RB26 Hardbody turbo options

[Hemicey]

I know there are a million people with pipe dreams of making this happen, but have no money, no time, or no imagination. But here is my situation. I got this 1995 Nissan Hardbody with an RB20 swap started. Finished it, Got it running, everything working perfectly, and it runs fine.

Drove it around for a couple months, but what I really wanted was an RB26... so last weekend I bought one out of the States with an RB25 transmission already bolted up. The only problem is the factory turbo location for the rb26 will interfere with my steering shaft. So I need an alternate setup. This truck is strictly for street use. I would like to keep the factory twins and just mount them out of the way. Some people say you can flip the manifolds??? Is this true? Or are there some top or side mount manifolds that you can buy and still retain the stock turbo's?? I know best case is a big top-mount single, but I don't really want to dump another $3G into it.

What's my best option?? Here's my truck with the RB20 single turbo clearance for reference.

[meet07]

sounds like you are forced to do an turbo upgrade. Most aftermarket manifolds are top mounts meaning that you will have more run around the steering shaft. Look into it.

[akurtzer57]

I wouldn't mind doing a rb swap in my hardbody. How bad was the swap? Mounts etc I can make pretty easy. Curious about wiring and keeping stock gauges.