In need of specs for swap to a 79 camaro

[White Comet]

you car will be faster if you just but a built 572 bick block in it man, get a blower and whatnot and your in a fast *** car

a 572, what a plan. theyre like really cheap right?

[Enzo_Guy]

yes yes i said it into a 1979 chevy camaro now some qusetions i need answered are as follow....

1. im planing to make it all wheel drive by getting a front clip now i cant really find out if the skyline has a defined frame (uni-body or full) im would think of it being a full frame but i could be wrong...

2. also what skylines were all wheel cause i have read some can be rear only by chance and i would like to know for sure

but hear me out i picked this car up for 400 bucks and its solid with a 6 cyl in it and a 350 small block is just over played so i though to change things up by going all wheel and placeing a RB in it.

any in put would be great.

OK, if I were you I would just pull a 5-speed from a GTS-T model (it will be RWD only) I think you will find it is much easier to keep the car turning the wheels it was originally designed to turn. As far as putting "it" into a Camaro, what engine exactly are you talking? If it is an RB26DETT then it makes sense, but you are only slapping in a single-turbo 20 or 25 I'm not seeing much point in this swap other than to piss off the Camaro fans.

I'm more of an American guy myself, but I'm the first to line up to give a guy a high-five for stuffing an American V8 in a Japanese car so in order to avoid hypocrisy I will also not hate on your idea.

[angel]

hey im thinking of doin the same thing to my 77 camaro get me a RB26DETT and getting a GST-T rwd transmission and put in it

[Enzo_Guy]

hey im thinking of doin the same thing to my 77 camaro get me a RB26DETT and getting a GST-T rwd transmission and put in it

Well, it would be a good matchup against that guy in the Bahamas that runs the 2JZ Mustang!

[JaredGuess]

Ambitious swap.. wow.

[anthony-gtr]

anything's possible but There's too much fabricating involved in a skyline gtr AWD swap IMO a rwd rb26/th350 combo in a gen2 camaro is a nice swap for a drag car.

[S3t0_S13]

watch tokyo driftthat one guy does it...

[Tarnag40k]

yes yes i said it into a 1979 chevy camaro now some qusetions i need answered are as follow....

1. im planing to make it all wheel drive by getting a front clip now i cant really find out if the skyline has a defined frame (uni-body or full) im would think of it being a full frame but i could be wrong...

2. also what skylines were all wheel cause i have read some can be rear only by chance and i would like to know for sure

but hear me out i picked this car up for 400 bucks and its solid with a 6 cyl in it and a 350 small block is just over played so i though to change things up by going all wheel and placeing a RB in it.

any in put would be great.

Better idea how about this:



Around 12k for a crate, 10k for the block, and around 15-16k for the turnkey, 720 HP & &&5 FT.lbs. torque, or so I can find on the net, I'll check for the actual crank numbers when I get to work Wednesday since we have two a crate and a turnkey. ofcourse you'll need to buy a transmission probably a 12 bolt rear diff out of a 70 chevelle or 1st gen Camaro (i believe the second gen had a 10 bolt correct me if I'm wrong) and definitely reinforce the frame but then again wouldn't you already have to do that with the RB- skyline swap anyways?

Either that or wait for the LS9 to come out as a crateengine after the ZR1 comes out next year, but GM's been pretty much pushing the potental of the 6.3 L's forced induction with that engine.

please the RB may be Nissan's cult engine, but there is better things you could put in it, also several people have pointed out the 454 and 502, both which have been built into truck engines and can be rebuilt anyways.

Just because it would be "unique" doesn't mean it'll be a good choice, but it's your choice, if you want to go RB w/ AWD conversion, then go for it. but only if you do have the experiance, I don't want another late 2nd gen to be killed, the 79-81 are my favorite years for the camaro.

I wish you the best of luck.

[exode]

Contact Full-Race. They have been swapping AWD RB26DETT systems into S14 chassis for a while. You could ask them to grab some specs, and with some math (i'd talk to a mechanical engineer who knows what the term "rational harmonics" means) you could fab up the parts you need. Don't worry about "stretching" or "modifying" a front clip in anyway. Just get blueprints, and math. With will cost you some.

Best of luck.

P.S. they actually did put an rb26dett into that mustang. They converted it to single turbo and ran RWD with an rb25 transmission, it put out 350ft lbs (whoop de doo). But hey, why not a camaro?