Hello, I'm new and from the USA. I had never looked at anything more than a picture of an RB before last month but am now the owner of an RB26 swapped gtst that was done in Japan prior to import. I was told I might make a build thread to document my process. I'm not sure how interesting it might be to watch me learn an entirely new platform over the next 6-8 months but I'm sure I'll have questions so here we are!
1990 GTST Manual Coupw
Unknown vintage rb26 (black top) swapped presumably in 2006. Japanese title had 2700km marked for 2006 and it only has 23,000km on the odometer now.
Remax front pipe
Tomei Cam Gears
HKS Pod filters
Sorta shitty 3" exhaust (sounds good but not mandrel bent mid pipe)
Nismo Gauge Cluster
Sparco seats
Someone cut multiple holes in the dash for gauges but they are no longer there.
Bilstein Coilovers
GTR FRP front bumper that doesn't fit very well
HICAS block installed
Random temp sensor probe near the mid pipe
I'm sure I'll find more as I go through it.
Plans for now are to pour over it this winter while I can't drive it anyway, aftermarket ecu (link g4 most likely) or nistune, wideband, boost gauge, oil pressure. Go through all the 30 year old wires and hoses and make sure everything is up to snuff. Probably remove unnecessary ancillaries to declutter the engine bay, battery and washer fluid relocate to the trunk. Getting the bumper to fit better and polishing off all the junk on the paint from sitting for years.
Plans for next year (probably end of warm weather) will be to likely go holset single turbo as I love how they sound and I made big power on them with a 4G63.