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I know it's bad.

No leaking oil, no oil cooler.

Light came on, I babied the car for 5k's and stalled.

Can anyone help me out with anything? New to rb's coming from rotary background.

Cheers

i wrote this on the side of the road with my iphone, now for some details;

1989 r32 gtst4 rb20, minor mods, r33 highflowed bb turbo, pod, big fmic, 3", 15psi, 110,000kms on clock, etc

the engine is still holding oil.

i wasnt thrashing it at the time of failure, however just before (10 seconds before) the car stalled there was a knocking/clicking noise. i let the car sit for a while, and then cranked it, it started and ran rough, but held idle (lumpy as f**k, from 500-800rpm) i turned the car off after 5 seconds of ideling. Car was towed home.

my question is, what is the worst case scenario? main bearing failure + pump gone? The engine isnt seized and started, which is a good sign right?

What would be the best way to go when it comes time to spend some dough (dont say drop in rb25) i was thinking along the lines of ACL race bearings, and then rb25 crank and rods? (RB24?) or am i getting ahead of myself and should just go for a good high flow oil pump and race bearings? Which brings me to my next question what oil pump should i go? i know there are some good ones out there (tomei 3-4k) but should i go nismo etc? im in the habit of when something breaks, not replacing it, upgrading it.

PLEASE HELP!

thanks

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You should've put this in forced induction thread.

It's a tough one to call but it is possible your pump could have failed and then spun a bearing as a result of it. Either way it's going to involve engine out.

It's best to find out what went wrong and go from there.

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