Blacksburg

 

Hey Goofynick : your motor is not Race Built. Sorry. Take a look into the factory oiling system of the RB's and you'll realize a few things that aren't quite "Race Built".


Your car is a factory production turbo inline six, that was found in all lower model of skyline, some Z31, and many other FOUR DOOR SEDANS from japan. It is a far cry from the RB26 that has a completely differnet cylinder head, intake manifold and ports. Not to mention your stock RB crank isnt' even dual counterweighted. You've got a long way to go to make that motor withstand real "Racing", but for tooling around on backroads, it is plenty.

But hey, what do I know about anything.

 

Well that's what I've read RB to stand for, and it's 15 year old technology, I'd say it's pretty damn good considering how old it is. So what if the RB26 has ITB's, they get swapped out when you want bigger power anyway, but I can mount that intake to the rb20 head if I want, but what's the poing? Or the solid lifters, I'm glad I don't have them to worry about adjusting; they're not necessary. Also, the RB26 is the one with the oilpump problem, not the 20, I haven't seen any burn up like the 26's have, but then again, they aren't usually making 800whp on the stock bottom end like the rb26 can.

The RB26 was based off of the early RB models, which happens to be the RB20. I know they have their differences, but I'd say for a factory 2.0 Liter from 15 years ago to be able to make 500whp on stock bottom end, that's impressive, and that's race built.

Frankly, I don't care what it is, so long as it doesn't sound like the SR or KA

Nick

 

http://www.jbskyline.net/R33/4door/S...door%20top.gif

RB26DETT 4 Door sedan with ATESSA...

But what would I know?

NIck

 

and Stagea wagon!

 

What I'm saying is you picked a less than top of the line motor to do top of the line horsepower and motorsport with.

 

400 hp at the crank isn't "top of the line horsepower", and I'm not doing top of the line motorsports either. It is a daily driver that sees the drag strip maybe 2-3 times a year...so I'm confused. It's a great engine; and when you consider that I paid $850 for the engine/trans/ecu/bov/short thro shifter/wiring harness...I'd say I made a good investment.

Nick

 

Ah, I figured you were one of those guys who was goign to tell me he was gonna run 500whp once a month in that thing and make it last. Sorry about the confusion!

 

nice car too bad, who said anything is wrong with itb's ???????????/

 

Nothing wrong with them, just that when you are shooting for huge power numbers on the RB26, you usually just make an intake plenum and strap on a 90mm Q45 tb...