Forged Pistons / Rods / Cams / Orings And Cometic Gasket

[phee]

Hey guys / girls,

Stripping my rb25 motor down tomorrow and just spoke with the mechanic and he mentioned that forged pistions might have to come from the states and can take 6 weeks to get here?

Surely there is a website or w/shop down south that sells the above parts that I need here in Australia?

Does anyone have any recommendations on who I can speak to or web links I can have a look at to get the parts?

Any help will be really appreciated. I tried looking but I'm not having much luck

Phee

[Wheezy]

VPW and even autobarn might have something at their warehouses would take only days to get it

[infected flow]

VPW and even autobarn might have something at their warehouses would take only days to get it

Hi-octane give them a ring they might have some acl's in stock speak to dave..

http://www.hioctaneracing.com.au

[blind_elk]

I've got a set of 1mm O/S ACL forged pistons - $1000 delivered to your dor.

[R33S2]

Any photo's of the damage?

[Craved]

you dont O ring the block with a cometic gasket

PM Slide - from sliding performance... he can get the cometic gaskets for you.. he also does CP pistons

www.slidingperformance.com

[shanef]

phee weren't you going to do the rb25/30 conversion? If so ud be after a different combo compared to a straight rb25.

[[200]]

I sell all that...

See my sig...

PM me if you're interested...

Edited August 31, 2006 by [200]

[phee]

Wow thanks SO much!

I am sticking with the 25 now shanef. Too freaking hard to go the 30 bottom end here in Darwin, I just gave up. I had 365hp before she blew so that's enough... if I change my mind down the track (which I don't think I will) I will do something about it then

Edit: There is a gallery of photos from the rebuild. Just follow the link in my sig to find them. I haven't updated them since the engine was pulled out. I might go to the w/shop this w/end if they managed to strip it down today, and get some more pics to upload!

Edited September 1, 2006 by phee

[shanef]

Soft phee bloody soft nah u should be happy with any rebuild i guees

My engine's been built for over a week now but im still waiting on the sump adapter, it'll be finished, eventually

[Cubes]

RB30 isn't difficult..

Quite suprising how easy it is actually.

Depends on how motivated your mechanic is. Some have been in the job too long and can't be bothered with something they haven't done before.

[phee]

Haha... It's been off the road over 3 months now and I just don't care. Even if it went back to what it was I just want the bloody thing back!! I don't have any other trnasport apart from it so catching lifts or having to borrow cars is starting to shit me right off

[The Dan]

I sell all of this stuff as well. The pistons can come locally but most people prefer to wait the 4 weeks for JE, ROSS, or CP.

For JE pistons with rings and pins, eagle rods, and HKS camshafts you will be looking at $4000

The Cometic head gasket with VRS set will set you back $700.

[Cubes]

The Cometic head gasket with VRS set will set you back $700.

Thats fairly exxy..

I picked up my rb25 cometic mls for $150 (through the machinist) and vrs kit for $275 from nissan.

I went the Rb25 hg as it works just as well and the rb26/30 cometic gasket was double the price.

[handyandy]

Hi, i heard that o-ringing the head/block is only necessary on race engines.

Can someone explain the process and benifits of this as i'm rebuilding my rb25det at the moment.

thanks simon

[phee]

Thanks heaps for all the replies guys, and all the PM's. I'll write everything down and add up my figures. I am not after brand names, I am after reliability. If there is something there that does the exact same job that the HKS / Tomei etc do... then I'll take it.

I have heard the stock rods and cams are both good for 500hp? Has anyone else heard this? I am still another 100hp off that figure so I could save some $$ in that area if the rumors are true.

To everyone that PM'ed me, I'll get back to you in the next couple of days.

Thanks again for all your help. I wont worry about o-rings either. Sounds like they aren't needed.