R30 Hatch (l24e)

[Sarumatix]

I'm looking for a project car to drop an RB25de into which I picked up relatively cheap. I spotted a very reasonably price R30 hatch today which I had never considered before. After some searching I can find surprisingly little information about these cars. What suspension is in the rear? How difficult would an RB conversion be? Are they notorious or something? All I've heard is that diffs can be difficult to source.

[V8skylineMAN]

I'm looking for a project car to drop an RB25de into which I picked up relatively cheap. I spotted a very reasonably price R30 hatch today which I had never considered before. After some searching I can find surprisingly little information about these cars. What suspension is in the rear? How difficult would an RB conversion be? Are they notorious or something? All I've heard is that diffs can be difficult to source.

diff can be slightly harder than average to find, but really only if you are trying to find a factory lsd.

heres a tip: 720 4wd ute had a r180 diff in the front end.(nice low ratio too, 4.8) serious acceleration for a low power engine like an rb25de

main problem though with the MR30 hatch......they are ugly.(makes for a good sleeper)

cheers

Jason

[66yostagea]

RMR30's are not ugly. They may appear ugly to jealous bastards who have never had the joy of owning one,or two.

Also I had a 720 King Cab, never Knew they came in 4WD.

[Factory 5]

ahhh the age old RB coversion thread....

it isnt overly complex to do, about 6 or so members here have done it, 20/25/30...

I think we need to get the mpderator of this sectio to make the rb convo a 'sticky' thread that always stays at the top of the list/.

Basic outline.

Use R31 engine x-member and gearbox x-member

need shortened tailshaft to suit, or a Nissan Bluebird TRX (RWD) 'need to confirm'

use RB engine mount on passenger side, l-series on drivers side

cos i havent done it myself (yet) this is all just what i remember over the last few years

if you get a Ti Hatch, you get disk brake rear end,

there are plenty of threads on here, just search...

[V8skylineMAN]

RMR30's are not ugly. They may appear ugly to jealous bastards who have never had the joy of owning one,or two.

Also I had a 720 King Cab, never Knew they came in 4WD.

oh but i DID own one......i put the drivetrain into my c210 and chopped it up into little bits and took it to the dump.

mainly because it was ugly

Jason

[Ghostrider]

ahhh the age old RB coversion thread....

Use R31 engine x-member and gearbox x-member

Huh! What's wrong with the R30 engine cross member???????

[Ghostrider]

mainly because it was ugly

Jason

I'll settle for this!

Better than being FUGLY as the C210 coupe is.

Wonder how you would describe the R34 Jase?

D

[noddle]

I'll settle for this!

Better than being FUGLY as the C210 coupe is.

Wonder how you would describe the R34 Jase?

D

These looks nice, but the MR30 Hatch looks ugly. (I've wrecked one)

I'm not going to mention the C210, as you might pick on my C110 :-)

Nigel

Edited February 21, 2010 by noddle

[Sarumatix]

Aha awesome thanks guys does sound like a pretty good idea then. I really want to do a similar thing to a C110 but given the rarity of these things i'm sort of itching to put this motor in something.

I used to hate the look of them too tbh but the idea of IRS, P/S, and a nice reving RB25 for "relatively" little work and yea it would be a cute little sleeper .

Also +1 for sticky. I think there should be sticky for all the old skylines 'conversion' given that RB's are a pretty obvious choice and i've seen quite a few especially in japan.

[Priestley]

Noticed an R30 4 door hatchback at pick-a-part in Kilsyth if anyone is after parts. The head was gone but it looked fairly complete, although I didn't have a close look.

[jrh001]

These looks nice, but the MR30 Hatch looks ugly. (I've wrecked one)

I'm not going to mention the C210, as you might pick on my C110 :-)

Nigel

Just a comment on the pic (a few posts above).

I think the red over black colour scheme works well because it makes the body shape look less bulky. (There are some nice examples of white, silver or blue over black in the old R30 Pic Thread). A good colour scheme could reduce the 'ugliness' factor.

JH

[66yostagea]

I actually bought a NEW Ti Hatch long before a lot of you were born. It was never ugly. I kept it for 24 years.

[racsov500]

my flatmate has a manual hatch, its actually a really nice car to drive. the engine is so nice and smooth and the irs is like driving a big couch.

its for sale too if anyones looking for one, VGC mechanically, just lots of dints and rust in the tyre well, it will pass a rwc easy if you can find someone who doesnt mind rust lol

[V8skylineMAN]

I'll settle for this!

Better than being FUGLY as the C210 coupe is.

Wonder how you would describe the R34 Jase?

D

well i dont own any c210s anymore, but I agree the c210 coupe is ugly, but that doesnt detract from the coolness.

i like the 2door and 4door variants of the r30, just not the hatch, i think its a poor effort on nissans part.

( i like r34 gt-r, not so much the gt-t)

cheers

Jason

[Ghostrider]

Aha awesome thanks guys does sound like a pretty good idea then. I really want to do a similar thing to a C110 but given the rarity of these things i'm sort of itching to put this motor in something.

I used to hate the look of them too tbh but the idea of IRS, P/S, and a nice reving RB25 for "relatively" little work and yea it would be a cute little sleeper .

Also +1 for sticky. I think there should be sticky for all the old skylines 'conversion' given that RB's are a pretty obvious choice and i've seen quite a few especially in japan.

Just for the record ...... L series sound awesome when they're tweeked a bit.

I know you said you have an RB25 but how would you like about 500Nm + to play with?

Cheers, D

[Sarumatix]

Yeah I agree L series engines are awesome. But if you had a 80000km RB25 neo out of an R34 to play with.. what would you do? .

[Ghostrider]

Yeah I agree L series engines are awesome. But if you had a 80000km RB25 neo out of an R34 to play with.. what would you do? .

Probably sell it, as I did with the one I had, along with all the go fast bits I had to go with it. But my reasons were a little diferrent to yours, as the PNV is a bit rare it was a stupid move converting it to RB, best to get a whole lot of fun from an L series.

But if your going with it, there is a guy on here, lives in Melbourne and has an R30 sedan with an RB30et in it that would give you all the info you would need.

Cheers, D