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Bad luck Mona. Will be interested to know if it's oil or fuel related.

Hows the oil in the sump look? Lots of golden flecks? May have just been a rod let go too. How does that look on the gudgeon (piston) end where it snapped off?Looks beaten on the lower part of the rod.

My advice for a daily driver though is RB25 with the right work and the right turbo. 26 is too lazy low in the revs and if you have a grabby clutch you will get some spin trying to get the thing going in the wet with RWD.

All the best on the new one and please post whatever you want in my thread below.

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well confirm if the fuel pump is still working on not.. as far as i know she still is!!

Geoff - will do!! and yeah... losts of scrap metal and water droplets :w00t: Couldn't see the piston end.. only had a top view... so can't tell you what it looks like!

it's not that complex moonie..

look for the user CUBES. in his signature, he has a PDF file which is like a DIY rb30det guide.

go from there..

if you are going to be paying someone to fix your motor for you, might as well get them to do the 30 for ya.

probably cost less.

considering bottom end costs about $100

if you want forged goodies, then both bottom ends will cost the same.

small mod to the vvt oil line

small mod to the engine mounds and your done.

so to speak

Moanie who is having a look at the engine? like Geoff said it seems like the piston failed at the gudgeon pin which is pretty unusual? And we can't really tell if the rod broke as well.....and presumably when it all let go the piston mashed into the valves and head at eleventy billion miles per hour.

Normally pinging will blow out a ringland and you will loose a heap of compression before a rod or pin fails, so I'm wondering if there was some other cause?

moooooona

you had what, 250rwkw before?

on the same boost, on a STOCK (read: stock pistons, rods, crank, gasket etc) RB30 bottom end, you would have that power or more, with loads more torque earlier in the rev range, and would be more reliable.

If your head is ok, it would be the cheapest option for you.

if the head is gonesky as well, then you need to look at it a few more ways.

stock second hand rb25det from wreckers?

stock rb30 bottom end, with stock rb26 head with new rings and bearings?

I've seen rb26 heads complete with manifold, injectors and so on for about $2K

Justinfox is selling a pair of 2530's for $1K (one has s blown seal or something but thye were both built by GCG using HKS cartridge or something)

All bolted together you'd have some spastic amounts of power which a little girl like you could ever want.. :)

Not sure what sort of $$$'s you are looking at spending here or can afford to spend but think it all through and do the math before making a choice.

Finally... if you ever need someone to point and laugh at your misfortune, you know where to find me. well for the next 3 weeks anyway

:)

hahahahaa... yes indeed i do!!

thanks for the ideas! i'll look into those options.. it really does come down to what i need to fix! but we'll see!! and i have no money at the moment!! jsut what i wanted to spend on rims!!! so i'll be going a cheapish option as well!! we shall see! :)

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