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Putting an RB25DET in an R32?

Pekatu

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in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)

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h8t_copsr32 Apprentice

h8t_copsr32

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i have just bought an rb25det for a reasonable price an all up it is easy to do it yourself job cheaper aswell but depends on your decision so anways provided you know what ur doing i sold my rb20 for $3.500 an theres nothing wrong with it. If u can always check up on prices and is always helpful to ask i have an r32 gtst and you will porberly need an r33 if u want to add power mods (stupid answer) to it after the engine swap turbogearbox for ya ride but all should be sweat sorry to breif

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$3000 for the RB25DET (just jap)

$1195 for the RB20DET

You'll need a stronger gearbox (RB25) which is about $1000. Optional but recommended to replace the front brakes with R33 brakes as they're slightly bigger (and better).

It'd be cheaper to buy a R33 front cut. Atleast that way you'd have some extra stuff to sell like the headlights and quarter panels. I'm not too sure how much they are as I can't find a price anywhere on the net (not really trying).

Labour? a few slabs if you do it with your mates, you'll learn a lot from it as well.

If you're going to get a mechanic to do it, might cost about $1000 if nothing goes wrong...

blind_elk Grand Master

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I'm in the process at the moment, although my RB25DET is from a Stagea AWD.

The engine set me back $3700 (complete with auto trans! - any one want a AWD auto?), and I'm planning to run a Wolf3Dv4+ ($1600). Then there was a $1G for the lightweight flywheel and clutch setup (which I would have got anyway).

The engine didn't come with a coil ignitor module (its apparently built into the ECU), but I managed to source a reco'd one from Petroject ($350).

Extra couple of hundred for ancilliary stuff like relays and wiring.

I'm hoping to do most of the work myself, just renting space to do the job. So I guess I'm looking at around $6G all up. Plus tuning time (for the Wolf).

If you get a half-cut, it might be a bit cheaper, especially for a RWD-only cut. And you get all the electrics you need, ie ECU and loom.

RB20DETs aren't worth that much, maybe $1G if everything is attached.

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