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hey thought id introduce myself

my names Tim im 22 and have just joined up. my car is an aus spec 31 <_<

with a manual conversion and a turbo conversion. and other assorted money wasting accesories. anyway hi and im looking to get into club racing soon so cars for sale.

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yeah buy my car. u wont find better. ;)

mine is a rb30 with turbo and full exhaust. converting it to manual i bought a r31 rebuilt gearbox and a brand new hd clutch.

all up mucking about with the conversion for both the engine and gearbox done professionally you are looking at 1500 for manual conversion, 5000 for all turbo work ive had done at least.

so def go rb20 route as it is cheap and although it hasnt got as much torque its good power and get the box and engine put in at same time. dont bother with nics engines ie. make sure its a silver top 20 out of r32

on the other hand if you want to destroy rb20s :lol: rebuild your rb30

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id prob have a rb30 and a 25 on par in terms of potential. my budget wasnt defined unfortunately i ended up spending money on assorted hurdles such as tein headgasket and enlarging the wastegate. labours a killer and all that money was spent over a year. but yeah you are kinda right if i had tha patience it wouldve been a good option. anyway cars for sale.

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