My new calais Upgraded the brakes today with v8 items & lowered springs/shocks ect Will be sticking turbd engine in this weekend, But will have to stay auto strugling to find good 5spd.

Struggling to find an R33 5-speed in NZ!? You can't be looking hard enough!!

isnt a R33 a 6 speed?

6 speed is out ov a gtr, 5 speeds r from normal turbo skylines

Ah I see then... thanks for clearing that up

Quote: Originally Posted by VLHERO Struggling to find an R33 5-speed in NZ!? You can't be looking hard enough!! Not struggling, mainly because a r33 5spd is 2k+ Not cheap wee things at all. Looking good TurboKiwi We deffinately will have to get the Auckland boys to do a cruise sometime. /edit: I think the r32 gtrs are 5speed aswell as r33? But i think the r34 came out 6speed. (Correct me if im wrong of course) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yea well i'm being a cheap ******* too everyone wants a fortune for a 5spd & I still gota fork out for a dyno tune & Zorst. Anyway didn't get the engine out today but its ready to be pulled got rid of the air-con and it still worked !!! All ready to have intercooler mounted.

Quote: Originally Posted by COPB8T 6 speed is out ov a gtr, 5 speeds r from normal turbo skylines no actually all skyline boxes are 5 speed except for the r34 gtr gearbox which is 6. r33 gtr's are 5 speed.

Quote: Originally Posted by HDT-VLCLE isnt a R33 a 6 speed? No. The 6-speeds were only in the R34 GTR. Quote: Originally Posted by NZ 30ET Not struggling, mainly because a r33 5spd is 2k+ Not cheap wee things at all. Thats an insane amount, over here they usualy go for NZ$1350-1700.

You know I was thinking last nite, will the auto still work with an aftermarket ecu & tps. Co'z dosn it have a wire going to the factory one ?? also does the auto work of any vacum, As I weld up all that crap on my intake man ?!?!?

Quote: Originally Posted by TurboKiwi You know I was thinking last nite, will the auto still work with an aftermarket ecu & tps. Co'z dosn it have a wire going to the factory one ?? also does the auto work of any vacum, As I weld up all that crap on my intake man ?!?!? sounds like ur going to have to wait for a r33 5 speed, lol I have one for sale.............. with billet flywheel, 6 puk clutch, HD pressure plate, HD custom driveshaft and mech speedo drive

We sticking the engine in this weekend, put the fuel system in today will take pics tomorrow. Hopfully the auto should still work, even if its manualy.. Yea would love that setup, no cash thou...

the auto ecu requires a TPS signal, you can hook both the ecu and trans ecu to the same tps not a problem, thats how mine was set up for ages. yes hook up the trans vac moduator to the plenum.

trans van what?? auto seems to work fine without wire on tps ? down shifts weridly thou.. I hooked up a pipe from the trans to the intake, it just blew oil into the intake and smoked hard out.... so piped it into the bottle..

Well it dosn't look much different For some reason it sits different to my berlina, Almost like the front strut towers on the calais is a little higher Nice shinny surge tank in a rusty boot.... It may not look pretty, But it works.... Well sorta still got some teething porblems My awsome wiring job for my e6k. Well its work in progress, i'll put up more pics over the next couple of months & as I get more **** done. I have a set of 17's but sorta liking the stealth look at the moment. And still wana do a manual conver, Finding the auto rather strange keep going for the clutch Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looking good

Me and a mate spent last nite tuning it on a straight bit of road, slowly gettin better & better. Struggling with ignition a bit, starts to detonate at about 11psi. Anyway on the way home the throttle cable melted !!! no **** melted a huge kink in it. I had to adjust the idle and idle home !!!

why havent yu got the heat sheild on? what are you using to tune the AF ratios?

Yea i'll be putting the headshield today. using a bosch sensor I pulled outa smashed up late model primera and autoguage air/fuel meter. its right up behind the turbo & reads real good, not exact obviously. but we know as soon as it leans.. Heatshield won't fit... the throttle cable holder is in the way

trim the cable bracket so its flat at the bottom