Good Mechanics?

[long33]

im on the gold coast and have fought my way thru soooo many diy's, help guides etc on this site for a few probs with my liner but i am giving up, im not willing to pull apart my engine to find the problem because i dont have the time or the experiance with new turbo engines so im wondering can anybody recommend a good mechanic on the gold coast or further north towards brissy that specialises in import/turbo'd engines. (i drive an r33 rb25 det btw)

Thanks guys in advance, i need your help!

[Strik3r]

Gavin Wood - AutoTech

www.autech.net.au has the contact details.

hes expensive, but you get what you pay for.

[R334door]

whats wrong with your car? Noises?

[long33]

  R334door said:

whats wrong with your car? Noises?

yea, i found a few faq links with a few causes and remadies, basically i was driving home one day and went round a roundabout and tried to floor it cos i cut infront of a car and the car was rattling and jumping and wouldnt take off, it "hesitated" while making a strange noise and now wen i boot it it does the same thing, all the time, from the lights, dropping down a gear on the highway etc etc.

The faq said to cover the coil packs with tape but im not used to messing with anything more than the typical servicing stuff wen it comes to engines. unless some one has had this happen to them too id rather just take it to a mechanic and get him to look at it. 2 many things could be the prob, eg diff, oil systems, fuel systems, air flow, turbo etc. its scary. but yea im new to the area and dont no any mechs in the area hu would take on an import turbo.

[made_guy]

let me know how you go finding one - i too am on the lookout for a trustworthy, yet affordable and knowledgable skyline mechanic on the coast

[subzeroR33]

Try Autofine performance Brisbane Rd at Labrador speak to Russel 55290355.

He does V8s and turbos, He owned a nice R32 GTR, It went well.

[`nigno]

Tokage Racing, Rawlins Street Southport, Speak to Gary and tell him James with the big power 32 sent ya my cars in there at the moment.

[markimak]

im trust worthy.. ive done many coilpack mods with silicone and have a tube here.. ill be happy to walk u thru it mate. i do everything nearly.. from coolers, turbos, exhaust to RB20 conversions in sils.. ive done quite a few jobs for members here and on bc.com .. and so far everyone has been happy

and best thing is i dnt bullshit you with excuses i can actually explain it and i actually knw what im doing...

'unlike taking ur car to say APC to have an apprentice drop a bolt into a wrx bellhousing hehe, think of the noise and damage that bolt did on start up..'

send me a PM if u have any queries.

also i do FMIC kit installs from $175 for S1 GTST, and $200 for Silvias... and so forth

[markimak]

...actually i did lie then.. ive had one complaint... from chris.. he said my price was too cheap LOL... :laughing-smiley-014:

[MyR3408]

howmuch do they charge to get a set of coilpack and plugs replaced from a mechanic? rough estimate?

[steveo]

I recon Gavin woods the go but Gary from tokage is good too.

[long33]

i called up gary and checked the website for elsewhere and i reackon i mite just try tokage, they seem to be the biz price wise, gunna call him again tomoz to find out when i can book my car in,ill keep u updated on how the search goes if i find others and will let people who havent been to tokage how i go.

Let the search continue

Dazza

[markimak]

  MyR3408 said:

howmuch do they charge to get a set of coilpack and plugs replaced from a mechanic? rough estimate?

workshop rates are $90 and upwards my old place was $110 per hour!.. so ur looking at around an hour labour.. less but a shop will charge an hour just cause its not worth billing .5 hour.

coilpacks (splitfires) $560+ from slide..

plugs (NGK coppers) $4 each = $24 so ur looking around the 650 mark all up at a shop..

then they will give u a bullshit excuse that oh ur fuel pump is effed and ur harness has a bridge.. and tappet cover gaskets and ull walk out with a 1k bill..

i knw how they work i used to work for one.

pm me if u need some help or any other details..

[MyR3408]

  markimak said:

workshop rates are $90 and upwards my old place was $110 per hour!.. so ur looking at around an hour labour.. less but a shop will charge an hour just cause its not worth billing .5 hour.

coilpacks (splitfires) $560+ from slide..

plugs (NGK coppers) $4 each = $24 so ur looking around the 650 mark all up at a shop..

then they will give u a bullshit excuse that oh ur fuel pump is effed and ur harness has a bridge.. and tappet cover gaskets and ull walk out with a 1k bill..

i knw how they work i used to work for one.

pm me if u need some help or any other details..

Ive got the coils and the plugs how much is it to install it/

[made_guy]

isn't there a tutorial to do them on here? i didn't think coilpacks and plugs were that hard to replace.

[MyR3408]

  made_guy said:

isn't there a tutorial to do them on here? i didn't think coilpacks and plugs were that hard to replace.

yeah there is but not on the Neo 6 ones. ive found the one replacing the coils on RB26

and instructions w/ pics on how to remove the top bit of the Neo 6..

but i dun have confidence to fiddle arnd with it.. not too confident

[Reggi34dr]

I just changed my coilpacks this afternoon. I'm not a mechanic which is why it took me 2 hrs but I saved myself $$$. My splitfires cost $465 delivered thanks to Perfectrun.

It really isn't hard to do at all, it's just that all the little fiddly connections and things take time if you don't want to break/damage anything.