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Got into it a bit more today, moving to Melbourne next Sunday so want to check out state of the pistons before I go away, that way I know how much I need to save up

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haha good to see your engine stand shows the good old rb26 droop too. they look terrible, ours drops about 15-20cm at the balancer as the weight goes onto it.

Also looks like you have sepearated the passenger side cv which is an utter pain in the arse. You need to pull the driveshaft right out and get a new boot on it

I got a bit of the ole RB26 droop on the engine stand too. I used another jack to support the front of the engine. Do you think its a bad idea to have all the weight on 4 bolts that hold it to the stand? With nicely sized bolts the droop is minimal but theres still a heap of weight in a fully assembled RB26. Was a bit worried about that with mine..

BTW: An easy way to remove the right hand cv shaft is to take the front diff inspection cover off and use a lever to push the shaft out from the diff center. Comes out easy like that.

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I got a bit of the ole RB26 droop on the engine stand too. I used another jack to support the front of the engine. Do you think its a bad idea to have all the weight on 4 bolts that hold it to the stand? With nicely sized bolts the droop is minimal but theres still a heap of weight in a fully assembled RB26. Was a bit worried about that with mine..

BTW: An easy way to remove the right hand cv shaft is to take the front diff inspection cover off and use a lever to push the shaft out from the diff center. Comes out easy like that.

once the suspension was loose i just pulled on the caliper and it wouldnt come out as the boot held it on, once the boot was off it came off easy, did i do this wrong?

Head went to Gilberts Cylinder Head Service this afternoon to do porting, clearances, clean out and open up oil returns and general recondition...

Piston out time!!!

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The bolt tray is filling up!!!

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And there looks to be a little blow-by, I knew this prior to opening the prick up tho

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