This Nissan Stagea 260RS came in around the beginning of the year. When it arrived, the boost was fairly high, so I wound it down. It was also audibly knocking under boost. Checked timing and backed it down to 20 deg BTDC as a RB26 should be at idle. However it seems the damage may have already been done. I took the car to a couple of things and on the way into K1 Speed, it started smoking heavily.
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| Cypress, we have a problem. #6 cylinder has had a bad day. |
That would be considered an issue. Tow it back to the shop. Eventually get it apart, find the torched #6. The headgasket failing is actually prefered to some other parts of the engine failing. If the headgasket holds, then the piston, rod, or something else breaks. Obviously it would be best to never torch any of those parts, but ....
The plan was just a fairly basic twin turbo setup. I ordered a set of N1 turbos from ATP, which eventually actually ended up on Brians car. They aren't a big turbo, about the smallest bolt on upgrade.
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| Rear fit nice |
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| Front don't fit as well as the rear. |
The Nismo LMGT1 18 x 10 +20 with 265/35/18 fit pretty good. The rear are great. The front don't fit as well. The Ikeya Formula front upper control arms will help pull the front in. Normally I want to push the lower out, but in this case, I don't have the fender to make that happen.
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| Ikeya formula R33/R34/Stagea front adjustable upper control arms. Not yet installed |
The Stagea had been sitting a while. Finally the catalyst to get it finished was Monterey Car Week. The Built By Legends R32 GT-R, and R33 GT-R were going to be shown at MotorLux, and Motor Trends Japanese Auto Invitational. Ernie got it together and ready. Took it for a quick test drive, then we went on the 12 hour round trip. The car preformed well. We bled the cooling system once on the road. Normal crusing temps were good, but on the way back in 105F temps, climbing the hill, we got the water up to 230F. But it did come down straight away. It was controllable, and ok.
Next plans are to drive it a bit, then upgrade the fuel system, and the front upper control arms. Then it may get a transmission, and tire swap in preparation for R's Day 2023. November 25th at Streets of Willow Springs.
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| Filling up in Monterey |
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