yeah but for more than 550whp you have to build that motor too.

 

Your having head lift issues at only 10psi ?!!?

 

I am good at 10psi, but my next setting is at 16psi. Something is happening there. I use to have a 12.5psi setting and was experiencing somethere there as well.

 

There are ways around the headlift issue already. Gman - is your block sleeved?

 

No sir. Sleeved motors are still seeing headlift....if that's what it is. A lot of people believe it's headlift.

 

yea just to get the tuning alone will cost you up to i would guess 1400...as to my assumption of the high rates shops ask on dyno tuning.

thats 1400 for two dyno days... thats so you can get at least one to maybe two programs saved for daily and maybe a little upity in the psi for fun....

 

are you talking about tuning a full standalone? If so this is incorrect. Most tuners that can tune a standalone have a chit load of maps that they can down load to get a base map. If you use the FCON it tunes itself for most the street driving. I was driving my car 10 minutes after the FCON was wired in and then my tuner spent like 3 hours on the dyno......keep in mind it wasn't 3 hours of continuos tuning. We let the car cool down between runs.

 

Yea i agree thats way to much money for tuning i normally hear like 500 for like 2 hours if im not mistaking

 

If someone sent Brandon and I a G35/350z, the front clip from a GT-R, and about 15 grand, consider it done, and flawless.

 

lol phunk i'm sure many people will be tempted with that offer....someone DO IT

 

I say down with the rb, 2jz, and vg30. Be really different and drop a b16 or
3sgte

 

yes both funny and sad at the same time.

 

no one has really addressed the issue that the rb series motors are inline six iron blocks, that weight quite a bit more than the vq ones. plus, the motors are longer, placing more weight over the front wheels. and again, while the rb26 is a very cool engine, the vq setup will be far greater in years to come, when the aftermarket is finally caught up. i have an rb25 in my r33 drift car, with an hks 2835 pro s turbo, power fc, and tons of other junk. both my tt vq motor and the rb25 make within 30 whp or so of each other, and feel completely different. the rb25 is a neat, fun little motor that is very peaky, needing ALOT of revs to deliver power, where the vqtt setup makes power much more accessible while drifting. factor in the fact that the vq motor is already in your car, weights less, has an ever growing aftermarket with cheap parts, and you have a winner.

now if you had clear goals of say, 600whp on pump gas, or 1000whp total, i would say you need to start looking at larger displacement engines. the ls1 would be a pretty cool setup, add boost, and you could get close to attaining these numbers, and have a good amount of response. plus, an ls1 on boost would weight less than the rb26/2jz option, and fit well ( keeping weight as far back behind the front wheels as possible, probably being a full 6 inches shorter than the inline six motors ).

if your dead set on the rb26 option, it would make a really neat setup if you did it nicely, but you will be forced to mod the crap out of it or be stuck with the same power as stock. if you go with the rb25, you will have to mod it just to get to stock vq power. there were 2 awd rb26 350z cars built for pikes peak, which you can see in the best motoring gtr special. then, top secret built the rb26 orc drift car for d1, because smokey wasn't comfortable with the vq setup yet. however, they have now built an awd nissan gtr r32 with an NA vq in it, and individual throttle boddies, so go figure. so now top secret, one of the foremost rb26 shops in the world, that have even put the rb26 in the supra ( kinda retarded lol ) are now focusing on the vq.

so in short, the vq motor provides more displacement to spool a bigger turbo, is aluminum to save weight, sits farther back and is very compact, already comes in the car, are cheaper than the rb26 and in better condition when you find them stateside, ect. however, engine swaps can make your ride very unique and personalized, so decide exactly what you want, and have a very clear plan to get there.

 

top secret is the sh*t! once you spend that much money, a lot of other motors should come into play!

 

those stupid itb's cost over six thousand dollars : )

i think thats pretty freaking funny, oh, and the fact they put them in a r32 gtr. i bet its a pretty fun NA vq though, just stupid expensive and wasteful.

 

does he have a red 350z with chrome hre's?

 

i think thats him

 

I have seen the 350z with the rb in miami at the track they did a very nice job. It was done by a shop called primer. a younger kid owns it.

 

Primiere AutoTechnikcs in Pembroke Pines?

 

yea the dudes that import all the skylines and silvias