Datsun 240Z RB26DETT Swap Project

[@SALTYDATTO]

You know this is a legit S30 build when he replaces the lower control arm spindle bushings. That task is a serious undertaking!

[@davebarron5939]

WOW! what a project, the boys at MCM are doing something very similar now. A lot of work, loved your detailed pics tells the story well. Beautiful car, must be a joy to drive. Thanks for sharing.

[@richardupyurass2379]

I'm blown away by people craft and talent. Incredible job

[@eli_rivera96]

This ia how you build a car. No fuckin 2j no bullshit 350 smallblock. Straight nissan powah. 👍

[@ritchardposterior262]

Turbo 6.0 Chevy V8. mmmmmm let me taste your tears as i can put down 650rwhp without issue.

[@Shaolin0871]

This is awesome, I'm planning to restore an S30. Thanks for the extra drive to do so.

[@samsonian]

Coming from an electrician, inspecting beautiful work never gets old. We electricians always judge other guys’ work whenever we go into an electrical room; and we can be brutal in our assessment.

[@cldan9152]

Did leave not one bolt/screw unturned....Awesome build...Extremely detailed build/repair/modification/fab work! Beauitful production and outcome...I would've placed the turbo inlet filters forward of the radiator core support to receive cool pressurized air possible lowering my intake temps...other than that this build was untouchable!

[@ひでかつ-j7u]

日本の時代を刻んだ２つの名車が此処に復活、素晴らしいです！

[@canton7180]

Thanks for sharing, that is an awesome orange color!

[@alandrade8083]

Talk about commitment. Awesome build

[@truedapa]

my son has a hot wheels that looks just like your car, congratulations is very beautiful!

[@greatnortherntroll6841]

At 0:50 and again at 3:20 the trans support looks to be inadequately engineered for the task... Woefully so! It desperately needs some body attachment points at the rear of the flanges! I LOVED the fuel tank and intercooler mods!

[@my4cars528]

Nice! Just saw a somewhat similar build at my local Cars and Coffee with RB25DET in a 240Z.

[@Thatonechingadera45]

XR4ti I've seen that car before, did the license plate say "Gallo 25"

[@my4cars528]

No, it's plate # referred the engine designation

[@TheHighborn]

this is what one would call dream car

[@Sascha_Miller]

Fuck yeah ... a Z back on the road ... nice !

[@DarianWallace]

I usually hate these slideshow style videos. But damn. That is an extremely well executed build. Looks awesome

[@07wrxtr1]

Matt from the Smoking Tire needs to hunt these people down n drive 'em!

[@hisnherintegra7440]

I would love to do a restoration on a number of cars but dont have the tools or know how to complete such a huge project but i would love to do one in the coming years.

[@KeviNissan]

Very clean build

[@zmelli]

You have some skills!

[@racketman2u]

Well at least he put a Nissan six in it! and the RB is a nice engine, I had a Skyline GTST after my 240Z that I loved as a drivers car, but I have to say I prefer a NA engine with triple carbs to the turbo, nicer power curve and instant throttle response.

[@baeddanfrance7110]

This is like the 6th 240z build video ive watched

[@xorbodude]

I can't wait for MightycarMods RB26 240z! Those guys explain what they do really well. They also don't just use a slideshow!

[@TheScaryName]

Very nice build montage, it would be nice to see the car run though.

[@pec1739]

thank god you use back the ITB from the RB26 !!

[@kibo5000F]

Hello,Thank you for the wonderful video. 👍😊

[@peterwilson3454]

ripper superb fantastic well done

[@anomamos9095]

Are the cut outs in the fenders at the back of the hood functional vents like on some of the 240z Fairladys? Or are they block off plates? The vents I have seen are a black plastic louvre with chrome tipped fins.

[@Em-ck2zt]

Were you able to wire the stock signals mate

[@POProgram]

Great Build...I was thinking that some how the work done or video shown was out of sequence because you where doing such a great job but at different times you had me thinking you weren't going to paint! I still wonder if you at some point went down to bare metal. Great Job again! I'm sure you already know this. :)

[@jerridstrothman5324]

This was worth watching..thank you. Now how much you want for it?

[@123clis321]

Ive got a 260 that's got but 27k on it and have been dreaming of this swap for years after nixing the chevy swap idea. Thanks for the video! Did you buy your motor from one of these JDM suppliers ?

[@chrishaddox5078]

Is there a good blog or some kind of documentation on parts or any modifications? Especially suspension components. I am looking to do this.

[@brianoconner2501]

Look on Super Street Online for the article "Retro Rocket"

[@brianbrown4115]

Very beautiful car well done

[@f1fan001]

Perfect. Beautiful.

[@chrisgarcia5462]

I'l click and see any video regarding a Z project.👍

[@MrGaZZaDaG]

i liked that stock copper colour?

[@TimNevins]

Beautiful build!

[@ステンマルク-h9m]

What a wonderful car!!

[@pec1739]

if you going parallel turbo i guess a single one is better :D if you are in warm climate try to vent some air into the rear turbo for cooling !

[@paulgore5407]

What's the wheel spec?

[@nazeerhendricks5135]

please show some video of the cars moving not just images please.....

[@maplesyrupish]

Its Gordon McSwains car, its been featured quiet a bit, it even went up against a 370z in a challenge, look it up.

[@AlexMarkovRus]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4e1n3WBm7WCrNk

[@BillyBoblovesthedirt]

awesome job. Beautiful car.

[@Evolution20v]

Awesome build, really sense to detail. Its hard work, but in the end, you build your dream car, not just bought it :-) See my AE86 build, its very familiar build :-)

[@ironmaxima3672]

Awesome build!

[@mikalvanger6895]

beautiful car... i would love to do something like that...how much did it cost just on the parts and mods?

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

To build this and not have a shop do it ,,you are looking $30,000 in parts ,,seals,mods,this and and that, if you do the work yourself,,,,if you where to have a shop do all this $60,000

[@addamoliver]

Outstanding work!

[@deegan463]

Amazing metal work!

[@81280zxt]

What would it take to see your beast in the flesh?

[@yovanagustian4129]

Yg paling ok cuman acara ini,,, jujur aja

[@1970PMD]

epic build. would love to see vid and hear it. do you have an approximate or estimate of the cost of the build including man hours? Thumbs up.

[@cardadbods2007]

Where did you buy all the interior parts like door panels and window seals?

[@ismaelgonzalez1754]

Is it for sale?

[@280cs]

Great work car looks awesome

[@mpspike]

LINDO DEMAIS, SAUDAÇÕES DOS FÃS DO BRASIL

[@msarsok]

How much custom fabrication work did you have to do in order to complete this?

[@anthony8194]

Is there swap kits for this

[@食中毒-p8k]

最初の黒いRBはどこに行ったんだ？

[@ya247]

２５年前ならもっと新鮮に見れたんだが。当時３０とか１３０にみんなのせてたよね。ボディー、駆動系もたなくてみんな泣いてたけどｗ　作りは綺麗。

[@tommyg2660]

Nice ride

[@虎次郎-j4u]

RB26ツインターボの破壊力が、このボディーで受け止められるのか？単にレストアするだけで事足りる事なのか？補強は必要ですよね！

[@onlyinthehood2243]

Is it for sale? Or how much to duplicate?

[@anton.unseen]

What happened to the GTR that donated the engine?

[@georgevaniwaarden9520]

Can you tell me which mounts and gearbox you use? Mounts looks great. Tnx.

[@Bug3195]

George van Iwaarden would also love to know what transmission they went with.

[@brianoconner2501]

McKinney Motorsport Engine and Trans mounts. R33 GTS-T RWD 5-Speed

[@derrik50001]

Please send me the link where you got all your Restoration parts

[@Cheeseypoofs85]

Not a bad way to spend $30k

[@SALTYDATTO]

and be able to spank a lot of cars priced over that new!

[@shivamvaid601]

This won't even be 30k. Looks like a r32 rb26dett. Those can be found for 3k if you do good searches. Even getting a race rebuild would cost just around 8k. And the fabrication and purchase of a Fairlady chassis isn't more than 8k in total seeing the chassis state in the pictures. So u can look at around 20-21k max even including mistakes and post build tune ups. And I cn see this guy's didn't go for any big engine rebuild so just simply take one fourth of that cost as the rebuild budget. That gets is below 15k

[@xStr8UPDoPex]

You're so naive. Your not accounting for all the little stuff, as well as steal he bought. Also, seeing as it looks like he did most of the fab work himself, the cost of operating all the tools such as a welder for hours on end. Also, the paint alone would be at least 5k plus seeing as the inside, cage, all that was gone through. If those are real watanabe, that would of ran him 5k with tires alone. I wouldn't be surprised if hes closer to the $40k mark on this build. 15k would not get you anywhere near this level of a car, even if you did all the work yourself.

[@shivamvaid601]

xStr8UPDoPex the hilarious thing is all this fab in my country actually costs even less. I actually took a cushion over the general costs it takes me here. I guess you are making the budget estimate based on the inflation rates in your country.

[@mrobertsmr53]

Shivam Vaid where the hell are you finding s30 chassis in that price? In the entire state of Arizona I've only found 1 that was under 10k.. And it was a rust bucket 😂

[@venczchannel]

Building my project too midnight blue will be my version

[@vueduyang1607]

Nice, what was the total cost?

[@小林時浩]

夢のようなZエンジン音が聞きたい。

[@MigsES02]

*Akio Has Joined The Chat*

[@1totheright]

You sure you used the right gauge and tensile strength metal on some of them structural components you sectioned in?

[@kilo1k124]

Would you sell?

[@jmastercha]

sniff snifff... so beautifull ... ty

[@limitless9462]

Nice GTR.

[@dronetrucker]

I just saw this car, in a states capital city beautiful car

[@isaaccastro971]

love the video bro!!

[@charleebunch6637]

Completely and totally bad ass

[@lesliehossfeld777]

Beautiful car ....wish mine was at beautiful

[@BlueCrystal1996R]

Veeeeeeery clean, love it

[@JGW-81]

What i rip off didnt even get to see/ hear it run dont get me wrong its a nice car just wish i could of seen it run

[@derekheath1065]

Seats????

[@roboticvenom1935]

Could someone please tell me how much this cost on yourself Total. Would make my day!

[@gabrielloureiro874]

What rims are those

[@brianoconner2501]

RS Watanabe

[@gibthekid]

Literally a "Shit-Ton" of work...nicely done

[@shahram72]

My dream car.

[@mariomalmanza]

damn! custom everything!! must of cost a shit load for this build...awesome ride though

[@イシダケン-t3x]

バーフェンとスポイラーはつや消し黒が良いなｗ

[@c.fatihzr]

Wauv that's amazing 👍

[@erkanaldr1637]

This is *Karin 190Z*

[@djmhyde]

this isn't a videogame kid

[@dionisis2487]

datsun 240z is nissan?

[@zacharylindsey866]

Omofros OMG&3LOL you can't be serious

[@dionisis2487]

Zachary Lindsey i am...

[@BAYNC]

Nissan was branded as datsun in US when it began marketing in America

[@ohiratakahiro4452]

走るところが観たかった。

[@Danger_mouse]

Slide show, no video. 😕

[@JuanCarvajal21]

It´s AWD to ?

[@dinomaxi4951]

Nice.

[@コージコーナー-v9v]

熱烈爆音が聞きたかった

[@rockofking92]

フレームが耐えられるのか？補強してるとは思うけど。やはりZはL型でしょう😁 しかもメカチューン。

[@luisalejandrorodriguez7451]

pero ni salio andando

[@rawdyrider]

Should have painted it white with black wheel arches ,bonnet and stripe along the footboards....ah well great work anyways

[@HI68I10]

RS watanabe good!

[@nasilemak868]

Akio Asakura's wet dream

[@matiassalas8002]

bro it's better with black ( front bumper-tail-side skirt)