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I chose the RB26 not because of money perspective but because of the sound of the RB and the legend behind this engine. I have nothing against my old L28 but i wanted an RB for so long so times whe ni pay the bills of this build i tell myself that an L28 with that much invested would have been a crazy engine but im sticking to my guns and I love the RB its like the son of the L28 in a way. Its can make a good 450hp (my goal) easily and i wont really worry as much as when i had the L28 even if it was in perfect order but one day i blew a head gasket and i never found the reason why. My 2 cents

I dont know much about LS1 prices but I heard from the local muscle car guys that a 6.3 l from a pickup or suburban can be had for cheap then you just get a LS1 intake manifold and voila LS1 on the cheap. food for thoughts

WOW ! I wish id know how to weld, this so cool cant wait to have it in my hands ! Great work Pat !

Very interessted in this discussion since i was going to ask a similar question.

Very nice ! I cant wait to see it up close and personal.

WOOT welcome to the RB goodness !

Its not really that but more the fact that a 2 speed taurus fan draws alot of amps and other mods like fuel pumps ,sound systems etc In my book more amps is always better as long as you have descent wiring.

I guess if they work on VQ's they could work on RB's but 10 hp gains ? not sure the gains on the VQ are their because of its plenum design the RB i dont know someone would have to try it i guess id like the fact that it acts as a heat buffer. It can be find for 70 $ not so bad.

Keep up the great work I need motivation to ! I am in a bit of hold up since im waiting for cash to come in and im doing stuff that dont cost a thing but are very unpleasant to do. I am removing the sound deadner and this jobs sucks. Reading build threads of projects like mine makes it a bit easier to get the job done. My condolences for you and your family.

The bell is on i did torque it FSM says 23-31 ft-lb . The tranny is going in a 78 280z I am using a Z32 box on a RB26 belhousing its not in the car yet and im starting to wonder if my McKinney trans mount will work with that . Ill have to check the mesurements for the shifter locaton but i dont have the RB25 shifter position form let say bellhousing to center of shifter . Them its just going to be a hack job on the z32 shifter braquet to make it fit.

That is uber cool where did you buy that is it a retro fit or some universal kit ?

Yes it is a J70

Amazing keep up the great work

Very nice DIY im in the process of preping my car for POR15 to and the instruction clearly says to use directly on rust and use their metal ready cant wait to get back home and start it all up ! Ill be posting a DIY panel recovering soon just need to finish my write up and take more pictures then ill post somehting that I hope will be sticky worthy . Good luck on your project .

This is very true for muscle cars we even saw something like that in Canada when Drifting started being more popular. Rust buckets 240sx and corolla's going for ungodly amounts of money but now it stabalized. I dont know about the situations of muscle car but i think it will balanced out in the end The S30 is so rare that it wont be as popular as muscle cars rusted Z's are mostly worthless unless you have the money to fix it but a rusted 69 mustang is still very reusable since the steel is of better quality. I dont know what to think of this im not sure it will raise the prices that much maybe for Z's but not for RB parts they are already mainstream so price are already where they at.

I think that there is nothing anyone can do to prevent someone from selling something at a ridiculously high price (not saying knuckle`s car was priced to high) its all a matter of what someone is willing to pay for the car . People with loads of money would buy anything at any price anyway but for an average Joe its all about asking yourself would I be better off doing the whole build or buying the car already build for me. I know for sure that my RB26Z when its done and (if I was out of my mind) if wanted to sell it it wouldnt be for under 30k with all the time and the parts "I" think its worth that. Plus you cant blame Knuckle's to try and make a little more money .

Any bloc heater would work to warm the water and an oil heater like shown above would be great some bloc heater warms the water so much that the engine is hot to the touch . Thats what i have on my truck for our cold northen Canadian winters .

Great project ! The RB20 is so underated its a great engine and its very easy to turn into a RB24 just by dropping a RB26 crank and piston . Keep up the great work !

SEARCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.google.ca/images?hl=fr&q=pinout%20for%20R33%20RB26&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

I need money ! cant wait to order mine its the only part I have left to by to put the engine in the car !

New old stock has them check the post above you . Great quality I heard .

The install PDF you posted wheelman doesnt work anymore ? Anyway to have it somewhere please id like to take a look at it . Thanks

What gauge steel did you use ? Great setup btw !

If you can put some inside the rear holes behind the seats like we see on picture 2 and everywhere you see rust it will prevent further damage .

Be carefull when you remove the steel flap tab because theirs a bearing at the end of a spri ng so it could (stay on like my rb ) or fall inside the tranny ( like my z32 box) it fell in the drain pan so i had to fetch it . I still need to find the torque spec ,ill post them when I find them