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Br4nchi3

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Hey, I have an 86' Pintara GXE. And I want to upgrade the engine to an rb20det. Is that the best engine to go with for this car? It's got the ca20e in it now (i think? im not a huge car engine know it all person). I just wanna know what else will need to be done if i upgrade to this engine and how much you think its going to cost me. I'll need someone to install it too. If you can give me a price range, that'd be awsome...

This isnt just your usual crap Pintara either, it's a nice one and I might be able to get some pic's for ya. So I dont want anyone tellin me I'm wastin my time. Any help would be greatly appreciated guys, thanks in advance.

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yeah, that would be me. I think it would be worth doing, and it doesn't matter what other people think. As long as you love your car. You will be looking at around $1800 for a r32 halfcut. Then You will need to modify your engine mounts a bit which unless you know what your doing, you will have to get them done professionally. Then get then drop then engine in and it will cost around a $1000 for the engine to be wired etc.

here's some pics of my 86' Pintara

http://75degreessideways.boostcruising.com/

Have you got any pics of yours?

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yes that definately right. You will be looking at around $500 for the hr31 struts and hubs. I was fortunate enough to pick mine up for $250. You can use r32 gts-t or gt-r rotors and calipers which are bolt on and i've seen them sell for round 200-250 mark for just the front..

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Is it hard? or hard to get someone to do it? I'm about to manual convert my (RB30) Pintara and only found out in the last few weeks that the manual crossmembers are different...sounds like fun :S

Back on topic...theres quite a few RB20 Pintara's going around.

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Yeah, this one has power steering.

I got some pics i took the other day, car went in to get some stuff done on it... and they took it for a quick test drive and someone crashed into my car :cheers:

It's getting fixed now, going to take about 2 weeks to repair.

http://tordek.no-ip.org/http/ryans_car/

Not real good ones of the general overview of the car, but that's all i have right now.

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Is it hard? or hard to get someone to do it? I'm about to manual convert my (RB30) Pintara and only found out in the last few weeks that the manual crossmembers are different...sounds like fun :S  

Back on topic...theres quite a few RB20 Pintara's going around.

Depends how handy you are! It'd certainly cost a few hundred to get someone to make one for you.If you can weld/oxy,then a custom Xmember is only half a day's work away :P

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Yeah, this one has power steering.

I got some pics i took the other day, car went in to get some stuff done on it... and they took it for a quick test drive and someone crashed into my car :)

It's getting fixed now, going to take about 2 weeks to repair.

http://tordek.no-ip.org/http/ryans_car/

Not real good ones of the general overview of the car, but that's all i have right now.

Hey I think I've seen your car before, I had to take a second look cos I thought it was a silo.

Depends how handy you are! It'd certainly cost a few hundred to get someone to make one for you.If you can weld/oxy,then a custom Xmember is only half a day's work away :P

Thanks :) If my mate can't manage to do it then I guess I can take it somewhere.

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