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nah dont think it goes up that high.. but you wont need that much strenght for the gasket job? the only time i used mine was on the head bolts and they took about 72ft/lb

mine goes upto 250ft/lb. flywheel bolts are 110ft/lb but the main crank bolt is 340ft/lb

oh poor shane lol

cheer up mate! At least it wasn't something much much worse!

yeah i was originally thinking it was a rebuild job, i couldnt work i was dredding it that much :laugh:

yeah mines a 250 one aswell..

by the time you get to 340 thats pretty tight.. for the cressidas crank pulley i used a teensy bit of loctite and this bad boy (borrowed from a mechanic) :

no idea what the tool is called but it worked good

Tool1.jpg

you put a socket on one end and bash the shit out of the other

hey ian.. just don't listen to what shane says.

:P

yeah mines a 250 one aswell..

by the time you get to 340 thats pretty tight.. for the cressidas crank pulley i used a teensy bit of loctite and this bad boy (borrowed from a mechanic) :

no idea what the tool is called but it worked good

Tool1.jpg

haha that's dan's, i used it on the last 33 i did a clutch in (the crank bolt came loose when i was undoing the flywheel bolts :laugh:)

Okay, prehaps i should rephase my question...

ATM I change gears at about 7000 RPM if im driving spirited, is this too high for a RB26?

It doesnt redline till 7.5. If I keep reving the car out this high will I do dammage or can the RB26 take thoes sorts of RPM comfortably?

3-4k ian (no smart ass comments any1, i have driven a gtr a fair few times recently)

oh wow.. really?

you must be an expert then!!!

lol... sorry.. we have a member that says that kind of stuff all the time! he's had his car off the road for 8months and not a thing done.. he reckons he's an expert! He drives me insane.

lol... sorry.. we have a member that says that kind of stuff all the time! he's had his car off the road for 8months and not a thing done.. he reckons he's an expert! He drives me insane.

lol shane do you like tomato or bbq sauce with your pwning :laughing-smiley-014:

oh wow.. really?

you must be an expert then!!!

lol... sorry.. we have a member that says that kind of stuff all the time! he's had his car off the road for 8months and not a thing done.. he reckons he's an expert! He drives me insane.

i'm not an expert, but im far from stupid aswell. plus im not afraid to ask questions to double check things!

soo wats wrong with him then? or is he just too lazy to do nything to it? :laugh:

Okay, prehaps i should rephase my question...

ATM I change gears at about 7000 RPM if im driving spirited, is this too high for a RB26?

It doesnt redline till 7.5. If I keep reving the car out this high will I do dammage or can the RB26 take thoes sorts of RPM comfortably?

How often do you drive 'spirited' as you say??

Changing gears at 7000 rpm wouldn't be overly good for any engine on a regular basis IMO

lol shane do you like tomato or bbq sauce with your pwning :laughing-smiley-014:

lol hi5

i'm not an expert, but im far from stupid aswell. plus im not afraid to ask questions to double check things!

soo wats wrong with him then? or is he just too lazy to do nything to it? :laugh:

i dunno.. he's just a f**kwit. that's what's wrong with him

but seriously.. no one knows why it's taking so long, he's buying another car now too so it's not like he's out of money.

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