...And I'm back in business!!!

[MATTs14]

Well it sounds absolutely amazing and looks the part too. im gonna try and squeeze a 3.5'' downpipe in and 3.5 inch all the way out to the hks hi-power can. I want that damn resonator gone lol. but i love your car. It gives me hope. I love to see the ol' diesel turbo being put to work like it should. You better make it in to the RBBA with that ride or i will rebel lol jk guys. But i love the build. I cant wait to see it tuned. Good luck with everything man

[Yellow4g63]

Congrats on getting your car back. Hope they didn't hurt anything when they had it.

[DriftingisLame]

Well it sounds absolutely amazing and looks the part too. im gonna try and squeeze a 3.5'' downpipe in and 3.5 inch all the way out to the hks hi-power can. I want that damn resonator gone lol. but i love your car. It gives me hope. I love to see the ol' diesel turbo being put to work like it should. You better make it in to the RBBA with that ride or i will rebel lol jk guys. But i love the build. I cant wait to see it tuned. Good luck with everything man

Thanks for all the kind words, I've definately put heart and soul into this thing.

When I originally made the 3.5" exhaust I was being retarded and tried to one up the norm 3" exhaust standard. Little did I know that bends, piping, and flanges cost like twice as much and are much harder to come by locally. Diesel stuff is usually in 3 inch or 4 inch, and I'd do one of those if I did it over again, to favor simplicity. You wont see hardly any gain from running larger than 3" untill probably over 500 wheel. Thats what I've been told anyway.

I think I'll clean up the engine bay and get a serious dyno graph before I attempt to enter the RBBA.

[Cjmartz2k]

OK, email me your mailing address and I'll pop that compressor cover into the mail when I get a chance, and you can just owe me one. Everything looks great, but this thing is screaming "stick me in that engine bay!" and I hate to just see it go to waste.

[SullivanRacing06]

damm! thank god! im glad to hear you got your ride back bro!

did the piggys pull ne good prints? ne leads to who stole it?

[WhatsADSM]

Awesome news man!!!!

Keep us posted if they ever figure out who stole it.

[Shocker]

Nice setup! she sounds great! Glad you found her intact.

[DriftingisLame]

OK, email me your mailing address and I'll pop that compressor cover into the mail when I get a chance, and you can just owe me one. Everything looks great, but this thing is screaming "stick me in that engine bay!" and I hate to just see it go to waste.

You're the man CJ, me and my little RB would really appreciate it and wear it with pride..

damm! thank god! im glad to hear you got your ride back bro!

did the piggys pull ne good prints? ne leads to who stole it?

Nope, they didnt even really look at it, there was just a cop waiting there when I showed up and stayed for me to look it over, and see if it still ran... Funny thing about that, I popped my hood, expecting to have a ton of stuff missing... I got the hood up about half way before seeing my polished valve covers and my red comp housing and dropped the hood and yelled "get the **** out of here!" The cop ignored that and said "Holy cow thats a big turbo, let me see that!" and lifted my hood back up. Then he just shook my hand and said "I'm glad we could get your car back safely"

I'm trying not to concentrate on getting revenge, but instead preparing so this wont happen again... From above the theif will recieve his just reward.

Thanks again guys!

[DriftingisLame]

CJ, I thought I had your e-mail address but I definately cant find it.

[placham]

Dont want to sound like a noob but what ex manifold is it, specs please price etc.

I'm surprised that nothing was gone from your car, man I know I would be pissed if some A**hole stole my whip and it's only stock RB20

Thank you baby Jesus , this reminds me of talladega nights the ballad of ricky bobby

Video shows 6boost manifold, googled it. Guess what pics come up as NICO,but it was GB
Modified by placham at 4:44 PM 1/14/2009

[BoostFab]

Dont want to sound like a noob but what ex manifold is it, specs please price etc.

I'm surprised that nothing was gone from your car, man I know I would be pissed if some A**hole stole my whip and it's only stock RB20

Thank you baby Jesus , this reminds me of talladega nights the ballad of ricky bobby

Video shows 6boost manifold, googled it. Guess what pics come up as NICO,but it was GB

Modified by placham at 4:44 PM 1/14/2009

6boost manifoldhttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=310031

[RB24D]

Good to hear you got it back in the same shape it disappeared. lojack ftw!

[MATTs14]

Hey man i got to thinking about your intercooler setup and i was wondering what type of bov youre running, and if youre running blow through and if so, are you running a catch can?? I heard a blow through without a catch can can shorten the life of it.

[DriftingisLame]

Shorten the life of what?

I have a blitz, and a blow thru. I dont know what relevance the blow off valve has to my catch can. My catch can is a bottle of NOS energy drink with some holes drilled in it. I'm not concerned about the longevity of either awesome big time baller components, like, what is going to break on either of them...

[MATTs14]

sorry the reference to the shorter life was a reference to the maf when running blow through. I was just reading through the check out this catch can thread or whatever its called and some of the guys were saying that some setups could shorten or be harder on the maf when running blow through. Sorry for the confusion on that lol

[DriftingisLame]

To that I reply: Show some proof.

There's too many claims made by people who dont know what they're talking about going around. Sure since its pressurized, it maybe exposed to more heat. OK, so.. I'm a nissan technician, and I can see 200K+ on stock mafs before needing to replace them. IF by reducing the life, you mean, 1/4 the life of a normal sensor... Um. 50,000 miles is more miles than I'll ever put on this motor, I dont think shortening the life of the maf should be your concern, or a concern ever, really.

I'm just one who tries things based on my own logic and facts that are presented to me. There is no facts or tests done about this that I'm aware of, so I tried it myself. My blow thru RB20 maf lasted a year before I upgraded.

[MATTs14]

ok ok easy killer. Its not like im being judgmental of your setup or even questioning your skills as a car builder or technician. I was simply asking a question. I didn't make these assumptions, nor did i necessarily believe or give into them, i was simply asking if you had heard of such things, and if youre experience with the blow through could either confirm these suspicions, or prove them to be false.

I personally love your build and would love to have one even remotely similar to it. My hat goes off to you for having one of the cleanest and most thought out rb20 setups. Im the type of guy who is not necessarily a noob, but rather im just one who wants to make sure something is going to work when i do it because, being a college kid, i dont want to have to spend anymore money than i have to. I'm sure many of the other college goers on here can attest to this lol. At any rate, good build and good advice. Thanks for clarifying that for me

[Coolwhip]

I personally love your build and would love to have one even remotely similar to it. My hat goes off to you for having one of the cleanest and most thought out rb20 setups.

I love the RB forum, and I love this car.

[DriftingisLame]

No Matt I wasnt frustrated with you, its just incredibly frustrating hearing false information given to people who are influencable, like yourself.

I dont like internet mechanics who make claims with no evidence, and when I hear someone like you effected by these people, it is quite annoying to find you're being misled.

Not trying to be mean, I just wanted to set things straight, thats all.

[Carl H]

for what its worth the nissan maf is pretty durable...my z32 maf has seen water, oil, dirt, dust and im sure a backfire or two...still works and reads just fine.

[MATTs14]

No Matt I wasnt frustrated with you, its just incredibly frustrating hearing false information given to people who are influencable, like yourself.

I dont like internet mechanics who make claims with no evidence, and when I hear someone like you effected by these people, it is quite annoying to find you're being misled.

Not trying to be mean, I just wanted to set things straight, thats all.

No man i understand that and i appreciate you looking out for me. I try to take everything i read on forums with a grain of salt. Not to say that a lot of the info on here isnt helpful because an abundance of it is, like a lot of the info in this thread, but there are also a lot of people who do try to be online mechanics and actually have no experience. It frustrates me too. I taught myself everything i know and have tried to build on all my knowledge by listening to a lot of the more wise individuals that participate in the rb forum and this forum in general. Thanks guys for actually helping the starters out. I try not to be a noob and thanks for having patience with me as i learn. I'm glad that someone could confirm the myth that a blow through setup is weaker. I have read that numerous times and found it hard to believe myself because after all its just air, just in a different place.

[DriftingisLame]

Yeah, its just likely that people who make claims like those have never tried it themselves, or did something wrong, or had a bad sensor to begin with... So automatically the blow thru maf is the problem..

I dont know... I was a couple beers deep and totally beat from work and getting my *** kicked at Judo when I wrote that second to last post, so I was easily provoked by dumb things lol.

Oh and to set the record straight I didnt intend to act all inteligent just because I'm a nissan technician, merely pointing out that I've personally tested, and replaced them before.

[MATTs14]

So what all is done to your motor as far as internals or headgasket or what??

[rbsileighty]

When I originally made the 3.5" exhaust I was being retarded and tried to one up the norm 3" exhaust standard. Little did I know that bends, piping, and flanges cost like twice as much and are much harder to come by locally. Diesel stuff is usually in 3 inch or 4 inch, and I'd do one of those if I did it over again, to favor simplicity. You wont see hardly any gain from running larger than 3" untill probably over 500 wheel. Thats what I've been told anyway.

Very cool you got your car back bud! Looking/sounds good too!

The other thing on the quoted statement above is ground clearance... back in 2003 I picked up a Greddy TR2 system for my S13 and before I ever put it on the car... I sold it b/c it was just to big (95mm, so about 3.75") and my car was so low it just wasn't a good idea. Ran RS*R GTII instead and I fabbed up the downpipe/dump with 3" tube for the same reasons you mentioned... everyone carries it and I'm safe from it being a restriction for a while

For the fuel cut switch... that's the only reason my friend here in MI still has his DC2 teg... it works! Doing a great job bud, keep up the good work!