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polishstorm

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polishstorm

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Hey guys.

I am about to take delivery of a gtst with an RB26 already in it. Problem is that the bottom has spun bearings so was thinking as I have a rb30 block already here, I should do the 26/30 combo. I would look at doing it my self but as part of our lease at home I cant do any major mechanical work here. Who would be the most trusted workshop in your opinion to do the work, the best value for money and why? I dont want go to a so called big name shop, get shafted on price to pay mega bucks for such a relitively straight forward job. I am not chasing the cheapest but someone who REALLY does know what their doing and can back it up with decent service afterwards.

I guess I am looking for a trusted and reliable shop with a really good reputation.

Cheers

Jeremy

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TuneR32 Apprentice

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I took delivery of my 26/30 rebuild literally yesterday from Mick at Signature Performance. It was a long build, but he was good about pricing, and its making great power (355kw @ 16psi). Give me a week and i will tell you if i love it or not! We put lots of quality gear into it (Mahle pistons etc) and theres a girdle template he made for mine to stop torsion between block and head. Worth giving him a call and discussing options 38215281.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Jeremy, in response to your message, either of those can be highly recommended. Remember to be a meticulous as you can with what you want from the engine, then of course get written quotes, as with any workshop. Dan is fairly mobile and some work can be done at your place or somewhere flat, like a mates garage, but is putting up a big shed to work in. Mick is all in house and has impressed with good tuning. Otherwise I do all my own engine building so really can't recommend any other places. Also both places are frequented by mates and are friends with plenty in the SAUQld club.

EastCoastCustoms Enthusiast

EastCoastCustoms

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we are nearly finished with out Rb26/30 in a s15

off to dyno tomorrow for tuning

have done a few

i can recommend one place to defintely not go on northside of bris - i have the remnants of one of thier creations in my shop at the moment - how does wrong size pistons + a million other points to note sound?

peter eddie Apprentice

peter eddie

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we are nearly finished with out Rb26/30 in a s15

off to dyno tomorrow for tuning

have done a few

i can recommend one place to defintely not go on northside of bris - i have the remnants of one of thier creations in my shop at the moment - how does wrong size pistons + a million other points to note sound?

champ

Are you guys got best work shop in brissy?

sounds like you think you are the best buddy

We will come brissy next few weeks,

need work shop to look after our car too

MountainRunner Mentor

MountainRunner

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I was at Signature yesterday and their next RB30 is on the engine stand about to go into the car. As was said above Mick builds the engines, does all the fabrication and tunes them. He is a one stop shop and the buck stops with him. I've heard too many stories of projects going south and the engine builder pointing to the tuner and the tuner pointing at the engine builder and the customer getting scre*wed.

Choose carefully, check that the workshop has sucessfully built that style of engine before and best of luck with it. We all look forward to hearing the results.

Paul

EastCoastCustoms Enthusiast

EastCoastCustoms

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peter_eddie .... feel free to stop by champ.. no way we claim to be the best workshop out there, nor have the best facilities or be the know alls and kings of everything

i only speak from experience and dont talk shit about something if i dont know about it

we let our work and customer satisfaction speak for itself and never slag shit about other shops... i will only ever point out an error if it is right in front of me that another shop has done, but never slag shit

by all means drop by when your in town mate :P u can sit down and have a chat with us and make up your own mind from there :D

FineLine Grand Master

FineLine

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nutha vote for signature and/or ERD. both very experienced engine builders and both very non dodgey guys, (very important to me)

As mountain runner said, the latest 26/30 is on the stand right now. drop by for a bopeep.

MountainRunner Mentor

MountainRunner

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Hey EastCoastCustoms, seems like you guys also have a great attitude. We need more of it in the industry thats for sure. Keep us posted on the progress of that new engine. We will have to get you guys out to a track day as well. I'd like to see a communitee of workshops that come out to the track and support the guys running their cars. We have a couple now who do it, but more would be good.

Also I noticed Mick's contact details above are wrong:

PH: 3281 5281

www.signatureperformance.com.au

Paul

polishstorm Mentor

polishstorm

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I went out today and had a chat with the boys form East Coast. Seemed very genuine about what they do and what they want to acheive with their customers. Were very upfront with what was needed and the real approximate cost of what it would take to do the job. Whilst this is the first workshop I have seriously talked to about this, I will keep you guys informed of how I go with the other recommended shops.

I too think that a genuine group of shops to support the guys at track meets and maybe do a tech share would deffinately help the industry along... Its all to often that you hear of horror engine builds here and on other forums...

EastCoastCustoms Enthusiast

EastCoastCustoms

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thanks for kind words jeremy (polishstorm) -- our 26/30 s15 goes off to dyno tomorrow - have just finished all the little things on her and finished sorting out the idle tune on the e11v2 now (yes still at work on a fri night at this time :D anything for your customer ey...)

will let you know when i get it back from dyno on run in tune so u can have a good squizz - if u have any other questions RE our build, let me know champ ;)

and to both, yes we are planning to get out to more and more track days.. its so full on at the shop at the moment barely a chance to scratch our own butts or finish fine tuning our drift car (1jz sil80), but all in time :laugh:

cant wait to get out and put some faces to usernames :D

also looking to finally meet mick and dan and the boys from amec also - seem like great blokes and have heard nothing but praise about all three workshops, which is less than can be said about a lot of shop owners out there :S

666DAN Grand Master

666DAN

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I'll also give a thumbs up to EastCoastCustoms, they supplied my king springs a few years back and fitted them onto some stock R34 suspension I had (they may remember me coming down with the back sitting up 2 inches over the front, dragster style)

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