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well at least you have a mechanic mate that will help you out.

just a thought.. "cramming as much air as you can down it's throat" and "never rebuild" don't go hand in hand with 15+ year old RB26's.

you leave it as is, it will last.

you do the single turbo and many many boosts, you will rebuild.

just wondering who would be the man to speak to when it comes to techanical questions?

there are many people here with ALOT of rb26 experience.

if you post your questions in the appropriate sections (forced induction) you will get answers from the likes of GTRGeoff, R31Nismoid, Cubes, SydneyKid (if he actually gets on here anymore)..

then you'll find I'll come around and blabber something about RB30 and possibly call you gay, then leave..

all the best with the new car.

But please, don't fool yourself into thinking that you won't need a rebuild this 15+ year old engine that "WILL" have been thrashed frequently, especially since your plans are a largish single, and lots of boost.

even for a stock refresh, you'd be up for about $6K

Gunmetal GTR's look tough as, congrats on the purchase. Regarding the turbo upgrade I thought twins wouldn't be that expensive because you could just bolt them onto the stock manifold?

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Gunmetal GTR's look tough as, congrats on the purchase. Regarding the turbo upgrade I thought twins wouldn't be that expensive because you could just bolt them onto the stock manifold?

i dont want to use the standard manifolds, i wanna go custom steam pipie manifold and external gate

im not after huge amounts of power so im thinking about twin GT2510's

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Sorry if I seem like a nosey F#cker, but did you buy privately or get imported ? And if you can say what sort of dollars did you pay ? just doin some more homework as I will be shopping around for one myself in the next 3 months...Condition looks pretty good i must admit

welcome to the land dept

HHAHhAhahAHaHh mate u dont need to tell me about dept LOL ive got a 180sx and trust me i know all about dept

its under going a SR20 Vtec cylinder head conversion atm (SR20VET cylinder head with P12 primera cams and valve train)

very nice!!!! and even nicer work on the cooler and piping! u custom the piping?

good luk and look forward to seeing the single in there. mght give me ideas

peace

yep the piping is all custom made

Sorry if I seem like a nosey F#cker, but did you buy privately or get imported ? And if you can say what sort of dollars did you pay ? just doin some more homework as I will be shopping around for one myself in the next 3 months...Condition looks pretty good i must admit

i paid $14,500 with blue slip and every thing but no rego, bought it from a private importer

let me know if u want his connact his great to deal with and he sells at very good prices

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