Vl Commo Engine

[Tebie]

gday

just curious to know if the vl commo stock engine is a RB30E or something else?

im asking about the non turbo version....

thanks

chris

[sh@un]

Got it in one, bro

[ToF]

Nah it's an Australian motor produced by Holden.

[CSNet]

VL turbo is an RB30DET (correct me if I am wrong).

So, if the models go the same as the other RB range, non turbo would be RB30DE...

Edited August 10, 2006 by ReeceR

[Tebie]

would i be correct in saying these are the engines that people rebuild the bottom end and put a rb20/25/26 head on and get crazy amounts of power out of?

[PSI_GTSII]

VL turbo is an RB30DET (correct me if I am wrong).

So, if the models go the same as the other RB range, non turbo would be RB30DE...

wrong

RB30e = Non Turbo

RB30ET = Turbo

The D = DOHC

[Tebie]

VL turbo is an RB30DET (correct me if I am wrong).

So, if the models go the same as the other RB range, non turbo would be RB30DE...

thats what i thought, i thought it would be rb30de

but apparently the rb30de is something completely different....

the picture below is a rb30de i believe

Edited August 10, 2006 by Tebie

[Mr. Oizo]

thats what i thought, i thought it would be rb30de

but apparently the rb30de is something completely different....

the picture below is a rb30de i believe

well, its a DE, not sure what capacity

the rocker cover is from a ECCS red top rb20 though

[Tebie]

hmmm

i actually found that picture on a arabic nissan website....

i typed in search for rb30e on yahoo and it came up with that picture and the link....

anyways

[paveway]

ok guys let me set a few thing straight

the rb20 head doesn't bolt straight onto the rb30 block, and it doesn't even have enough flow anyway to do so

theoretically an rb30de is an rb30 block with an rb25de head on it

people put heads from rb25/26 on rb30 blocks, you can't from the 20 without modding, but why would you anyway it's too small

[VB-]

well, its a DE, not sure what capacity

the rocker cover is from a ECCS red top rb20 though

isnt the a NICS version?

[Mr. Oizo]

isnt the a NICS version?

yep, my mistake

[Coupe-This]

rb - engine name

30 - 3.0 litre

e - electronic fuel injection

t - turbo

so that spells out single cam 3 litre fuel inject car, which it is

d = dohc for the 20, 25 and 26 motors,

[racsov500]

RB30e

theres a few small difference between R31 and VL engines but they interchange fine

no factory rb30de unless your talking rare ones like the tommy kiara M30 engine

[Tebie]

ok ok...

but is this the engine (rb30e) i would use to build a motor which others have used to get power figures of 400rwkw plus? using say for example a rb26 head.

[SoFreshSoClean]

Yes.

[_8OO5TED_]

why use a RB26 head when LOTS of people make big power with the good ol' SOHC RB30ET.....

VLT flutter for the win

Edited August 10, 2006 by _8OO5TED_

[DC_GTST]

Power is close to limited around the 350rwkw mark for the SOHC RB30ET (without going nuts on it in the first place). To get over this the DOHC heads from the RB25 and RB26 (even though I haven't seen a 26 on one as yet in real life). But in saying that cams are important.

Either way, you can make plenty of power with the SOHC RB30ET head, but if you're aiming for the 400rwkw + while allowing the engine to live a different head will be required along with selected cams etc etc.

[Tebie]

argh i see...

thankyou all for the information

[Tebie]

does anyone know what car the RB30DET and RB30DE engines come from?

are they easy to find in australia?