Rb26Dett S13

[S1DWYSR33]

I know theres quiet a few of these cheeky little rockets out there, and i want one for myself!

SInce moving to Australia, from New Zealand i've had to leave my pride and joy at home

Now, down to the build...i have to find a car first!

Does anyone know the ups and downs of this conversion?

Preferably wanting to keep it stock, for reliability reasons...

Personally ive had a few bad encounters with previous and present RB's,

Then again they all have been RB25DETS hence the reason for a 26DETT.

Oh and i dont want to be a hassle, but does anyone have a firm idea of the

"Queensland modification laws", as Im only used to NZ laws.

Not bad considering im all of 17 years old

Cheers.

[adamskill]

pretty sure at 17 in qld you will be on your p plates??

so you can forget about driving a turbo car of any sort.

look at qld transport web site first.

[Weapon]

That is correct unless there is a way around it that I am not aware of.

Besides that you would have an RB26DETT so first up you'd need a QLD Modification plate for the engine conversion, then you'd need an RB25 box another mod code on your plate then depending on how fussy the guys are they look at the brakes and they usually will want at the very least an OEM brake up grade from the car that you have pinched the engine out of.

When I did the 26 conversion in my GTST I was pretty lucky as 32 GTR brakes are the same as 33 GTST and obviously had the box already.

Theres a lot of areas you can go wrong in this process especially if your attempting to do it yourself. First things first find out about the P Plate restrictions and if they effect you, second you'll need to source a half decent car then an ok condition 26 to suit then all the fun can start.

The conversion was alot more straight forward into my old GTST.... Was still a giant pain in the ass though

[S1DWYSR33]

Hahaha yeh thought someone would bring up the age thing,

im from New Zealand, we can get our full licenses at the age of 16 and a half ;D

I rang up the QLD transport place and they said i transfer straight to a open license.

As for the swap, i know id have to mate a 25det box to a 26dett engine,

anyone know of any decent custom shops around brissy?

just want to go check with them about it and sus the swap out with them.

cheers, Reagan.

[Hank Scorpio]

Didn't Uras make a V12 S13?

That would sh*t all over an RB26DETT!

[S1DWYSR33]

Didn't Uras make a V12 S13?

That would sh*t all over an RB26DETT!

Yeah, but theres nothing like a dirty RB !!!

[Hank Scorpio]

Yeah, but theres nothing like a dirty RB !!!

A dirty factory CA?

[S1DWYSR33]

A dirty factory CA?

Huh? why would i have a CA?

i have a widebody r33 RB25DET back home,

why would i downgrade to a CA?

Haters gon' hate,

potatoes gon' potate.

if you dont like this idea then bugger off yeah?

[zebra]

L2 sense of humour