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Hey All,

Decided to post up a build up thread of my RB26.

Just to mention all of the work on this rebuild is done by GTRsean ( My house mate) who knows his sh#t when it comes to rebuilds! thanks.gif Sean

Where as I have never done this sort of thing before.... lol

So as this is underway I'll try to watch, learn and help where I can to get a better understanding as to how this all comes together.

A bit of history on the vehicle itself.

I am the second Australian owner of this 1993 BNR32 and have owned it for about 2 years.

It was purchased on the Gold Coast back in late 2009.

The previous owner had owned it for 6 years and bought it from a dealer.

Here is a photo of the ad for it.

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and a photo of when I picked it up.

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During my ownership it has seen a change cosmetically and mechanically.

the original plan for my car was to be a clean stockish JDM looking car that had decent power to come with it.

After months and months of driving the car eventually the engine block let go.

This was after I took it to SAU Drag Day this year and managing to put a crack in the 5th cylinder bore.... sleep.gif

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I suppose this didnt help either which occurred a few months before.

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The Mods on the car before the rebuild.

Arias Forged Pistons

Apexi AX53B60 Twin Turbo's @ 21psi

Apexi Power FC /w Hand Controller

Tomei Adjustable Cam Gears

Tomei Master Cylinder Stopper

Tomei Sump Baffle Kit

Yellow Jacket Coilpacks

NGK Spark Plugs

HKS Piping Kit

HKS 264 Degree Cams

HKS Catback Exhaust

JUN Oil Pump

720cc Sard Injectors

Turbosmart T Boostcontroller

Nismo Twin Plate Supercopper mix

Nismo Front Pipes

Nismo Engine Mounts

Nismo 320 kmph Dash

Nismo N1 Skirts & Rear Pods

Z32 AFM's

Oil Filter Relocation Kit

Oil Cooler 18 Row /w Braided Lines

Custom Oil Catch Can

ARC Front Mount Intercooler

Aftermarket Fuel Pump

BC Racing BR Series Adjustable Coilovers

Brembo Calipers and 324mm 2 Piece Slotted Rotors

Front & Rear Sway Bars

Front & Rear Strut Braces

Garrett 30Psi Boost Gauge

Wheels:

Work Emotion XD9's 17x9.5 +17 All Round wrapped in Falken Rubber

Here is a couple of photos of what it looks like.

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24 Sep 2011 - Engine is out now and the rebuild begins.

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30 Sep 2011 - Bought some stuff to go towards the rebuild.

Cosworth 1.1mm Headgasket.

Nitto Intake & Exhaust metal gaskets

Nitto Full Gasket Kit

ARP Head Studs

ARP Main Studs

ACL Race Big End Bearings

ACL Race Main Bearings

Sonic Turbo Studs

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01 Oct 2011 - Bottom End Taken apart.

Stock oil Restrictors

Arias Forged Pistons

Stock Rods

ACL Main Bearings

Stock Big End Bearings

Engine block honed

Found that the engine had a 33 GTR Crank which luckily is still in good nick.

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And that's all I have for you folks for the time being.

i'll try to keep this thread updated as much as possible along the journey..

Cheers!

Sloane.

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^^A full rebuild first.

Lol!

So, as Sloane said, I'll be helping him get his car back on the road, and into the 10's :thumbsup:, he has to beat my 12.001 quarter mile time first!

Car is being prepped for engine bay painting, and I made up a booth to spray in (hung up plastic). Primer coat is down, just needs a sand and the silver base coat will go on tomorrow.

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Engine wise, it will get the full build treatment, but keeping in budget constraints.

A few things to note with the engine upon pulling it down:

It was the stock 86mm bore, it was just honed when the arias pistons were fitted.

When Sloane had the engine 'fixed' by the last workshop:

Engine out etc:

They fitted JUN oil pump, no oil restrictor was fitted, just the stocker 2.0mm.

They changed the big end bearings due to a knocking, put in stock nissan bearings, mains weren't changed, they were ACL's and had scoring, probably from the first build...

For all that $12,000+ roughly.

The only things that I won't be doing will be block machining, crank balance etc. I need to clean the cylinder head, then send it in to get checked and skimmed.

Yeah tell me about it :whistling:

Just finished painting the engine bay. Put the base coats of silver on then the clear coats after 20mins.

Damn moths and things trying to lick the paint!

Glad I got it done tonight, as I didn't want to paint Sunday as well.

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Just have to de-mask some of the stuff.

I'll put up some better pics tomorrow.

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