R33 Or R34 Rb26 Into R32

[Sinista32]

+1 for CRD. They did my 2nd rebuild.

$400 to get Tony (aka Fridge) From Eurotow to put it on his awesome truck and take it up to Sydney. You can drive it back.

My GTR has done this trip and no hassle and no damages. I have even traveled back with Tony in his truck.

[zebra]

I paid 300 to get the 33 from Goulburn to Canberra.....i feel ripped off lol

[ryu1605]

$400 really? Fridge has helped me out a lot over the last couple of weeks I dunno why I didn't even think to ask him lol.

So CRD are as good as I've heard then.

Hmmm as you can imagine this is all a massive headf$&k lol

[Sinista32]

UNIgroup is a shop a fair few of the Sydney lads use and swear by.

Just another option. Personally I wouldn't go local even if you were paying for my rebuild.

[Amaru]

The main problem we faced though was actually getting the car there as we don't have something capable of towing a car trailer. That's the only reason we've decided to get it done in Canberra.

As others have said, Fridge does it for a good price. Failing that you can hire a Nissan Patrol from Hertz out in Queanbeyan - I did this with a car trailer, whole thing cost less than $300 to get a GTR back from Sydney.

Speaking of Canberra, I went out to the place that zebra suggested and it didn't look like it had been used in a while.

Fairly certain Pro Engines moved out of the address listed on their website years ago now. No idea where the current location would be.

Aside from CRD, if you get the engine out you can send it down to Race Pace in Melbourne. I got my current motor from them and it is awesome to drive, feels very healthy and responsive (and I flog the piss out of it, with a T04z hanging off the side). Just another option.

But all that aside, hopefully you have just spun a bearing and not caused any other damage. If this is the case it should be relatively cheap to fix given it sounds like you have all the other go fast bits already.

Edited November 22, 2011 by Amaru

[zebra]

Greg is still in the same spot, but can be hard to reach.

Try early(ish) morning or mid afternoon

[Sinista32]

Maybe send it to Racepace - I've been in Nik's GTR

[zebra]

RacePace FTW!

[ryu1605]

Just out of curiosity how much did you guys spend on your rebuilds? You don't have to say if you don't want to.

And Richard you said you just had your second rebuild done, where was the first done and what happened?

[zebra]

I paid 7k for my RB25...that included engine out and back in (was done in melbourne)

was a basic build, ACL forgies, new standard oil pump, 1 2nd hand conrod, + gaskets & machining etc

[Amaru]

I did my first rebuild with Pro Engines back in 2003. Cost was around $8000 and for that I got standard rods prepped, Arias forged pistons, ACL bearings, ARP studs, a bit of headwork, new gaskets etc. That motor lasted around 25,000kms running ~340awkw (HKS 2530's running at 25psi).

Second "rebuild" was more of a freshen up of the first rebuild I had. New bearings, aftermarket rods (cant remember what they were), new gaskets and studs etc. Cost was around $5k from memory and this was in 2005 and done by Pro Engines. This motor did 0km.

Third motor I am on now is the Racepace motor - cost was quite a bit, but worth every cent

Edited November 22, 2011 by Amaru

[ryu1605]

All of this is making me feel a lot better about our situation. Thanks heaps guys. I guess first step is finding out exactly what's ruined and needs fixing and then just go from there. The whole swap another engine in idea has gone out the window lol.

A little off topic....I work in fyshwick on Newcastle street and across the road from my shop in the carpark near j racing is a white 32 GTR with a black front bar that I see nearly every day, does it belong to anyone on here?

[Amaru]

white 32 GTR with a black front bar that I see nearly every day

God I hope its not mine else its been stolen

[ryu1605]

You don't work in fyshwick?

[Sinista32]

He doesnt work - Full stop ! I dont know why we pay him

[Sinista32]

From memory the first rebuild was about $10k with new JE forgies, Eagle rods, Poncams. ACL race bearings, ARP headstud kit, full head service etc...

Out/In cost $2800 extra plus consumables like all fluids, sparkplugs and gaskets to bolt the boltons back on. Same shop Nik used.

So $12k to $15k is on par with ESP's quote but thats with all NEW pistons, rods, cams, bearings so you should come out if most of your internals are ok for $7k plus out/in of your block.

Second rebuild would have been the same except I needed new turbs, new JE Pistons oversized and I also decided to go more the full monty with 9.5l sump, Nitto oil pump & crank collar, Koyorad, CAB, 2L custom oil catch can, Haltech platinum pro ecu and the list goes on and on. This one is In the vicinity of just over $20k - CRD

Oil starvation twice with big end bearing failures scared the bejeezus out of me.

Now I have more oil than Texas in the GTR

[ryu1605]

The one thing I tried to take into account when choosing a GTR was oil starvation.....i knew it was gonna happen at some point, just didn't think it would be the day after we picked the car up lol.

[zebra]

Speak to Brad (risking on the forum) does imo the best RB sumps around

[ryu1605]

as in custom high capacity sumps?

[zebra]

yeah

some of his work

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/383310-rb26-dry-sump-oil-pans/

and

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002224478430