Shoota_77

RB26 (R32) Head (unused since reco'd). Fully reco'd with new K-Line valve guides, 3 angle seat job, refaced, acid bathed. It looks brand new! The head is fully assembled and complete (standard cams, springs, buckets and shims). Valve clearances have been fully reset back to correct clearance with new shims. Also has new valve stem seals as well (obviously!). The head is still wrapped up in the packing from the reconditioning shop where it was done (Headspec in Clayton). Bolt it on and away you go! $1500 plus post ($100 Australia wide)

Sexy looking car! Good luck with it all.

What do you mean by the section in red below? Do you have access to the right machine to do an ADR approved emmissions test? It's not as easy as whacking a Lambda probe in the exhaust. Love to know if there is a way to avoid the $4000 test that needs to be carried out however.

Very generous of you to share the template. Good work on putting in the hard yards to get it right.

Looks great Erik, well done. What A/C compressor mount are you using? Did you use the RB26 mount or totally refrabricate one? I can't work out from the photos why you didn't use the original one? All you need to do is machine off the two upper bolt holes so it bolts direct to the block of the RB30 as opposed to the head on the RB26. Just curious!

All good. It's easy to read sarcasm into written word when there's no way of deciphering intonation! I work in Hawthorn which led to my surprise. It just amazes me that they would bother with a Skyline when there's Bentleys and other shit driving around the place! I guess they're easier to strip and offload. We have customers that pull up at my work and leave the keys in the car!

Um, am I reading the same post as you? How you've dragged those presumptions from what I said I'll never know....... Best of luck.

Are you funking serious? From Hawthorn? One of the top 10 most expensive suburbs in Melbourne? What the hell is this world coming to? Let me guess, no alarm?

These results give me a little tingly feeling in my balls thinking what the -5's will be like on my 30/26. Obviously provided it's setup as brilliantly well as yours is. Hats off to you for your perseverance with it! Now the fun begins (driving it!). Enjoy!

To my knowledge- All heads are the same. There are two different part numbers but they've superceded to the latter one now, no visible differences I've noticed between my R32 and 33 heads compared with my brand new R34 part number head. I believe the only difference in the cams is that the R34 has a different drive for the cam sensor (and different sensor obviously). Inlet manifolds are slightly different on the R32 compared to 33 and 34 (not sure what but something to do with water pipes). Supposedly 34 exhaust manifolds are slightly better flowing than 32 or 33. As I say that's to my knowledge but there may be other things. At the end of the day you can put any head on any block and make it work with minor mods. Just choose the right cams to suit your cam angle sensor.

Still on the hunt....

So officially moving back to Shepparton now. Gunna be a massive pain in my motivation. New job, renting house with no shed until new house/shed built, another baby on the way, it's all happening! Will need to try VERY hard to keep on track. Won't get anything done until after the move because of my hand surgery. Once shed is built and car is finished it will be awesome being back in Shepp. DECA, Winton, back roads! I'll be working as sales manager for Subaru, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Alfa, Fiat and Mercedes so if anyone needs a new car.....

Hi guys, Need a set of buckets and shims (not fussed what size shims, I'll use what I can and just replace what I need) for my new head for my RB30 build. Prefer good condition, not worn or overheated. Thanks.

Very industrious, well done! You must have some handy tools!

Geelong is pretty trendy these days (believe it or not!!) around the foreshore area. There's some funky little bars along there. We had a wedding at the Sheraton a few months back and it was really nice. Enjoy!

Sounds amazing! Goes alright too I spose! Was that smoke pumping out the back towards the end of the run?

Without a full noise video it doesn't run in my mind.....

Plenty of guys making huge power with well balanced standard cranks so i personally wouldn't waste the money on a billet crank unless I was going a stroker. Do that! With regards to Greekos' comment above, nothing wrong with checking oil pressure but most of the time the engine will have full oil pressure till she goes bang, then you've got 0 pressure!

There is a very good chance the oil pump could be on the way out too as the extra reverberation from the balancer "clacking" back and forth wears the leading and trailing edges of the inner pump ring which eventually causes them to shatter due to the thinning of the ring and the trauma the harmonics causes. I had an oil pump go which I presume was caused by the crank bolt being very loose. It's a prick of a job but to be safe I would pull the engine out and check/replace the oil pump especially if a standard or N1. That's no horror story either. There will be a lot worse to come!!!!!

So after about 7 or 8 weeks wait, my sexy, sexy slugs arrived- That's the positive side of things. Negatives? I had hand surgery last week to fix some thrashed ligaments in my fingers and thumb from old footy injuries. Suffice to say I'll be out of action for a while.. Might also be moving from Melbourne back to Shepparton soon which will be a bit of a speed hump as well. Until I get my 3 bay shed built with barn section in the middle to allow for a hoist........ can't wait. Be great to be 3 kms from DECA and a lot closer to Winton too!!

No Air Con though with external pump unless someone comes up with some funky braketry. If you're like me and feel hot at 25 degrees likewise then that's not an option!

I agree. There was a post from a guy a while ago who compared STANDARD RB26 rods and 700hp chev rods as being very similar. Any branded rod is more than enough for 500kw. 1000hp, then you would spend big bucks.

It's pretty darn infrequent that rods will be the one thing that lets down an engine. Everything else will go boom first. Choose the cheapest known brand you can find is my advice. I'm putting Argo's in mine but only because I got them with my dead engine. I think they're massive overkill, I would not have used them by choice unless I was aiming for 1000hp (I'm not!). Mine are 22mm wrist pins as well which meant mandatory custom slugs. Spend money on something other than rods IMO.

Sure. It's a super fine version of sand blasting. Most of the blasting material is water which means it can be used on the super soft metals. The guy then adds various different elements to the water to alter the abrasive effect. He uses a lot of the normal blasting medium (sand, walnut, etc). He normally hits it with the harsher abrasive first to clean it up then finishes it off with the fine stuff to create the like new finish. I had 2 rocker covers, 2 cam gear covers, 4 exhaust manifold heat covers, 2 engine mounts, coolant and oil hard lines, inlet manifold plenum plus a few other random bits and it cost me $125. The guy is here in Melbourne. His company is Auld Tyme Auto Resto Services and Wayne is the man to speak to. His number is 0416310662. Very nice guy and even picks up and drops off if he's in the area. Highly recommend his work!

None of that stuff above is painted by the way. That's how it comes up after the aqua blasting, it looks like it's been painted. It's amazing.