Lunched Rb20... Need Rebuild?

[AzzurrA]

Ok,

On the way to work this morning, accelerating from some traffic lights (not up it, just driving normally) changed into 3rd and just as i started to come on boost i heard a 'bang' and the car lost boost, and a big puff of browny/greyish smoke came out the back... limped it into a servo about 100 metres up the road, checked for an intercooler pipe off or something... couldn't see anything... Then a guy from East Coast Customs saw the car sitting there after a while, and offered to take a look at it. I limped it to their workshop (like, 2 doors down) and we ripped the intake apart, to find that something has gone through the compressor blades of the turbo, totally annihilating it.... it was then i noticed numerous 5cent piece, and some smaller, sized chunks of metal sitting in my intake pipes, we investigated further, and there's some around the throttle body too... mainly smaller shavings though.... i pulled a spark plug out, and i can see shiny bits stuck in the top of the pistons...

I did a search, but couldn't come up with much (recent info anyway)

I'm wondering if anyone knows any good engine builders in Brisbane, that actually know what they're doing, do good work, and aren't bloody ripoff artists?

Thanks in Advance

Jason

[chaos]

I would say Mercury but i know how you feel about them.

Could try Gavin Woods on the coast, and i see Chapman & Chapman come up a fair bit aswell.

[Mud]

Buy a front cut and whack an RB25 in it?

[AzzurrA]

Mud, the thought crossed my mind, but then it occurred to me that you're playing a bit of russian roulette with a 2nd hand engine... don't know if you're going to get a good one or one that will die in 3 months time....

at least with a rebuilt engine you know exactly whats in it, how its been treated etc...

And Chaos... i'm glad you didn't suggest them, or i'd have to hurt you

They would just out-source it to someone else anyway and then whack a stupid percentage on top of the cost for themselves....

[AzzurrA]

anyone heard of 'Tuned Automotive'?

They sponsor a friend of mine for Drifting, and he swears by them... i just gave them a call and they seem nice enough, seem to know a bit about what they're talking about too.... going to send me a quote through soon...

Their website is:

http://tunedautomotive.com.au/

[Mushroom]

Mark ashford racing in archerfield was really good to me i reccomend him

[Genesis®]

go Chapmans & Chapmans

[AzzurrA]

gave chapmans and chapmans a call and they didn't seem to want the business, so i might give them a miss...

[dangerous_daveo]

JH Hill. He will tell you to go an rb30dett tho... Just say you dont have the money to do so, and would like to keep the rb20, he should be right from there.

He does the Jett racing cars, few others over the years. Quite good with RBs.