RB Forum - Chat Thread

[TerminalVelocity]

So it seems my searching has failed me. Does anyone know what the thread pitch is on the RB25 water temperature sender for the stock gauge (single wire one)? I looked it up and found that it is m12x1.25, but it definitely is not. The adapter that is got in the mail to is to wide to thread in.

And about the motivation thing, I just think about upcoming events.BTW... I love Lotus hunting

[Coolwhip]

back in town and back to work. :P

[Fibre guy]

Hey coolwhip, totally off subject, but do you have any belt tensioner springs for the rb25 in stock?

[Coolwhip]

crap, missed that one.

Yea got a few left in stock...

[Fibre guy]

Also, before I order up, do you have any rb26dett coil covers in stock?

[20DET]

for the guy questioning about the spring...u dont need it!!!!!manually tension the belt and u dont need the spring...mine has no spring on it...i used allen key to manual tension the belt then locked her up...mint!!!

[Fibre guy]

I think mine might have skipped a tooth on the intake cam, so I really don't want to risk blowing my engine up because I didn't do it the OEM way. I've invested a lot of time and money into this engine. I've heard from many people if you over tighten a timing belt, it heats up and snaps prematurely. If you under tighten the belt it vibrates and skips teeth. There's a reason they put a spring in there.

[Carl H]

not to mention you can cause excessive wear on the cam journals...mine was a hair too tight and it lightly scored the cams some, installed a new belt when i degreed the cams and followed the oem service procedure and it has been quiet since.

[rb25det250sx]

for the guy questioning about the spring...u dont need it!!!!!manually tension the belt and u dont need the spring...mine has no spring on it...i used allen key to manual tension the belt then locked her up...mint!!!

hum..sounds like you should re-do it. b4 sum goes wrong.

[Carl H]

to be fair you can tension the belt manually...after all the spring is just there to set the intial tension so once its all setup after tuning the crank a few times and locked down the spring does nothing.

[20DET]

ok do u trust the spring if it made ur cambelt "skip a tooth"????

ive done alota cambelts without the spring and all cambelts should be the same tightness.......what you do if u dont have a spring is you tension it manually.turn the motor over...it will be a bit looser as it has setled into place and then u retighten manually.....and just so u know most cars dont have a spring and u have to do it manually

if u dont trust me then go buy the spring and waste time / money

[Sil240]

Bro don't fock around....Spend the time and $$ to get that spring.Nissan thought it was worth putting it in.So don't try and re-engineer the wheel.

Especially when your whole engine depends on it.

Yeah You probably could run without it, but have a little patience and do it right.

[Fibre guy]

I never thought of not using it. I've seen what happens to plenty of cars who manually tighten it and get it a hair wrong. BOOM!

[rb25det250sx]

ok do u trust the spring if it made ur cambelt "skip a tooth"????

if your talking to me, yeah i trust the spring...rather have a fautly spring and have sum go wrong, then to manually tighten it likt your saying and have sum f*** up and know its my fault cuz i was to stupid to spend a little extra money to get a spring.

my spring wasnt the reason i skipped a tooth.. my T-belt was old ans stretch. it was atleast a 1/2 inch longer than my greddy belt.

[Yellow4g63]

I'm crawling to the finish line here lol. GT spec mounted and ready.... well till I get the new downpipe made

[Carl H]

about freeking time.

[toadx8u]

+1

bout time you finally showed us some progress

[20DET]

ok this has to be said...if you cant manually tension a timing belt properly then u shouldnt be doing ur freaking cambelt aye!!!!! obviously u have no mehcanical skills if u cant make a cambelt the right tension.......i own my own business and alota cars dont have springs on them....and ive manually tensioned them all and they all run perfect for over 100thousand kms...not to mention my RB gets a fkn hyding everytime i drive it and no problems from the cambelt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and it has no spring.....

[rb25det250sx]

um..okay. since you dont know me at all. i have mechanic skills...but thats besides the point. you come on here like Mr. know-it-all and there has been people that prove you wrong...i never said i can manually tighten a belt. its not hard yes. but why do it the wrong way if theres a right way...obviously the spring was put there for a reason and they still sell them. if it was really a big deal, im sure there would be a sticky or sum s*** saying how everyone can manually tighten there belt with out having to spend the extra money to get the spring. not to mention you post and spell on here like your my age. now im sure if you've been working on cars for so long then your high 20s mid 30s and non of the people on this site that are in fact actually that age talk like a little kid.

seems like everythread i post in turns to a beef or sum s***, especially on our local forum. haha

[rb25det250sx]

yellow4g63- what kind of intercooler piping is that... dont look like aluminum, but does it disapate the heat like aluminum would?

[Carl H]

looks like mild steel, and if its anything like my ic piping it means its gonna do jack for heat dissapation except burn your hands when you touch it.

[Yellow4g63]

yellow4g63- what kind of intercooler piping is that... dont look like aluminum, but does it disapate the heat like aluminum would?

It's unpainted mild steel lol.

[20DET]

mild steel = bad....which means rust on the inside and rust flaking off into the engine/turbo!!!!

and dont diss my spelling boy it doesnt matter how i spell....so what if i didnt get a proper education....dat doesnt mean nething about my mechanical knowledge....and ok then go waste ur time/money on the spring....this forum is f***ing useless as i try and give some pointers out to HELP f*****s like u and u get all angry back and say all this gay s***....

long story short....GO WASTE UR MONEY ON THE SPRING.......

[rb25det250sx]

thanks man, i will.

[gmac708]

and dont diss my spelling boy it doesnt matter how i spell....so what if i didnt get a proper education....dat doesnt mean nething about my mechanical knowledge....and ok then go waste ur time/money on the spring....this forum is f***ing useless as i try and give some pointers out to HELP f*****s like u and u get all angry back and say all this gay s***....

long story short....GO WASTE UR MONEY ON THE SPRING.......

I don't use a torque wrench on my wheel lugs...I bet there's a bunch of people who are horrified about the impending danger (sarcasm). Now I might add, that I insist that my son uses one because I don't want him to loose a wheel. Does that mean I have a double set of standards? Hell ya! My son does not have the feel that experience can give you. I clearly have no past experience with adjusting the timing belt on the RB, but after the first time it was like "you gotta be s***ting me...that's it!?!?".

Just my 2 cents

[Coolwhip]

whoa people, what happen to keeping this thread nice? We're all RB family... brotherly love is fine, but no need for us to start bashing each other.

Anyways, lets go with a poll of some sort.

Which in your opinion is more fun to drive?1) really quick car, hence fast spool, quick of the throttle.or2) stupid on and off surge, hence turbo lag, but a kick in the toush when it lights up.

If you are like me, enjoyment also is obtained by the scared reaction on the passenger's face... take that into account. :P

[Darius]

20DET - Ignore him. He stirs the pot on local Des Moines forums too. It never ends.

Coolwhip - Instant response is fun especially for lighting up tires etc. But when the kick in the pants lasts and pulls hard to redline, people tend to reach for the dashboard or something else to hold onto. LOL!

Obviously my setup and my preference scream turbo lag.

[zismo02]

Even though I have a laggy setup. I love the instant response.

I was jealous when riding in my buddys Rb20/25 turbo car. Its pretty stock, but the power comes on sooo quickly. It almost seems like its always there.

On my car it is literally 5-6 sec's floored untill I hit boost.

[rb25det250sx]

lol...yeah i like to start s***. must run in the blood.

[20DET]

were u tellin me to ignor someone or someone to ignor me??? im not on that forum u wer talking about....i swaped my cefiro rb20det which had heapsa lag but wen the turbo hit it hit hard and u gota hold on.now ive got another cefiro with a RB30ET (RB30 turbo with sohc head) and it has a turbonetics T3T4 BallBearing turbo and it has no lag!!! comes on 1 bar at about 2500 if that....its not as fun as the lag that hits hard i reckon but the turbo sounds cool lol...it also runs a LINK ENGINE MANAGEMENT G2 V6.rx7 injectors.malpassi reg.walbro pump.3inch straight through pipe.front mount.turbonetics t3t4.exedy 5puk solid centre clutch.locked diff =).might have missed some things....

does anyone in the USA have any experience with a RB30ET???or LINK ENGINE MANAGEMENT???

+1 for the lag that hits hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!