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Im planning to put an RB25 on my R32, still trying to source a good engine, but in the meantime I thought Id ask whereI can get this done.

Im sure plenty of you guys have done the same in the past, so please point me in the right direction, I got quoted so far $2500 just in labour at a well known workshop, which I thought it was I bit steep.

Any info would be apprecited

Cheers

Ric

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U are up in the hills right richo? The place where luke got the 25 and gearbox put into his 31 is down north near his place, but id go to them for anything, great guys and awesome work, and im positive they would charge alot less than what u got quoted. Just means u will have to take car out north

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hey Flick..Nah Im in Unley now, so its not too bad. How far north is this? PM me details if you can, sounds good.

What sort of tools are needed for something like this? I have just the usual, not sure thats going to be enough.

Engine cranes are not too expensive these days anyway, so that shouldnt be a problem.

And I need to swap the loom, do I? stuff like wiring is what scares me :)

Other thing is the time that i would need to do somthing like this, G1 is coming in 4 weeks, ideally would be to have it ready in 2 weeks just in case.

Cheers

Ric

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And I need to swap the loom, do I? stuff like wiring is what scares me :yes:

I know how you feel.

Im currently pulling out the

ca out of an S13 (mine) for an Rb20 and the

Rb20 is coming out of an R32 (friends) thats getting an Rb25.

So far the rb20 is ready to go into the S13 and the rb25 is almost ready to go into the r32.

The wiring side of things is something that I have NO idea how to do, so getting a pro to do the s13 $150ish is the quote and R32 I bought a loom from Japan that had already been converted to run an Rb25 and then getting a pro to do the little bits and pieces to make it tidy, $300ish including the loom from Japan.

Everything else has been easy so far and as long as you do the research before hand you shouldn't have any problems, just leave the wiring to a pro and do the other bits on your own.

As for tools I used a $70 tool kit from K-Mart to pull the ca out no problems at all and had everything I needed. You will be surprised how much doing research helps and makes it look easy if you have a step by step guide. Give it a shot, you can always get it towed there later.

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The $70 tool kit included something to lift the motor out with?? :S

lol smart ass. Guy who bought my engine had a crane, I got him to bring it with him and then pulled it straight and onto the trailer.

You can rent then for $50 a day from kennards if that helps. If you have it all ready you should be able to pull it out and put the other in in a day.

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