Build of Australia's FASTEST PATROL ...Potentially, Using RB26DETT Goodness :)

[Richo460]

I saw someone selling a shorty with a 454 chev in it a few months ago, i wonder if the 460 ford bb thats in my shed will fit in my gq?
I am interested to see how it goes as well, i am a fan of v8's in trolls beacuse of the low down torque and driveablility, RB26 is a nice motor but how will it go off road?

[nissannewby]

I saw someone selling a shorty with a 454 chev in it a few months ago, i wonder if the 460 ford bb thats in my shed will fit in my gq?
I am interested to see how it goes as well, i am a fan of v8's in trolls beacuse of the low down torque and driveablility, RB26 is a nice motor but how will it go off road?

Certainly would there are blokes getting around with 582 blown v8's in patrols so imagine the 460 would go in and would sound pretty tough. I think with the rb26 you would gain good benefits in stroking it to a 3 litre

[Ben-e-boy]

I saw someone selling a shorty with a 454 chev in it a few months ago, i wonder if the 460 ford bb thats in my shed will fit in my gq?
I am interested to see how it goes as well, i am a fan of v8's in trolls beacuse of the low down torque and driveablility, RB26 is a nice motor but how will it go off road?

It would be interested to see how it goes. old mate (from what I can gather) plays in the mud so high rpm/big power might work well. unsure how that motor will perform when crawling
I do agree with nissannewby about stroking it out. patrols are big my logic says it need some cubic inches to be great.

[Richo460]

I know the RB26 head on the RB30 bottom end is a very popular combination amongst the turbo rice burner scene, i have seen these combos get 700+ horses at the wheels in dyno comps.

There is no substitute for cubic inches!

[Ben-e-boy]

I know the RB26 head on the RB30 bottom end is a very popular combination amongst the turbo rice burner scene, i have seen these combos get 700+ horses at the wheels in dyno comps.

There is no substitute for cubic inches!

yeah a mate has one with a rb25 head. the motor is built for 600+ hp but its a daily driver (sometimes by his mum) so its tune to a very streetable 350hp IMO its is a very well set up and reliable combo and definatly

[Dune]

Stroked would certainly help with low down torque the stroked or RB26/30 combo's push big numbers because they are matted to huge turbos and make that power at 6000+rpm. Also, we are talking bulk money.

Granted there are not a lot of RB26's shoved into patrols and it would be rare. But it's also a downside cause unlike most popular V8's from 5l to Ls1 and 2's they have been done enough that the R&D, kits and experience is already out there. I certainly wouldn't want a workshop 'giving it a go' if they hadn't done it successfully before.

If you are are going to stoke the RB26, you should just get a 4.8l put forged internals in it and wack on a turbo, it will make more power in the usuable rev range and will be MUCH cheaper. Otherwise for the money you will spend you can get a LS2 create motor, stoke it to 6.7 then put a charger or turbo on it and destroy all - this is the kind of money you are looking at with make big reliable pwoer from the RB26. They are highly strung engines. A patrol with an RB26 does not a GTR make.

[MudSlut]

I'm going to be keeping the rb26 twin turbo with stock turbo's or slightly bigger turbo's. doing everything I can for response like short as cooler piping most likely water cooled, tuned exhaust manifold, external gated turbos, twin filters and a custom 3" or 4" snorkel, along with a well tuned ECU. The Patrol is currently getting Low ratio diff gears installed along with a front locker. It is usually used in mud so I reckon it will be in 3rd gear and on the limiter a fair bit. I reckon it's going to be ok for what I want it for.

[MudSlut]

Just a bit of an update:
Over the last 5-6 weeks the Patrol has been in getting new low ratio diffs and a mechanical front locker put in, Yes I said 5-6 weeks... It's been one hold up after another, first it was that the locker hadn't turned up but the rear was good to go as the new Ring and Pinion gears had turned up, so they went in and the LSD re-shimmed. while we were waiting for the supposed Next day shipping of the front locker they got started on pulling the front end apart, new bearings, Swivel Hub rebuild kit, and maybe some other bits and pieces were ordered. Now here is where the fun begins... What we weren't told was that the locker was on back order from America! and it didn't show up for another 4 weeks Then they decided to pull the front apart and put everything together just to find out that the bearings weren't the right ones. New ones were ordered for next day delivery but didn't show up on time either. Then they found out that because I'm changing the gear ratio, the front shims didn't fit and they needed machining to fit. So the Patrol has been in the shop for over 5 weeks now and it's still not finished. It's been very hard to not go off my head at my mechanic for not checking all this crap and waiting 4 weeks to start on the front only to find out the wrong parts had showed up... I just hope that after all this stuffing around that it works and the ratios aren't too low for HWY use. Rant over!

[threedogs]

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races [Carrol Shelby] IMO I'd want buckets of torque for off road, as above don't need horsepower in the slow Stuff. 2 4x4 I know with 4.8 turbo pull 14 sec qtr mile times and have 335 kw at the rear wheels. Ants dual cab GQ has 454 efi
Young fella around the corner has a V8 infiniti motor in his SWB GQ auto, sounds nice runs 37"s

[growler2058]

Gotta love playing the waiting game for parts.....NOT