Its been nearly a year and a half since I bolted everything onto my car. After countless numbers of dyno runs, 10 runs at WSID, four of them being 10 second passes. Giving the engine hell frying dozens of stockies and driving around for over a year on a detonation tune from a certain workshop... My standard nissan head gasket decided enough was enough. Also found that the exhaust manifold had burnt a hole through the oil return line! Thought the pics were pretty cool to show what a blow out over cylinders looks like. Time for a cometic gasket and some arp head studs. Hopefully will be back at WSID in a couple of weeks. Stock bottom ends ftw Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Time for a cometic gasket, a braided/shielded oil return and some arp head studs. Fixed Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks like the block hasnt suffered at all, mine blew and i had to drive it an hour home and the block was fine..

gotta love/hate that. turbo bottem end or n/a? 25psi into a startard gasket that was designed to run like 7psi uncooled and develop around 150kw, its a testimate to jap technology

anything done to the head or Std? sounds like good combo you have going there. nissan gasket has done you well also. where did you get your detonation tune. lol Just want to make sure I dont end up with one when I get my new motor tuned.

thats unreal man how many kilometers would you say the engine has done since it was first put together and what turbo are you running.

i take it there not standard pistons are they?

have always run a standard heady on a 25psi pulp tune for nearly 5 years now but have the block oringed to suit it with arp headstuds NO PROBLEMS at all lol at detonation tune i mighth get 1 of those lol

Yeah heads just got a Camtech cam in it and heavy duty valve springs. Its a bog stock 400,000 klms turbo bottom end, pistons are stock. Running a GT3540. I dont want to say who does the detonation tunes. Maatouks are the only workshop id be getting a tune at anyway. Definately worth the drive from Wollongong. Atleast you know you wont be driving around on 25 degrees+ timing Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

How the FK is a 400,000 km bottom end lasting through that? amazing! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

gota love the standard bottom ends

That's awesome mate, do you have any pics of your setup? I'm looking at running a GT3540 with a stock motor aswell.

might want to retune it after replacing the gasket. it blew for a reason, stronger gasket, just means it will not blow next time and might be a piston instead. either that or run better fuel, maybe it was just a bad batch that caused it? brents car makes 650hp+ and circuit races it with standard gasket without o-rings, nothing wrong with them at all.

Is it a turbo bottom end??? look like N/a pistons to me. Are the piston crown centers raised or dished? they look raised to me Either way thats quite a feat mate good luck with it hope it keeps going strong

RB's love a good thrashing

ive wondered this for a long time but why the fu?k do std pistons have 4 valve reliefe cut outs for a 2 valve head

so do ****s.... you have done well to get so much out of it..

Quote: Originally Posted by RB30-POWER might want to retune it after replacing the gasket. it blew for a reason, stronger gasket, just means it will not blow next time and might be a piston instead. either that or run better fuel, maybe it was just a bad batch that caused it? brents car makes 650hp+ and circuit races it with standard gasket without o-rings, nothing wrong with them at all. Will be retuning on C16 and hoping for a pb at WSID. Im thinking a bad batch of fuel as well. Quote: Originally Posted by Pub247 Is it a turbo bottom end??? look like N/a pistons to me. Are the piston crown centers raised or dished? they look raised to me Either way thats quite a feat mate good luck with it hope it keeps going strong Nah they are dished, its a turbo bottom end...

Rb26/30 Std Head gasket , C16 9000rpm and 32psi. No problems.

Head is back Some original photos have not been recovered yet.