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Engine upgrade to GQ
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:57 pm
by Not-e-Nuf
hi all....my problem is that my 4.2 petrol carby is goonnee!! Bottom end. To rebuild i have been quoted $3500-4000. Does this sound right??
Also i would like more power so thought this is a perfect oppurtunity to go v8. I would love to put a 454 in there. People who have done it.....Was it hard?? amount of money it cost??
Can you point me in the right direction, or someone in nsw (sydney) that has done it. Can you tell me where, who, etc...
Any help would be great. thanks in advance
* If you know any workshop that will do it* Let me know
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:48 pm
by stool
You need to come over my place
And stick your head in my engine bay and have a look.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:06 pm
by stool
Re: Engine upgrade to GQ
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:56 am
by jessie928
Not-e-Nuf wrote:hi all....my problem is that my 4.2 petrol carby is goonnee!! Bottom end. To rebuild i have been quoted $3500-4000. Does this sound right??
Also i would like more power so thought this is a perfect oppurtunity to go v8. I would love to put a 454 in there. People who have done it.....Was it hard?? amount of money it cost??
Can you point me in the right direction, or someone in nsw (sydney) that has done it. Can you tell me where, who, etc...
Any help would be great. thanks in advance
* If you know any workshop that will do it* Let me know
4000 to rebuild a tb42? tell him HE's DREAMING!!!
get a second hand engine between 400-1000 and be on your way.
Jes
Re: Engine upgrade to GQ
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:37 pm
by micks troll
jessie928 wrote:Not-e-Nuf wrote:hi all....my problem is that my 4.2 petrol carby is goonnee!! Bottom end. To rebuild i have been quoted $3500-4000. Does this sound right??
Also i would like more power so thought this is a perfect oppurtunity to go v8. I would love to put a 454 in there. People who have done it.....Was it hard?? amount of money it cost??
Can you point me in the right direction, or someone in nsw (sydney) that has done it. Can you tell me where, who, etc...
Any help would be great. thanks in advance
* If you know any workshop that will do it* Let me know
4000 to rebuild a tb42? tell him HE's DREAMING!!!
get a second hand engine between 400-1000 and be on your way.
Jes
Sadly I paid more than that for a recon.......$5500 fitted drive in drive out
a bit more and would have had a 5ltr
Re: Engine upgrade to GQ
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:14 pm
by bogged
jessie928 wrote:Not-e-Nuf wrote:hi all....my problem is that my 4.2 petrol carby is goonnee!! Bottom end. To rebuild i have been quoted $3500-4000. Does this sound right??
Also i would like more power so thought this is a perfect oppurtunity to go v8. I would love to put a 454 in there. People who have done it.....Was it hard?? amount of money it cost??
Can you point me in the right direction, or someone in nsw (sydney) that has done it. Can you tell me where, who, etc...
Any help would be great. thanks in advance
* If you know any workshop that will do it* Let me know
4000 to rebuild a tb42? tell him HE's DREAMING!!!
get a second hand engine between 400-1000 and be on your way.
Jes
Bloke I know has bought 2 TB42's for ~$500 and both were fawkt. Not worth it.
4000... depends on if you can do it yourself or like Mick, you have to pay someone.. $4000 is what I'd have expected usin Nissan bits.
