It has been a long time since I have posted up on here but figured this would probably be of interest. After many years, a few twisted rear ends, a blown RB26 and ultimately lots of time saving my pennies to acquire parts I am finally assembling my RB30/RB26 engine.
I will list part numbers where I can in case anyone is curious.
4/20/2008
I picked up the RB30 Series2 Turbo short block from a friend of a fellow HybridZ member (I forget who, I am sorry) back in April of 2008.
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5/11/08
And shortly after I picked up a set of RB30 forged rods.
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5/30/10
And then both just sat in my garage for a long while since my RB26 was still running fine, but then Memorial Day 2010 I was up drag racing @ Fontana, CA something went wrong (very wrong) and I ended up melting a piston, breaking a few valve guides, damaging the quench pads, setting the engine on fire... etc. [more]
??/??/11
After this happened I considered just rebuilding the RB26 (stock rebuild or forged I wasn't sure) since it would be considerably cheaper than getting the RB30 block built, but eventually decided to just go ahead and do the RB30 since it was just sitting there collecting dust and would make the car more unique in the end. So off everything went to the machine shop with a few goodies I had been collecting throughout the years.
Specs
The head:
-Manley 1mm over-sized intake valves (11164-12)
-Manley springs/ Ti retainers/ locks (26175K)
-Supertech Bronze valve guides (GDE-NSR6-I in, GDE-NSR7-ET ex)
-Tomei Solid Lifters (163005)
-Tomei ProCam 280/11.5mm cams (1421280115 in, 422280115 ex) [pics]
-Tomei Cam Gears (152009 in, 152010 ex)
-Machined to accommodate the large cams
-Cometic RB26 87mm 1mm MLS head gasket (C4320-040)
The block:
-Decked
-Bored .020" over
-Crank collar installed on crank
-CP 9.0:1 Compression Pistons / Rings (RB30/RB26-020-9.0)
-Forged mystery rods w/ ARP-2000 bolts [pics]
-ACL Race Main/Rod Bearings (7M2394H-STD main, 6B2390H-STD rod)
-Dual Tensioner setup
-Gates PowerGrip 1" x 47 7/8" 152 Teeth Timing Belt (T291)
-ARP RB25 Head studs (202-4301)
-ATI Super Damper (916065 RB Hub, 917020 7" 2-ring Damper, 916744 RB Water Pump Pulley, 950200 Bolt kit, 916631 Dry Sump Mandrel) [pics]
-Nissan N1 Water Pump
-Dry sumped
Dry Sump:
-NRC 4 Stage Dry Sump Pump (10545-A)
-Peterson 34 Tooth HTD Pulley
-18 Tooth HTD Crank
-Patterson 3 Gallon Dry Sump Tank (TP-3)
-Dry Sump Belt TBD
-Custom Bracket TBD
-Custom Pan TBD
-Custom Lines TBD
-Nissan N1 Oil Pump (Modified to remove gears)
8/11/11 Currently the head is fully assembled but the block is bare (I just painted it on Tuesday after picking it up) so I will post assembly, dry sump, and installation progress as things go on.