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dano4127

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dano4127

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Hey guys,

Well just got my first skyline and i am loving it!

Specs are as follows:

Power FC

Turbosmart Boost controller set to 12psi

Blitz front mount

Full kakimoto exhaust

17" Work rims with 275/40 tyres on the business end

Got some plans for the car but not untill i get some of it paid off

will be joining the club and hope to be out cruising with you guys soon!

Cheers Dan

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I got it of a friend of my parents he has done all the mods as he got the car stock

work was done at a place called charlies at woollongabba

anyone know of this place? am considering taking it back to them for a service and tune

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DOU33

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dont go to brisbane turbo and tuning mate(at wollongabba)

had bad experiences with them (so have others i know of)

charlies is ok but there is better tuners out there

try 101 motorsport, matt spry, gavin wood there all good tuners

btw; after talking to allstar tuning at zillmere i couldn't reccomend them either.

also there is mercuary motorsports at newmarket, havn't used them b4 so cant tell u what there like

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charlies is good mate i had my gtr dynoed there a while bk, brisbane turbo n tunning is good from all the work they did on my gtst , i wouldnt look at 101 be warned if u go there dodgy mechs !.. gavin woods is good also mecaury motorsports are good had work done thro them hardcores not bad either for custom jobs

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Col-GTSX

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For every positive thing said about one tuner. There is always a bad thing said.

Anyways yeah is most certainlly not Erins car... I had a double take but yeah as said the front bar is not cut out...

Also welcome to the forums and nice 33...

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errr.... yes, rb26s13... its been done :(

as for my personal experiences with mechanics/workshops, i have found alot of the 'big name' workshops are con-artists who do dodgey work and charge you through the nose for it...

my personal opinions:

Mercury Motorsport - would never use them again, not even for an oil change

Tuned Automotive - probably wouldn't use them again, though they are nice guys and try hard to make you happy.

Allstar Tuning - nice guys, know their skylines, would use them again.

Chapman & Chapman - If you don't own a GTR, or something running an RB26, forget it, they don't want to know you.

Elite Racing Developments - Would use him again :D Excellent guy, goes out of his way to help people out.

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errr.... yes, rb26s13... its been done :)

as for my personal experiences with mechanics/workshops, i have found alot of the 'big name' workshops are con-artists who do dodgey work and charge you through the nose for it...

my personal opinions:

Mercury Motorsport - would never use them again, not even for an oil change

Tuned Automotive - probably wouldn't use them again, though they are nice guys and try hard to make you happy.

Allstar Tuning - nice guys, know their skylines, would use them again.

Chapman & Chapman - If you don't own a GTR, or something running an RB26, forget it, they don't want to know you.

Elite Racing Developments - Would use him again :) Excellent guy, goes out of his way to help people out.

hi AzzurrA, the other day i call allstar to get a quotation n booking.. however the gal who pick up the phone doesnt know any of the price i like to check for.. she say to ask me leave a number so tat they could call back.. a week past.. they haven call back..

i need a few stuffs change n fix..

1.anyone happen to know how much to change the timing belt?

2. spark plugs?

3. brake pads and machined disc?

thanks in advance.

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my personal opinions:

Chapman & Chapman - If you don't own a GTR, or something running an RB26, forget it, they don't want to know you.

hehem...I beg to differ.

I have a lowly R33GTST and took it to Chapmans to have a PFC tuned and they were happy to do so. If it was Andrew you spoke to, I'm not suprised you got the impression that he didn't want your business;

A. I don't think he actually likes "people" all that much, so he comes across as pretty un-approachable

B. He is absoultely flat-out ALL the time

C. He gets so many wanabes in there with NFI that he would get a bit jaded I imagine

so you have to kind of give him the benefit of the doubt.

He is very thorough and doesn't take short cuts or do dodgy work (even if you ask :) ). He actually goes the extra mile for customers (He GAVE me a coil pack loom to fix an issue I was having and never asked for a cent. He spent an entire night driving to northern NSW to break-in a customers engine (that was an RB25 as well)) He charges his regular hourly labour rate for ECU tuning, not some rediculously over-inflated rate like most workshops, and the cars he tunes will have the flattest AFR's you will find anywhere. He doesn't believe in Dyno tuning (which puts a lot of people off (mainly because they want to come away from a workshop saying "I have xxxRWKW"), but how often do you drive your car on the dyno?

I am 100% happy with the work they have done for me, and recommend them to anyone who asks, and I am not one to randomly endorse businesses.

Did you actually have any work done there?

AzzurrA Grand Master

AzzurrA

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nope, didn't have any work performed by him.

i spoke with them about 2 options - rebuilding my current RB20DET, but with good internals, bigger turbo etc - he refused to do it, said it was a waste of his time.

so i asked him about performing an RB25DET conversion (with a fairly standard rebuild of the replacement RB25DET... just get everything balanced, forged pistons etc) - again, he didn't want to know about it, said that if it wasn't an RB26 he didn't want to know, as it's a waste of time

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