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Back @ home & loving it. Got a much deserved wash after it sitting around for a few months.

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With its best friend Tommi:

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Thanks Racesolutions in Penrith for the long nights:

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At the AllAboutStance meet:

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It's running well @ the moment. There's usually a paranoid period after a rebuild, so I'm slowly starting to regain my confidence in it again. Completed the first 500km of the run in, so another 500 to go before I do the oil change & give it a new powertune to compensate for the lower comp/increased displacement. Have a busy work schedule these days (including a few trips abroad), so will likely get around to that around May.

For those of you who don't know 3SGTE's, somewhere around the 500hp+ mark they have a tendancy to crack blocks between Cylinder 2 & 3 due to the water gallery's design (or over-boring in some cases). The 5S-FE block (yes, from Camry's, Celicas etc) is actually of a stronger cast, with more meat & thickness around the water pump area too. Most of the high-hp 3SGTE's around the world actually use 5S blocks & they've been proven to hold up (no reports of any cracking) @ 1000hp. Sleeving the 3SGTE block is also an option, but given mine failed & the lack of proven aftermarket sleeves for the 3S, I pretty much gave up on the 3S block.

That's all for now, wish me luck that it holds up.

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I knew I saw your car last weekend at AAS meet.

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Cheers boys.

ZR6XY, yeah, I remember see your ride & some pics of it floating around there & afterwards. Cool car dude. Was a good meet, I like seeing some variety as I tend to frequent MR2 events only.

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Thanks

I wouldn't mind doing a proper shoot of your car one day.

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Sure dude, that'd be great. Jus give me a quick lesson or two as you go along. One of my 2012 goals was to improve my photography....hehe

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Awesome,

I'm no professional photographer, still learning myself haha.

Anyways I'll try think of some locations and get In contact with ya.

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Posted

Cheers dude! I see you're building one too :spiteful: Let me know if you have any dramas.

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Cheers dude! Back @ ya. Got a new prime lens, so got my bokeh on these days....lol

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God that's 1 clean ride.. Nice pic there Rob..

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