RB26DETT 93 240sx Convertible Build

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I thought I posed this in here as well but I guess I forgot, the main build thread is in the vert forum.

I appologize for all the copy and paste

Whats up NICO I'm finally getting around to posting this project on here, just so everyone knows I am not doing this myself. I reserched everything bought all the parts and gave the shop everything. I did do some things but I wanted the motor done fast and right, I spent alot on this and I didn't want it sitting around or getting screwd up.

But that aside I'll kick this off and hope everyone likes it, please leave me feedback.

This is my 1993 240sx Vert





The old KA24DE (will put in classifieds later, does have a 5 speed trans)



Out with the old and in with the RBThis RB26DETT is from R32 purchased from JDMofMiamiWill be using Syko Performance Mounting kit



Stock Turbos



I did put the Tein Super Drift Coilovers on and ran into a convertible issue that some of you may already know. The re-enforcment for the vert sits right over the rear coilover dampener adjustment and will actually hit the adjuster.



The solution??? DREMEL!!!!





I also installed the Circuit Sports Coolant tank, but I had an issue with mine. IT LEAKS!! but it can be fixed or replaced, it leaks alot from the cooland level tube. It also didn't bolt right in it had to be bent to fit right. The bottom bracket I just broke off (purposely), the bracket has to be broken or taken off to fit. then I screwd on one of the bolts lightly and bent it until the other lined up.Really its easy to just wing it and bend to fit.



Next I put a triple gauge pod in place of the center vent, it is aluminum so it bends easily. Unlike the coolant tank I did not bend this. Heres what I did, because the pod is longer than the vent slot, just by a very little bit, I cut the left side and right side inner ledge so I could just lock it in on both sides. If this is confusing I can take more pics and explane more indepth just messege the post or email me.



Thats all I have for self installs but here are some pics of the other parts that are going on, I'll also post a list of parts or you can look in my profile.Kaaz 1.5 LSD is in the big brown box next to the Apexi intake kit.





DriveShaftShop Drive Shaft



Spec Stage 2 Clutch Kit (RB25)



HKS Blow Off Valve (real not a fakey)



Mishimoto Intercooler



Z32 30MM Aluminum Front Calipers with OE Brembo Rotors



NUR Spec Cover Plate



It will be going on Carbon Fiber Covers, I'll post the pics of them when they get in.

Apexi GTR Intake system with stock GTR MAF's



Sorry I dont have it out but I dont want it getting messed up, Blitz Nur spec exhaust.



Autometer ES (glows red with black background) electirc fullsweep boost, oil temp, and water temp and a electric short sweep oil pressureAnd a electric HVAC controller from a JDM S13



GTS-T Crossmember (new) RB25 engine mounts (new) purchased right from Syko Performance.Syko Performance RB26DETT into S13 Mounts.Apexi Downpipe (has to be modified)



Thats all for now I'll reply to the post once I get more done on it.

If anyone needs help locating parts I can help, I have alot of connections from having to find all the rare parts. So just let me know if you need help finding anything, even the GTR resistor pack.Thanks for looking


Here we go Nico THEY ARE HERE!!!!!!!

RB26DETT Carbon Fiber Timing and Coil Covers (non-Kansei)

Hope I'm the first in the US with these so I can get some sick coverage on my project. (aiming for a magazine in the next year or so)Please let me know what you think? Always up for some good ideas and what not.













Sick right?! I'll post more pics of them when I get them on, not until the motor is in so I dont mess them up. I'll let you know how they fit and if anything has to be modified but they look like they'll go on fine.

Got my GTR steering wheel



Brought the last of the parts down today, Blitz nur exhaust, apexi r32intake kit with stock MAFs and the driveshaft.Here are some more pics.The KA is out, I'll find out if the shops wants to do somthing with it or itmay be up for partout.



The RB on the stand getting some reconditioning and upgrades, I'll getaround to doing a full parts list eventually.



Here is a picture of the sway bar I put in a few months ago,I got theTanabe sway bar set (they are awsome in the corners). The front is hugeits a 30.5mm



Last is the whole car on the lift



I'll have more pics when I go back in a day or 2

Here's a list of the parts that are used for the project, minus the pricesofcourse. Any questions on what prices or where I got the parts let meknow via email.

Engine/Drivtrain:
Carbon Fiber engine covers
Apexi GTR Intake Kit
Circuit sports coolant tank
Megan brake master heat shield
OEM Full Engine gasket kit
RB25 Crank Pulley (still waiting or it from japan)
Kaaz 1.5 LSD
Walbro 255 Fuel pump and kit
HKS Special Edition BOV and aluminum flange X2 (only useing 1)
Blitz Nur-spec for 91-94 S13 (cheaper, it will be matched up to the downpipe)
Greddy coolant breather tank
Greddy Timing belt
HKS D1 Oil Cap
Mishimoto S14 KA Radiator
SPEC Stage 2 Clutch kit for RB25
N1 Water Pump
N1 Oil Pump
Nismo Thermostat
OEM Drive belts
OEM Oil Filters (didn't know you could use 300zx filters)
300zx Fuel filterTiming tensioners and spring
GTR Nur-spec engine cover garnish
Driveshaftshop Steel Driveshaft
Syko Mounting kit
GTS-t Crossmember and stock motor mounts
(NEW)OEM GTR resistor pack (discontinued)
Mishimoto 12" cooling fans (2)
Mishimoto Oil cooler
Mishimoto Trans cooler (used as a power steering cooler)
Mishimoto M line intercooler
Apexi GT downpipe
Stainless Turbo oil feed lines

Exterior/Interior:
Viper 350 alarm system
Vent gauge pod
Autometer ES Electronic Full sweep gauges (Water temp, Oil temp, Boost)
Autometer ES Electronic Short sweep Oil pressure
R32 GTR Steering Wheel
Greddy Shift Knob
Digital Climate Control (2 sets only one motor, may sell the other set)

Brakes/Suspension:
Ichiba 5 lug F&R
Tein Inner and outer tie rods
Empi tie rod boots
300zx 30MM Front Calipers (powder coating black and rebuild)
300zx DIY braided line conversion
Brembo OEM 300zx rotors
S14 Rear Calipers (sand blasted and painted with black caliper paint)
Tein Super Drift Coilovers
Energy Suspension bushing kit
Tanabe Sway bars
R32 GTR wheels

I went to the shop to strip some parts from the old motor and also did a test fit of the carbon fiber covers. Heres the pics

Engine bay stripped with the crossmember and the upgrades to the rackand pinion





Greddy timing belt N1 water pump and N1 Oil pump



The fitment of the carbon fiber peices were near perfect!!!









Here are some updates on the project

Oil pan needed cutting and weldingI had a friend at work weld it up.





I also sandblasted the rocker covers and repainted them with high heat gloss black paint. Heres pics of what they'll look like on the motor.







I will post more pictures in a few days, they will be mounting the motor in for its final resting place.





Decided to go with GTR 16x8 wheels instead of the 16x6.5 GTS-T wheels.
See the difference!

GTS-T Wheels


GTR Wheels


This is how they will look on the car
Red Volk Lug nuts


Used Nismo Trans mount


Also instead of using the Apexi turbo timer I switched to the HKS Type 1 Turbo TImer


Here are some pictures after the motor was finally locked into the engine bay








Here are some pictures and updates

Here's the Downpipe issue that is being worked out right now I edited the picture to explain but
basiclly the o2 elbow on the front turbo comes out in the middle of the steering shaft (common issue
from what I hear)









Crashed my Crappy Civic I built from back in the army days.


Brand new from Japan, rb25 (non-Neo) Crank pulley
Down side was that it was a 4-8 week wait
Up side New stock part for $100




Last Picture is of the motor, I'll have more pics thursday


Also picked up 88 300zx BMC
Brembo OE S14 Rotors for the S14 Rear brake conversion
Nismo Short shifter for RB25

JUST A WORD OF CAUTION
CHECK YOUR ECU
make sure the part number matches the motor, someone on here pointed out that my motor
wasn't a R33. (yeah that was my bad)
BUT the ECU that was sent with the engine was a R33 N1 ECU (2371M-24U00) as you can see my motor isn't an N1
if it was I'd be doing a happy little dance in my living room ha ha ha
SO I researched the best guess ECu for my motor and went with a 23710-05U61 early 93 round-a-bouts
and is being sent to AutoVaughn Performance in Murfreesboro, TN for a NIStune Type-2 package (board install,
cable, software etc..) As soon as I get that in I'll let everyone know how it is. They also told me they have a R33 block,
Crank, etc all togeather not stripped yet that they are looking to get rid of. He's sending me pictures and I'll be putting it in the forum if it's a good enough deal I may grab it.

P.S. to a previous post I have a Viper 350 already waiting to go in and brand new top, headliner, rear window and cables
after everything else is set and the car is moving.

Thanks again guys for all the comments and support need any help or info let me know















R32 GTR wheels on with the powdercoated 300zx 30mm aluminum brakes with Brembo OEM rotors







Just got my new tires put on, the 225/55 16 that were on the GTR wheels rubbed because they are
8in's wide and the very corner of the tire hit the back towards the door,so I threw on some Maxxis V-1 225/45 16
and they work really well. Not to mention they look wicked nice on the car.





By the way I am starting to sell off un-used and leftover parts here is the first link and if you
are interested in anything that I may be getting rid of just PM me

rb26dett-240sx-vert-build-leftovers-part-1-t494215.html

Thanks guys I will be at the 240sxmotoring show in july if anyone wants a close up

Finally almost done
All that is left are the radiator hoses and the S14 ebrake cables and then it's the first start up and lots of system
and setup testing. I dont have much for pictures right now but I'll have alot to throw up once it's done and I will
get some videos up on youtube also.

Here are some pics of the mounts with the skyline motor mounts and Syko mounts.
Also the greddy oil filter and cooler block adaptor setup


Huge 30.5mm Tanabe Sway bar, Modifyed oil pan, Kics magnetic drain plug


Other side with the mounts, turbo lines so on


GTR Wheels, 300ZX 30MM brakes and Volk Lug nuts in all their glory


And the nasty Blitz Nur spec Exhaust


Thanks guys
and let me know what you think
The next pictures I'll have will be the motor with all the carbon fiber and everything complete

Here it is, dropped off the Samco RB25DET Radiator hoses and checked the fitment and they need alittle trimmiing like
others have said but they will fit near perfectly. Waiting on ebrake cables and breather hoses.

[laxands13]

wow thats freaking awesome. those carbon fiber pieces look so sick how long has all this been going on?

[NismoS13Ks]

very nice! that carbon fiber looks great. good job on the rb26

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Thanks,

The car has been being worked on for about 6 or 8 months now, so I'm stoked to finally be getting it back soon.
If everything goes well I'll be driving it monday or tuesday of not this week but next week. I'll try and borrow or buy a camera and get some videos of it and throw them up on youtube and post the links here.

The carbon fiber covers I had to order from Australia but they only had 3 sets and now they're gone, so I timed it really well.

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Ok here's is an update, sorry didn't get anymore pics yet.

The car was quickly started Wendsday and ran for a few then the front coil pack started to smoke and lit on fire!!!! I am assuming it was just a small flame but it sucked.

On top of that the water pump pulley was bent so at high rpm it would fly off

So that day I called JDM of Miami, where I got the engine and trans from and he had a set of coil packs with brackets, the water pump pulley and the breather hoses and he shipped them USPS Express from FL and I had them today. Rushed over to the garage and dropped off everything including the
S14 e-brake cables so I can now have a e-brake.

So if you need a part check with Carlos at JDM of Miami he's a great guy and has a large selection of parts in his warehouse, it cant hurt to ask if your looking for something you really need thats JDM.

Also I will have a huge amount of used and never used stuff for sale, examples are new never used just mounted Mishimoto oil cooler with block lines and cooler, new never opened apexi turbo timer, oem Nissan rb26/300sx oil filter new in boxes so on so forth

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WOW I left this thread hi and dry, here are the updated pics from where I left off

Water pump issue is happening now.
Notice the origanal Water pump has just a single hole
but the N1 has a oblong hole? Well the hole is so big it doesn't match up to the block and coolant sprayed out. Needs to be welded and then re-drilled. I have 2 N1's and it was on both of them, probably because it's for the RB25 and RB26 I think.



Sadly because of this it had to be torn apart (sucks but better now than later)




I love my cooling system though (greddy breather swirl tank)



Here's the Exhaust pics

Custom pipe from turbo to the downpipe



Modified Apexi Downpipe



Custom made Flex Test Pipe (yup no Cat)

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Custom exhaust hangers







Innovate Wideband O2



Mishimoto Intercooler





Tanabe Sway bar, Oil pan ...etc



Wideband Gauge, Dakoda digital boxes in glove box



Been so long since I saw the front on my car ha ha ha
:woohoo:



I searched the car for rust and only found some bubbling in the bottom of the drives rear quarter but still easily fixable, and this in the passangers rear wheel well, not bad for the year but I need to fix these.

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It runs and drives pretty well except for a few issues.
Idle drops into a quick bog after a rev up.
Small crack in the oil pan but it's not dripping

And one bigger issue, the boost creeps up to 21PSI
Yeah on stock turbos kinda scary need to fix that ASAP











Part of the Greddy swirl tank hoseing

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I pulled the bumper and bumper support and cut crap out for better cooling. I will have picks of everything back on tomorrow. And it ran 30 degrees cooler, before I was running 200-210 upto 220 with the turbos spooled but now its 180-190 with turbos spooled.

Also the car has an acronym, STAAT

Spins
Tires
At
All
Times

It spins the tires going 5 mph around a corner

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Not the prettiest but I needed the cooling and just from this it's running up 30 degrees cooler

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I painted my Intercooller collector pipe with High heat caliper paint, I painted my valve covers with the same stuff and they look great, so I dont think this will light on fire or anything. I looked at the side of the valve cover that is sitting right next to the turbos and it still looks like it did when I painted it.



Downpipe is like an inch from the ground.



Finally Finished my Reciculation and fitted it in the car and it runs smoother but still boggy.

It did clear up the A/F ratio reading so now I can actually see where it is with out it hoping all around, IT'S RICH. Idle is at 12.8-13.4 I have to do a data log and see whats up on the Nistune and Logworks3, I need to check the timeing I have a feeling that is one issue.

This is the recirculation pipe after I hacked and slashed it and had it welded.


This is it all done on the motor after another hack and slash, I fabed up all the pieces and had them all welded up and it sits really well in there.

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The wife finally cleaned her car up so I had to take some pics and throw them up. Ha ha ha

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I torn my engine apart (well a good amount of it) Sunday to torque down the head bolts and check some stuff.

The headbolts did move some

Tear down took 1 hr to 1.5 hrs wasn't keeping track just know my wife showed up from work just in time for the aftermath and devistation of my only vehicle in peices in her dads garage ha ha ha.

The pics are in order of my disassembly





Found my other O2 ha ha ha



No BS ashes in my turbo IC collector pipe (Me thinks they never touched it)









Plugs looked ok but not pretty

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Well after all of that I threw it all back together

Started it

AND

Smoke and s**ty idle

Played with the CAS and IAAC while the wife screamed out RPM's and A/F numbers and the outcome?

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Just alittle frost after getting it dug out and ready for repairs for spring

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[OutToWinPAHC]

Hmm the swirl tank, did it come with the clear overflow line?

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Hmm the swirl tank, did it come with the clear overflow line?

Yeah it did, it's a greddy tank