RB25DET first startup video

[accelerated concepts]

Keep in mind that this video was taken as soon as the wiring was completed and the car is unpainted and the front mount intercooler hadn't arrived yet. I was starting it to make sure that I had gotten the wiring correct. Now the intercooler is here and in the car and the car is in the body shop getting worked on. I will post another video as soon as it gets out.

Here is the video

[accelerated concepts]

The starting the car is my friend Rob. I am the one holding the camera.

[Jeff240sx]

Congrats! And thanks for having a site that allows 300kb/s download rate!
-Jeff

[SR240DET]

haha lucky me... i didnt need the video..... in real life... your car sounds a whole lot better.... that thing is sick as hell..

you were offline before i could tell you but... parker is gonna call you tomorrow.... he will call you around 2:00-3:30 ish to talk to you man... P.M me for your cell... i lost your number..

[Bliss]

Geez that was pretty slow, but still pretty cool.

[accelerated concepts]

Sorry for the downloading being slow. I have a cable modem so it works okay for me.

[SilviaDriver]

any wiring info would be nice!

i know u used the R33 Crossmember, R33 tranny crossmember, and custom tranny mount, what about the driveshaft?

u also stated the r33 lsd was the same as s14.

anywys..any helpful tips for people who are trying this swap?

[accelerated concepts]

well, the KA drive shaft is too long with the rb tranny installed and it has the wrong yoke on it. Fortunately, you can get a competent driveshaft place to cut the yoke from the R33 driveshaft at the welds. Pull it out of the driveshaft, cut the ka yoke of and shorten the driveshaft and weld the r33 yoke in the KA driveshaft. Umm, as far as the wiring is concerned, I can not divulge the information(for legal reasons) on exactly what wires go where, but I can give you some information that you can use to derive how to do it yourself. Below I've got some links on some sites where you can find information. Once again, I deeply apologize for not being able to tell you exactly. I know how frustrating it is to not know for sure. Trust me, I had the basic idea on how to do it myself but I asked another company to verify what I was doing and they confirmed my theory. In return, I agreed to not tell anyone for business reasons. I truly apologize. Below are the links. Thanks guys for understanding my situation. If you don't understand, then I hope that you don't get mad. Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Link 5 and the most valuable

These links will help you in conjunction with the KA FSM

[Steeles]

I cant downlaoad the video!

[accelerated concepts]

Steeles, go to apple and download quicktime 6 for free.

[Steeles]

I've got quicktime 6, a window pops up says its downloading and then nothing ever happens.... doh wait nevermind there it goes... maybe itjust didnt like me last night lol sounds so smooth that s awsome man!!

[accelerated concepts]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I promise to post more updated video footage as soon as possible.

[lbcklik1486]

Sorry to be a bother, but what did you do for your ps lines?

[accelerated concepts]

I had some custom made. You should be able to get them made at a radiator repair shop.

[SilviaDriver]

of course of course..its koo man i totally understand that u cannot give any info out for legal reasons. people gotta run a business. good shit on the swap. ive been looking at this for a while now!

thanks for the LINKS!!!

[accelerated concepts]

No Problem. I will continue to look for more links that might be able to help people out.

[chucky]

i for one appreciate all of the info. I feel me and a friend are competent enough to do the swap. You have already helped alot! Most people are much more secretive. I plan on going about this swap pretty soon, when i find a good chassis. thanks again..
who is selling premade downpipes or is it a custom jobber? Do the clips come with the yolk?

[Nismo241]

Originally posted by chucky
i for one appreciate all of the info. I feel me and a friend are competent enough to do the swap. You have already helped alot! Most people are much more secretive. I plan on going about this swap pretty soon, when i find a good chassis. thanks again..
who is selling premade downpipes or is it a custom jobber? Do the clips come with the yolk?

Night has downpipes for the swaps. On his sit eit says they are 165$

[accelerated concepts]

We are going to be selling the downpipe from the turbo to the cat very shortly.

[Steeles]

Originally posted by accelerated concepts
Thanks man, I appreciate it. I promise to post more updated video footage as soon as possible.

haha and Kick Jeremy in the butt to get the site updated!! lol

[j240sxna]

Thanks Steeles all I need is a kick in the butt No really, I have plans for the website.


One thing to note that I saw on Nights page is that the downpipes are not mandrel bent. Once we have ours done hey will be mandrel bent and
out of stainless so they will last. A little more expensive but you get what you pay for. We are still trying to decide whether to integrate the turbo exit pipe with the downpipe to increase clearance and smooth exhaust flow.

In any case we plan on offering lots of options for the rb swap! Heck we also have acquired rbswap.com! thsi summer things are really going to roll!

-J

[Steeles]

Originally posted by j240sxna
Thanks Steeles all I need is a kick in the butt No really, I have plans for the website.


One thing to note that I saw on Nights page is that the downpipes are not mandrel bent. Once we have ours done hey will be mandrel bent and
out of stainless so they will last. A little more expensive but you get what you pay for. We are still trying to decide whether to integrate the turbo exit pipe with the downpipe to increase clearance and smooth exhaust flow.

In any case we plan on offering lots of options for the rb swap! Heck we also have acquired rbswap.com! thsi summer things are really going to roll!

-J

hehe you kow Im just givin ya grief man

while your making piping make me a screamer pipe for the SR that'll clear the steering rack! I keep seeing them on some aus. sites but have no clue if they'll clear! I'll even be the guinea pig for um!

[j240sxna]

Sounds like plan we might be able to prototype one with Chris's buddy Buster. Or another thing we could do it take a stock one and use that as reference and I could use some material to represent the clearance in the 240sx. Then my fabricator/designer could build a real nice one
With special design notes from me. He is good with the metals and load issues.

-J

[Steeles]

Originally posted by j240sxna
Sounds like plan we might be able to prototype one with Chris's buddy Buster. Or another thing we could do it take a stock one and use that as reference and I could use some material to represent the clearance in the 240sx. Then my fabricator/designer could build a real nice one
With special design notes from me. He is good with the metals and load issues.

-J

sweet I'll be waiting on it and my rear upper arms

[Rogue]

Quick question.

I have noticed that many (ok a few) people who have done this swap all seem to use a different crossmember or motor mounts, ect.

With the various companies (You, Unstable, mckinney, night, after dark, etc) making some sort of swap kit, and no universal decision made one a standard how will you cope with these problems:

1. turbo extension to down pipe
2. motor placement do to different mounts used
3. Hood clearence for those who refuse or don't have the money to buy a new intake manifold.

These are the bigger issue because, for example some people talk about shaving parts of the turbo extension while others (unstable i think ) use custom mounts and a downpipe to fit.

I figure once you buy from a certain company, you mighthave to stick with them if you want it all to work. anyway I just want to pick your brain and any others who have ideas. Thanks.

daimon

[d240t2]

If you get the unStable mounts, you'd need the matching downpipe. With our mounts, you don't have to cut the hood...the hood clears. Downpipes won't be interchangeable with different mount kits. How often do you need to change downpipes once you have the motor in the car? Just if you did a turbo upgrade. If you got the unStable mounts with the downpipe...and later wanted to do a turbo upgrade, the downpipe could be modified by us or anyone else to fit the new setup.

It is just like the intake manifold...once you get an aftermarket one, like ours or the Greddy one...you'll be limited to intercooler kits as well. Of course, that is still better than having the uglier manifold and less efficient piping setup, IMO.

Dennis Kalman
unStable Hybrids

[chucky]

how much power do you gain from a 900$ intake manifold? i should hope it will be substantial..

[kid_nissan]

what do u use to play it media player didnt work

[Rogue]

Dennis,

Thanks for the reply, I was actually wondering if the few shops in general were trying to come up with a universal standard. I agree completely with the whole changing the turbo idea. No say someone were to upgrade to a larger turbo such as a GT2540, they would have no problem because the output flange has remained in the same area.

another question is:

has everyone used a custom driveshaft or cut and wielded theirs with the correct output shaft. I take it different kits have different placement of the outpout shaft from the tranny.

* use quicktime to view the video. www.apple.com

[Rogue]

aftermarket intake manifolds lend themselves well to give a big boost of upper end HP at the loss of some low/midrangepower.

Long runners = good torque
short runners = hP

this is a generalization, but most situations follow along this rule.

Cams and aftermarket manifold = nice HP.