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Haha yeah don't worry, if or when we sell the turbos you'll be the first to know. I'll keep you posted Verms.

At the moment I'm not so much after crazy amounts of power, more interested in response.

Cheers

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Just 2 options IMHO that is.

Ditto Zebra's comments.

1. Keep the N1 and rebuild sensibley with some great forged pistons/rods. $10k

2. You can sell the N1 block for the price of a good new rebuilt RB26.

Dont get caught up in the chase for kw's.

There was a brief moment there where I got blinded by the thought of crazy amounts of power lol. I'm very glad that Jess stopped me from throwing all our money at it. I've had a chance to kind of step back and think and see that aiming for 800hp was a very bad idea. I don't need anywhere near that much power, especially on a street car lol.

Thanks for the advice Richard

You might not *need* it but 800hp is damn fun! :)

Some good advice from the guys here though.

Think about what you want to use the car for long term. I know my goals have changed a lot since I did my engine build and I have had to go back and fix things because of this.

You might not *need* it but 800hp is damn fun! :)

Some good advice from the guys here though.

Think about what you want to use the car for long term. I know my goals have changed a lot since I did my engine build and I have had to go back and fix things because of this.

Haha I can only imagine how much fun 800hp would be.

At the moment, long term, I'm thinking it would be awesome just to be able to drive this thing around. Build it so it's nice and solid. Nothing crazy but at the same time maybe spending a bit extra on things like oil pump/bigger sump. The gtr will definitely see the very occasional track day once it's driving again but we've decided it won't be the super sprint racer that I originally planned it to be. Once the gtr is back on the road I'll be looking for something else to be the dedicated track car. No idea what yet lol won't really worry to much about that til the gtr is back on the road.

I'm open to ideas though of you guys have any

Quick update:

So turns out how big an rb26 is in my head and how big it is in real life is completely different haha. Took dads falcon out to pick up everything this morning and only just managed to get everything except the block into the car lol. So will have to sort something else out to grab the block later on.

It's getting a little bit exciting now. Once everything is home I'll start pulling apart everything that we're not going to be using and selling it off. From there the parts collecting will begin!

Cheers mate,

Yeah I've seen those. Didn't know they were still for sale though. Would make things a hell of a lot cheaper haha but we've already bought the tickets to Japan so I don't have spare cash to buy one of these :(

Hi Drew - I hope it was you who got this off Fatz RB26 Long motor - rebuilt

Richard I really wish it was me but unfortunately I was to late. By the time I saw the add the engine was already gone :(

Thanks heaps for keeping an eye out though

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