RHD RB30 Build - update 6/20/13

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so for some updates, i got motor in the car with the harness all connected to the engine and heater hoses, all hard lines like brake and clutch lines are ran. almost done with down pipe and intercooler pipes. the major part is the wiring under the dash. the clip i got had the harness cut right at the ecu part so now im trying to put them back. but heres a picture of the engine bay for now.

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hey i finally got the car to start and here is what it sounds like, but this is just cranking it over to see if everything is ok cuz the cam caps are not fitting right. lmk what you think.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ElHiB-O ... ne8Jqd2jLu[/youtube]

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Looks good man, what do you mean the caps arnt fitting right do you have the ex and in lined up right 1-7? If its causing the motor to be partially bond that's no good.

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Shocker wrote:Looks good man, what do you mean the caps arnt fitting right do you have the ex and in lined up right 1-7? If its causing the motor to be partially bond that's no good.
they werent numbered right and two are not numbered so when you tighten them the motor doesnt hand spin. so i cranked it over a few times with the cam caps loose then tighten them down but then notice that my fuel pressure is out of the world and will not go down so now im getting all new fuel lines from n to the rail with new pumps.

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try to limit starting unless you're gonna break it in...worst thing you can do is start and stop a motor and not let the rings seat.

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Carl H wrote:try to limit starting unless you're gonna break it in...worst thing you can do is start and stop a motor and not let the rings seat.
oh my fuel system is out right now but hopefully we can get the fuel pressure to go down cuz it would not go lower than 90psi and shooting gas out the tale pipe. but ill keep it running when ever i get finish with the fuel for about 30 min. that should be long enough you think?

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so i finished up most of the stuff needed to get the running an then ran into some issue when i tried to upgrade my map sensor to the aem 3.5. i couldnt get the right scale and offset. but she's alive now. its time to break her in. lmk what you think so far. there will be more videos. btw my alternator went out.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FgPdIdG9Mk[/youtube]

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so here are some updates on the car running another car. sorry for bad video but i will work on that on the next one. my car is only on 15psi set by the wastegate spring and i was only breaking the motor in. on the first video i missed 3rd gear but the 2nd was clean run.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/P9j-tipH7yU[/youtube]

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The RB30 can never lose lol. I couldn't see anything lol. Was the camera in the 240? or the RSX?

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it was in my car, from the camera you are looking at the right side of the car, out to the rsx, the second run you can see the head lights....

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your camera man is terrible...

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when are you going to put it on a dyno and get it tuned?

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Nice to see it running! and seemingly well!.. your vid is terrible tho, I demand a day time one with a decent camera. :)

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RRRRB wrote:when are you going to put it on a dyno and get it tuned?
im trying to fix my power fc boost controller but if not then ill buy a manual one then try to hit the dyno next weekend.

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or buy a proper ebc...pfc based one kinda sucks.

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Sounds nice at the rear. Was your starter stuck on?

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Carl H wrote:or buy a proper ebc...pfc based one kinda sucks.
yea i know i just bought that pos like last year.... i think i have a manual one somewhere ill play with that n see if that helps out get it to about 22psi or where ever it takes to hit the 700whp mark...

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74260zt wrote:Sounds nice at the rear. Was your starter stuck on?

i dont think so it may be the ticking from the cams.

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sweet build, how long it take you to finish the rhd conversion? I am almost done with my rhd conversion but I have rb25 and moved the motor back about 8", waiting to get an intake manifold to see what clearance I will have around the clutch master cylinder area. I can't wait to see some rolling footage of your car!

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twinspoool wrote:sweet build, how long it take you to finish the rhd conversion? I am almost done with my rhd conversion but I have rb25 and moved the motor back about 8", waiting to get an intake manifold to see what clearance I will have around the clutch master cylinder area. I can't wait to see some rolling footage of your car!
It took about 2months to do the fire wall, and about 2 1/2 months to the rest. I get looks everywhere I go so if u like attention deff do it.

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so an update on the car, i put a manual boost controller on and tuned it to 20psi, in 3rd gear from a 70+ mph pull the car gets side ways until 100+mph (i couldnt hold it any longer). so with that said im going to the dyno this weekend and will have video of it and hopefully some good numbers.

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damn! that sounds crazy! let see vido ftw!

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twinspoool wrote:damn! that sounds crazy! let see vido ftw!
so i went to dyno yesterday and im pretty happy with results i made 775 whp 636ft/tq on 27 psi, (im not done yet tho) here is a lil video of the run

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHHAiECBkAk[/youtube]

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Did u hurt the headgasket? if ur pushing coolant out might mean your super heating it.

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Wow!

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Yellow4g63 wrote:Did u hurt the headgasket? if ur pushing coolant out might mean your super heating it.
I think it's the radiator cap. Cuz it's only under higher boost....

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meet07 wrote:Wow!
Is that a good wow r bad wow

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:yesnod

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Nice numbers , what fuel are you using. Post up your graph vs. Rpm

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Shocker wrote:Nice numbers , what fuel are you using. Post up your graph vs. Rpm
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