Rb26 Rebuild? Cost Involed?

[drifter 33]

hey guys my motor in my r33 gtr has had it

whats the cost in rebuilding it?

im thinking of going with forgies etc but all depends on cost

any help is much appriciated

[SLYNE]

have a search depending which state your in and have a look at some local workshops as prices vary

depending on what you want to do and what your budget is

how long is a piece of string...

[Brockas]

Without labour costs, this is pretty much the cheapest forged build you can do:

HKS Forged 87mm Pistons - $1137

Argo forged conrods $1100

HKS Gasket Kit 1.0mm 87.5mm bore - $323

Nismo N1 Bearings - $250

ARP Rod bolts - $100

Block machinging and decking - $200

Head service - $450

JUN Valve guides - $395

Remove and resit valve guides - $240

JUN Strengthened Head Bolts - $400

Cambelt - $50

JUN Oil Pump - $920

All prices taken from Greenline.jp

If you don't do valve-guides or oil pump, you risk doing another motor.

Other things I'd suggest doing while the motor is out:

TOMEI Poncams + Gears - $862

TRUST sump extension - $355

Then you have labour costs on top of that.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Yeah depends on whether you want to do a stock rebuild or an upgrade rebuild. If youre just talking rings and seals an a clean out...? Then there are things like crack testing blocks, balancing teh crankshaft, decking the block, relinishing your cylinder bores etc...

call a couple of places and get quotes for a stock rebuild, a rebuild with a bit more strength and reliability, then for a fairly full on rebuild like the one above.

I think the best answer is, it costs as muc as you are willing to spend to get the desired result.

[benm]

Do you want to fix the problem or rebuild a strong motor? Their is a big difference.

[R31Nismoid]

5-8k depending on who does the work, how its done and so on.

[steven22]

I had mine rebuilt pretty much back to stock. The only thing I changed was the pistons, I went forged because the standard ones were $2000.

Heres what I had done

Total Rebuild with forged pistons came to $6040.77

Break down of price

Engine reconditioning works: $1012.60, what was conducted is as follows.

-Degrease & hot tank long motor

-Engine block bore & hone

-Surface grind head

-Measure & linish crank shaft

-Dismantle, check tunnels, check conrods, crank & pistons

-Vacum test, dismantle & inspect cylinder head

-Bleed down hydraulic, fit valve stem seal

-Supply main bearings

-Supply conrod bearings

Misc. Parts.

-Set of JE Forged pistons rings inc. $1660

-Full gasket rebuild kit $358.84

Dismantle & Reassemble engine(Incl assembly of head) $799

4 Liters of running in engine oil $32.65

2.5 Liters of Diff oil $20.68

6 Platinum spark plugs $108

Engine timing belt $109

52 Hours labor to remove head and engine, reinstate $1960

engine after it was rebuilt, road test, bed in new rings

& service

As you can see my labour was cheap so you may/may not have to add a little there.

Hope that helps

[benm]

Very cheap labour!

[a20089]

Very informative post on rebuild costs etc

[N1GTR]

Dont do labour by the hour, if you can, try and pay for it by the job