Birth Of An Rb25

[TommO]

Llets hope that never happens again...

[2rismo]

Llets hope that never happens again...

Rubbish! That's the only day's racing where I've ever turned a profit!!!

[1JZ.747]

did you get your head probs sorted mate?

[2rismo]

Yes mate. RB26 bronze exhaust guides and iron CA18 ones for the intake.

[benm]

I wish someone would fix my head issues....

[R338OY]

I wish someone would fix my head issues....

All better.

[2rismo]

The porting is now complete, the valve guides finished and installed and the valves and valve seats cut and checked for seal.

[shanef]

The porting is now complete, the valve guides finished and installed and the valves and valve seats cut and checked for seal.

it looks rough as a dogs ass in them ultra high quality photo's

[2rismo]

Shitty camera phone has issues focusing in the lack of light in the workshop. It's very pretty in reality

[2rismo]

Snapped a couple more pics today. It's coming together now. Also a shot of the guts of the sump.

[shanef]

lookin good bud

has the block been cryod too eh?

[zebra]

mmmm...looks clean enough to eat off. You not going to ruin it by sticking it in a car are you

[2rismo]

The block hasn't been cryo'd but it is mostly grout filled. Cams go in today and then the external pickup will be mounted and welded in place. Then the bottom pulley will be adapted to the balancer and then it's in the ute and off to Bezerkley to fit and mount the oil pump so we can order the right length belt.

[GTL05T]

all i can say is wow lol

very nicely done so far. I love the turbo kit more lol so shiny lol

how much did everything cost to rebuild incl parts & labour?

[1JZ.747]

The block hasn't been cryo'd but it is mostly grout filled. Cams go in today and then the external pickup will be mounted and welded in place. Then the bottom pulley will be adapted to the balancer and then it's in the ute and off to Bezerkley to fit and mount the oil pump so we can order the right length belt.

grout filled, is that a must do once you reach a certain power level with a rb engine?

[Duncan]

your diff looks wierd mate. where is the tube for the front drive shaft?

[2rismo]

grout filled, is that a must do once you reach a certain power level with a rb engine?

Certainly not a 'must do' - more a case of 'why not?'

your diff looks wierd mate. where is the tube for the front drive shaft?

I don't see a diff in that shot?!?!

[2rismo]

So with the Plazmaman intake on one side and the coated shit on the other, I thought I'd spend some time polishing the cam covers. I wasn't aware just what 'some time' really meant. Holy crap this takes a long time.

At this point I've cleaned them up with 240 and gone over this one again with 400. Then comes 600 and then polishing. Time consuming plus!!! I should have started this process a long time ago. One of the two covers has a pressed indent in the top that looks like it was meant to have a badge in it at some point. I ground that out together with the casting marks around the base as well.

[shanef]

looks good you ricer

[2rismo]

I had to. With the manifolds on either side lookinh like they do, the covers just looked shithouse.