RB abbreviation

[bs188]

Ive heard RB is an abbreviation for things like " race built " and " rhythm & balance " and such. Though recently I heard from a friend in Yokohama-shi that it stands for "Roku-Beruto" , which I am told means "6 cylinder / belt-drive"

anybody know how these are named? Also with the VG or VQ engines, i thought V was for V6 , but there also are VQ 4 cyl engines...

[240z4u]

Roku-Beruto sounds like the most likely of your choices. It's definitely not any of the stupid ones like "race bred".

[RRRRB]

Rapes Bank account

[Yellow4g63]

Race Bread lol

[Coolwhip]

Raw Brokerage

[JTR32gtst]

I heard the Race Bred comment. I think the "Roku Beruto" is the best choice. Just like Hakosuka is named for the 70'2 GTR, it must be a Japanese thing.

Personally, should be named the FB series for Fan Boiz....

[daemonyk]

Ive heard RB is an abbreviation for things like " race built " and " rhythm & balance " and such. Though recently I heard from a friend in Yokohama-shi that it stands for "Roku-Beruto" , which I am told means "6 cylinder / belt-drive"

anybody know how these are named? Also with the VG or VQ engines, i thought V was for V6 , but there also are VQ 4 cyl engines...

I dug a little, all "V(X)" named Nissan engines are V type, either 6, 8, or 12 cyl. I think you're muddling the QR / "Q(X)" series engines with the VQ series. CA supposedly stands for Clean Air... Who knows its possible each engine series was named based on some idiosynchratic arbitrary convention randomly chosen by a committee.

Roku-Beruto sounds more feasable than most (certainly moreso than Race Bred lol). But also note, that the RB engine induction with the R31 coincides with the discontinuation of the L series engine (1985), formerly used in both the Z cars and the R30 skyline. But after that, the Z cars got the VG engine, while the skylines got the RB, so is also possible that it's the RB for the R chassis engine inline type B, and the cedrics and laurels of the era also got one cos they used the L series engines previously as well - but IIRC only the GTR (and one special stagea trim) got the RB26DETT. Also note amusingly that "L" is not a traditional Japanese sound, and is said "R" (as in "beruto" = "belt-o" = "belt"), so it may even be a joke on the "L" / "R" sounds

[Yellow4g63]

The race bread is a old joke from the forum back in the day lol.

[daemonyk]

The race bread is a old joke from the forum back in the day lol.

Indeed not unlike these...
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=products_all
Which I found buried in the depths of the forum as well

[Pedobear Run Kids]

RB = Running me Broke

[meet07]

Rice Burner = Cause it burns more rice than the hondas

[Booztd 3]

It could be a lot more complicated than what you guys are making it.

At Caterpillar, we have a ton of different engine families. They are started with 3 letter prefixes (instead of two like "RB".) The prefix is derived from the lead project engineers initials.