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hey guys , just wondering if someone either profesional or backyard who rebuild engines , machines them ect would mind me hanging around after hours and on the weekends to try and learn a bit about engine building? really keen to help out and learn about engines ?? if not any ideas who i could aproach?

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i just finished building a 308 for a race car your a week too late ,have another 308 thats almost finished as well for my own race car on the stand but im not in a rush just yet to put the heads on that one .

what side of town ru on ?

cheers dean

I'm the same. I've learnt lots by doing heaps of work myself over the years aswell as lots of reading but really wanna learn how to assemble a 26 from the ground up, not really into paying workshops for something I could spend a few hours learning how to do something that I don't even know if they have done it correctly.

Next year I'm actually planning to buy a tig welder and get practicing at welding. Something im keen to try and learn.

I'm the same. I've learnt lots by doing heaps of work myself over the years aswell as lots of reading but really wanna learn how to assemble a 26 from the ground up, not really into paying workshops for something I could spend a few hours learning how to do something that I don't even know if they have done it correctly.

Next year I'm actually planning to buy a tig welder and get practicing at welding. Something im keen to try and learn.

I grew up with family into rallying, drag racing, circuit racing ... all in cars and on bikes. So it was a no brainer that I was going to inherit those genes. Rebuilt my first 2 stroke motor at 14, and was servicing the family cars at 16. My first car was my uncle's TC Cortina street/drag car. Did lackey work in workshops from 16-18 then went on to spray painting. Applied to be a RAAF aircraft technician, but an injury at the time stopped me, so settled for working on cars. Had a real head and heart for it back then ... now I just got the head for it. Got fed up with working on cars for a job, so now I just tinker with cars for a hobby as its more enjoyable.

I've done some stupid projects over the years, including a 13B 1600, supercharged SR20DE in a 200B, CA18DET in a 1600, and many other dumb projects that should never have been built (turboed CBR1000 drag bike being one) :) I do all my own work on my cars and bikes, and have done so for more than 20 years. I've even helped out a few SAU members with their cars and shown them a few things to learn along the way too.

I'm all for people learning to DIY. :(

I'm the same. I've learnt lots by doing heaps of work myself over the years aswell as lots of reading but really wanna learn how to assemble a 26 from the ground up, not really into paying workshops for something I could spend a few hours learning how to do something that I don't even know if they have done it correctly.

Next year I'm actually planning to buy a tig welder and get practicing at welding. Something im keen to try and learn.

I have a RB25DET out of a S1 here that we can build :( it has a bit of damage but keen to get it up and running and then possibly look into getting a rolling shell :)

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