Engine Swap

[hanyou]

Hey guys. ive been doing alot of reading about rebuilds on the rb26 incase my one is up for one (which i wont find out till next month), but i couldnt find any information about dropping a r33 gtr engine into my '90 32gtr instead of rebuilding it. know i know theyre almost the same engine. but i do know the clutch (push/pull, dont even know if this is affected by the engine swap?) stuff is different. is there anything else that needs to be changed? or is it pretty much a in and out job?

ive found a series 3 33gtr engine pretty cheap so yeah id like to know if its worth going down that road? as i do not want to rebuild a power machine where i see people spending 10-15k on a engine, i jus want reliability and abit of power say upto 300kw max. watever will get my 11's ill be happy

only looking towards this way because i could always sell my current engine off and recover quite abit of the money back from buying the 33gtr engine.

thanks, if i didnt search properly jus let me know and give me the link lol

[gun32gtr]

rebiuld yours i reckon might save ya in the long run...

[PhilGTR]

rebiuld yours i reckon might save ya in the long run...

yeah rebuild yours i reckon too. you never know when this 'new' engine will let go as well.

[gun32gtr]

yeah rebuild yours i reckon too. you never know when this 'new' engine will let go as well.

yeh my thoughts

[hayden49]

Better yet, buy yourself an RB30E bottom end, RB25DE head, slap those two puppies together add turbo goodies and have one awesome mutherf*cker of an engine with torque to boot.

Just a thought....

[gun32gtr]

and would cost a mint to id say..

keeps yours and rebuild i reckon,ya no what ya got then

[hayden49]

umm depends how technical you are.

The parts themselves would cost next to nothing and building engines isnt exactly that hard if you have a guide or someone who knows abit about engines.

[monga]

Rebuild yours mate, swapping a old engine with a old engine will cost 8k plus after its all done, rebuilding yours shouldnt cost to much if nothing its mega f**kered

[Beer Baron]

there should be no problem swapping motors. there are a few little differences, but 32 ecu should run your new 33 engine no problem.

i dont think it's such a bad idea providing you choose your new engine very carefully and perform as many checks on it as you're able to.

[Blitz]

For such a swap to be worthwhile, you would want to be finding a mint condition R33 GTR engine and in doing so you will most likely be paying a reasonable amount.

Rebuilding your existing engine would make more sense, especially if you intend to further modify and after the rebuild you would effectively have a brand new engine for not far off the cost of buying a replacement used engine.

The rebuild itself doesnt need to be a ball-breaker either - A good set of forged pistons, N1 Oil & Water Pump, ARP rod bolts, new gaskets throughout and some Tomei sump baffles and you will be on your way Of course once you start its easy to blow the budget so work to a plan!

[hanyou]

hmm i think i will go the rebuild way.. so with forged pistons, N1 Oil & Water Pump, ARP rod bolts, new gaskets throughout and some Tomei sump baffles that is enough for a engine rebuild? as stated im not after huge power. 300kw & a reliable engine that will last me a couple of years with the occasional track/strip work is more then enough for me..

damn and i was reading all these other different parts i thought you needed hahah. a rebuild like that would cost say about 6-7k inc labour? would seem more worthwhile

thanks guys

[1q2w3e4r]

JUN oil pump, not an N1. Plenty of failures with them, although not at that power level often.