For anyone who may be wondering - the reason for getting the oil drain up high is because the oil comes out of the turbo all whipped up with air mixed in it. This makes it less dense than the oil in the sump so if you run your return into the sump below the oil level the oil returning from the turbo won't mix properly and can build up in your return line until it starts blowing out the turbo seals.

The other thing is that you want as good a downward flow out of the turbo as possible so you don't get a build up of oil from going to horizontal with it.


So what you really want is a return that comes back in above the oil level but not necessarily has high as possible.

I would also assess your funding and projected schedule for the car and then double it at least. You might find that realistically by the time you finish the car you will be off your p's and will be able to drive it!

That's what happened to me anyway. I bought my car at 18 and didn't register it until I was 22. I had always planned to finish it in 12months but due to all sorts of delays and distractions these things always blow out!

Just something to think about

That's a smart idea ang. It's easy with efi computers because they will have some funciton in them that will stop runnign the fuel pump when the motor stops. Don't just wire it up to the ignition, it will be running if the engine stops for any reason. If you have a stack, more importantly, you don't want the fuel pump to be pumping fuel to a potential fuel leak or fire.

Hahah! Absolute classic.

Also check out the follow up video that jjj did with him

It's going to be pretty hard to check the base timing when it doesn't run.

Get new plugs. Sometimes they can look clean and good but are actually no good. Particularly because they will have burnt the oil away the first couple of times they fired. A good spark out of the engine isn't always a good spark with compression.

There is a $3.50 NGK plug that works that I have always used. You can commit to $25 a pop iridiums but you may not need them so you may as well just the cheapies to rule another thing out.

Do a search around the place. I know I've listed their part number somewhere before.

Hey guys.

I'm in Seattle for a little while with work and was wondering if there are many members around here and if there are any club meets or sprints worth having a look at.

I'm missing my car a bit so could use a bit of a datsun injection.

Dave

you might wanna re-read his post kegs!

There aren't any bearings in the cam gears? what is ####ed on yours? Your camshaft journals?

Whoever said stroker kit is kidding himself!

You most certainly don't need to stroke the thing to get those sort of power levels. To get there you are only just on the high side of a standard rebuild and a T28 turbo. with appropriate support in fuel and ecu. For reliability you might want to get some forged pistons, good bearings and rings but that would be all you'd need to do internally. Bolt on a GT28RS turbo with the 0.86 rear housing and some 550cc injectors will get you there. Whether you go for an aftermarket ecu or get the thing chipped makes no difference. I hear people like Dr Drift can tune in real time these days so it's just as good.

A simple combo like that will easily get you to 250rwhp reliably.