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The test rig uses the standard gtr engine mounts and is made from 25x65 box section steel. It should be strong enough once bolted to the floor.

Your right in that the idea isnt to measure power, or even tune the engine. I just want to run it to hot a few times and check there isnt any cross contamination between the oil and water. If there is, its easier to investigate and fix if its on a stand than it would be if it were in a car. It should be fine though considering the tolerances the whole engine machined too but I prefer to be cautious.

yeah that makes sense. and you are right it's definitely easier to diagnose and fix without having installed the thing in the car. hey I have seen it happen to a brand new crate motor that was very nicely built. turns out there was a hairline crack inside the head somewhere that would only open up when hot. they had to remove engine from the car and pressure test but didn't catch it until they hot tanked it and pressure tested it hot. lots of head scratching on that one.

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Get out of town - You finally installed the new engine?

lol, not quite. :rolleyes: i just got sick of doing nothing so put it all back together as it was, put interior back in etc, gave it a wash and miraculously managed to get it going again. :thumbsup: new engine is going in very shortly though :rofl: I have to say though seeing how nice it runs now I'm almost tempted just to fix it as it is now, bolt on the new turbos and flog the rest of the stuff and enjoy it as it is.

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