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[Toopretty4jail]

ok, took the 32 to work today, turns out i need all the heater hoses and radiator hoses replaced, along with a rocker cover gasket,

am i better off fixing that shit or just leave it in the shed till i save up enough coin to do the conversion?

[Hanaldo]

Would be criminal to leave it in the shed dude! None of that stuff is expensive, just replace it all with cheap stuff

[Toopretty4jail]

haha well martin looks like you and me have got a long weekend ahead of us, providing i get all the parts.

gotta replace all hoses, flush the block and radiator, put in a huge service, and hopefully install intercooler.

[Hanaldo]

Meh, all good fun Tell me you don't have to replace heater hoses though...

You still going with an intercooler? Good man

[Char]

couple hundred in parts there easy if u buy from nissan

best advice, just stay rb20 if motor dies then look into it

a stock rb25 in a r32 will cost few k and a big headache/stuff around
few k spent on rb20 u already have will be chop a stock rb25.

/NEXT

[NA_Goodness]

But stock 25s are slow? I'd rather spend that money upgrading to something with a bit more torque, power and potential from the start. But what would I know, I'm a crazy cunt who wants an LS1 32

If you want to stay a mechanic, I'd advise again doing your heater hoses... Worst. Fucking. Job. EVER!! Seriously, I'd prefer to pull the engine out the sit there with a razor blade trying to cut off a hose I can't even see... Horrible job, absolutely aweful!! Haha

[Toopretty4jail]

hahaha taken into account, im sending the 32 into a trusted mechanic in a few weeks time so he can have the fun in doing the hoses

[NA_Goodness]

Hahaha. Good work! Lol. I had to do them on a 33 once... Omfg. But if minego, I couldn't justify the cost of getting someone else to donut, so I'd have to

[Hanaldo]

Yeh it's gonna be expensive getting Martin to do those hoses Tom... Lots of labour hours involved in that alone, let alone replacing your radiator, thermostat, finding out why it's SOO bloody rich, and the rest of the service.

Not saying don't do it, i definitely think you should give it to him. Just don't expect it to be cheap

[NA_Goodness]

But... You said "trusted mechanic"? Why is Martin talking like he's doing it?

[Hanaldo]

Martin is my mechanic Confusing huh

[NA_Goodness]

Trusted...?
Martin why are you talking in 3rd person?

[Hanaldo]

Lol i'm not... Martin is my mechanic. My mechanic is Martin. My name is also Martin. Me and my mechanic both have the name Martin.

Understand now lol?

[NA_Goodness]

Oohhhh... Gotcha!! Haha, I thought Tom was typing on your account, or you'd just snapped and went crazy

But I get it now!! Haha

[Toopretty4jail]

yeah it'll be costly,maybe i'll fit the radiator, just get him to but the original one back in after a good clean, that'll save a bit, just get him to do the service and heater hoses.

[Hanaldo]

That won't be any cheaper man lol, think about it. Might as well save the cost of cleaning out the old radiator and just get him to fit the new radiator as well, seeing as he will be replacing the hoses anyway. Rather than taking the time to clean out the radiator, he could use that time to install the new one. Won't be much difference in price.

If you were gonna do that then you might as well do it all yourself because it would mean having to stuff around with the thermostat and things again. He would have to just fill up the system with water again because using coolant would be a waste, then you would have to flush it all out before you take off the radiator and put coolant in, so that means taking off the thermostat again... Basically everything that we did last weekend except you wouldn't be installing the radiator hoses which would take 2 minutes.

Best to get him to do everything man.

[NA_Goodness]

Yeah, what Martin said. Shouldn't need to remove te thermostat again, though?? And you can catch the coolant and reusenot, but no point getting them to clean the old radiator. That'll require being taken out, sent to radiator place, cost of radiator clean, then refit. New radiator would be remove old radiator, fit new radiator. Piece of piss!

[Toopretty4jail]

thermostat has to come out to flush the system, yeah fuck it i'll just let him do it lol

[Hanaldo]

thermostat has to come out to flush the system, yeah fuck it i'll just let him do it lol

Well it shouldn't cost as much as you are prepared to pay, so that's the bright side. Depending on what is wrong with it, i would say it will probs be a good $500-$600... As a guess

[Toopretty4jail]

yeah, well he knows what he's doing,unlike myself and it would be good to learn how to do it oneday, but i just wanna get my car on the road again,

priced up the body kit im interested in about $1500 without delievery, thats rear and front bar, along with the grill and bonnet.