Richard, I have seen a lot of sins committed in the name of Nissan engine builders and have pulled down some shockers that cost a small fortune. There is also a difference between domestic engine builders who are able to build a good stock engine and those who are able to make an engine sing! There are also some builders with a very high level of technical skills but whose engines are unobtainium due to their commitments with race teams etc. A good engine builder is a special person who is able to analyse the customers ambitions and needs providing them with a match for desires and needs. So a good engine builder also has to be a good listener, analyst & psychiatrist as well as being able to build a reliable powerful engine. In Melbourne:- Les Collins (Most definitely an excellent engine builder. As for his pricing, well I think you get what you pay for! I would rather pay once and pay more, than having to have an engine built twice!) Steve Newing @ Speed Technology (Has excellent technical skills and is also very capable engine builder. He also is in regular contact with Les Collins.) Allan Pitt (Also technically excellent but doesn't have much spare time for engine building due to race team commitments) John Boshua ( Doesn't build to many these days, but builds excellent quality engines.) In Adelaide Peter Hall (His engines win regularly so he must be doing something right! I am not sure about his prices.) In Tasmania Bolt Vandenburg (Builds good reliable high horsepower engines! All the above are excellent at L series engine. >From my own experience Les Collins and Steve Newing are also excellent with all Nissan engines. There are others but they are usually available only for mates etc or one offs as they are working for race teams etc. Eg Garry Pegorarro! (The Wizard!). Anyway, thats my thoughts, Hope I haven't bored you, Cheers Feral Errol ---------- From: Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Datsun 1600 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: High output L series engine builders in Oz. Date: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:15 Errol, Prior to you joining our list I think, we had some discussions about Melbourne's professional Datsun engine builders. With your knowledge who do you think turns out a good race, rally, or "road" performance engines? To get the discussion going, I feel that Les Collins (original owner of Datrally) still puts together mean L series engines (at a ridiculous price however). Your comments? What are other customers experiences? --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
