why did'nt you just drive a skyline? all your doing is changing the "Shell" is it a Z or a skyline now? It has the engine of a skyline therefore..I never understand why people do this.

 

So if you change the motor of a car your changing the whole car? That would mean that all of those hondas with swaps are the car they got there motor from? This engine as of now has more options than a vq for power.

 

i would buy a freaking skyline if i had the money ***

 

If you change the rods, pistons, cam in the VQ, swap out alum heads, should you be able to push it higher in hp than the Skyline motor? No one has done this kind of stuff yet. You guys might be underating the potiential of out VQ! Remember, Greddy and everyone is giving you specs keeping internals the same. A lot can happen if they were swapped.

 

One word... "Wow"
<drools>

 

holy ****....

 

mmmm.... skyline power!

 

Cause I didn't feel like it. Its is still a 350z, i'll never call it a skyline.

 

Well, the Skyline is AWD, heavy, and based on a chassis that is 10 years old.

The Z is RWD, marginally lighter, and has Nissan's latest, greatest platform.

They are two very different cars, it doesn't matter where the engine came from. That is only a very small part of the equation and is usally one of the smaller ways of distinguishing a car.



So....any progress on this endeavor?


-D'oh!

 

Finally. Beautiful.

 

The RB26DETT is over engineered. Its potential is way under utilized in factory form. The reasons being (if memory serves correct):

1. Closed-deck IRON block.
2. Turbo'ed from the factory.
3. Forged, shot-peen, and beefy crank.
4. Forged, shot-peen, and beefy rods.
5. Forged, low compression pistons.
6. Oil squirters.
7. 13 yr. old design, ie. large knowledge base.


The VQ35DE has many unknowns and "signs" of a smaller potential than the RB26:

1. Open-deck ALUMINUM block.
- no one has yet to confirm that it has iron sleeves
- seems unlikely that it has iron sleeves, since the marketing literature indicates that the bore is micro-polished to a mirror finish
2. Not turbo'ed from factory.
3. Forged crank.
- Nissan is known to use beefy cranks, but not sure if shot-peen'ed.
4. Forged rods.
- Nissan is known to use forged rods throughout other lines, but not sure how beefy and if shot-peen'ed.
5. Higher compression pistons.
- not sure if forged
- there are ways to negate the effects of high compression
6. Oil squirters.
7. Fairly new, smaller knowledge base.

 

just curious...but whats the status of the car?

 

Engine should be back from the engine builder within about 2-3 weeks. But the car should be done and ready before Nopi Nationals, if we dont run into unexpected issues.

 

Does anyone have a picture of this Skyline we are talking about?

 

apparently not the 1st
https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....threadid=33824

 

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Damn thats nice. I don't believe its awd though.

 

nor do I

 

thats one of the most beautiful things ive seen in a while. congrats. ive got a bad case of z envy. not to mention RB26DETT envy.

just out of curiosity, Poweraddict, could you do this swap in other cars? ive got a 1989 Porsche 944 (dont laugh) that yearns for a RB26DETT. please tell me you can do it.

god damn, i read this thread this morning and it made my monday a lot better. couldnt get it out of my head though

 

You could put almost any motor in any car, just takes a lot of money. I strongly recommend against using the RB26DETT if you are going to put it in a NON-Nissan, because the 2JZ-GTE is such a better option. Parts are readily available, and getting parts for the RB26 or finding them can be a headache.

Both motors and very simular, only major differences without examining the motor is the girdel and oil pan.