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Received word yesterday arvo (xmas eve) that my head has quite a few issues (broken valve guides etc) and is going to set me back ~$2500 for a refresh :-/ seems rather rich and I know of a head freshly port & polished with oversized valves for around the same $$$ so may as well head down that slope (by god it's a slippery one ;) ) 

On top of that there appears to be a bit of scoring in cylinder #3 (enough to catch your finger nail) and already being bored to 87mm i'm at a little bit of a crossroad...

Mechanics on holiday til the 7th so at least i have a bit of time to think about it (research)

Merry xmas to me :34_rolling_eyes:

19 hours ago, WantGTR said:

What happend? Did the timing belt skip a bunch of teeth?

Is anyone taking responsibility? 

Get a 30 block mate. Bin the 26

None of the above... :-/ Car was actually driving fine and only blowing a little smoke which I put down to valve stem seals or rear turbo seal...

Only reason for pulling motor down was precautionary... adding head studs, oil pump gears, metal head gasket etc...

I did buy the car knowing it had a forged rebuild but done by a shop who doesn't specialise in Jap cars so i knew when buying I was taking a risk...

I do have a 30 block sitting in the shed that's been there for years but everything I've purchased to date (specifically turbos) has been based around the standard displacement RB26... so i'm kinda dedicated to that now...

 

Looking in to sleeving just that one bore, I'll take a UTT set home from site this swing and check bore thicknesses...

 

  • 3 weeks later...

So I've stripped the block and it's being sent off to see what we can do about the scoring... Bore is already at 87mm...

Pictures are cylinder #3

Least i got a second Xmas opening up my goodie boxes :34_rolling_eyes:

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4 hours ago, iruvyouskyrine said:

Keen on selling the RB26 head? 

was contemplating selling it yes as i've just picked up one ready to bolt on already ported...

though i have an rb30 sitting here i was contemplating building up one day :7_sweat_smile:

9 hours ago, iruvyouskyrine said:

The mythical 'one day' haha, in my experience that day is forever just around the corner ?

Let me know mate

haha, you're not wrong there ;)

 

you're welcome to pm me what you'd be willing to pay considering the damaged valve guides and obviously shipping....

nope, still nothing as of COB today :34_rolling_eyes:

I lose motivation to follow this stuff up whilst i'm 3000kms away :7_sweat_smile:

Though my turbos actually turned up today (ordered late October 2018 after being told they were 'on the shelf') After reading @Dose Pipe Sutututu post about sparesbox and the guy having issues with hypertune it seems i'm certainly not alone...

Sparesbox gets all their turbos from GCG. GCG generally have a small amount they carry as well.

They're a lying bunch of scumbags, their entire business works on drop shopping with the exception of service items which they keep in house.

Hypertune seems to prioritise shops over clients or those with a big market presence.

Just how the world works I guess.

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