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I was just thinking, rather than buy a stroker 2.8 litre crank for the RB26, I would purchase an VL or R31 3 litre motor & it should haul ass, what do you guys think.

I just found out that rims are realy hard to come by for the GTR, something to do with the X factor, (brake caliper clearance to rim) or are the wheel places I visited today just lazzy to show me stuff they might have to order in, they would rather sell me crap looking wheels that they have in stock, which was only 2 or 3 different types to suit my car.

congrats on the purchase :P

regarding the motor it's each to their own, If you have a look on the forced induction section of the forum there's plenty of reading material to be found on RB30 conversions that other owners have done, but personally I'm a purist and would keep the motor RB26 even with a stroker kit, it's at the heart of what makes the GTR what it is in my opinion

to me it would be like putting an RB26 into an old ford and drifting for street cred and one upping the yakuza on a japanese mountain road ;) (ignore this if you've never seen fast and furious 3 :banana: )

regarding the wheels there are a number of vendors online here on the forums who can source a number of different style rims to suit what you are after style wise and should come in GTR offsets

congrats on the purchase :P

regarding the motor it's each to their own, If you have a look on the forced induction section of the forum there's plenty of reading material to be found on RB30 conversions that other owners have done, but personally I'm a purist and would keep the motor RB26 even with a stroker kit, it's at the heart of what makes the GTR what it is in my opinion

to me it would be like putting an RB26 into an old ford and drifting for street cred and one upping the yakuza on a japanese mountain road ;) (ignore this if you've never seen fast and furious 3 :banana: )

regarding the wheels there are a number of vendors online here on the forums who can source a number of different style rims to suit what you are after style wise and should come in GTR offsets

Thanks, I think you are right, i'll stick to the original motor & do a rebuild with bigger turbos.

& as far as Fast & the Furious, I love it, I was the only one with a V8 at the Blacktown drive ins when it came out, the part when the blown charger comes out was my favourite, but now I see it in a different light. Not keen on the Stanger in F&F3 with an RB26 in it though.

@ Sean, thanks for the info, your car looks great with those rims.

So far, I have tried the DTM Shines on the car in 19", what do you think, is 19" to big, that is the smallest size they come in.

Here is a pick of them, they are gunmetal grey on the inside, so it would suit the car I think.......what do you's think?

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TBH I'd stay with Jap wheels. I sold a set of as new "Work Emotion XD9s in silver, 10X18inch +18offset" for 1.7k, took a month to sell too. Just hunt around and be patient (haha, i doubt that)... I'd stick with 18s on a 32GTR imho...

Hey Dennis,

My mate has an SSV ute with similar mods to your commodore and also a slightly lower diff ratio than standard (his put out around 330rwkw). My GTR currently puts out 250rwkw with more boost, computer, exhaust and injectors and would struggle to keep up in a straight line with the ute (especially if he gets traction). The ute is a very fun car to take a ride to say the least!

Have fun with the GTR, I think it is safe to say when you do upgrade turbos etc it just may blow the door handles off the commodore :P

Hey Dennis,

My mate has an SSV ute with similar mods to your commodore and also a slightly lower diff ratio than standard (his put out around 330rwkw). My GTR currently puts out 250rwkw with more boost, computer, exhaust and injectors and would struggle to keep up in a straight line with the ute (especially if he gets traction). The ute is a very fun car to take a ride to say the least!

Have fun with the GTR, I think it is safe to say when you do upgrade turbos etc it just may blow the door handles off the commodore :P

Hey buddy, yeah i will be racing my misses down the quarter LOL, she says she will wip my ass, I think i'll be getting those bigger turbos very soon.

Denis

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Not trying to rain on your parade here mate ,both cars a better than mine..

but did you ever consider twin turbos for your commy. i believe the full kit is about 15k..and would eat just about every skyline (and most crutch rockets)

for breakfast lunch and dinner...

anyway i fell for my first drive too, drove it , had to have it...still like it...and it leaves falcodores for dead around corners...and its only a gtst

But if it was my cash id twin turbo the commy... :rant:

Unless of course you want a track car then the gtr would win..you can tow it there with the ss

Welcome to the club...

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they had a VL there that had a 3 litre in it, with an RB26 head on it, it seems that the head of the RB26 fits on the commodore VL (Nissan) motor, I was just thinking, rather than buy a stroker 2.8 litre crank for the RB26, I would purchase an VL or R31 3 litre motor & it should haul ass, what do you guys think.

Denis

Ive seen a few rb30/26 combos but mostly in VLs rather then GTRs though im sure the high octane r34 runs a 3l? not sure if its to do with keeping the rb26 nice and rev happy or what but 2.8 is still a decent amount of extra capacity

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