The kid with the GTR

[BOOSTZILLA]

^^ DITTO

Crazy story about your truck man! and good find on the gtr, even at 6k and a motor swap that's a good deal imo

[kyledude351]

I had loaned my computer to a buddy for school and hadn't got it back for a month haha. But I'll continue the story today!

[kyledude351]

So rippin' having a great time, taken a few friends for rides, not driving to hard but opening it up every now and then. Then on the way home from work, the car starts making some nasty noises, it sounded like turbo wine or something to that extent. I limped it home, only a couple kilometers away, and pulled into the garage. Within seconds the whole garages was filled with blue smoke, coming from the rear of the engine bay, oil under the hood. At first I thought it may be the turbo seals, so I began removal.

The zip tied light seems to work nicely!

[kyledude351]

After spending many hours prying my hands anywhere they could reach the manifold bolts, I finally got them off!


Woohoo, after learning the hard way after about 80 tries, I finally got the ol' turbos out to discover that...
They were fine. Wtf.

So I kinda paced around the garage trying to think of what the f*** I did. Checking around the engine bay I quickly found out where the oil was coming from.. Cylinder 6 exhaust port, full of oil. That was about the time I threw my Red Bull through the wall and went to sleep.
Early the next day, after I had calmed down enough to function again, I did what I should have done from the very start... A compression test.
Cyl1
Cyl2
Cyl3
Cyl4
Cyl5
Cyl6 :'(

My poor innocent R33 engine was fried...

[kyledude351]

I called my father and Frank from AutoDream to figure out what happened. First things first, was I over boosting? Maybe. It was still under one bar though, which according to most of the research I did, should have been fine. Was I driving it too hard? Certainly not, but I did open it up every now and then. Anyways, blah blah blah, a couple days later after I had destroyed the motor, we discovered where we went wrong. Those spark plugs my father picked up were gapped incorrectely. He thought it would do the car good to buy a higher heat plug for winter driving... I guess not. Grab the car hauler again, send it back to AutoDream to get torn apart and find out whats broken, but we all know cylinder 6 is notorious for this. Piston fried.
Piston:
Broken turbo inlet piece:

[kyledude351]

After a frustrating talk with Dad about schooling and saving my money, he agreed to front me the money for a rebuild... But with a twist. My father is also a bit of a gear head, but he is on the motorcycle side of things... So he says to me, how do you want to build it? Because we might as well do it right, while its all apart.
Boy did my face ever light up, but with a slight case of depression when I discovered how much debt I would be in.
Here comes:
CP Forged pistons
Eagle H Rods
ACL Race Bearings
ARP Studs
Decked block and head, metal gaskets all around
Tomei oversize oil pump and orifices
Greddy Kevlar Timing belt, idler pulley, and tensioner
Water pump
New seals all around, R33 motor all ready to go.
Everything jet cleaned for reassembly, might be forgetting a few things

[kyledude351]

Man was I ever glad to get the car back. Definitely going to be hard to keep my foot out of it during break in!





Boy do I ever love that look <3
Anybody want to trade rims or buy mine? I can't stand the look of those. Advans.

[steveo1502]

Wierd, when I took my turbos off I had the same broken piece

[kyledude351]

Wonder if anyone else has the same issue... I noticed as soon as I loosened one side

[steveo1502]

I figured it was my downpipe maybe, it was a kakimoto and didn't have the little flex section like stock does, heard it can cause problems, my downpipe was also cracked right where they join

[kyledude351]

I figured it was my downpipe maybe, it was a kakimoto and didn't have the little flex section like stock does, heard it can cause problems, my downpipe was also cracked right where they join

That's strange. My downpipe is nismo and it does have the little flex section.

[kyledude351]

Shortly before my trip to mexico, I noticed an issue with my clutch. Seemed to be giving off a foul smell coming into parking lots and uphill starts etc, anytime I slipped it. Clutch is pretty much toast lol, but the car is getting treated with an R33 clutch and tranny swap when I get home. Before leaving, I took a look at my other RB26 and the bell housing, tranny, etc... No flywheel or clutch. Wtf. So I guess before I go home I gotta stop by autodream and figure out where the f*** my clutch is !

[kyledude351]

Clutch was found at Autodream lol guess they forgot to give it back. Gonna save that project for a long weekend...
After coming back from Mexico I discovered cyl 4 coil pack dead. Grab another one off the other motor in Calgary and she should be ready to rock today!

[kyledude351]

Post Forged Motor Failure:
I'm broke as all hell. Frustrated. And done with my GTR's shenanigans.
Researched shows the car has had a history of engine failures, I will get to the reasoning in a second.
The months between now and my last post are do to my anger and frustration at this car and it's melting motors.
All six CP Forged pistons, destroyed. I won't bother explaining all of the broken parts...

Anyways, here's how it goes.
I was on my third oil change, approaching 1000kms on the recently rebuilt motor. I had been checking oil and coolant religiously, and installed a second aftermarket coolant gauge. Paranoid after my first meltdown, I made sure to stay out of max boost while running the car, to properly break in the motor.

On the way home from school, the motor starts ticking. Ticking like something was banging around in the cylinders...
Oil pressure flutters, I stop the car imediatley, shut it down, and call up my buddy to bring the car hauler. Oil level normal, but metallic looking (like one might expect from a new motor being broken in). Coolant and oil temps normal. I'm busy thinking, wtf.

Yada yada, I decide to take car back to Calgary and get Autodream to figure it out. They do a compression test, all cylinders deppressingly low. But why? WTF happened? Not even 1000kms on a forged motor built to handle up to 1200 flywheel horsepower (According to AutoDream).

A look back into the cars history showed me it was already on it's second or third engine. 92 GTR, 94 ecu WITH MALFUNCTIONING PIGGYBACK CHIP! Finally, after 3 toasted engines, AutoDream diagnosed the problem as a piggyback chip that was killing motors. From the sounds of it, the chip was probably programmed by a Mustang fanboy alongside Satan. The chip was dissabling all feedback loops and including knock sensor and only running a set tune, which would have called for 120+ octane rocket fuel. Timing and fuel mapping were ridiculously erradic, but it seemed intermittent. Slowly, the motor was pounded out until failure.
With the chip removed, we rebuilt the motor, AGAIN. Unfortunately, I wouldn't have my beloved car for Prom or Graduation.

[kyledude351]

During the period I had the car, I began stripping my interior and starting plans for a full cage expected in mid-2015. Used and air chisel to remove my sound deadening, and promptly defeated the purpose of my weight reduction by installing my stereo system for fun while I drive around the town.