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Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:42 pm
by D1RTY6
Nice little blog here
http://spark88.blog.fc2.com/blog-category-50.html
page is in a different language but it translates over OK (Google translate)
Pretty cool what hes doing
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:37 pm
by torqued
Cool Post, Cool Idea,
But wonder, if any benefits are achieved over just using a RB26 tall block
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:54 pm
by broke
Weird. I have heard rumours about people trying to put the RB head onto a RD28 block. I wonder if this guy trying to make an engine that's legal for some race class where he needs an original L series block or something
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:12 pm
by DJZ
There's a dude in Oz that has done it quite successfully from what I hear. He's converted the block to belt drive rather than the head to gear drive.
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:25 pm
by broke
That seems like about a thousand times less work than what the Japanese guy did. I can't even imagine the kind of skill and patience it would take to do something like that.
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:37 pm
by Bartman
An RB30 shortblock is so cheap, I can't think why anyone would go to that much trouble?
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:06 pm
by DJZ
But wait, there's more!
How about an RB20E all done up to look like an LY head and fitted to an L series block?
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:32 pm
by 85_Z31
Didn't some guy from Hybrid Z use 3x chopped up KA24DE heads and made his own super custom head for an L series DOHC conversion ?
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:50 pm
by DJZ
85_Z31 wrote:Didn't some guy from Hybrid Z use 3x chopped up KA24DE heads and made his own super custom head for an L series DOHC conversion ?
Yeap, and he's had constant problems with it.
Who can guess this one?
Re: Retrofitting RB26 Head onto L28
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:48 pm
by DylPhil7
It's a merc head on an l block. Yeap I'm good with this engine stuff haha......