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Have to give thumbs up to Marc at Discount Tyres Belconnen, had the car breakdown at the start of the week. Fitted me in, fixed the problem, reasonable charge, and explained exactly what the problem was and how it was fixed.

Great folks - highly helpful and recomended.

These guys also install Sydney Kids suspension kits, do the settings.

From a soarer perspective, Trojan rate very highly in my books. AutoTech dyno tuned her last year, which was a great tune; however, he told us he is cautious and wouldn't run anymore than 15psi unless 600cc injecters were fitted. As a result of the dyno shootout at Jakes Performance, I will be going there to get some tweaking done. For normal servicing/problems though, I go to Neil Griffiths at Rush Imports in Queanbeyan, as he is the soarer/toyota guru of probably the whole of Canberra. Despite my previous 'loyalty' to EVO Motorsport; they lost me when Stu forgot what spark plugs to use in the soarer when he did a minor service awhile ago. Rush wasn't open so he asked EVO and the ones they recommended were totally wrong and left her running rather rough until Neil fixed it.

Does anyone bring their Skyline to Neil??

I used to bring my car (VL) to Neil many many years ago and always found him good...though last time i spoke to him he didnt think much of Skyline drivers

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i got a major service at integra automotive in queanbeyan yesturday his a pretty awesome guy to deal with but he used all the expensive shit 4 my car but i wasnt bothered by that to much but i will be going back to him 4 services n repairs

i know this isnt exactly the best place to ask, but im not an uber fan of NS.com

anywho, just wondering if anyone can recommend for a general service on an S13 Sr20det? just need oil changes, intercooler piping cleaned out (has oil in it, and pops off when boosting even after tightening the rings :laugh:) and just a general clean up...

do the piping yourself should be easy if it keeps popping off :laugh: i found a couple of posts about what to use to clean it up

do the 50/50 mix and block up the end shake around a bit empty, repeat till clean. Then let it dry before putting it back on. Also go buy some decent clamps if they keep coming off.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=69501

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...=135634&hl=

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...=134057&hl=

Servicing anyone should be able to help you out maybe autotech, or trojen if you want to be particular...

Hey Beau, i know what you mean ay, sometimes a bit... strange there.

Anyways, a few options:

- do it yourself, i (or most others here) can show you how

- Most workshops are capable of a general service, still, see if you can find one you're comfortable with. A few people here will be able to recomend you to somewhere good.

yeah im gonna be attempting the oil change meself tomoro, with the sisters BF. shall see how that goes.

thanks for the offer guys, i still need to clean the intercooler piping, and get some stronger ring thingys, and im lost on doing that myself :D

will most probably ask someone to hold my hand while cleaning the piping as i dont wanna f**k it up...

Ill PM Around anyway, Cheers guys!

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well i'm up for my 100K service in the GTR. Timing belt has already been done - any advice on where should I go?

i have a powerfc yet to be installed - maybe i could combine the two to save $$$?

And the answer is..... Autotech Fyshwick

Big thumbs up to Trojan who did my 100k km service.

Fixed what I wanted and a few other bits and pieces and got a 25% increase in fuel economy with seemingly more power and response.

cheers mate. can you tell me how much it cost? (pm is fine) also i'm assuming they dyno'd it?

cheers mate. can you tell me how much it cost? (pm is fine) also i'm assuming they dyno'd it?

They didn't dyno it as they didn't touch the tune at all. Car has been tuned by DTS and Autotech and not overly happy with the job either place did. DTS tune was on the car when I got it and was horrid. Peter at Autotech did a good job ironing out many of the issues but left it running far too rich (which in hindsight may probably caused by the intake/exhaust leaks).

Cost was significantly higher than for a standard 100k km service as I had a lot of labour to get the turbo exhaust gasket replaced. There was also additional costs for a new water pump and other odds and ends that you might not necessarily need replacing.

Final price was $2200 which was a little higher than what I expected. But I do have an itemised bill and all the old parts they replaced to confirm they didn't charge for work not done.

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