Rb36dett?

[Ska]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I just saw this article:

http://formen.ign.com/news/16796.html?fromint=1

And it mentions the motor:

The Skyline GTR’s race-tested RB36DETT DOHC, 24 valve 2.6 liter intercooled, twin-turbo I6 at a very conservative 280 base horsepower and a very respectable 289 lb/ft of torque.

This is a typo right? What is the biggest RB motor out there?

[Deano]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I just saw this article:

 

http://formen.ign.com/news/16796.html?fromint=1

 

And it mentions the motor:

 

 

This is a typo right? What is the biggest RB motor out there?

By the sounds of the article, they are refering to the RB26DETT so it looks like a typo. No such thing as an RB36DETT.

[DJ984]

considering it says "2.6 liter" after... yes, obviously a typo...

[Tosh]

yeh typo, biggest RB motor I know of is the RB30 that was used in the VL Turbo

[Ska]

Cool Thanks guys!

[dojobi]

While we're kind of on the topic, what's the biggest RB engine you could make? e.g. RB30 block, RB26 head etc - no idea what crank and other parts you'd need, but roughly how big could you make one. I realise it would totally change the nature of the engine if it was 3.5L or so, but I'm just kind of curious.

[PRO_32]

biggest i've heard of is sydney kids.. rb31 maybe ask him

[MarioGTR]

biggest i've heard of is sydney kids.. rb31 maybe ask him

We have tried up to 3.3 litres - we could have gone more, but it was diminishing returns, hence pointless.

Just for completeness, we also went as low as 2.4 litres...

Mario.

[dojobi]

We have tried up to 3.3 litres - we could have gone more, but it was diminishing returns, hence pointless.

Just for completeness, we also went as low as 2.4 litres...

Mario.

I suppose it does make sense that if you're increasing the stroke it wouldn't be as easy to rev as hard. Also, you aren't really increasing the volume of the engine that much % wise once you are adding only a few tenths of a litre.

How did the GTR respond to the reduced capacity? I think it was Nismo that reduced the capacity of a VH45DE to 3.5L and it revved like an F1 car. Your GTR already is a very revvy machine, so it must have been even better at 2.4L. If I remember correctly, you were having trouble shifting at very high revs at some point (my memory is bad, sorry). Did it make shifting harder?

[strutto]

New Nissan Patrol 4.8 Petrol has an RB48DE....

[tomj]

Checkmate strutto.

[BIGBLOCKR31COUPE]

That's a TB48de, not an RB engine. Good try though.

[strutto]

That's a TB48de, not an RB engine. Good try though.

Hrmm your right... I could of sworn that last time I looked under the bonnet of one it said RB48... :confused:

Oh well... was a nice idea

[dojobi]

So is the TB still a 6 cylinder engine? That's damn big if it is.