Just picked up the R32 skyline motor

[RB26240Z]

After a 15 hour round trip non stop drive, the motor is finally home. Now I need to start cleaning it up and get it prepped for install.

 

Debating if I should really get into it and do a full build up, or get it running first.

 

Any ideas are welcome.

[Vintage-TechZ]

After a 15 hour round trip non stop drive' date=' the motor is finally home. Now I need to start cleaning it up and get it prepped for install.

 

Debating if I should really get into it and do a full build up, or get it running first.

 

Any ideas are welcome.[/quote']

 

Congrats !! Boy do I remember when I first picked up my AWD RB26DETT drivetrain and motor !Quite abit more than 15 hours though. I drove a box van from Sacremento up to Reno Nevada ( after stopping in rio Vista CA., for a Hybrid event first) then loading it all up with Bernard Plett ( English teacher living in Japan) and then the long trip home to Springfield Missouri deep to the east Midwest ! It snowed something fierce most of the way too ! Whew...that'll blind you and wear you out as well as hypnotise you.

But I made it home OK. I was excited to get everything all mocked up and did a good warm-up bench test since I had the complete harness and ecu as well as all sensors.

Purred like a kitten....well more like a lion as I didn't have any down pipes.lol.

SO I'd get her fired up after you check all fluids etc and start getting that relationship dialed in. Otherwise it will just gather dust and you might let the deep amount of RB info bury your original enthusiasum and end up selling her to a friend at a loss to move on.

................Vinny

[RB26240Z]

That's funny vince, cuz I picked mine up from Bernard too. No ECU with this motor, however harnesses and sensors are all there.

 

I will be using the SDS, so the original ECU wouldn't matter.

 

Henry