admS15 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 Surprisingly RB30 is obtainable for non drug money. My hand may be forced, lol. I completely stripped down the bottom end yesterday. Much carnage, no pics yet, take some tomorrow. The girdle was in 3 pieces, bits of block, rod, piston everywhere. 5 pistons and rods survived and are in great shape, ring lands all intact. A couple of bearings, I think it was towards the front showing some wear, otherwise the rest of it "was" looking pretty good considering the use and abuse it copped over the years. Just remembered, the other day when I was at the engine shop and showed the builder the pics of the busted rod, his verdict was that it was definitely rod bolt failure. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTSBoy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 RB30 is the path to happiness. Happiness tiinged with many moments of "why did I do this" along the way, I expect, but happiness should be the end result. If I had an 34 instead of a 32, my Neo head would be sitting on top of a 30 bottom end right now. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, GTSBoy said: but happiness should be the end result. delayed gratification? lol... RB25DET NEO with headstuds, R33 ancillaries, manifolds and back in ~ 2 month job (given how fast @admS15 works) RB30DET + all the other bullshit involved, re-fab, etc. ~ 2 year job (because he's gone fk this, I'm over it) 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I'll just sit quietly and say nothing about timelines or engine rebuild projects... 2 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, No Crust Racing said: I'll just sit quietly and say nothing about timelines or engine rebuild projects... same..... I was planning in/out new motor 2~3 months.. took 3 years and two motors to get a fully working car again LOL. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Must be nice to have a fully working car after 3yrs... I can't relate. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 If some freakin idiot would actually sell me a half decent condition engine, this thing would be running next week. There are various engines for sale and various options that could eventuate if I could just get some sort of engine first. FML right now, lol 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 This seems like better value $12k for a S55 motor & DCT box https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/620618010152102/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A5b92b08d-c38d-461e-b945-38fb6676e8da Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 Cool, it must be bad idea time. How's this one? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/226258896763321/?mibextid=13AoS6 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dose Pipe Sutututu Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 That's dangerous, you might get Ferrari lawyers at your doorstep suing you. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkstaah Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 never miss a chance to do an upgrade when you need a repair..... 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I was doing a stock refresh on this 5cyl, then it got block mod shims and I bought a whole donor car to take all the performance bits of it... the "stage 3" tune is sitting on the handset waiting for the car to survive run in. Always be upgrading... 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 Everyone who is selling any form of RB right now seems to have the "I know what I got" attitude. I'm just about, out of options. One guy pretty much doubled his asking price overnight. At this point it seems like waiting 6 months (give or take a bit) for the bloke with the container coming from japland might be the best, almost only option. The BMW and Ferrari options above are more straightforward than dealing with some of these farkwits. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkstaah Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I did say it'll take awhile - This is why I put the V8 in, going through blocks like it's going out of style it became economical and far more modular going forward. It is after all a niche, Japan only car that arrived here in VERY limited numbers by people grey importing them. An engine explosion in a RB is about a 1 year sentence on average, no matter what scenario you're actually in. I repeat: Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Send me what you want and I will put the call out on NCR if it helps. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
admS15 Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 On 06/10/2023 at 10:46 AM, No Crust Racing said: Send me what you want and I will put the call out on NCR if it helps. Thanks Dan. I'm not that desperate yet but if anyone you know has any sort of RB25 in pretty much any condition from complete running to rebuildable rotating assembly let me know. RB25DET is preferable but I'll consider anything that a solid engine can be built from. There is always the contact GTSboy gave me in Adelaide, not looking interstate yet as shipping can be a pain. Hmm, I should contact him anyway. Your around Albury aren't you? I could drive there and back if you manage to find something. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 I know a guy down your way, let me message him. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 I've PM'd a few contacts and just chucked in on the NCR user profile, you can watch the post and see if anything comes of it. If my mates turn up something I will let you know, they are usually pretty good at coming back to me quickly. 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Crust Racing Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) Found a spare 25 neo linking him to this thread/trying to get details. Edited October 6, 2023 by No Crust Racing 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBS206 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 On 10/5/2023 at 1:41 PM, No Crust Racing said: Must be nice to have a fully working car after 3yrs... I can't relate. If I take his 3 years, and add another 9 years... I'd be still a touch shy of mine... Also, I do have an EJ255 and STi 6 speed... I'm sure somehow we can fit it between the chassis rails... 😛 ya know, for lower CG up front Plus, STi parts, then you can tell people how car modding really is an infectious disease... 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/460664-bills-33-gtst-streetertrack-car/page/35/#findComment-7983647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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