Jump to content
SAU Community

Good Skyline mechanic in Melbourne?

RomkaR31

By RomkaR31,
in Victoria

 Share

Recommended Posts

Roy Grand Master

Roy

Posted
Posted

If its basically std, ie ECU, injectors, turbo then dont bother with tuning. Modern cars with ECUs using MAF dont need to be 'tuned'

My thoughts only, but throw a coolant flush and top up with some new coolant.

Throw a new sump of Mobil 1. Motul etc at it with a new oil filter.

Flush the brake lines with a good fluid, or at least check the colour of the existing fluid. Check pad thicknesses.

Throw a new fuel filter at it, and give the car a run on the dyno to check that the fuel pressure is healthy, actualy by the time your charged for dyno time, id consider replacing the fuel pump with a new one of it currently is using a std pump.

What else, id consider putting some new diff and gearboc fluid in it as well. These arent difficult or overly exopensive things...but id like to do it if i had just bought a new car. Looking at the colour of the fluids coming out also gives you an idea of the health/servicing of the car.

Perhaps clean the AFM, put in a new set of copper plugs. As for tuning it, i love shops that use the term a tune...when i think altering fuel/ignition is tuning, and they are doing no such thing, just charging a healthy sum to service a car

As for a workshop, talk to as many as you can and go to whoever your comfortable with. For this sort of work you just need to be sure that the mechanic is genuine/honest and competent....

R31Nismoid Grand Master

R31Nismoid

Posted
Posted

there is a thread... at the top of this section.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=24324

please have a read through it as it contains information such as that.

cheers - ash

SLYSX Rising Star

SLYSX

Posted
Posted
:bs!:

Agh its King ****whit again aka REDFC/ MinesDats, i find it funny how you bag out chasers and say they dont build there own engines etc, when my brothers SR 180 was rebuilt with forgies there last week by Benny and Brad and if you need confirmation of this, the engine was built right in front of Horus's eyes.

EVONUTS Apprentice

EVONUTS

Posted
Posted

^^^You are not the only one who has seen it. When my car was in for the block and head repairs[don't ask, it was pretty bad] I dropped by unexpectedly on a couple of occasions. The first time I dropped in was about three days after the car came in on a flatbed, and Benny intorduced me to my new pistons. A couple of days later they introduced me to a completed cylinder head, ported to boot. Wednesday the week after I was told to come and collect. Oh that reminds me, I still have to get the pics off of them while they were rebuilding it.

silva33 Mentor

silva33

Posted
Posted

ICE Performance have been very helpful with me in the past. Nigel will take the time to explain any questions you may have.. Im taking my car there next week for further works..

There is a large range of good tuners out there, but my experiences with ICE have kept me comming back without bothering checking other places out.

I have only experienced good quality work with the comfort that if something did go wrong they go out of their way to help out..

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Gareth87
      What should I do next to hold the head on

      By Gareth87 · Posted

      I can see between the water jacket and cyl 3 there wasn't a hard line of combustion gas. It certainly appears that the issue is coming from there. Yes, checked the tension. All at 100ft lbs where I set them 5 years ago. These blocks can crack but generally when they have been over bored. Mine is only 0.5mm oversize at 89.5mm. They break between cylinders around the 91mm mark. No sign of that with mine. My gut feeling is the head gasket lifted a while back when the studs stretched and i bandaided it by retorquing the studs. It's finally let go.
    • TurboTapin
      new 1.5 LSD issues/concerns

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      My Nismo 1.5 churps a bit on reverse turns when cold, but besides that feels like a stock diff.
    • The Bogan
      NC MX5

      By The Bogan · Posted

      Yes, but, I paid cash and I'm pretty sure the receipt was in the bin 10 minutes after I got home Note to self, keep all receipts
    • MBS206
      NC MX5

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Bunnings would have just handed you your money back on that one!
    • The Bogan
      NC MX5

      By The Bogan · Posted

      So, version 4 intake is on its way I was looking at these a while ago but at around $200 or more it was a little pricey for something that might not work, but, I had it in my watch list, but, I got a message saying it was on special, and I had a code thingie to use, it eventually came in at $120 delivered, so BAM, BUY NOW.....LOL I'll need to have a look when it arrives but I feel it will "look" better than what I currently have, as it comes with a PCV fitting, so I will be able to get rid of the alloy pipe that goes to the throttle body with the PCV fitting  Well, that's what the voices in my head are telling me  Oh, and this happened today Yeap, it was a Trojan, and it was cheap, so I headed back to the hardware store and actually spent a little bit more on a heavy duty,  one that was actually recommended by a plumber mate, a Cyclone one with a fibreglass handle that is actually rated for clay The broken shovel will eventually be "modified" into a short handle shovel
×
×
  • Create New...