My overall approach to older cars is to rebuild. Since I have never dealt with an RB engine on a personal level, I didn’t know if I wanted to commit to a rebuild. Once I saw the price for an RB25det on a crate (None are new engines), I decided to commit to a rebuild.

This being an RB25det, I had to commit to building it from the ground up, address any of the common issues such as oil problems and update/upgrade to good parts and most importantly, use good parts. 

When Marco (original builder) and I were planning the RB25det rebuild, he said one stipulation, “No cheap parts, No ebay/cheap junk, quality parts only”. I agreed. 

This is when I decided I wanted to build something interesting and amazing. A bit of old school, but also newer technology to make the engine great. While on this process, I needed to learn all the issues and address/solve them as much as I could. 

I also had to be good with my goals. This is going to be a street car rather than a drift or high horsepower car (even though tempting).