What Rb30 Block Is This?

[Craved]

im tempted to buy a $600 R31 and strip it for parts

[BOZ22N]

hay guys if you look hard enough amoung the VL turbo crew i am sure you will find one. i got mine for a carton of Tooheys NEW. HAHAHA

and the big ends bores and mains were in fantastic shape.

Cheers,

Boz

[Scribble]

Ive picked up 2x RB30 bottom ends for $30 now. First one was fine but was a series 1 and didnt have turbo provisions. So the second block was a series 2 and even has the machined surface.

I wonder how much i can sell the set's of rod's for and see if i can re-coop my cost's

Keep looking through the quokka (classifieds) as theres usually something there. More so under the VL parts section.

[FATGTS-R]

To add more eveidence to the R31 all having the right block, we are doing a turbo conversion (single cam) on a mates series 1 86 R31 and the block has all provisions already in place.

[Craved]

still waiting to hear back from some guys that put a RB25 into a VL .... see if i can get it cheap enough..

but $30 is a mad bargain..

i rang about 8 wreckers around my area and only 1 place had an RB30 in stock

[avalonea]

when i did one we went the rb30 from the skyline

there all series 2 and they didnt have the overheating problem the vl's had

also i never had a problem with a matchined serfice to mount the tensioner on?

`josh

[kudos.motorsports]

Guys I must defend the VL RB30s the over-heating problem associated with VLs is caused by the radiator setup they run. The relative height level of the radiator-to-head doesn't promote air to escape the system rather it gets trapped in the head. It's matter I would only take into consideration when selecting a replacement, stock, head not block. You have to love cast iron.

[racsov500]

^ what he said

theres no difference between R31 and VL rb30e's as far as im aware.

Edited November 16, 2005 by racsov500

[Drifterdan]

And generally the air pocks are caused by people to lazy or incompitent to bled the head properly! So really its just as likely to happen in r31's to i suppose.

[Cubes]

To myself it looks as if the rb20det's in R32's sit higher than the Rb30's in VL's do.

It most probably comes down to poor head design as I've known R31's to crack heads also..

However, I put it down to being radiator related... The VL's run crappy copper radiators. Aluminium works better than copper as a radiator.

Edited November 16, 2005 by Cubes

[Craved]

^ what he said

theres no difference between R31 and VL rb30e's as far as im aware.

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except for the series of RB30 block they can have..

[[200]]

I've found a complete r31 motor for $120!

Is there any difference between the crank, rods and pistons?

[Scribble]

vlt motors run different (lower) compression piston's. Around 7.somethingorother

im led to believe crank and rods are the same as N/A's

[chairman]

what belt r u running wit the both idles above water pump ?

[Socrates]

6 year old thread dude, your post doesnt make much sense to me either? both idlers?

[Tai1or Made]

[meat]

This Josh guy is EVERYWHERE

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I'm somewhat like God.

Everywhere and nowhere.

[meat]

We should be friends!

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Done.