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Can you take my mechanic for a spirited drive so they get the excitement back to fix my car? Thanks.

Can't wait for more updates here...

That would help, let me know.

Maybe this weekend if you've got time?

^^^

Can you take my mechanic for a spirited drive so they get the excitement back to fix my car? Thanks.

Can't wait for more updates here...

Send him down to Melbourne and I'll give him a wake up call.

sad, one of a kind is finished.

Yours is broke

mine is broke

Ants gave up hope

Whose 32 build will i read.

also.... Since yours isnt running you dont need that footrest........

sad, one of a kind is finished.

Yours is broke

mine is broke

Ants gave up hope

Whose 32 build will i read.

also.... Since yours isnt running you dont need that footrest........

not giving up - just gonna move on to something better for me

theres a boat lurking in future...........

not giving up - just gonna move on to something better for me

theres a boat lurking in future...........

Shh

you surrendered.

lets just hope that your R32 is running in tip top shape before my cruise ship does

Shh stop spamming this thread, update your own :whistling:

don't get a boat.

  • 1 month later...

Finally - an update!

Bottom line with the motor is that there was low compression on all cylinders. Ouch. No damage through turbo/intake side so maybe fuel contamination?

Damage apart from rings etc isn't catastrophic however there will be a fair bit of labour involved. Bearings and crank are ok.

Brief rundown on work to be completed :

Clean head, test head, surface
Strip the block down to bare
New set of rings.
Ceramic coat pistons.
All new gaskets.
Machine block – new pattern in bore, surface block, clean.
Clean everything and reassemble long motor.
Re-assemble manifolds (intake and exhaust sides), fit motor and box, tidy up.

Oh joy.

Racepace want's to know the course of the failure before rebuild so now that i'm sufficiently motivated, i'll need to organise a fuel sample. (Had filled up just before the session where it went bang)

So the question - Engine bay respray : Gloss or satin black?

how old is the motor?

if bottom end is ok, and its not oil-related its certainly a strange way for an RB engine to go...

what do you plan to get out of ceramic coating the pistons?

how old is the motor?

if bottom end is ok, and its not oil-related its certainly a strange way for an RB engine to go...

what do you plan to get out of ceramic coating the pistons?

RPM built it about 1-1.5 years ago.

Agreed.

I'm not planning anything. Rebuilding as per Racepace's specs.

5L Fuel sample done. Gotta drop it in to the analysis place now. Also found the reason why my fuel gauge stopped working after one of the motorkhana's, but more on that later.

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Started to strip, bag and tag as much I can from the engine bay. Going satin black as it'll be easier to maintain.

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Anyone know of a place in Melbourne that can fix the damaged paint on my VIN no? At a guess i'd also assume the clips holding it in are hard to get a hold of?

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