new to the RB and lots of problems

[Carl H]

man, you and i both...except i have the low sitting griffin radiator in my car so it takes AGES to bleed it properly.its not unusual for me to spend 4-5 hrs bleeding the system in my car.

[hawk86]

ok so fri I put some rad dye in the system so I could find the leak. So sat I pulled the spark plugs out to switch them out with some low temp ngk's and cylinder 4 and 5 had a crusted green dye on them so I take it its a head gasket. I was gonna buy another cometic gasket kit for it but ive been doing some reading and I guess the oem gasket kit is fine for me only running 12 psi. So I ordered the stock gasket kit. It will be done hopefully by next weekend.

Should I be putting anything else in the car while I do this? I got head gasket kit, timing belt kit, water pump, and misc seals. anything else?

[hawk86]

Also all the gauges in the car are autometer boost, oil pressure, water temp, air fuel.

[Carl H]

water pump is already suspect, check that while its all apart and even then its a good idea to toss on a new timing belt kit while its apart.if it has a cometic hg on it, it is no suprise it leaks...

[hawk86]

water pump is already suspect, check that while its all apart and even then its a good idea to toss on a new timing belt kit while its apart.if it has a cometic hg on it, it is no suprise it leaks...

I already have a water pump head gasket kit and timing belt kit that will be put in. Is there any thing else that I should put in while its apart?

[robbie2883]

might as well swap out the thermostat while the system is drained

[Carl H]

^ and make sure its OEM nissan, no aftermarket garbage.

[hawk86]

^ and make sure its OEM nissan, no aftermarket garbage.

Every thing I ordered is oem nissan so it should be good. I'm hoping too with the stock head gasket it will bring the compression back up a little. that cometic gasket is thick. I might have some power between 2000 and 4000 rpm

[Carl H]

lol, again...stock tach does not read correctly!

[hawk86]

lol, again...stock tach does not read correctly!

I know the tach is wrong but its just gutless at low rpms how bout that

[Carl H]

lol, its an rb20...torqueless wonder!

[hawk86]

exactly with the cometic gasket it had to lower the compression so with the stock one it might pep it up a little.

[Yellow4g63]

I know the tach is wrong but its just gutless at low rpms how bout that

That's you go to 8k or 8500

[hawk86]

Well started tearing down the head I just thought I'd share with you guys. I should have it up and running tonight.

[Carl H]

nice greddy cam gears, got cams to back that up :p

[hawk86]

HKS 256? cams I think or maybe there 264 I dont remember Ill have to look. Well I got the whole thing together last night drove it 60 miles and it runs GREAT !! no missing no over heating I love it. I rerouted some of the wiring and did some cleaning up so ill get some pics today of it.

[Carl H]

werd, look like hks cams, i assume no cut out to access the head studs eh?

[hawk86]

ya had to pull the cams out to take the head off. I have some pics of the engine bay and I put in my new greddy turbo timer today.

I didn't rewire every thing yet just cleaned up some things Its gonna take a whole weekend to rewire everything