RB26 Rebuild

[curtisgoodman]

Been distracted with other projects (shame on me right) had a buddy need a full service on his 4x4 truck (front & rear diffs, t-case, trans fluid filter change aswell as front and rear band adjustment, oil change, all 4 shocks, plugs, wires, rotor & cap, coolant flush, heatercore flush) also just picked up a 94' F350 7.3L IDI non-turbo 4x4, standard with dual rear wheels with a boss V-Blade plow so we've been ripping it apart and fixing it up (all fluids changed, 4 new shocks, replaced all fuel lines, dropped both tanks and cleaned them, fixed some wiring, new fenders and doors, full interior swap from auto wreckers... trying to get it ready to plow for this winter so the skyline is kinda on the back burner for a little bit. the 4 rear knuckle bushings showed up last week along with the solid steering bushing from driftworks so just gotta throw those in and it can be put down on all 4 tires finally.

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Wow no update since November... its been so damn cold out I havent been out to wrench much on the beast... what I did get done was routing the return ps line to the cooler up front and back to the ps reservoir, reassembled the tubro intake piping, installed 3 of the hks hardpipes that i have with t-bolt clamps, cleaned up the SS braided oil cooler lines so they look neat and tidy used the old hicas line rubber seperator bushings and brackets to space out the ss lines so they dont rub on everything like they were before... still waiting on some rad fan clips to attach my twin electric fans back onto the koyo rad so i can reinstall it...

Saturday its suppose to be -4 so i might be able to get out there and get the passenger side wheel well splash guard in and brake duct... then just need to throw the rotors on and bolt the wheel up...

working on getting a gun metal grey door at the moment as well... so the car will match all the way around, that'd be nice.

Pics later

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the parts shelf is looking very bare...

forgot to mention that all driftworks arms are installed, and the hds coilovers are installed aswell... the pics will explain themselves...

until then

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wont let me post pics... wtf

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wideband installed

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needs a wheel alignment now... then winter can take a hike

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thats as low as the front coilovers would let me go im sure ill be raising it up slightly but i wanted to see how it looked slammed to the ground

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gave it a wash today... definately need to raise the front end up a bit it was rubbing... going to fix that on friday, got my alignment booked for monday and safety inspection for tuesday so just gotta talk to a couple people regarding insurance and I'll be golden.

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worked on adjusting the coilovers for quite some time today got everything the height i want it, no rubbing, left a little extra room for movement.

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picked up a tilt deck trailer today for 1k it needs some love but now i can haul my skyline and other vehicles around... yessssss no more tow trucks filling their pockets with my hard earned cash...

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Alignment done took kaltire 2 hours while i hung out with the guy doing it and helped him... i felt much better being able to be there and watch and help and he was very nice and was the one that told me i could stay if i like and give him a hand. I printed the stock specs from GTRC and double checked them against the FSM so all is good... then dropped the car off at the safety inspection place... going to pick it up tomorrow morning. Then insurance... probably facility till i can work out something better.

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well i officially got bent over for insurance... i wont even go into how much it costs for 6 months... just awaiting the phone call from the safety inspector then I'll have plates and be able to drive... finally!

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Had a great time last night driving around its been so long since I've been able to do that. The suspension is awesome very tight but not to rough at all... only thing i noticed right away was the increased road noise... so for all you guys going for the driftworks kit for your skylines it will get a little louder in the car then it used to be. Besides the noise the hsd monopro coilovers on the softest setting are a great product and i love them... the ride height i set was perfect even with the car fully loaded no rubbing or anything even at full lock so im impressed.

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now for the problem... always gotta be a problem dammit lol... went out for a drive with my dad about 60km's from home to a small town just for a cruise and some pulls of course... i let him drive on the way back and asked him to do a high speed pass in my car while i made a short video... that went fine he passed me when to the turn around and came back, then he told me there was no boost being built since he turned around like 100 feet down the road from where i was standing. It seems that a turbo or two has let go and they are no longer creating boost which sucks a lot after all the work we've done to the car the past year...