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  On 20/10/2022 at 5:05 AM, The Bogan said:

Which one? BA, BF or FG

BA BF = $100 for a long

FG = $150 for a long motor 

My mate at work is constantly bending my ear in all things Barra

Not bad for a base that is so capable and easy to build for small change

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yeah its ridiculous how cheap they are. and you can get silly power from a stock block

  On 19/10/2022 at 1:15 AM, r32-25t said:

That was my thinking when I bought the billet block, yes it costs more to begin with but it wasnt much more compared to buying another cast block and doing everything to strengthen it properly and I still would have had a weaker block at the other end 

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It's really unfortunate IMO that billet means it's no longer really streetable. I want an engine that you can count 10 seconds and start driving as long as ambient temps are over 5C. I'm also not super wedded to 8mm thick liners or anything like that, my power requirements are comically low and covered by stock block but it's really everything else that keeps me up at night.

  On 23/10/2022 at 10:31 PM, joshuaho96 said:

It's really unfortunate IMO that billet means it's no longer really streetable. I want an engine that you can count 10 seconds and start driving as long as ambient temps are over 5C. I'm also not super wedded to 8mm thick liners or anything like that, my power requirements are comically low and covered by stock block but it's really everything else that keeps me up at night.

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I wouldn鈥檛 spend 10 of thousands of dollars to build an engine and hit the key and rip my foot off the clutch the second it fired no matter what material the block was made from, I鈥檇 warm it up either way so it makes no difference. I鈥檝e seen plenty of billet blocks driven on the street now and know that I鈥檝e made the right choice 

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Be nice to have a new cast block I'd say.  Mine been 600hp for 8 years with stock R33 GTR block i brought from the wreckers for $400 and got it scanned etc.

Almost time for a refresh with 50,000km+ on it :).

Kids have slowed down the KM's on it now days though.

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and found the important bit

 

Q: what鈥檚 the price point?
A: Don鈥檛 hold us to it but our target price is around 8k for the 1500hp version and 10k for the integrated main cap version with 4 bolt main option 3000hp.
Note: We aim to include main bolts and ALL machine work to spec for a ready to build torque plate finished solution.
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  On 11/08/2023 at 12:39 PM, Butters said:

next update

 

On paper, this would be epic

4 bolt mains

better oil drains

90mm + bore 

thicker deck 

 

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PRP are seriously leading the world in RB鈥檚.  From where Herman started to where he鈥檚 taken that brand is phenomenal. Australia is at the absolute forefront of investment in a 30+ year platform!

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Not the same engine, but good talk about billet, and the issues and requirements for building big HP alloy blocks that can survive on the street, well, survive for a while anyway without needing pre warming the block

 

 

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