pintaline Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 sucks to hear dude... try here---> link freight from gold coast to canberra only cost my mate $500 with canberra carways so try them for a quote D. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4320984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAman Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 fandango, rest I do agree with Mid life Crisis: Can't afford the insurance - you can't afford the Car! Hopefully we have all learn from your accident It is lucky that he was uninsured as I'm sure if he was he would be chasing you!! Also if you are going to take legal action - I'd stop posting any details on a public forum. Bad luck, but good luck looking for a shell. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus- Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 to put prices in perspective...my mate just bought a RB25 setup from just jap. 1800 for the front cut - auto 1500 gearbox - manual 400 clutch - brass button exeddy. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus- Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 it would be a good solution... but id have no idea how to put it all in etc...dont really feel like paying labour and dont wana depend on james and mick for labour... would be cool though. and now my mate has one i am very very tempted Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRKat Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You should buy the engine Gus!!! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRKat Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Surely it couldn't be that hard... Surely!!! It'd so be worth paying for the labour. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus- Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 nah it woudln't be to hard...take them both out...probs do some work to the 25 before it went in to make it a bit more worth it...drop it in...i think id need a new tailshaft, rewire engine, probs reorganise front mount piping a bit, and yeah... probs more...im sure mick would know. maybe i can pay him to do it haha Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANG Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 you can just use the 20 box/tailshaft, she'll be right... for a while, my 20 box is still going... kinda. would be the second time the ECU in your cars been pulled out to do a 25 conversion heh Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkyPoo Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I reckon I could get the conversion done in one weekend (using stock gearbox). That's what I did, not quite one weekend because I had a modified loom (that was a nightmare). All the RB20 stuff lines up, so it is not necessary to change anything. Don't bother doing work to the 25, it'll just break quicker. Keep it stock until your ready to do an RB25/30. Regarding pricing, I would think it's worth around 4-5k as is, more if you have it in pieces. - RB25DET, $1000 to $2000 (more around the $2000 mark). - RB25 Gearbox $1000 to $1500 (I don't think it's worth this much, around $700 is what I would be happy to pay for it). - Plus the rest of the stuff, diff/interior/etc Also, I would recommend removing this thread or talk about the accident until after all the legal stuff is sorted! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus- Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 eh...if i was going to a put a 25 in...id rather put a new turbo on and a ecu...do it right and give me a reliable tune n stuff....n then when it breaks...eh. im mad keen for a 25 now lol. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVL-R33 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 can i ask how you lost controll in the first place ? i think you might find been sideways blocking a lane is a little diffrent from been rear ended . seek legal advice i would also like to know to answer to this one . you say the other driver wasent driving to conditions .but at least he was facing the right direction. the fact you lost control suggest that you wernt driving to the condions either . im sure he doesnt need another 'dad' telling him what he did was wrong... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mid life crisis Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 im sure he doesnt need another 'dad' telling him what he did was wrong... i wasent telling him what he did was wrong i was trying to get a understanding of how he lost control if you bothered to read all my post Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkyPoo Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 More performance = less reliability, that why stock is lower performance. Still, replacing the turbo while the engine is out is probably only a 20min job. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet32 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Gus - Sorry mate but Im preoccupied with fixing my own car at the moment, I wont have time to concentrate on doing another R32 RB25 conversion for a while. Stinkypoo - I have an RB25 that has been pushing 240rwkw for almost 3 years and it hasnt popped yet... Im planning on getting even more power out of it. Reliability depends heavily on how high quality the parts you use are and how good your tune is. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiTAN Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 nah it woudln't be to hard...take them both out...probs do some work to the 25 before it went in to make it a bit more worth it...drop it in...i think id need a new tailshaft, rewire engine, probs reorganise front mount piping a bit, and yeah...probs more...im sure mick would know. maybe i can pay him to do it haha you know, if do an RB30 twincam and use an RB25DE head from an R32 your loom wont need to be replaced. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4321947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeJay Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 r32 rb25de head doesn't have VCT either. Although Gus if you were buying an engine, swapping it ec, putting something like a vipec in, I wouldn't expect much change from 5000$ to get all that done, even if you do it yourself. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4322091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkyPoo Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Yeh, my rb25 (supposedly) has been putting out 236rwkw for over 1 year. I've only had it for a few months, but from what alot of people has said, they're not an overly strong engine. When it does blow, I'm doing the RB25/30 conversion straight away. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4322183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet32 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 They arent the strongest RB engine but overall that doesnt mean they're weak. RB20 and 26 can usually put up with more punishment though. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4322352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiTAN Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 they are a lot stronger than people give them credit for, provided they have a decent tune a lot of them are quite happy to run around with 300kw. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4322407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRB20ASH Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 bad to hear about your liner. got a picture? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/248922-very-sad-news/page/3/#findComment-4322550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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