240Z Turbo Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 What oil pan did you run on your RB26 and was it a direct boltup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 ok heres the deal. the stock GTR oil pan wont work. I got a rb20 oil pan and oil pickup from a z-31 (japan Spec) and modded it. i had to make a custom oil pickup that goes from the front stock pickup to the rear of the engine where the sump was relocated. then the oil pan had to be hammered on to get it to fit around the sump. The way alot of guys do it in japan is the build up a rb-25 with all rb-26 internal and head. the only drawback is the block is not as strong. Yes the rb-26 block is alot different then the rb-25 block. the bottum of the block has alot of extra webbing and it also has holes to bolt 2 different oil pans up. I think someone in nissan was thinking when they biult this engine. It was like they were thinking about putting it in a RWD car only. thats the only thing i could think of for the 2 different oil pan hole patterns. anyways i hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azel Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 Stony while you're at it, there's something that's always been on my mind. I know "Z32" is the designation for the previous gen Z but is it also an engine code? I keep hearing about this motor in Cedrics and Glorias that put out 800hp? So if it can make that much power, then obviously it's more stout than the VG30DETT and why wouldn't Nissan put that motor in the Z instead of a 4-door luxo-tourer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 z-31 is first gen 300z... vg30 vg20 is teh engine code for the v 3L and 2L motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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