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Midnight Racer

By Midnight Racer,
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LightAssassin Community Regular

LightAssassin

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Dan's on holiday at the moment and working from home.

Best way to contact him is his e-mail address, so e-mail him and he'll give you a contact number. Awesome guy and he's doing my major service this weekend.

He's been building a RB30/25 for somebody as of late and it sounds like he gives it 100% too.

He'll of course try his best to find out what caused it too so you know what else may be at fault.

Good luck and sad to hear about the engine!

donkey_punch Proficient

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i used john hill of JHH Engineering, prolly the best performance engine builder in aust thumbsup.gif

thats the funniest thing i have read in a long time, id be more worried about finding more sand in my engine than in the sahara desert.

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thats the funniest thing i have read in a long time, id be more worried about finding more sand in my engine than in the sahara desert.

Hey Ben,

I know of another mechanic who used to send his work to JHH and suffered the same sandy fate.

shanef Grand Master

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thats the funniest thing i have read in a long time, id be more worried about finding more sand in my engine than in the sahara desert.

from what i heard all u got done to the head was sandblasted and john gave it back to you, so if u didnt check it, its ur own fault :worship:

donkey_punch Proficient

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the head was sandblasted and ported by somewhere else and given the workshop in question for a full head service, that includes cleaning out the head.

But you really are the expert on heads arent you shane????

The Dan Grand Master

The Dan

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from what i heard all u got done to the head was sandblasted and john gave it back to you, so if u didnt check it, its ur own fault :huh:

You should really try not to make comments like this when you have no idea. Who gave you that information?

The head was sandblasted and ported and John was fully aware that the head had been on the sandblaster. The head was completely stripped when I gave it to him and I payed in the vacinity of $600 for a complete head service including valve regrind etc.

The block and head are at another engineers now after engine failure and it has been found that the gallery plugs have not been removed from the block or head. The gallery plugs were not removed from the crank AS REQUESTED for cleaning, and the cylinders were bored with insufficient clearance for the pistons even though the spec sheet was supplied with the pistons.

As a result he destroyed a set of ROSS piston rings

He nearly destroyed a full set of brand new ROSS pistons

He destroyed every main and conrod bearing.

He nearly destroyed a brand new N1 oil pump

As I am a man of my word I am covering the engine under warranty. This is costing me around $1000....maybe a little more.

So please do not make comments like these when you don't know what really happened.

Oh, and I'm not bagging out JHH engineering either....who knows, maybe he just forgot to check that stuff in his old age. Fact is I payed him for a job and he only did half. I know I will never use them again and I will never recommend them to anyone ever again. I think I payed for that right.

Imtorqing Community Regular

Imtorqing

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You should really try not to make comments like this when you have no idea. Who gave you that information?

The head was sandblasted and ported and John was fully aware that the head had been on the sandblaster. The head was completely stripped when I gave it to him and I payed in the vacinity of $600 for a complete head service including valve regrind etc.

The block and head are at another engineers now after engine failure and it has been found that the gallery plugs have not been removed from the block or head. The gallery plugs were not removed from the crank AS REQUESTED for cleaning, and the cylinders were bored with insufficient clearance for the pistons even though the spec sheet was supplied with the pistons.

As a result he destroyed a set of ROSS piston rings

He nearly destroyed a full set of brand new ROSS pistons

He destroyed every main and conrod bearing.

He nearly destroyed a brand new N1 oil pump

As I am a man of my word I am covering the engine under warranty. This is costing me around $1000....maybe a little more.

So please do not make comments like these when you don't know what really happened.

Oh, and I'm not bagging out JHH engineering either....who knows, maybe he just forgot to check that stuff in his old age. Fact is I payed him for a job and he only did half. I know I will never use them again and I will never recommend them to anyone ever again. I think I payed for that right.

WELL I WOULD PUT IN A VOTE FOR JOHN AND WILL AT JHH.

BUILT MY RB25/30 DET AND IT GOES LIKE A SHOWER OF SHIT FOR A 35/40, STANDARD VL FUEL SYSTEM AND 25 INJECTORS. IM VERY HAPPY AND IN THE EVENT I GET ANOTHER PROJECT CAR(f**kED IF I WOULD PUT MYSELF THROUGH IT AGAIN) I WOULD DEFINATELY GO TO HIM AGAIN.

HORSES FOR COURSES BUT I WAS HAPPY.............

MY 2C

CHEERS

IMTORQING

The Dan Grand Master

The Dan

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WELL I WOULD PUT IN A VOTE FOR JOHN AND WILL AT JHH.

BUILT MY RB25/30 DET AND IT GOES LIKE A SHOWER OF SHIT FOR A 35/40, STANDARD VL FUEL SYSTEM AND 25 INJECTORS. IM VERY HAPPY AND IN THE EVENT I GET ANOTHER PROJECT CAR(f**kED IF I WOULD PUT MYSELF THROUGH IT AGAIN) I WOULD DEFINATELY GO TO HIM AGAIN.

HORSES FOR COURSES BUT I WAS HAPPY.............

MY 2C

CHEERS

IMTORQING

That's nice....but why are you shouting?

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