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Hi all just thought I would make a post to say thanks to all the support on these forums over the years, the fruits of my labor are in the latest Fast Fours. Pretty Good article few mistakes but all in all its an honor to get on the cover of a mag.

Cheers all and thanks for the PM's of support really appreciate it.

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Hi all just thought I would make a post to say thanks to all the support on these forums over the years, the fruits of my labor are in the latest Fast Fours. Pretty Good article few mistakes but all in all its an honor to get on the cover of a mag.

Cheers all and thanks for the PM's of support really appreciate it.

nice betty in your sig, bit of a rod fan too.... not many of us around in sau :D

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Hi all just thought I would make a post to say thanks to all the support on these forums over the years, the fruits of my labor are in the latest Fast Fours. Pretty Good article few mistakes but all in all its an honor to get on the cover of a mag.

Cheers all and thanks for the PM's of support really appreciate it.

My boss was speaking with your dad and brother and i got the impression it was running a 30 bottom end or was that another engine?

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Yeah the article didnt make a few things very clear.

This Engine and gearbox is rwd as the whole combo is going in a c110 skyline I am building at the moment, I built this motor as I had a lot of parts I wanted to test on it, for example I am mocking up a dry sump setup at the moment and it is cheaper to test it on this motor that already runs numbers, amd runs perfectly than to try it on a fresh engine that has not been run yet. This car has a 30 bottom end half completed for it, and it will be awd auto when that combo goes in. I hope that makes sense.

Also the rb25 block was choosen as it is easier to run the rwd sump (ie the tin one) than to cut a good 4wd sump and make it rwd as you would have to do for a rb26. Also this was a really pristine rb25, and it has an rb26 crank, rods, pistons, head so is more or less a 26 now.

Thanks for the comments guys cheers

I scanned in the cover but my scanner isnt big enough and its pretty bad quality.

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