Soarer with RB26!!
01-02-05, 05:09 PM
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Its all preferences i guess. I love the 1J and may never upgrade the block to a 2J even. As for the RB30, it was an australia only block with a single overhead cam. I believe it only came in the Commodore's for a while. Easy upgrade is putting the RB25 or 26 head on top and running with that. Pretty much like a 1.5JZ. Supposedly it starts off around 400hp and you go from there. Doesnt rev very high which is what people complain about mostly.
The R33 GTS-T manual trans is the exact same part number for the internals as does the R33 GT-R
The R33 GTS-T manual trans is the exact same part number for the internals as does the R33 GT-R
*splat*
01-03-05, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by japSW20
those gold volks are pure sex,loving those rear offsets 
01-03-05, 05:39 PM
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i guess it's cool from a standpoint of saying "yea i put an rb26 in my lexus"... but other than that, it's just impractical. Most people will agree, the 2jz is a much better engine with aftermarket goals in mind... rb26's can't support 1000 horsepower on the stock block... no sir
01-03-05, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JZZ30TT
hard to say from the pictures, but I don't think those are te37's. and yea, the wheel fitment on that car is great... if only american SC owners would follow suit.
01-03-05, 06:33 PM
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i guess it's cool from a standpoint of saying "yea i put an rb26 in my lexus"... but other than that, it's just impractical. Most people will agree, the 2jz is a much better engine with aftermarket goals in mind... rb26's can't support 1000 horsepower on the stock block... no sir
Yeah i would say for me it wouldn't be worth the money and
would go with the 2jzgte swap for $$$ reasons, but if you
got the dough or got the skills why not? why doesn't
every one paint their supra's orange and get a bomex kit?
because people have different taste and want to
be different. As for 2jz being a better engine, who says?
this forum or supraforums? ( all bias opinions because
they don't own skylines or don't know the potential of the rb26 other
than the true tuners or machanics)
but as for your comment aftermarket products for the rb26 in
japan is ENDLESS and goes beyond the 2jz market over there.
what would be the reason for supplying turbo kits, fuel systems,
etc to the US market for only the couple of hundred skylines in the US?
(plus those guys can afford to get their crap shipped here anyways)
I've seen 900 made on stock block, but i'm sure there are 1000+hp out there in japan
or australia.
01-03-05, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by japSW20
those look identical to vol te-37's
Last edited by JZZ30TT; 01-03-05 at 07:30 PM.
01-06-05, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JZZ30TT
almost.... very good copies. That car was on Yahoo Japan auctions not too long ago. I forget what the wheels were but, not volks.
They look like LE37s to me. I find it hard to believe that the owner went all out on a motor swap and a full body kit and a rare hood only to skimp out on the wheels...
