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Long N1 block built by racepace in 2009 with their extended baffled sump and the typical dark red stock cam cover set - cam cover complete set is new old stock condition!

very low kms. Stock head. Tomei big capacity oil pump. ATI balancer. Water pump. Cam gears. No Clutch. Sump can be on or off (see below).

At minimum can sell long block with head & placeholder cams.

+ sump with racepace extended capacity mods if you want it

+ 4.11 front diff if you want it

+ r34 HKS big cam set (new) if you want it

+ 2530 turbo pair also low kms, with big dumps attached, if you want them

+ hks v-cam step 1 if you want it.

+ 800cc injector set if you want them

It does not need to be opened between head and block unless you want to port the head. It is in perfect condition with n1 pistons balanced etc and low kms (circa 5000 only) ready for use. It was running perfectly a month ago as a couple of workshops can verify.

$13k for long block. (I don't really know the market price tbh but yahoo auctions has a shitty long block non n1 for 1m yen).

additional items (marked by +) by negotiation. Located in Sydney.

will come back to add pics.

Edited by syd_gtr

What makes it built ? That usually implies upgraded forged pistons and rods at a minimum, so you need to be a bit clearer on any other internal finer details of the build.

n1 pistons and whatever racepace were doing in 2009 for what they said at that time was their “stage 2” (my memory was “stage 1” but my old emails say “stage 2”).

I think approx this attached but with a better oil pump, and their sump that can go around corners at 1g? i dont think they were doing forged pistons in 2009 tho.

I have not got racepace to unearth a build yet, it is 13 years ago, however I have the email chain showing purchase for 14500 and it was built for a track racing customer of theirs called JFK. Whomever that is. or was.

either/either ... its a good n1 motor with bugger all wear and nothing wrong with it and all I can say for sure is mark at unigroup or jim at tunehouse can verify it was running perfectly and the mechanic Terry N1 uses can also vouch it was running fine when he pulled it out and put it on the floor. and all three can verify the benign reason I am selling it.

If it was “just” a good n1 motor with no real miles and a tomei pump and fancy sump and full new cam cover set is it mispriced? I think it should be more, tbh, but you tell me.. 

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Edited by syd_gtr

So, you have no idea of what you're actually selling ? Also why attach a spec sheet that has nothing really to do with your engine in question ?

Hey mate I'm trying to help you, so all I'm saying is people are not just going to hand over $10k+ for an engine without knowing EXACTLY, TO THE VERY LAST DETAIL, of what they are purchasing. This is what people are going to be asking you and you really need to know the answers.

I'm not saying anything like it's good, bad, cheap or expensive, but just saying "I think it has this", or it's a "Racepace stage 2" isn't going to cut it with most people is it ?

people buy skylines every day that come with totally unknown engines. Of all kinds. I have heard people occasionally blow up their rb26 and need a new engine? it isnt a dyno queen or drag billet build monster its just like one of the many 200 to 400kw ones running around. 

This engine is stock with n1 pistons and long nose crank and a $1500 oil pump and metal gasket, anything else is a plus, and without pulling it to pieces the wear can be verified, then they can call up racepace motorsport in melbourne and ask them to confirm they built it new. Their label is on the block after all.

Shrug. where else and for what money can you buy a good n1 long block? not trying to be an ass, tell me because the few on yahoo auctions cost 1m yen+, but are in a terrible state.


It is expensive now to pull together block head and sump from new let alone labor and time, even the cam cover set is $$$ now.

ofc if after a while I get no queries, I will chase less money.

Edited by syd_gtr

I'm with Ben. Without demonstration, the value is arguably less than the asking price. Caveat emptor has always been the watchword. People are free to approach such a sale and purchase however they want.

dunno, wasn't 

38 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

the value is arguably less than the asking price.

Isn't this sort of thing verboten in classifieds forums? 

If I cannot ascertain from Ben at Racepace In Melbourne what the build was in enough detail, AND I don't get any good faith queries, the price goes down. Is that necessary to point out?

27 minutes ago, syd_gtr said:

Isn't this sort of thing verboten in classifieds forums?

I would have said it was not verboten. A nuanced interpretation of the "rules" suggests that it is quite reasonable to point out such discrepancies. More to the point, I would have thought that you could read English and therefore would be able to understand that point that was being made. To whit, if you can't prove what's in it, then it probably isn't justified to ask what you're asking. As such I was indicating that the onus of proof is on the seller. I also mentioned that the buyer should put as much effort into deciding the value as they feel prepared to.

30 minutes ago, syd_gtr said:

AND I don't get any good faith queries, the price goes down. Is that necessary to point out?

Um, yep. As the onus of proof is on you, you could possibly have waited until you had such proof before going in with your strong price point. If you have hedged your bets and decided that your price point was partway between what it might be worth with proof, and what a reasonable buyer might think it's worth without, then you have done yourself a disservice because it would be difficult to increase your opening price in this advert. Cart before horse, etc etc.

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Thanks for your interpretation of the rules. My English is pretty good, being my first language and so on, but perhaps point 2 of the rules is full of the nuance that I did not notice:

 

"2. No price debates - put simply if you do not agree with the price being asked, do not comment on the thread. If you believe the seller is asking too much then either pm the thread starter or dont buy the items advertised - simple."

 

Nevertheless I'm of course keen to update the topic when Racepace can provide more info, and if a mod thinks that my item is, um ...  "priced too high without proof" ...  they should remove it under the rule that is not visible to me.

Not here to rip anyone off. Anyone who is interested in this engine can check any number of bonafides and references from the skyline community to see I'm not trying to pull a fast one. If it goes clank clank on first start I'd even give them their money back. 

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