Hey guys new to the forum( great place by the way) i've got a G with a f***ed up motor thanks to a procharger and a bad tune.so i am thinking of going RB26 and I was just wondering if anyone out there knows if this conversion has been done in a G, I've seen it done in the Z but not heard of any in the G's thanks

 

I foresee $15-20k to make that work.

 

I don't see what the big deal is.......I have more than that in my motor and I can't go past 10psi without headlift.

 

that's just to get the motor in there...that doesn't account for costs to play with the RB to get it to make 700whp, lol.

 

How much more ya talking? I am over $25K with my motor, supporting mods, and FCON.....still can't go past 10psi without headlift which is going to cost me more to fix the issue.

 

well...if he were to just build a motor, the fix for that is using 1/2" head studs....and then he's lookin at a lil over 10k for a fully built motor than can take 800whp......and he can still use the procharger! haha.

fact is, power ain't cheap. It'd cost a whole lot more in the long run to swap a motor over and then make it powerful than to just build one.

 

Ha! I'd like to see someone make 800whp, chit even 600whp with a procharger.

 

I never said it'd make 800, but he can sure use it to try

 

their is a guy down here in miami witha Z that has an rb26 but i dont know how much this swap cost him.

 

Really....It would be good if we was on my350 to clear up some facts about the swap.

 

rb swap in a 240sx are pretty simple and a very big option for those who are considering an SR in their 240sx's. They dont even cost that much to swap in a 240, so i dont honestly see why it would cost that much in the Z. same difference really. take out the Z harness, use the entire RB harness.
The RB26 might be a little harder, but i dont see the problem with an RB25!

 

drive-by wire and the vehicle electronics make it harder

much harder than a 240sx, which has simpler electronics

think gauges, ecu, sensors.. and everything talking to each other in the same language.

 

Why RB26?
Why not like, a 2JZ or, god forbid, an LS2?
VQ and RB are different enough so that the fact that they are both Nissan doesn't matter any longer...

 

that would be sweet to see someone drop a 2jz in

 

lol yeah all th custom mounting work would be a pain

 

Personally to me a 2jz and a rb26 r pretty much identical engines only one is made by Toyota and the other made Nissan and probably the displacement.

O and about all the wiring with a standalone things are easily resolved or made way easier. The only thing you do is leave the Z ecu control the regular electronics and the standalone do it magic

 

ya a standalone would make things a lot easier wouldnt it.
I thought a 2jz could put down a few hundred more horsepower stock block then an RB.
I guess your right too Oleg, that an RB is so different that you could pretty much swap in any other motor for that much custom work. I just thought that McKinney motorsports would have the mounts and driveshaft already like they do with the 240sx.

 

Or how bout wait a few years and pull a motor out of the new Skyline

 

How about a VG30DETT from a Z32? Plenty of aftermarket support here locally(in the states I mean), lots in junkyards Im sure too. If youre set on swapping an engine that is. I would just build the VQ

 

I personally would not swap our motor out for another. Yes all this motor we have mentioned have proven themselves already, we just have to give it a year or two to see what our motors will really do.