Project 24

[murrayis]

yea but who do you trust to do the machine work....everyone gives your a different answer

[ravenofanarchy]

Mate have to love your persistence. I lost it when I had to wait 3 months to book mine in for a tune...

[murrayis]

lol Yea alot of other things have been going on so plenty to fill the mind.

Currently looking for a set of pistons - I think i'll rebuild as the time it'll take to sell all the parts will drag this into next year.

[GTScotT]

Don't bother selling man.

You will lose money and have nothing to show for it.

Buy a set of pistons and put the thing together yourself. BAM professional engine builder.

[DR 32R]

+1 to the above, or go dirty 30, or a well checked NEO rb25.

[Chris32]

lol Yea alot of other things have been going on so plenty to fill the mind.

Currently looking for a set of pistons - I think i'll rebuild as the time it'll take to sell all the parts will drag this into next year.

I've just read this from start to finish. If I'm ever up your way I'm going to buy a slab of piss and catch up with you for a yarn, what a read - let alone build!

Best of luck with it all

[murrayis]

thanks for your support!

hopefully tomorrow ill have a better idea of the plan!

[Rolls]

and this is why I always tell people to buy a stock rb25 neo instead of bashing their head against the wall to rebuild a motor for less results

[Roy]

ewww...i Just stepped in RB25!

[murrayis]

lol Roy!

Engine is being stripped this afternoon and then will be measured and blueprinted to see which pistons are required and then the final rebuild will commence!

[GTScotT]

THATS THE SPIRIT!!!!

[murrayis]

Now I just need to work out which pistons to use, I've been looking at various brands and using either CA18DET / 4AGE / Honda B16 pistons just trying to find the right combination or Bore. Compression Height & Pin size

[GTScotT]

If you know the specs most piston outfits will carve you up a set for minimal cost difference to an off the shelf set.

Personally I like CP's, and they can make the piston per your request. At the end of the day there isn't much to it, diameter and pin height.

The official distributor for CP are in QLD, too. I can't remember their name.... They gave me the best advice and really knew their stuff. Order them with the optional European pins and they are a 1500hp+ capable piston.

[murrayis]

So Day 1 Complete & the Block had been stripped in record time this evening. Next Step to arrange for pickup and off for her measurements to be taken.

[ZRBE]

just got through this thread and holy sh*t man.

So glad to see you were finishing this build after the EOI of parts a couple of pages back.

I would of thrown the towel in a while back..$$$

Yay for RB20's (24) great build!

[murrayis]

So I might have some pistons lined up but need to see what I am missing from this PDF - Anyone care to translate for me?

http://www.tomei-p.co.jp/manuals/pdf/rb24piston.pdf

[Gts-t]

Hey mate,

Have u had a chat to chilton engineering, they seem quite good with machine work.

Mick

[GTScotT]

What part of that document do you want translated?

[murrayis]

So I put a call in the the engineering shop to see what they had found so far. They've done a vacuum test of the head and found 8 of the valve aren't sealing correctly and also that there is a oil support ring missing from each piston so there is a .8mm play in the oil rings and they would have never put outward pressure on the bore to bed in.

Waiting on a call back to make sure the pistons can be re-used then i'll be up nice and early tomorrow on the phone to Ross Racing Pistons to order a new set of rings and oil support rails.

[GTScotT]

lol who the hell built the engine with 1 less oil ring support rail?

So fail.