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Hey guys and gals of SAU, well if you have seen my thread with the recent results on the dyno then you may also be aware I want to build an engine to maximise the potential of my turbo setup as well as give me some peace of mind when I hit the loud pedal and when I take it for a thrash at the track.

Basically I'm after any information, experiences, knowledge or recommendations you guys have for me as I’ll readily admit I don’t know much about places to go, hence I need your help. I have chatted with a few workshops but I would like to hear some non bias (ok well probably more like LESS bias) opinions and recommendations from you guys.

To keep the peace, I’m not going to mention who I have and haven’t chatted too as I don’t want this to turn into a workshop war thread, nor do I want to play favourites. If you have anything negative could you please PM me as I am still interested, however I am well and truly opposed to slandering others names in the public forum.

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Ryan

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racepace is nice, but if you don't own an rb26 i think its pretty hard to get work done on your car. it seemed to me that they preferred to work on rb26's which is unfortunate as they're a friendly bunch of ppl there who seem to konw their stuff.

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Isn't Ray your tuner/mechanic??

Why not have a chat with him??

Hahaha remember in my 1st post how I said I have already chatted with some people............well yeah he MAY have been one of them >_< . Anyway, thanks for all the information so far guys. Basically what I really want to do is gather as much information from all the reputable engine builders in Vic, along with all the info I can gather from the forum and compile an outline of what I want for my rebuild as I know some places do things differently to others. The way I see it, I'll be able to "filter" out the necessary and unnecessary parts of the build and come to the best possible conclusion on what I do and do not need if that makes sense to you guys (it did in my head)

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racepace is nice, but if you don't own an rb26 i think its pretty hard to get work done on your car. it seemed to me that they preferred to work on rb26's which is unfortunate as they're a friendly bunch of ppl there who seem to konw their stuff.

not sure about your experience but i never had any problems getting work done to my rb25, in fact Ben always comments its great working on my car being one of the best looked after cars he has seen.. >_<

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Hahaha remember in my 1st post how I said I have already chatted with some people............well yeah he MAY have been one of them >_< . Anyway, thanks for all the information so far guys. Basically what I really want to do is gather as much information from all the reputable engine builders in Vic, along with all the info I can gather from the forum and compile an outline of what I want for my rebuild as I know some places do things differently to others. The way I see it, I'll be able to "filter" out the necessary and unnecessary parts of the build and come to the best possible conclusion on what I do and do not need if that makes sense to you guys (it did in my head)

Don't expect the builders to give away all their secrets....

And yes Benno prefers to work with GTRs... but it doesn't hurt to ask, if he likes you, you may get lucky :D

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not sure about your experience but i never had any problems getting work done to my rb25, in fact Ben always comments its great working on my car being one of the best looked after cars he has seen.. :ermm:

Have a heard about your car, Ben speaks very highly of it.... :laugh:

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not sure about your experience but i never had any problems getting work done to my rb25, in fact Ben always comments its great working on my car being one of the best looked after cars he has seen.. :ermm:

LOL...as opposed to me. I think mine is more like the car John Candy drove in Uncle Buck :laugh:

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I think the big bonus with the likes of Racepace and RE Customs is that you are using the person who built the engine to install and tune the engine. You make life hard for yourself using a certain engine builder, then to get it installed by your local mechanic or yourself. Then tuned by someone different again.

If the end result is less then you hoped its hard to pick if its the build, the installation or the tune. I always think the tuner will do a better job when they know exactly what it is they are tuning, and they know it has the right fuel pump, injectors etc etc

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