My RB26 is on its way :)

[002-M-P]

Shipped out today....RB26 motor w/ uncut everything, RB25 transmission, RB25 Oil pan, old r32 fmic.

Here is a few pictures he just sent me today of the motor right before he wrapped it up for shipping...only thing worrying me is shifter being angled over so far...we'll have to see when it is here next week.






Modified by 002-M-P at 8:06 PM 12/7/2006

[DanCouga]

Why are you getting rid of the VQ? Not the direction I would have headed, but good luck with the swap.

[ATpossible]

thats awesome where are u getting motor from? good luck with swap

[Darius]

Yikes, look at that shifter! That thing is pointing straight south

[002-M-P]

Well my VQ is everything except for built right now....which is going to cost roughly $3500 after getting all the parts and getting the block machined. Selling my motor/turbo kit as it sits now is yielding me enough money to pay for most of my rb26 swap (motor, transmission, single turbo swap, PFC, etc). I am doing all the fabricating myself except for the driveshaft (I guess its a good thing Driveshaft Shop is only an hour away), so basically no money is going towards labor.

But that is not the primary reason for doing the swap...I just wanted to do it. I had been planning on picking up a 89/90 240sx coupe and putting one in that for the past couple of years now, finally said F it, I'll put it in the Z instead. I just want to do something different that isn't tried and true, so it really feels like a true project. All I know is.....wiring is going to be a total PITA cause I have to keep the stock ecu in the car to run everything like my CAN bus and abs. Should be fun though and I'm extremely excited.

[cdorhout]

Yikes, look at that shifter! That thing is pointing straight south

Don't feel bad, mine curves slightly to the east... oh wait... wrong forum

[Carl H]

good thing it comes with the 25 trans, lots of headaches saved there.only downside i can see is that its a r32 motor, so you may want to collar the crank and change to a late model pump to prevent it from assploding...i see you are in raleigh, check out carolinanissans.com, its the 'local forum' if you will.

[Shocker]

yeah the shifter looks toast.

[74260zt]

The shifter was prolly just removed from its slot while removing from donor car, and kept separate (for what ever reasons) then just set back inside the hole for pic purposes.... just my guess.

There is no way one of those rb25 shifters can be bent like that. Most of you have seen one. They are very stout. I'd tend to believe the shifter housing would crack and break off, before that shifter lever would bend like that.....

[Kansei240sx]

Best motoring did a part of one volume on an RB26DETT powered Z33, and that car was intense. Good luck

[Carl H]

iirc the car had the full atessa system fitted as well, thing was insane.

Best motoring did a part of one volume on an RB26DETT powered Z33, and that car was intense. Good luck

[002-M-P]

I know TopSecret's RB26 powered 350Z's had attessa and so did the Zele 350Z's, but the best motoring one (built by Esprit) seems to be RWD from watching the car drive. Also a thing pops up that says "R34 25GT" which makes me believe that is the transmission that they used.

Here is a picture of the engine bay of the Zele Z33 with Atessa.

http://www.350zforum.com/media...z.jpg

If you look at the engine, it is mounted much further forward than the Esprit Z33 in the video (the radiator support is even notched out for the CAS). And in the next picture look at where the shifter is in relation to where it normally is in a 350z and where it is in the Esprit...much further forward again...which is why I think that the Esprit one is actually rwd.

http://www.350zforum.com/media...5.jpg

[USsil80]

might i ask where you got this wonderful combo at and what you got it for

[BoostFab]

nice, but that shifter looks bent...hmm

[IronMonkey]

We meet again....Im the guy that bought the memory fab seats from you

[002-M-P]

USsil80: I got it from http://www.jdmenginescorp.com ... David is a very easy and nice person to work with. I have not received my engine and whatnot yet, so I won't give a complete recommendation yet.

Iron Monkey, haha hows it going man? Hope you are enjoying the seats. I can't believe stupid FedEx just let them sit in the Charlotte terminal until I called them asking wtf was going on.

[BlAcK95sE]

when i ordered my rb25det swap. my shifter came the same way well when i took the ring clamp out and removed the shifter, i realized the shifeter was not put back in correctly. im guessing yours is the same.

[002-M-P]

when i ordered my rb25det swap. my shifter came the same way well when i took the ring clamp out and removed the shifter, i realized the shifeter was not put back in correctly. im guessing yours is the same.

Awesome that will help me sleep easier for then next 2 days until I pick it up from the shipper.

[BlAcK95sE]

Awesome that will help me sleep easier for then next 2 days until I pick it up from the shipper.

yeah think they take them out to remove the swap. then just set it back in and use the snap ring to hold it in.

[REDLN]

that's a nice motorset you have in the mail kid. i'll have to come down and see it or is it going to hky?

[002-M-P]

Yeah i just picked it up today...looks pretty good, but not 100% yet...it's here in Raleigh BTW.

[midnightsliding]

sweet i cant wait to see this car in action i have seen it at some of the auto-crosses here in greensboro if its the same car im thinking about but i could be wrong.

[Weser Cooling]

[Hi, good luck, I do the same since 5 weeks. It is a lot of work.I rebuilt the complete engine + SWAP into S13, every day I work on it itsgreat pleasure.

Cheers

Christian

QUOTE=002-M-P]Shipped out today....RB26 motor w/ uncut everything, RB25 transmission, RB25 Oil pan, old r32 fmic.

Here is a few pictures he just sent me today of the motor right before he wrapped it up for shipping...only thing worrying me is shifter being angled over so far...we'll have to see when it is here next week.





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[USsil80]

it might just be poped out of the hole that it sits inside of the shifter.. becouse the boot looks ripped so it might just be nothing(hopefully)

ps..do you mind saying how much you paid for this package deal

[002-M-P]

it might just be poped out of the hole that it sits inside of the shifter.. becouse the boot looks ripped so it might just be nothing(hopefully)

ps..do you mind saying how much you paid for this package deal

5400 shipped for the full package deal....and just so everyone knows, the shifter is fine, just not aligned in the transmission properly.

...Started new thread for questions...

zerothread/214038
Modified by 002-M-P at 8:50 AM 12/8/2006

[MrAlien]

how much fab work is required when swaping the RB into the Z?

[RB_Dreamin]

sick whips