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Well.... It's been a busy week, After starting the sump removal process to find oil dripping out the bottom of the gearbox/Clutch cover I decided to pull the motor out and investigate what appears to be the rear main seal leaking.

After the missus telling me to send the motor to somsone who knows what they are doing, I took her up on the offer :( Who could say no to that sort of permission given....

Engine is now on its way to Red R Racing for Paul to have his way with :(

Oh and I found the oil leak, one of the Half Moon Cam Cover seals had fallen/blown out...

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Dale FZ1
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Get the camshaft checked for runout especially on that journal.

Roy
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Keep it simple and stop buying and trying sh1t that is only going to keep it and you off the road longer. Std CAS..Pay someone very vredible to do the rings on your pistons and rhen volt it together

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Rings are easy! You just need a good eye and decent tools. You will need the following: - A ring grinder (I used a dremel rock on a cordless at low speed, balls) - A high quality feeler gauge - A n

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Thanks for everyones suggestions, I will take a look at all of them. I'm thinking of also seeing If I can fit the OEM shorud and Fan back on and maybe trim the blades to clear... Just a thought.

sorry for the late reply, here are my results to a 52mm radiator in a rb20 r32. Hope it helps.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/52...st-t327859.html

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Well.... It's been a busy week, After starting the sump removal process to find oil dripping out the bottom of the gearbox/Clutch cover I decided to pull the motor out and investigate what appears to be the rear main seal leaking.

After the missus telling me to send the motor to somsone who knows what they are doing, I took her up on the offer :D Who could say no to that sort of permission given....

Engine is now on its way to Red R Racing for Paul to have his way with :P

Oh and I found the oil leak, one of the Half Moon Cam Cover seals had fallen/blown out...

R31 House do an aluminium replacement for the rear half moon cam cover seals. Cheap cheap too!

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was over at Red R today and had a squizz at your stripped engine, its a bit of a disaster. How the previous machinist chopped up your block was insane. The reliefs cut in the base of the bores with no chamfer has given your piston skirts a hiding and the way the annular groove in the block bearing housing has been done is very messy. From what Paul said it didn't matter how many times this thing was rebuilt, using that block would have quickly destroyed it.

mate looks like a new block, but it appears the crank has survived the carnage and the fella's said it should be ok to use.

i feel your pain as i had a couple of disaster builds before Paul and Terry helped me out. She's in good hands bud.

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Yeh, beauty of RB20s are that a different block may be free, or $150 or so. :P

Curious to see how Paul goes with the lil RB24. His experience with head porting and playing with different things makes him the perfect guy for a little project like this. So many people I have spoken to re building a 24 just dismiss it and make me want to do it myself..no love for the project :bunny: But I know i dont have the know how....its good to see builders with an interest and pride in what they are doing, hopefully Camerons thing punches out numbers adn exceeds his expectations

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Roy,

Exactly my thinking.... If you have a spare rb20 block let me know...

In a midnight conversation with Paul the other night we are thinking 360 - 400kw with the limitation being the flow in the head, The head is already ported so nothing new will be done to it.

Now all I have to do is wait for ROSS Piston to get back to me about the new piston rings & we can get the ball rolling.

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Yes I saw said 9800cc engine Saturday night! whoa.......

Things have been delayed a little as I am currently hiding in the mountains of Queenstown for a week while waiting for Ross Pistons to ship a new set of piston rings anf trying to find a new block!

No car pics to update however these may surfice!

Outlook from the snow base:

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Halfway down the mountain:

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