manual as well??have u got a thread up somewhere. like r31 forums or anything,

[sweefu]

yeah man very nice go hi-flow t3 turbo :P:P Manual as well??have u got a thread up somewhere. like r31 forums or anything,

Highflow isn't really needed for me at this stage, I want response over total power, want it to spool up quick and have a nice rev range, rather than kicking in later with bigger power. Will be rubbish on the track and through the mountains if boost kicks in late. A Hypergear atr43 has come up for sale locally, considering that, basically like a 450 - 600hp gt35r with a 10.5psi actuator as stock, would do me nicely. pretty annoying though, just found out my turbo manifold has been lost in the mail. pretty damn annoying.

And yep manual, and there's a fairly poor build thread on R31club forums haha

[detox_nath83]

lost in the mail = Stolen these days bud.

[sweefu]

Yeah my thoughts exactly, been a huge screw around with the eBay seller and I reckon he just kept my cash. Pain in the arse, and a day's work to get the money back. Searching for a manifold locally now, so there is no chance of a screw up.

[detox_nath83]

ok righto so i got a top pipe made up from my mate at the exhaust shop mandrel bent and tig welded. heaps better clearance and not resting on my CAS plug. then i powdercoated it Anotec Natural Matt, but i dont think im happy with the color + the pic does not really show it but its got a light Fleck in it..
Im gonna repaint it another color soon when i can be bothered :P

cheers lads

[detox_nath83]

Update Finally Lads:

Wall of info sorry :P

OK so mosied down to Lazza78's house for the weekend.(Yes the L made it to Brizzy)
Plenty beers were drank and tinkering with both the Vl's
First mod was the "Clutched power robbing fan" the rb30s have and was replaced with a 16" thermo fan, which is controlled by a Davies Craig Thematic Switch. Lazza hooked us up with a nice Stainless radiator top piece to clean her up a bit so i could ditch the fan shroud.
Now in talking shit as blokes do we come across the subject of my busted center bumper piece and other car stuff lazza recieved a Txt "u know anybody who needs a brand new gel coated centre" in about 15 mins from this conversation and i scored it for $20
Ears must have been burnin' or something.

Im going to Powdercoat the top cooler pipe Satin black to match the turbo intake color. i knew i was not happy with the Silver.

So primed it and painted it silver and it made it on the car.(Reo Bar must have a slight bend from the kick the cow did, as it is slightly noticed on the new centre) Also sprayed the Cooler and Trans cooler black yes and straightened it up..
As blokes do in a shed we had to do a couple of doses on her. Seen Here

now as we all know not all things go well with tinkering with cars as i snapped my bonnet cable and popped a cooler pipe under boost on the way home. which had me cranky as i had to jack up the front to get my arms up to manually pop the bonnet and fix my dilemma this taking a good 30 mins(personal note dont use cheap tridon clamps for IC piping. T-Bolts are the go.)

Lazza got a trans cooler installed for his L which was a smooth fast install.

Cheers Lazza for ur help. Had a fun weekend.

[Lazza78]

hey nath, cheers for comin down for the weekend bloke... good to finally make use of this shed !!

[detox_nath83]

as i said above.. Painted Pipe today

[Lazza78]

now that pipe looks right at home mate... good choice on the colour

[sweefu]

Looking good there mate. For your front mount piping, did you buy a kit from another model to start with, or just buy bends and make it up?
Cheers.

[detox_nath83]

i sourced my pipes of ebay man.. but needed modding as the cooler he sent with the pipes was tiny. so minor adjustments.
a mate who owned an exhaust shop made my top pipe as i hated the pipe i used to have.

[blueVP]

I see you used a high mount manifold.
did you have any clearance issues? did the bonnet clear the turbo fine?
How hard was it to plumb the dump pipe back into the exhaust?

Cheers

[detox_nath83]

ok little update
Finally sourced an A8 donk....

*Genuine S2 A8 Block
*Rebuilt about 100,000kms ago with new pistons
*Head refreshed about 40,000kms ago
*Made 246rwkw on 16psi
Wade 818b Camshaft
-Shaved Lifter Guides to suit
-Adjustable Cam Gear
-Secondary Timing Belt Idler to minimise timing jitter
-Gates Racing Timing Belt

[87RB30VL]

Good find man! How much?

[detox_nath83]

cheers man. im pumped for it.
$1k Cash

[Sik_Cordz]

put it in yet ? oh wait na coz you been helping me with my stupid cursed car lol