Men u make me feel happy because I have a 280z and that exactly what I always want. Everybody tells me put 2jz but I always say nope RB26 single turbo. Please give me a link
I had early 260z which looked like a 240 it had 280z engine, cam, weber 6 pack , with velocity stacks, headers, Ansa exhaust and 5 speed trans, also alum mag rims, blue metallic very sweet back in the day !
Thee perfect Z by far. It’s exactly how I would build one. Tastefully done no big flares or widebody. Speed is not everything because there’s always someone faster. I’ve owned a 240 and 260 and yes stock they are very underwhelming 😆. I did a 5.0 swap on mine back in the late 90’s from an 89 mustang with 5 speed and that made it really fun. Beautiful car, tasteful build and great video as usual 🤙🏼
They are so light i would never put heavy v8 8n one stay true inline 6 turbo can make as much power as small block and lighter. As not to fuck up balance and handling, v8 makes it to front heavy kills whole point of sports car handling.
@@rt2255 RB26 is about 550 lbs, a couple hundred more than the original L24. An ancient 5.0 HO is around 500 lbs or less, and an LS3 somewhere around 430 lbs. Cast iron I6s (with turbos) aren't light.
I’m a Toyota Supra Guy. MK2 to be exact. What the MK2 needed was a 2JZGTE. I proceeded to install one. And it is fantastic. If I was a Nissan guy….. this swap is exactly what I would do. Super Job on that swap.
9:11 I found my 98 Supra with only 30k miles on it, guy said it was MINT and 100% oem condition, NO rust, no issues. But i was not an idiot to just buy it and ASSUME it was legit like this guy, i actually FLEW 650 miles to look at the car, verified it was LEGIT as he said, called the bank, got the check, gave it to him, and rented a U-Haul and drive it 650 miles home .... Amazed by how many people will buy a car sight un-seen and get pist off when they get there and its a POS rust bucket ...
The oval type portion of the exhaust , seems like a DUH why didn't I think of type moment. Imagine the room and clearance vehicles can have , question is, how functional is it ?? very curious to find out.
Should be just as functional. Nascar has been running oval tubing for clearance for many year's and thos cars make a ton of hp naturally aspirated. As long as the inner diameter is the same there should be no change in performance just way more ground clearance. We ran it my uncle's turbo k24 and didn't see any power loss
I feel the swap kinda sucks because the motor they come with is awesome. The car is so nice inside and out and then you see a rb under the hood, I understand why people swap out slow d series in honda because they have no TQ but a L28 is bad ass N/A or boosted, this also shows how many people are just riding a wave on these engine swap. Everyone out here swapping motors for no reasons. I know a rb26 can make more power then a l28 when we are talking maxed out but that's not the point here. He's probably in the 500hp to 600hp range so yes a l28 could do that, here's a link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gu9cp2Pd9Dg.html
L28 in the 600hp range far more expensive, exotic and custom than a swap, and you still have to pay for a trans adapter to cd009. I'm going 2JZ. Much easier path. Still Jap straight 6.
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN AND TEBBVEN laws)
An RB in a 240Z is definitely the way to go if you're chasing the dream. The suspension work is pristine, and an R200 will hang all day with tons of abuse. (More than I can say for factory S-chassis transmissions, but that's another conversation) While the purest in me would love to see an updated L28 with modernized ECU, if you're going to that level of performance, RB all the way. Add: Man, a two-fer?! R33 guy had an amazing story too. Really enjoyed that one.
Nice build! But theres so much build info that is crying out to be told. How much metal was replaced after blasting? Tranny a 5 spd? Why go with RB36 eng? Transm choice and why? EFI? If so which brand and why? Has adjustment of fuel/air ratio with the EFI? Rim diameter choice and why? DanaH
Thank you for this video. This 240 is nice I love all the work that he has done and put into this car. I love the oval exhaust ! Well thank you for this video
When he's describing and pointing at stuff, you keep the camera on him. In the future you may want to either point the camera at what he's talking about with the post processing zooms and arrows and what not or include some stills.
I would seriously suggest even the most basic chin spoiler for this car, otherwise, at about 91 to 92 miles per hour, the air gets under the car and will lift the entire front end to the top of the suspension travel and drastically alter the handling.
hey i’m the owners son 600 hp is more then enough in that car any more and your just asking for an issue it doesn’t spin right now but with about 20 more wheel horsepower it will probably start but when it does spin it’s in 1 gear and the car stays super straight no fishtailing at all.
@@griffinmangel5191 hey personally i would reccomend tuning it to around 535 ish and play with that till u get used to the car, please take car of this beautiful gem and respect the powa ma boi LOL we have to preserve these cars for the next gen so they can experience such raw joy
Which vintage air did you guys use? I am doing a 240Z rebuild but don't have nearly this sort of money. Have mostly done everything stock but I really need to add air.
@@griffinmangel5191 yes i do got a 1971 fairlady z that im building already got the rb26 and complete suspension, basically the same but my car is a RHD
Had a beautiful straight rust-free 260z that I bought in the mid-80's for the grand sum of $2250. I put dual down-draft Webers and a header on it immediately, but bought it with the intent of putting a 350 ci SBC in it. Found that it would walk 5.0 Fox-body Mustangs with the L26, nevermind the SBC. Did a little more to it in the ensuing years (L-28, 5sp) and it was so dead-reliable for next 150K miles, I drove it all over the US & Canada (Alaska, even). The beauty of the early Z's, at least to me, were the attainability, affordability, and relative ease of working on them. So while this is stunning, it has none of those attributes. (If I had a cool quarter million to drop on a car, it probably wouldn't be something I once owned for 1/100th the price)
the one thing I look for or should I say listen for in a good build is a car with an engine sound that matches the cars visual style personality. This car nails it. Everyone is doing LS swaps in tiny cars which is cool, but they just dont match
Don't get me wrong I love the RB series engines a fine piece of engineering, but when it comes to a Datsun Z especially a modified one I'd love to see a highly modified Turbo L-Series just like Medusa if you haven't seen it look up Z car garage from San Jose.
