Revving an rb20 higher then stock

[RustspecS13]

I blew my head gasket at the track tuesday so while I have it apart I figured I would ensure it would be reliable down the road.

So far Ive ordered a HG set from mynismo.com....hopefully they have the set in stock or I'm screwed and I'll probably order a MHG.

But the plan was to use an OEM headgasket and ARP head studs and maybe rod bolts. This would ensure that it would be reliable. I do want to set my redline to 7200-7500 once I have an upgraded turbo as Ive seen a few dyno sheets revving around there.

I was also going to gasket match the IM and all that fun stuff. So would OEM HG+ ARP head studs be reliable to 7500 or would ARP rod bolts be a good idea?

And for higher then that would cams and springs would be needed right? A friend will be selling me rb26 cams cheap once his build head is back from the machine shop.

~Alex

[Yellow4g63]

Stock is 7500 fuel cut, Carl said he went to 8k without springs. Me I got springs because I'm scared like that lol. No real point reving that high if your power starts to fall off early. I'll let u know how far 270's go with a big turbo on a RB20 in a few months .

[RustspecS13]

Really? my maxima tach only goes to about 7200, and I figured it read high.

When I had it dyno'd on my friends dyna pack he said it cut out at 6700. Maybe the calculation was off though.

~Alex

[Yellow4g63]

Yup I had a RB20 tach in my cluster. Would show me reving to 8k but then I double checked with a revspeed meter.

http://www.3rdgearvtec.net/And...s.avi

[Carl H]

i used to rev my rb20 on stock springs to around 8500, did so till it blew a hole in a piston due to unrelated issues.dont even bother with rb26 cams unless you have a set of adjustable gears and plenty of time, and they ALSO happen to be r32 cams as none of the other ones will work.

[dsm007]

After 4 years of seeing that video.....was that starting off the roll in first or second gear?

Car sounds very good by the way.

[Yellow4g63]

It was prob a 1st gear roll it's been a long time since that vid was made. I think I only had the Greddy exhaust on it and stock side mount.