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I had mine for a few months and blew the oil pump. That was in April. I still don't have the car back yet. Cooked the pistons, bearings, cracked the block, blew the turbos, clutch and 4th gear. And the pump came out in seven pieces Found out then that the thermostat was shot, the harmonic balancer had been welded on and that an RB26 is the hardest engine to work on. Then got taken for a ride by the mechinist..... But almost done! :)

I had mine for a few months and blew the oil pump. That was in April. I still don't have the car back yet. Cooked the pistons, bearings, cracked the block, blew the turbos, clutch and 4th gear. And the pump came out in seven pieces Found out then that the thermostat was shot, the harmonic balancer had been welded on and that an RB26 is the hardest engine to work on. Then got taken for a ride by the mechinist..... But almost done! :)

Solid effort. Mine blew the head cracked a few pistons and shattered some valves. All in All the work was to bore the block out slightly, new pistons and rods and a complete head rebuild. On top of that We did a full fuel system upgrade including a new oil pump... the only things that i DIDN'T touch as im broke where the injectors (that we where told are fine) the ECU and the turbos. ECU is getting done ASAP. And now i blew a turbo.... So both of those are getting replaced. Fingers crossed nothing else dies. Like i said with a triple plate clutch and a 33 gearbox lets hope not.... But man that's a solid effort on that 26 you did. Hope you get yours back all nice with no issues!

Yep a heavy part of my cost was rebuilding the block/head. Fingers crossed you get it back all sweet! i was wishing to bring the 32 to the SAU event this week. But unless i get the fastest Turbo replacement in history i doubt it hahaha.

hahaha MOAR POWAH=Future issues... Wait for it all to start... How much you aiming for? Im expecting mine to be close to 300KW and that's ill i really want in a road car haha.

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