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Hi all,

Just a few technical questions concerning gearboxes to fit rb30 motors. From what i can gather, r31 rb30 gearboxes are getting more and more expensive and harder to find. I have found that VL commodore boxes, ( called M7 's) will also fit ( using the VL's tailshaft ) to the skyline, but these boxes are even harder to find! The turbo VL box ( MX7 ) is impossible to find and usually retail around the $1000 mark.

Long story short, I wanted to know if R32 or R33 boxes will fit onto my rb30 motor ( Like bolt in, perhaps a tailshaft change ). I have found that r32 and r33 boxes are MUCH easier to find, just wanted to know if they are an easy fit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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dude go on ebay at the moment and there are at least 3 rb30 reconded boxes off VL's for around $400 - im finding it harder to find a R32 box!

anyway basically from what i can gather - the n/a vl's rb30 box is identical to the r32 rb20det box EXCEPT that the rb20det has double synchros on 1st and 2nd.

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