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I HAVE RECENTLY GOT A RB26 R33 GTST. 5 MIN AFTER PICKING IT UP IT SPUN BIG END BEARING. MOTOR HAS BEEN STRIPED DOWN AND THERE IS METAL EVERYWHERE. I HAVE TAX INVOICES FOR 2 REBUILDS PRIOR TO THIS ONE IN THE LAST 2.5 YEARS BOTH CAUSED BY SPUN BOTTOM END. THE CAR HAD ARIAS FORGED PISTONS BILLET RODS ACL RACE TYPE BEARINGS ARP HEAD STUDS, PMC SUMP BAFFLE N1 OIL AND WATER PUMP R32 N1 TURBOS RUNNING AT 15PSI REMAPS ECU STANDARD INJECTORS AND CAMS. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO LOOK OUT FOR TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN OR A COMMON PROBLEM LOTS OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT AND SAME PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN. ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

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I HAVE RECENTLY GOT A RB26 R33 GTST. 5 MIN AFTER PICKING IT UP IT SPUN BIG END BEARING. MOTOR HAS BEEN STRIPED DOWN AND THERE IS METAL EVERYWHERE. I HAVE TAX INVOICES FOR 2 REBUILDS PRIOR TO THIS ONE IN THE LAST 2.5 YEARS BOTH CAUSED BY SPUN BOTTOM END. THE CAR HAD ARIAS FORGED PISTONS BILLET RODS ACL RACE TYPE BEARINGS ARP HEAD STUDS, PMC SUMP BAFFLE N1 OIL AND WATER PUMP R32 N1 TURBOS RUNNING AT 15PSI REMAPS ECU STANDARD INJECTORS AND CAMS. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO LOOK OUT FOR TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN OR A COMMON PROBLEM LOTS OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT AND SAME PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN. ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

I would say get another engine builder.

my VG30DETT RACE motor, which pumps out 366RWKW, has been running for over 2 years now, over 20 race meets, some 400 race laps, where every gear change is at 7000rpm. so someone is ballsing up big time with your motor.

I would say get another engine builder.

my VG30DETT RACE motor, which pumps out 366RWKW, has been running for over 2 years now, over 20 race meets, some 400 race laps, where every gear change is at 7000rpm. so someone is ballsing up big time with your motor.

yep...what he said

I would say get another engine builder.

my VG30DETT RACE motor, which pumps out 366RWKW, has been running for over 2 years now, over 20 race meets, some 400 race laps, where every gear change is at 7000rpm. so someone is ballsing up big time with your motor.

EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT PLACE LETS HOPE THIS TIME ITS DONE RIGHT

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