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dato$2nv

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dato$2nv

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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

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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.

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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. :(

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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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