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[Socrates]

You did oil change + filter at your place once

don't know man, wasn't damaged luckily

[NA_Goodness]

Oh yeah, forgot about that! Lol.

Still, I'd've made them give it to me free after that.

[Socrates]

ended up mettams morley in the end
$700 all up

$400 just for extractors

[Mally]

Haha i got extrators and twin 2.25 for stato for 700. No name extractors that rated same performance as genie

[Socrates]

i think my ones are hurricane brand

[Hank Scorpio]

Dump it, watanabes/work equips, Hakosuka style. Rebuild it the way Prince intended

[Socrates]

Dumping will be done, stock rims will be repainted and polish the stainless steel so it's chromelike.

Choices
Build L24ET through a workshop here. up to $5000 i estimate.

or buy one of the following from a dude in melbourne.

L28ET
Reconditioned P90 head
New TO4E Turbo
Dump Pipe to suit F54 block
New 5 puck button clutch
280XZ Turbo gearbox
Wolf3D ecu wiring for R30
$2500 + postage from melbourne
Will need front facing sump swap

L20ET
mods:
Bigger injectors
Highflow R34 turbo

Exedy heavy clutch
Shortnose gearbox
Stainless split dump pipe and front pipe
$1500 + postage from melbourne

Definitely leaning towards L28ET.

[Nic_A31]

First one sounds better, depending on the condition on the rest of the long motor and how hard it'll be to find+fit a sump. That's alot of hard work already out of the way for you, and if the motor is all good, works out alot better than rebuilding.

Freight costs aren't too much. $1k tops, just ring around, should be able to get <$800 easily.

[Socrates]

i have 2 front facing sumps here that will bolt of from my 2 spare engines. so that's good
Just the pickup inside might be a problem but the dude's had it in a r30 before so it's had front facing mod before and he's changed it back to standard.

Only other problem is getting the loom to work with the cars existing power setup.
My dash doesn't have lights for oil or check engine either.

[Mally]

All you do for the warning lights is put some coloured led's in. Piece of cake

[Nic_A31]

Getting power to the loom/ECU is easy. Just clarify with the seller exactly what is needed. If you need to wire up relays, fuel pumps, etc it might be worth going option 2. If it just needs power and ground, it's piece of piss.

Wiring up Check Engine / Oil lights might also be tricky. I think the lines off the loom are signal/trigger only, usually not strong enough to wire up to an independant light. Check Engine / Oil lights with an LED migth be possible, but I know with tacho n shit, the signal is very weak and relies on the dash cluster receiving it's own power to display it.

[2LV8ETR]

L28ET for sure.

[Socrates]

Am i right in saying that buying the L28ET would be cheaper than getting L24ET built?

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[2LV8ETR]

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No.


L28ET.

[Char]

im assuming l28et = 2.8ltr turbo.
the others are 2.4ltr or 2ltr

go 2.8ltr turbo or gtfo

[V8EATER]

Triple webers... ewwww. Dude they are a absolute pain in the ass to tune. As Al said already, unless you have a magic ear to tune them, i would stay clear of them.

[Socrates]

3500 inc postage is good price for something like that?

[2LV8ETR]

Absolutely.

When you put your foot into it, the smile will be more valuable than the piddly $3.5k you spent.

L28ET, accept no substitute.

[Char]

try get the l28 without the "New TO4E Turbo" because fuck that! u can be 90% sure it will be a china copy as just about every chinese seller on ebay advertises their fully sick turbo as a T04E.

[Socrates]

if it's stock manifolds i could just grab a RB25 stocker and it will bolt straight on.