> I found a 2.6l skyline engine with ecm,
> harness ,transmision,turbos intercooler. Can
> I fit this engine in my 72 240z? And where
> can I find parts for this engine, like
> gaskets, cams water pump etc.?
Nissan Australia imported about 100 of these 2.6L Skylines for homologation into our local Touring Car race series. They dominated the series - like the Ford Sierra Cosworths had done prior to their arrival. It's a long story, but our fans (at one stage labelled a pack of arseholes on live TV by a Skyline driver on the winner's podium after a hostile reception) only wanted to see Aussie V8's win and after a rule change, our Touring Car series is now made up of only two makes of Aussie V8 cars. :-(
The Skyline was labelled a Nissan Skyline GT-R (Body Number BNR32 or BNR33) and had traction control, twin turbos, intercooler, four wheel drive, four wheel steering(?), two door, etc. etc. a very advanced car. It was nicknamed Godzilla for being so powerful and coming out of Japan.
The GT-R was a high performance end of the Skyline range. There were also garden-variety 4-door Skylines with plain rear wheel drive, non-turbo, auto box, etc. So it is not a purpose build supercar, just re-engineered into a supercar. Pictured at:
http://www.autospeed.com/A_0060/P_1/article.html
The 2.6L motor fitted was an RB26DETT (for RB-series, 2.6 Litre, Double overhead cam, Electronic engine management, Twin Turbo). The lesser models used RB25DE(T) (2.5L DOHC, Electronic, with or without a single Turbo), or RB20DE(T) (2.0L). Some Australian-only cars have ran an RB30E(T) single overhead cam 3 litre motor introduced in 1986 (when unleaded fuel was introduced here), but as this was an expensive motor to import, our local manufacturer changed to using the Buick 3.8L V6 a few year later. All of the RB series motors are smooth and strong motors that are often modified to over 500hp *without* any bottom end work!
A description of the RB series can be found at:
http://www.adelaidejap.com.au/engines.html
http://www.sssautomotive.com.au/
have a conversions page that will eventually cover some 240 and 260Z engine swaps (we never saw the 280Z). I have already seen in magazines RB-series motors fitted to early Z-cars - they're very similar in size and layout to the L-series (obviously derived somehow). I've even heard of a four wheel drive, twin turbo Z-car based on the RB26 motor. The RB is a cross flow head, so the motor slants the other way, and the sump bowl is at the wrong end, so a custom sump is required.
The GT-R Skyline weighed 1560kg and could run mid-13 to mid-14 second quarters. Imagine one in a light weight Z tuned to 705hp as at:
<A HREF=http://www.autospeed.com/A_0042/P_1/article.html>http://www.autospeed.com/A_0042/P_1/article.html</A>
