What mounts did use on your rb26?

Post by **jayz706** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:44 pm

We pulled my motor out of the clip today, man what a biatch! That transmission is a monster. Well any way we are in the process of cleaning and changing hoses and rubber lines now. Should start detailing and painting tomorrow. This thing needs to be sitting in the car by next weekend so like the title topic says, what mounts did you use? I talked to shaw at mckinney motorsports just a couple of minutes ago and he said they were in stock ready to ship. Has anyone used these mounts? They also have the down pipe that is suppose to work, has anyone used it?? We actually started the motor in the clip and let it run for a while ( up to operating temp) and everything is perfect.. The wiring is just as simple as the 20 or 25 into the s14. I willpost pics and let you guy know how it goes. Thanks in advance for any help
Modified by jayz706 at 1:09 AM 9/2/2004

Post by **TheOne** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:00 pm

as far as i know, mckinney makes the best mounts for either rb25 or rb26, and i think they did the 1's for the rb26 so you can fit the TT's. to my guess the down pipe should work 2. tho those are usually custom made at some muffler shop.

Post by **gani** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:52 pm

i wanted to buy those mounts but it was cheaper for me to convert to right hand drive and use a r32 rb20 crossmember. will be test fitting the motor in afew days but it should go right in with no issues

Post by **Nameless EJ6** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:29 am

I'll be using Mckinneys mount kit for mine. Should be ready to drop in about 5 months.

Will you do a write up when you do the wiring? I'd like to start looking into how to wire this up in my car. Not alot of info on the 26 swap..

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:37 am

wiring shouldnt be a problem, Id be more than glad to help as soon as mine is done... Hopefully this weekend.

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:38 am

Oh yeah, I went with the McKinney mounts. I should have them tomorrow.

Post by **Scott Buwalda** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:02 pm

Gani:

Please post how it goes.

I too have converted to RHD, and have an RB25 R34 crossmember sitting here. It would sure beat buying mounts when they're not needed.

Scott

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:44 pm

I have a couple of those cross members(rb25) if anyone else needs one. I also have some rb20's too

Post by **gani** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:07 pm

if you ever swapped an rb20 or rb25 same stuff i will be involved in mounting your rb26 since you wont have steering clearace issues so everything becomes ten times easier. i find it easier putting it in from the bottom meaning you will bolt up your r32 or r33 crossmember to the engine mounts then lift it. About your r34 rb25 crossmember im nor sure if it will bolt up like all the other crossmembers coz i have never used one but you can take your stock crossmember and see if the bolt holes line up if not look for an r32 or r33 crossmember.

just my 2 psi

Post by **gani** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:23 pm

here are some pics of my conversion, its not all complete, still have to weld it completely, just test fitting the steering column, will have more pics with the motor in.

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:29 pm

nice stuff. Where did you put the peices together

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:30 pm

never mind I just looked at the pic alittle closer

Post by **Scott Buwalda** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 12:59 am

The R34 RB25 crossmember and mounts line up no problem. In fact, before purchasing the crossmember, I laid an R33 RB25 crossmember next to it, and they were identical. I think this will be the way that I go.

Thanx.

Scott

Post by **JedC** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:23 am

Has anyone use the a31 cefiro or c33 laurel crossmember and mounts? I'm sure you've all heard that they supposedly drop the motor an inch. I saw pictures of the swaybar off one of these cars compared to an s13 swaybar. It shows that the c33 swaybar goes an inch lower.

Post by **gani** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:41 pm

ok got to test fit the motor and id say dont use the stock rb26 motor mount brackets, makes the crossmember be off. anyways gonna try the rb20 stock motor mount brackets and give yall an update.

Post by **jayz706** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 1:57 pm

Anyone have an extra oil pan.. I put a nice sized hole in mine .

Post by **jayz706** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 2:29 pm

Mckinney's mounts are in, they look pretty damn good. Hopefully we will be installing them soon, if i can repair my oil pan.

Post by **Nameless EJ6** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:15 pm

<--just ordered Mckinneys mounts.

Post by **underground** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:38 pm

Went with McKinney Mounts.... They are proven, which is the key to me...

They won't put out any product that's half way there....

Chris

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:23 am

Me too, I have to much money in my clip and car to worry about saving a couple hundred dollars. I plan on beating on my car hard and i want products that are gonna hold up and are proven to be good quality.

We will be droping the motor in today, I will post pics tonight if everything goes well.

I wanna thank Mckinney Motorsports for being a professional business in a time where the internet is filled with crooks and theives claiming to have a business just because they have a web site. They answered the phone everytime I called during business hours and im sure if i emailed they would have responded quickly.

Post by **jayz706** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:24 am

Good chioce

Post by **jayz706** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:49 am

Motor & transmission are in, intercooler & piping, along with custom driveshaft so far...

Post by **lyon23** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:02 pm

wow that looks gooooooddd : drooling klijopl;kjopkljhl;okjgfthvjb*wipping drool off keyboard* That's nice I might think of getting an rb26 motor set and making it work with my rb20.

Post by **jayz706** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:31 pm

Intercooler and piping worked like a charm. I only wish the factory intercooler was in alittle better shape.

Post by **jayz706** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:38 pm

Oh yeah, i will be posting part numbers for the proper parts to make your driveshaft . A local company had all the parts on the shelf and completed it in about 2 hours, they even used 3" tube ( the same tube they use in alot of drag cars). They did this all for me for around 300.00 Im pretty sure just about any driveshaft shop can handle the job...

Post by **b-s14** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:28 pm

jay, in the 2nd pic, are you removing your charcoal canister (if thats what i think it is)and next to your windshield wiper motor, what is that called.. ? sorry.. questions

Post by **jayz706** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:32 am

No Im keeping the can, im gonna put it between the intercooler and the radiator. I belive the part your talking about is laying on the strut tower and i think its the wiper amplifer.

Post by **Nameless EJ6** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:59 am

WOW. Let us know how it drives! I can't wait to get mine running.

Did you polish the turbo pipe yourself?

Post by **b-s14** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:08 am

looking good jay-man.. just cleaned my engine bay out and i took out the a/c lines and all that. all thats left is that charcoal canister but i didn't know if i was going to need it or not. i know it deals with emissions but after swapping motors, i wouldn't think so...? or so...? but i'd like to get in contact with you since i too am swapping into an s14 and i had some other questions about the driveshaft...

Post by **jayz706** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:49 am

I hope it drives good, We are in the process of changing it to 5 lug, installing a s14 lsd and the skyline brakes.

A freind of mine did the polishing for me.

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