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I'll share mine when I get back to the house. Still working on it and have done all the work myself save for machining the head for the valves and installing valve guides. Yes it's expensive. The hypertune V2 was by far my biggest adder of costs and potential headaches so far. Haven't touched the trans yet!

Hahaha long!

Was kinda talking about machining costs, assembly costs, porting costs ect

Tomei stroker $5,800

Tomei oil pump $1,500

Racepace Motorsport sump $1,500

Machining and assembly $3000

Head $10,000

Custom cams $1,200

ATI balancer $1,000

Nissan gasket kit $400

Water pump $200

Nismo 0.9 mm head gasket $400

Thats about it off the top of my head.

Forgot headstuds.

Also you did't use the spool stroker kit :P

Add a few thousand for miscellaneous stuff like new seals, gaskets, timing belt kit etc. I'd also say that machining and assembly cost is maybe a tad low?

Would DEFINITELY have done this had I seen it before doing mine myself. They have the pistons to match their cnc combustion chamber as well.

http://www.powerhouseracing.com/p-3491-phr-cnc-ported-race-head-complete-for-rb26.aspx

Tbh, as a BC 2.9 owner I wish I just bought another standard engine and didn't rebuild it at all.

Because the 4 times its been apart since could have been avoided, and yes while laggier I would have had way more time you know, actually drive the car and spending the money on track days, becoming way faster behind the seat with a 2.5 than 2.9L myself is today on a forum.

Would DEFINITELY have done this had I seen it before doing mine myself. They have the pistons to match their cnc combustion chamber as well.

http://www.powerhouseracing.com/p-3491-phr-cnc-ported-race-head-complete-for-rb26.aspx

That would be nice but aren't they like 12k for a bare block?

Tbh, as a BC 2.9 owner I wish I just bought another standard engine and didn't rebuild it at all.

Because the 4 times its been apart since could have been avoided, and yes while laggier I would have had way more time you know, actually drive the car and spending the money on track days, becoming way faster behind the seat with a 2.5 than 2.9L myself is today on a forum.

How come it's been apart 4 times since? My biggest fear with building a motor is getting the right person to do it, to many people out there think they know what they are doing, take your money and then you end up with problem after problem.

So a stock 34 motor you reckon lol?

Tbh, as a BC 2.9 owner I wish I just bought another standard engine and didn't rebuild it at all.Because the 4 times its been apart since could have been avoided, and yes while laggier I would have had way more time you know, actually drive the car and spending the money on track days, becoming way faster behind the seat with a 2.5 than 2.9L myself is today on a forum.

For what reason was it pulled apart 4 times ?

For what reason was it pulled apart 4 times ?

4 different reasons.

Point being as the poster a few posts up above said, your engine is only as good as the person who built it. And the more custom things you do, the more you are reliant on how good your builder is to get it right. I had this exact option many years ago, in the hands of someone who was very highly rated on this very forum, at the time.

Put another stock engine in, or for very little money go forged which will surely last longer.

And for not even that much more, why not use a 2.9 kit? I mean, it's apart, and it seems like sound logic.

Sure, if the builder is great your RB28 can still be fantastic.

But yeah. It doesn't always end up that way.

As a result, I am a proponent of staying off the unknown path as much as possible. Saving Engine rebuild money and putting it into DIff, Brakes, Suspension, Tyres, and track time will result in a faster car, even if you make 320kw on -9's instead of 450KW on a 28 or a 30 on a nice twin scroll single.

One of the cars will be left in the dust in the above example and it won't be the 26.

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