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Hi Guys and Girls, I need some advice, A mate has a blown head gasket on an R33 GTS-t whats the best thing to do?? besides the obevious is there a cheaper solution?? He's had quotes around the $3500 - $5500 if the head is bent!! Has anyone had this done before with a better quote?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance James.

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if you can remove and reinstall it yourself i would think about $400-$500 to replace the gasket and have the head decked and cleaned.

obviously that doesnt cover what ever it was that caused the fault in the first place.

headgaskets aren't that hard. time consuming but not hard. if he did it himself and the head was fine he could get away for less than $200 for a vrs kit.

maybe do it over a few days with a mate or two to help? pay them in beer and get maggot at night ha.

head gaskets are not $5000 jobs. i spoke to a mechanic, he said they sometimes cost $500 (simpler car tho). he charged $1200 i know for a headgasket job on a falcon, along with fixing up other crap. i can put u onto him but he's south syd. if your west then it probably be 1hr drive. but a very honest good mechanic

comparison of DIY. for $5500 i obtained a entirely forged bottom end, got head cleaned up, bought 1000 tools (inc. engine hoist), swapped everything over and got the car dyno tuned. i still would have had a bit of cash at the end. DIY ftw

headgaskets aren't that hard. time consuming but not hard. if he did it himself and the head was fine he could get away for less than $200 for a vrs kit.

maybe do it over a few days with a mate or two to help? pay them in beer and get maggot at night ha.

head gaskets are not $5000 jobs. i spoke to a mechanic, he said they sometimes cost $500 (simpler car tho). he charged $1200 i know for a headgasket job on a falcon, along with fixing up other crap. i can put u onto him but he's south syd. if your west then it probably be 1hr drive. but a very honest good mechanic

comparison of DIY. for $5500 i obtained a entirely forged bottom end, got head cleaned up, bought 1000 tools (inc. engine hoist), swapped everything over and got the car dyno tuned. i still would have had a bit of cash at the end. DIY ftw

hahahhaahahahaha $200

your forgetting a few major things

like why did the head gasket blow

u will also need a set of head bolts (as u cant reuse the old ones as nissan head bolts are torque to yeld bolts)

u need to head the head checked out (ie acid dipped ,new valve guides ,skim the head ,re-seat the valves etc)

other thing that might be needed

timing belt

idler and tensioner bearings

water pump

coolant

oil

oil filter

u cant compair the price of a head gasket repair on a falcon to a r33 skyline as a falcon dont have half the shit u have to pull off compaired to a skyline

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