Jadles Engine Died!

[Jadles_R32_GTS-t]

Hey hey everyone

I'm just looking for a bit of advice, yesterday the engine in my R32 GTS-t died something shot out the bottom of the engine, a piston or something I don't know. Now because the boyfriend was driving it, he feels really bad and said he will pay for the new engine to get put in now i have the decision of if I want to put the standard engine in or something else!!! And also who am I going to get to put it all in??? If anyone knows someone good on the Gold Coast it would be great if you could give me the name!! I would be willing to go to Brisbane if I have too (though I don't really want to go to Brisbane).

So if anyone can help please do!!! Thanks

Jade.

[Mud]

I hear J's Garage is the ducks nuts!

[Jadles_R32_GTS-t]

I hear J's Garage is the ducks nuts!

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Even to do the wiring and computer if I want to put an rb25 in it!!! (Which I'm considering)?? That would be good if he could do that'

[LBR33]

I know gavin wood does good engine but he will rob u blind when it comes to price, there are many other people out there who do good engines at the right price. Have you considered putting a rb25 in.....

[predator]

damn Did think it wasn't looking too healthy with the amount of blowby when I was checking that AFM problem a couple of months back.. but didn't really want to get u worried.

I think best solution may be an RB25 halfcut and go that route.. may cost $1000-2k more will add to the sellability of the car as well if you guys decide to sell it later on.

A few dudes are always after little bits and pieces for the rb20 which u can sell eventually for $50 here, $100 there, etc (head, turbo, injectors, loom, ecu, etc)

[Ska]

RB26 is where it's at, ask Will!

And yeah Gav on the coast or Mercury in Brissie.

[Ed G]

I hear J's Garage is the ducks nuts!

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Even to do the wiring and computer if I want to put an rb25 in it!!! (Which I'm considering)?? That would be good if he could do that'

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J's garage has access to someone who has just done all of this

[Jadles_R32_GTS-t]

I had a quote for a half cut of a R33 gtr 1996 to buy and to get installed for $6,000 including engine, turbo, wiring, intercooler, brakes, ummm i'm forgetting something but yeah, what do we think of that???

I don't really want to put the rb20 back in i was going more for the rb25 though I want the right person to install it!! I always get ripped when I take it to get serviced so I know i'll get ripped doing this job!!

[Jadles_R32_GTS-t]

J's garage has access to someone who has just done all of this

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Sweet I'll have a think about it but due to insurance i think ill have to get it done by a licenced company

[Charly]

:P

sorry to hear Jade.

[600ZILLA]

Gavin Wood Autotech

1/23 Gibbs Street

Labrador Queensland 4215

Australia

(07) 55292313

I have been using them for a couple years without drama.

[BH_SLO32]

Even to do the wiring and computer if I want to put an rb25 in it!!! (Which I'm considering)?? That would be good if he could do that'

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I did this conversion myself in June last year and can highly recommend it. With the stock turbo the RB25 offers great low down punch. I wired up a 'Plug 'n' Play' loom to enable the use of the factory ECU. With a PFC and a little more boost you will have a reasonably quick streetcar.

If you do choose the RB25 option though, I would recommend looking for a motor out of an R33 and not the stagea as there appears to be a little more involved in wiring up the loom to run off the stock ECU (I looked at it recently for a guy in Perth).

I am about to wire up a loom for a another member of SAU who is going to put an RB25 in his cefiro and I will be taking pics of the process (I placed some less detailed pics of my loom in my members gallery).

If you would like assistance with any aspect of the conversion feel free to drop me an email or PM. I took plenty of pics of my conversion so I can forward them to you.

Hope this helps.

Ben

[Bobjones]

Jay, have your man go with you for quotes, especially at some places mentioned, cause as sad as it sounds some places treat women differently.

As for where I go its a little different considering they were my girlfriends mechanics before mine, and I am glad they do cause I hate wanker mechanics!!!!

[chaos]

25/30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a big turbo

[NismoGirl]

If you have something bad to say about a company that has been mentioned in this thread, please pm the person with your issues instead of slandering business on a public forum.

[Nismo_Boy]

If you have something bad to say about a company that has been mentioned in this thread, please pm the person with your issues instead of slandering business on a public forum.

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Slander - A type of defamation. Slander is an untruthful oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community

Now that we have the correct definition of Slander posted above, I have no issue posting what happened in my case as its true, not an untruthful statement.

I have no doubt in my mine Gavin Wood knows more then his fair share when it comes to GTR’s and tuning how ever his poor customer service lack of interest and knowledge with engine conversion cars and his silly price’s makes one wounder.

He had nothing but issue’s with trying to tune a 600hp RB converted car, charged a silly amount for a SAFC tune that he didn’t do due to a bad senor - You’d think you would charge for pointing out the problem, not charging to tune a car you didn’t and admitted to not tuning eh.

From other peoples comments in person, on this site in the past and on other forums he appears to have no interest in pretty much nothing that’s not a GTR nowadays, yet he calls him self the “Skyline expert”..

Edited January 6, 2006 by Nismo_Boy

[The Dan]

Jay, have your man go with you for quotes, especially at some places mentioned, cause as sad as it sounds some places treat women differently.

As for where I go its a little different considering they were my girlfriends mechanics before mine, and I am glad they do cause I hate wanker mechanics!!!!

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Yeah, wanker mechanics are the worst!

[Eug]

i love lamp....

[Jadles_R32_GTS-t]

I think I'm going to go with the RB26 it a half cut of the R33 1996 gtr and bought and installed for $6,000 including after market intercooler, brakes, turbo, wiring, computer (i don’t know if i want to change my computer though) and yeah!!

I'm having a look at it today!!

One of the SAU members mentioned a mech that I'm going to look into too!!!

Thanks for all the tips guys. If there is any more info you can give me that would be great.

Thanks BH_SLO32 I would be shit to do that and there is no way I would let the bf do it, and i don’t think my insurance would like that!!

Who does engineers plates too?? Would they approve this conversion??

[V8skylineMAN]

There is no need for an engineers plate(afaik) because r32 did come out with an rb25 as well.

but, that being said, i would recommend it anyway, make it look more legit and less likely to be picked on for mods if its been done right, and approved.

as for the rb26conversion.....that is a great engine to throw into a gts-t....untill you break it, then you'll wish you got a 25....they are soooo much cheaper to fix/replace.

6k would get you a weapon 25, or a stock 26...

also with the 25 you can use most if not all the boltons you already have...with the 26 you are starting from scratch.