Keiths soon to be RB25 GTS-T

[keith]

well, i blew up my transmission about a month ago, instead of putting a rb20 tranny back in, i decided to go with a rb25 swap, anyway, heres a brief history on the car

this is how it arrived to canada


and then his happened



at this point i purchased the car, first obviously was to fix the body, find a nice set of rims
make it run right, cause it worked terrible when i got it, goal was to make it work perfect
stock and look decent

so starting with the body work



got a set of rims



cleaned up the inside a bit, put in a screen, avc-r and turbo timer mounted in glovebox



did a little bit of autocross this summer, was quite fun


this is how the engine bay looked before there was nothing in it, lol


and this is the reason there is nothing in the engine bay



current list of mods

4" Apexi N1 cat back
Apexi Power Intake
GREX Oil Filter relocation kit with oil cooler
greddy front mount
nismo fuel pressure regulator
front strut bar
rear carbon fiber cusco strut bar
aftermarket LSD, ill take it apart eventually and find out what it is
steel braided brake lines
Dot 4 synthetic brake fluid
cusco coilovers
cusco rear upper control arms
tein tie bar ends
Blitz BOV
HKS Turbo Timer
Apexi Rev/Speed
Apexi AVC/R
Momo Steering Wheel
clarion touch screen dvd player

Enkei RP01's
17x8 front with 215/50r17
17x10 rear with 255/40r17


plans for over winter

full rb25 swap
arp head studs and connecting rod bolts
build a 4 inch downpipe and get rid of the cat to match the rest of the exhaust
possibly have a manifold built, and a top mount turbo (depending on funds)

a good friend of mine owns east coast body and paint here in fredericton, he also does amazing
custom work, like building manifold, hes a great tig welder, and he will be helping me with most
of the work.

we are also painting the rims and valve covers/timing belt covers, color matching them a mystery
color for now
i think if i do the top mount we will be installing a AEM version 2 ecu for tuning,

[RHDskyline]

Good luck with the 25 swap.


I got one in mine and i love it.


How do you like the 4 inch exhaust

[keith]

thanks

the exhaust isnt at loud as i thought it would be, but the stock downpipe and converter probably have something to do with that
it can be loud when im beating on it, but just crusing on the highway, u can actually have a conversion with the person beside u, lol

[RHDskyline]

i cant have a conversation with the person next to me. never could. im running full 3 inch straight pipe. shoot flamez evry day yo!!!


im always turning the volume down on the radio when someone in my car is talking but its actually my car that is loud haha

[keith]

a little update, picks up 3 rb25 swaps this weekend, the one going in the car is about ready to be dropped in
mounts changed over, ac and power steering changed over from the rb20, valve covers and timing belt covers
off and ready to be painted, im probably going to set the motor and tranny in tomorrow, and start on the wiring,
any anyone wants to throw out some advice for wiring in the series 2 motor, my ears are open lol

we picked up the engines from osaka in montreal, they were great to deal with, gave us good deals, all the engines compression tested at approx 160 across the board, if i need any parts
again i will definitely be going back to them, very pleased with their service

[shinji]

thats very awesome that you fix the car back properly from when u got hit ><, but at least now its looking great and hopefully it run awesome once that rb25 is in

[keith]

dug the skyline out from behind work tonight lol
engine is sitting in now, working on the wire harness, hopefully have it running this weekend, or early next week
then i can finally put it in storage so i dont have to dig it out of a snow bank again.

[keith]

removed hicas tonight, evap canister, cleaned up under the hood, have to run new power steering lines for the front, installed engine and transmission, i didnt get a tranny mount for the rb25 and the rb20 one doesnt line up right, so built a tranny mount... finally got the paint for my valve/timing/ covers and rims, hopefully ill have it running this weekend

[flipridah17]

hmm.. that sounds good man! keep up the good work.. Can't wait to see her running

[keith]

well, its came a little ways since i last posted progress, started it tonight, but its not running right, hope to get it all fixed up tomorrow and able to move around the yard until my wheels are done

[Supraclean]

Nice color on the valve covers/belt cover. +1 for the grex Oil cooler/relocation Baller status.

[keith]

it runs! i got a video of the initial startup, ill upload it later, i have a few odds and ends left

finish battery relocation
install belts
install electric fans
install stereo/subs
finish sandblasting rims and paint/new tires
install rev/speed limiter, avc-r, and turbo timer
try to make heater core hoses fit and fill with coolant

hopefully ill actually have it done by next weekend

[Fast_Gts-t]

Yeah i might swap for a rb25 sooner or later but i just got the car

[cschepp]

Would love to see the video

[magular]

i just found this post and its like exactly what i want done to my 89 gtst 4 dr. rb25 is just such a better starting point then an rb20. but sounds like things are going fairly smoothly, maybe ill have the confidence to do the same, and the compression test of 160 is incredible id say. some nice motors. cant wait for the video. and im guessing the exhaust will be done with the 4 inch all the way through right? and i used to have a 3.5 inch cat back kakimoto exhaust which was pretty nice, but stock down pipe n cat. and i got a deal on a 3 inch rsr downpipe with a test pipe it really opened up. much louder out the back but alot less louder inside.