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rb-30 patrol questions

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rb-30 patrol questions

Post by tna racing »

who here has a gq patrol with the rb-30 in it
is it slow and do u run 35's

ours is slow and its got big cam in it.max speed is 105. it has 4.625 diff ratio's in it 2. wots some other performance mods besides turbo and supercharger .

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Post by badger »

4.2 :)

sorry mate nothing else will make an rb more powerful without it becoming peaky and less useful off road. turbo is realy the only option
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Post by Mulisha »

badger wrote:4.2 :)

sorry mate nothing else will make an rb more powerful without it becoming peaky and less useful off road. turbo is realy the only option
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Post by Brunsy »

why wouldnt you want to turbo it, It cost me just on 2K to turbo and intercool my old RB Patrol and had 155kw at the rears with 33's. Way better on fuel and so dam quick. All second hand nissan bits and pieces.
For those sort of dollars youd be lucky to get a cam and exhuaust.

I have all the wiring diagrams if you interested.

But that said when mine was naturally aspirated, I put 33's on, big roof rack and 4inch lift, then i drove to canberra mostly at 125km/hr, occaisionly getting up to 150km/hr. Hill absolutely killed it. Sounds like you should be getting a little more from your rocket lol.

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Post by AFeral »

I've got 35 muds, 4.6 diff gears and taken the resricter out of the inlet. Had it up to 130kph. Dies on the hills though :cry:

The cam might be your problem. At what stage does it kick in ?
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Post by superzuki »

I run a rb30 with extractors 2 1/2 exhaust 35s and will sit on 120kph with ease. had it up to 155kph
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Post by ST391GQ »

I have extractors ...2.5 inch exhauast....baffle gone outa intake...snorkel....and I got it dyno tuned to suit mods..... as standard the rb30 runs a bit lean.
Fuel usage is now between 12.3l/100 and 14.4l/100 with bare truck ...going up to about 17-19l/100 towing camper....and is totally reliable.Hills knock it about ...especially with camper on ....but nowhere near as bad as it was standard. As for top end ....well lets just say it really boogies ;) ;) :) . I am running 31s and 50 mm lift ...with long range tank ...dual batts...alloy bar .....all the usual touring stuff ....and get nearly 900 k to a tank.


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Post by superzuki »

Where is this baffle thing positioned wouldnt mind taking it out
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Post by ST391GQ »

superzuki wrote:Where is this baffle thing positioned wouldnt mind taking it out
When carby is removed from manifold...there is a heated pad/gasket setup there. Underneath it is a semicircle baffle looking thingy....CUT this off level with gasket...the reason for doing this is because total removal can lead to idle and just off idle issues when motor is hot. I also removed the grille / heater element while I was at it...but some folks don,t do this.If you study it a bit yu will be able to figure out which rivets to drill out to remove element without damaging gaskets.

Hope this helps.


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Post by GRINCH »

fuel inject it and extractors + 2.5 inch exhaust helps heaps plus it makes it better offroad. im running 35's with 4.3 gears and have no probs cruising on 120kmh until it hits a hill :cry: but turbo will fix that soon :D
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Post by tna racing »

GRINCH wrote:fuel inject it and extractors + 2.5 inch exhaust helps heaps plus it makes it better offroad. im running 35's with 4.3 gears and have no probs cruising on 120kmh until it hits a hill :cry: but turbo will fix that soon :D
on flat 115 easy but even going down a hill wont reach over 120 its od. the cam kicks in at 1500 but were thinking the cam is timed wrong.its a vl turbo cam.
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Post by GRINCH »

if you run a turbo cam on a na motor it will have less power as the run lower compression. id stick a std cam in and see how it goes
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Post by lay80n »

adam penfold wrote:
GRINCH wrote:fuel inject it and extractors + 2.5 inch exhaust helps heaps plus it makes it better offroad. im running 35's with 4.3 gears and have no probs cruising on 120kmh until it hits a hill :cry: but turbo will fix that soon :D
on flat 115 easy but even going down a hill wont reach over 120 its od. the cam kicks in at 1500 but were thinking the cam is timed wrong.its a vl turbo cam.

Turbo performance cams (not totally sure in RB30, but as a general rule) will run a greater lift, druation, but less overlap. Honestly, turbocharge it, with a small turbo that comes on boost low down in the revs, and suitably tuned injection, you will see a massive improvement, and if driven easy, probably similar economy.

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Post by tna racing »

yer it will ber
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Post by segan1 »

Yer im in the same vote Adam, since i sold my 4.5ltr 80series and got the 4.5ltr GU im missing the 80 series power. nearly time for a turbo to.
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Post by tna racing »

:armsup: turbo brothers
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