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Gavin put my car together and tuned it 320 rwkw @ only 1.3 bar boost. So with the boost wound up to 1.6 or 1.7 bar on pump fuel hoping for around 350 to 370 rwkw and this was only a very conservative tune considering i cannot get 98 ron fuel in Townsville gavin tends to stick to a more safe tune than an all out dyno queen thats going to sh#t itself after a couple thousand k's.Some of the spec are.

HKS GT2540 turbos with HKS actuators

HKS dump pipes

power fc

AVCR

HKS cam gear

115mm intercooler

upgraded fuel system 044 fuel pump, 700cc injectors, fuel rail, adj fuel reg etc.

standard cams and the motors stock.

I asked him about any really "tuff" skylines that he had done getting around the gold coast one was owned by a dentist that had quite a bit of money spent on it i think it had around the 450 plus rwkw region if i remember correctly.

Another bit of useless information that i asked him was how many R34 GTR's that he works on i think it was around 10 to 15 so quite a few probably most of the Qld R34 GTR population

Got my 100k service done yesterday... Generally im happy with the service..

$795

Genuine Nissan GTR timing belt and N1 water pump.

all the rest..

will post the sheet with all the things done later

only mishap..

he scratched my 400R front bar ... TWICE!

not happy :cheers:

got some descent scratches already.. but thats not the point

he did feel bad about it, but that doesnt fix it does it!

Scratch isnt at the bottom like when he test drove it etc either

scratched it reversing off the hoist ... i couldnt possibly be the 1st person with a 400r front bar to go there!

owell, can someone tell me how much a brand new 400r front bar is anyway? then again probably wont get 400r again, want to mix and match a bit

Was a nice 4 door green R34 there when i went

quite impressed :wave:

not quite as impressed with Kill Bill that i watched at cinemas while waiting.. one of the best movies ever made, in a class of its own

oh yeh

loved trying to go for a swim afterwoulds too, DAMN INDY!

sposed to be fast, took me an hour to get from autotech to miami beach!, my car was hating me

HAHA !!

did i fly away from you at like 180! hehe was a little silly on the way there/back

cant help myself :(

i cant remember you but then again i was exhausted driving back and nearly fell asleep until i scared myself a few times

shit theres a big storm coming here hey, brissy that is

they reckon hail and everything it looks ****ing nasty

was going to go up the coast

not anymore :P

will post sheet in a minute, before lightning hits my computer and blows it out the window :bahaha:

Yeah I thought that might be the case NismoGirl... Thats why I want to see the sheet.

I'll be getting the water pump done. Doesn't need to be the N1 type tho... GTR timing belt? What are the advantages?

I do most of my own servicing so spark plugs, oil, filters won't need to be changed... Probably get the brakes and coolant flushed tho... Maybe an auto flush and diff oil change?

Hopefully that keeps the price down a little... I'll have to give him a call soon...

hehe yeh im always good behaived! hehe

yeh its worth it though, 100thou is a full on service

advantages of N1 and GTR stuff in a gtst, youll almost never break it !

well almost

hehe

im off to the casino tonite people, something to do that doesnt involve driving the line in the crazy weather

catcha!

  • 4 weeks later...

As it's coming up to his Christmas break, I dare say he'll be pretty close to booked out. I can't go in for a service until after Christmas. Mainly because I can't make it there before they close for christmas. I think they are only open for another 3 weeks. IIRC the closing dates are from the 19th Dec 03 - 5th Jan 04.

Their address is:

Gavin Wood - Auto Tech

23 Gibbs St Labrador 4215

Ph: 5529 2313

  • 2 weeks later...

AYAYA... My car is going down for a service next Friday. Cept Andrew is taking it down, so I'll assume that I will then need some new tyres by the time he gets back ;)

Just for anyone who is interested, they still have some spare time before christmas to get services done, but you better get in quick!

i'm up to 92,000km - spoze i better get my service done soon.. although i service everything myself, rather let somebody else do the timing belt, water pump and may as well get an TRust camgear done at the same time.

Gavin sounds like the place i should take it, even though i will soon be up in brisland.

for brisbane regulars who go up to Gavin for servicing, do you guys hang around the shop during the service or make another trip back again to collect the car?

i really wanna go to him for my next 5000k servicing but kinda drag the drive.

G

Does Gavin have an email address at the workshop?

Unfortunately not. Although, he is very willing to give advice out over the phone if he has the time. If he had an email address, he'd be answering emails all day and not working on our cars :D

for brisbane regulars who go up to Gavin for servicing, do you guys hang around the shop during the service or make another trip back again to collect the car?

I normally sit around and wait if I'm just getting a service. If you book it in first thing in the morning, it's normally ready around 10ish. If not, presuming you like shopping, you can walk about 1k at the most down the road to harbourtown and do a little bit of browsing/shopping.

Sometimes if I know the car is going to take ages, I normally go down with my B/F and we make a day of it buming around the coast.

JUST got off the phone to gavin

Approx $500 for the 100,000km service on an r32 gtst, this does not include water pump and a few other things.

Also if anybody else needs one (like me) approx $100 for a 2nd hand knock sensor. $250 for a new one.

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