somebodym help please i got RB25 questions

[NiSmO fReAk]

hello everyone here on nico, im doing the rb25det swap into my s13 hatch, but i have heard they have problems with being starved of oil, can anybody help me with a way to solve this problem if its true and please let me know of any other problems i should know about and various ways i can protect my engine. thank you in advance

[DrifterProdigy85]

Never really heard that being an issue but you can use a N1 Oil Pump just for safety.

[NiSmO fReAk]

yea i really never heard of the problem myself but i was talkin to a buddy of mine and he said they starve them self's of oil, im not sure if he knew what he was talkin about

[Fibre guy]

RB's only starve themselves of oil at constant high rpms. What happens is all the oil gets pumped to the head and doesn't fall back to the sump fast enough... This problem only occurs when your a redline junkie or raise the max RPM.This is eliminated by 2 known mods.1. External oil reservoir.Expensive but awesome.2. Head drain mod.The head drain mod has been known to burn out cams at low rpms.

Just make sure your block doesn't have gunk in it and you change your oil regularly to avoid this from happening 99.99999% of the time.

[NiSmO fReAk]

yea i think im gonna go with the external oil reservoir cause that sounds like the better idea of the 2

[240z4u]

IMO it is primarily urban legend.

[cdorhout]

I recently did the external oil drain mod. Not because my engine was starved for oil, that has never happened. But because I was getting massive amounts of blow-by from the head being full of oil.External oil drain solves both of those problems, and I wouldn't worry about cams drying out, they're supplied with pressurized oil from underneath.

Here's a link to the external oil mod I used (although I ran mine on the passenger side).http://www.spoolimports.com/co...t.asp

[s14_sport]

I've had it happen to me....

but I have a 8000 Rev cut and I was doing soemthing ridiculous like a 5 minute long burnout.

[NiSmO fReAk]

ok so is there any other problems i should know about?

[Fibre guy]

Yes there is! Engine gnomes really like RB's so be sure to get gnome repellent!

[NiSmO fReAk]

hahaha there out to steal me piston rings