How hard was this to do because I want to do this. I was wondering if you have any information on the process of doing this and how long it took and etc.
you are looking at 5-6,000 in Labor alone, not to mention custom fabricated parts (motor mounts, transmission mounts, drive shaft, clutch cable exhaust pipe, down pipe, Radiator brackets, intercooler pipes, intercooler brackets, etc. etc.) Nobody makes swap kit's for this engine to put in this car. And Depending on who you take it to you may even need body work to compensate for clearance issues. Of all the Mainstream swaps done on S30 Z cars RB swaps are the biggest pains in the ass.
@AcomsRazor1776 pain in the ass is rite...finally got my rbz runnin after bout 4 months of wiring.. painless wiring my ass...ohh yeah i spent well over $8000, and i still need down pipe/exhaust/drive shaft/and gauges. hope it's all worth it
@88Zboy I hope you enjoy it. Putting that much work and money into something like that really makes you sweat right before it's done. Me Personally I'm going the cheap and easy route, just a tuned up LT1 with T56 and an LSD R200.
@AcomsRazor1776 McKinney Motorsports sells pretty much everything you need for the swap, from the mounts to the driveshaft and throttle cables. There's also places you can send a 280Z's harness to for a plug and play RB swap. McKinney does it for S13/14's, maybe a S30 too? Its entirely realistic to do the complete swap for under $6000, assuming your a competent mechanic. That's for a completely stock swap obviously, without the bodywork on such an old chassis, and performance parts.
@bohdanko90 "what are you talking about clearance issues? " Obviously you have never done one then. RB's have turbo clearence issues with the steering shaft. VERY FEW right hand drive s30's exist in the states and last I checked all RB turbo's are situated on the left side where the steering shaft is located. On RB26's its even worse. RB25's have fewer oil pan clearence issues with the cross member but RB26's require a customized oil pan transmissions for RB's are stupid big.
@bohdanko90 (continued) for 260s and 280s you will need to do some heavy cat hump bashing to get the transmission to fit. did I mention you'll need heavier springs to compensate for the 100 plus lbs you've added to the whole car and much of the weight sits forward and DOES upset the weight balance. you are not going to do a GOOD RB swap without a good 1500 to 2000 worth of custom parts and work done not counting the engine tyranny ecu and wiring harness.
@AcomsRazor1776 2000 if you pay someone to do it for you. fabricating is not that expensive if you DIY. even if you cant, it will be less than 1000 if you give all the measurements to a welder. The reason why people are so afraid of swapping these motors in is because they think its an insane amount of money. i have a 89 240sx with an rb25 making 450whp, and the total is about $6-7k including the car. Now people freak out when they find out that soldering 6 wires to convert the harness is $500
@AcomsRazor1776 Continued... then they decide to go the sr20 route, which the KA24 is way better than an sr20. and way cheaper too. When people want me to work on their car, i charge a good amount. so if i was to take my 240sx to a shop to do all of that, it would have probably been 20,000 by now.
Ive been talking to Mckinny motorsports about the mounts and such for my rb30 swap to my 78 Z. did you get their oil pan as well?
turbo280z 3 weeks ago
wat did this cost to do?
xxnissansilviaxx 9 months ago
thats susd as, did you have to cut abck the firewall ta get in there? mustve been a hell of a job man. nice
UnderGroundMedia1 10 months ago
Looks good, I didn't know you could do the stock intake in a S30 Chasis.
I think McKinney Motorsports makes engine mounts and transmission brackets and a few other things for the swap.
hibles1 1 year ago
How hard was this to do because I want to do this. I was wondering if you have any information on the process of doing this and how long it took and etc.
Horhey232 2 years ago 2
you are looking at 5-6,000 in Labor alone, not to mention custom fabricated parts (motor mounts, transmission mounts, drive shaft, clutch cable exhaust pipe, down pipe, Radiator brackets, intercooler pipes, intercooler brackets, etc. etc.) Nobody makes swap kit's for this engine to put in this car. And Depending on who you take it to you may even need body work to compensate for clearance issues. Of all the Mainstream swaps done on S30 Z cars RB swaps are the biggest pains in the ass.
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
@AcomsRazor1776 pain in the ass is rite...finally got my rbz runnin after bout 4 months of wiring.. painless wiring my ass...ohh yeah i spent well over $8000, and i still need down pipe/exhaust/drive shaft/and gauges. hope it's all worth it
88Zboy 1 year ago
@88Zboy I hope you enjoy it. Putting that much work and money into something like that really makes you sweat right before it's done. Me Personally I'm going the cheap and easy route, just a tuned up LT1 with T56 and an LSD R200.
AcomsRazor1776 1 year ago
@AcomsRazor1776 McKinney Motorsports sells pretty much everything you need for the swap, from the mounts to the driveshaft and throttle cables. There's also places you can send a 280Z's harness to for a plug and play RB swap. McKinney does it for S13/14's, maybe a S30 too? Its entirely realistic to do the complete swap for under $6000, assuming your a competent mechanic. That's for a completely stock swap obviously, without the bodywork on such an old chassis, and performance parts.
Rhoads0382 10 months ago
@AcomsRazor1776 what are you talking about clearance issues? what are you talking about putting an RB in a civic?
the car comes with a 6 in-line for fuck sakes. you need mounts and drive shaft and other stuff that a person that can turn a screw driver can do.
Putting the RB in a 240sx has some clerance issues, and not even. its also a smaller engine bay car.
bohdanko90 5 months ago
@bohdanko90 "what are you talking about clearance issues? " Obviously you have never done one then. RB's have turbo clearence issues with the steering shaft. VERY FEW right hand drive s30's exist in the states and last I checked all RB turbo's are situated on the left side where the steering shaft is located. On RB26's its even worse. RB25's have fewer oil pan clearence issues with the cross member but RB26's require a customized oil pan transmissions for RB's are stupid big.
AcomsRazor1776 5 months ago
@bohdanko90 (continued) for 260s and 280s you will need to do some heavy cat hump bashing to get the transmission to fit. did I mention you'll need heavier springs to compensate for the 100 plus lbs you've added to the whole car and much of the weight sits forward and DOES upset the weight balance. you are not going to do a GOOD RB swap without a good 1500 to 2000 worth of custom parts and work done not counting the engine tyranny ecu and wiring harness.
AcomsRazor1776 5 months ago
@AcomsRazor1776 2000 if you pay someone to do it for you. fabricating is not that expensive if you DIY. even if you cant, it will be less than 1000 if you give all the measurements to a welder. The reason why people are so afraid of swapping these motors in is because they think its an insane amount of money. i have a 89 240sx with an rb25 making 450whp, and the total is about $6-7k including the car. Now people freak out when they find out that soldering 6 wires to convert the harness is $500
bohdanko90 5 months ago
@AcomsRazor1776 Continued... then they decide to go the sr20 route, which the KA24 is way better than an sr20. and way cheaper too. When people want me to work on their car, i charge a good amount. so if i was to take my 240sx to a shop to do all of that, it would have probably been 20,000 by now.
bohdanko90 5 months ago
How much WHP did the built L28ET put down? Is the RB25DET stock?
turbo280z 2 years ago