If you've looked at a couple other pics, the turbo sits pretty high and therefore he has a 'hood scoop' like where the turbo is.

For tranny I'm guessing he used an rb25 tranny, since they bolt right up, no need to create extra work, but I'll let him chime in

 

give you a better understanding of what I'm talking about

 

is it possible to fit the engine and turbo without a hood scoop?

 

how expensive is this swap compared to say the 2jz-swap? and is there anyone out their that makes a kit of this swap or is it all custom?

 

Don't think there's a kit available - Price? Well to begin with the engine isn't all that cheap and there's a lot of custom work to make it work I'm sure.

I've never done the swap myself, but it's not like putting an rb/sr into a 240sx.

 

Did you do anything special to make the RB fit?

 

i was planning on do in this swap. HOw much will it cost?

 

i had about 20k in my rb25 fd project (car,shipping,motor,swap). It helps if you have friends that can do your fab or if you can do it yourself, it would be outrageous for a shop to have to custom fab everything....

Hood Clearance
I have my subframe in the stock position with a modified oil pan and pick up. The engine is about 1/4" away from the firewall. I took off the cam gear cover and the back plate that sits behind the gears. This lets the hood close in the stock position, but it touches on the belt even if you cut out the support under the hood. I had to cut a small hole just were the timing belt goes and make a bubble to make it fit.....

i believe it is possible for the hood to close with it in the stock position, if I were to do it again I would have made the oil pan even shorter so I could lower the engine a bit and put the engine even closer to the firewall. You still would have to cut some of the hood support and take off timing belt cover and backplate, but it would work.....


and about the weight distribution, I can't even tell a difference driving my rb25 fd or a stock fd besides the fact that I make crazy amounts of torque with the rb

 

hey if i already have the car and the motor.
And i am doing the swap myself.
How much more will it cost?

And the Fabrication, all i will need to do is the oil pan?

 

if you don't already have all the material to make your custom subframe, tranny mount, motor mounts, diff mounts, radiator brackets, all the other random stuff that comes along the way you can be looking at over $1000

you will need a bigger fuel pump $100

custom driveshaft $500

oil pan and pick-up(depends on who you can find to do this) $150-$250

i would recommend a bigger radiator $250 and a bigger intercooler $250

it is never ending, make sure you have a big wallet......

 

Yeah its not like you had to cut off the underside of your hood or anything...jackass

your dyno speaks of LAG btw. ESAD.

 

No offense but I don't think this would be a sensible swap because if you need parts you will have to import them from Japan. On the other hand a 2jz was readily available in GS300, Supra, IS300, SC300, and some other cars. On top of that locating parts for them isn't too hard either. You can just go to your local Toyota dealership and get parts hell you can even go to autozone/advanced auto parts/oreily's and get parts for the 2jz. In my honest opinion it would be the easier route because of availability. Cost for an RB swap with nothing prefabricated on the market would cost a good arm and leg. I'd say go with the 2jz because people have swapped and know what the end result is. But if you have all the money in the world go for it.

-Daniel

 

To each their own. . .if someone puts their favourite engine into their favourite chassis, who cares? Everyone says go with (1j/2j/ls/etc) but at one point those were considered ridiculous swaps as well. . .

I'm really considering this swap as well since I've got a built RB26 laying around and just picked up an FD. . .

not sure if the guy with the RB26 FD will read this but is that a full-race mani I see in your engine bay shot?

 

Perhaps the forums biggest joke... Barban.
I tried not to respond to this but you're just too clueless.
Rag on anything that is different... for what reason? Do you need the worlds largest turbo in the engine bay? No. An RB with stock twins or anything less than a GT42 will fit. I know what it takes, I've seen it first hand. Do you have any clue?
His turbo would fit if he wanted it to as well, but who really cares? Heaven forbid a body panel is cut or altered...

His dyno speaks of lag??? Do you think he went with this setup because he wants instant spool, or 500 ft. lbs of torque at 3000 rpm... I really doubt it. He did what HE wanted to do.... not what some ignorant punk thuggin behind his monitor told him to do.
He did it his way, he's making stupid power, his car is rediculous as all hell in person, and he's a pretty cool guy to top it all off. So beat down on his car and call him jackass. WTF...

Are you jealous Barban? I mean you've really got me wondering. Post up specs and pics of your ride (as I really don't even care to search) and let us all be the judge.
If this isn't the case, then why post at all?

And why did you stop ragging on our setup??




The intake manifold is a custom unit.

If you've got the resources, and a little creativity, why not??

 

Basically proving my point with your response...

Done more on this forum than I ever will... like what? Posting insults and mindless opinions? Try doing something outside the comfort of your desk chair for the community... host car shows and organize meet and greats, fabricate countless custom parts that are not otherwise available, have your own shop and work on customers cars... If you do that and then some, then I'll take it back. Don't be so ignorant.

Try turning my own wrench? I wont even go there.

We're building our 7 for the Texas Mile, so to that I guess you'd be correct... it has too much power and too much rubber and is too wide to be considered "practical" for the street, but what its being built for? I'd say its right on. Maybe I forgot to mention its the Texas Mile, not the worlds most practical automobile competition. So what if its driven on the street now and then??

And again, the RB does fit without a hitch... If you want a super in the bay then maybe you'll have to get creative. Otherwise, not a problem.

Truth is you really are clueless in these cases... but then again, how would you know? And for that reason, its better to just keep quiet.

 

RBs puke their guts out past 7000 rpms w/ out a vastly upgraded oiling system.

Rotaries spit out apex seals.

Swapping one engine with other is retarded.

My worthless .02 cents, but what do i know.

 

Alright. All you little turd nuggets quit your damn bitching and get back to the topic at hand. I'm buying an RX7 (93FD) in a month. I'm also getting an RB26DETT, boring and stroking it to a 2.8 and switching all the internals to grade A quality to assure that it handles over 800hp, no problem.
I know the best tranny is a RB25. I also know that i'm gonna need bigger supporting externals, I.E. fuel pump, radiator inter cooler and what not. People said they've done the swap but to me, if you don't have pics supporting your story, then you're full of ****. I fully intend on doing this. I will also provide pics upon completion.
Now my question is WILL IT FIT? Do i need to get a hood scoop? How much and where is a good place to get it fitted in? If i can do it in Texas, that would be awesome, If not, well looks like i'll buy a truck to haul it. I can't research anything because im currently in Iraq and the internet blows here. It's too time consuming.
I'm trying to get all this info so i can start ordering parts and leave it at the shop to get fixed up before i have to come back here. Any and all HELP would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help and **** YOU in advance for the **** talkers.

 

I hope you have at least $50k.

 

heres mine done and done.. basically to sum it up.... its a **** ton of work...