Rb, Sr, Fj, Ca Etc. Engine Names

[Nee-san]

Mark is of course right as the CA18's do not contain the tiny fragment of the shroud of turin that is in the heart of all RB26's

[syfon]

Ummm dude RB's are all cast iron blocks.

Sorry mate meant to put the RB has an alloy head.

What about the RB26's - are they cast iron aswell? I honestly thought they were alloy....

[Nee-san]

definitely iron block.

[TTT]

SR = Somethings Rattling

RB = Really Boring

CA = Carnt Arse

FJ - Farking Juicy

VG = Vagina Grabber

VQ = Vagina Quiver

some other makes...

Subaru:

EJ - Everythings Jiggling

Mitsubishi:

4G - 4 cylinders of Gay

Toyota:

1J - One Jerbil (yes the Japs can't spell Gerbil)

2J - Two Jerbils

7M - Sevenmotherfarkingheadgaskets

Suzuki:

G13B - is actually "leet" speak for GLEB which is short for Gay Lebs

Let me know if there are others you want to know about..

[Duncan]

so WTF is an MA09ERT? I have one downstairs?

[TTT]

so WTF is an MA09ERT? I have one downstairs?

well Duncan my friend that motor code describes homosexuality at it's finest...

MA - March - favourite month of the homos as they get to recover from februarys mardi gras poundings..

09 - is actually 0.9 in reference to the faggy capacity of their fagmobile motors

ERT - Erection Riding Time - Describes their favourite past time..

and you have one downstairs you say?

[zebra]

You are most probably correct in saying this. CA18DET motors are Nissan's strongest rated factory motor horsepower-wise. Basically, out of any performance Nissan motor, they can produce the most horsepower without being re-built, somewhere around the 600rwhp figure, and part of this is due to fact that the CA18DET is a cast-iron block, while the SR20DET is an alloy block like that of the RB-series.

LOL I will give you 50 bucks if you can get a stock Ca18 to hold 600rwhp for a week.

[Duncan]

well Duncan my friend that motor code describes homosexuality at it's finest...

MA - March - favourite month of the homos as they get to recover from februarys mardi gras poundings..

09 - is actually 0.9 in reference to the faggy capacity of their fagmobile motors

ERT - Erection Riding Time - Describes their favourite past time..

and you have one downstairs you say?

well played good sir

[R30forasong]

this thread made me laugh so fkn much. so basically we've had exactly zero progress on deciphering it?

and yes, holden turbo'd the jap rb30 cos they are fully sick aussies.

[Silvia GTR]

SR = Somethings Rattling

RB = Really Boring

CA = Carnt Arse

FJ - Farking Juicy

VG = Vagina Grabber

VQ = Vagina Quiver

some other makes...

Subaru:

EJ - Everythings Jiggling

Mitsubishi:

4G - 4 cylinders of Gay

Toyota:

1J - One Jerbil (yes the Japs can't spell Gerbil)

2J - Two Jerbils

7M - Sevenmotherfarkingheadgaskets

Suzuki:

G13B - is actually "leet" speak for GLEB which is short for Gay Lebs

Let me know if there are others you want to know about..

[Miguelone]

The RB30ET is based on the RB20ET as seen in some HR31 sedans and wagons. Obviously the 3 litre engine makes more sense for the export market as we have more long Freeways and the like and less tax and shit on higher displacement engines. If you look at the RB30ET though it is basically an RB30E with lower compression and the bolt on gear from the 20ET.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

7M - Sevenmotherfarkingheadgaskets

lol... unless you are smart enough to switch to ARP studs after you blow your first one

[045HOW]

CA20's were fitted to S2 Blueys and weren't that good in stock form (I don't think they have a lot of potential either)

R31 Pintaras as well.

D = double overhead camshaft

E = Electronic FUEL INJECTION (not ignition!)

T = Turbocharged

The number is displacement rounded to the first 2 digits.

The letter prefix simply refers to the family of engines. Ignore it, and what you think it stands for, Nissan engineers probably got a 5 year old to point to 2 letters in the alphabet and went with it for good luck. Insert a myriad of other explanations for it, we aren't going to resolve what has been debated for years within the confines of this thread. In the end, who cares?

Was there anything JDM that used the RB30ET? If not I'd say it was completely Holden's doing. They did buy the rights to the RB30 from Nissan AFAWK.

T actually stands for factory turbocharger.

RB30ET was all holden AFAIK. wasn't the camshaft in the vl RB30 designed by holden as well?

Tommy kaira made a 30DET but that's about it.

and using nissans amazing engine identification system(excluding R and S), Its called FJ20DET

[Dingus]

don't forget the ca18i, the most awesome engine ever produced by nissan. So awesome it doesn't follow the naming convention or need the twin plug stupidity of the ca20. It's bottom end is factory rates to 600ps but Nissan didn't want to unleash such an engine on the unsuspecting public so limited the power to 80ps with it's sohc rocker snapping awesome sauce head.

I'll see your CA18I and raise you a CA18S.

[Bunta]

LOL I will give you 50 bucks if you can get a stock Ca18 to hold 600rwhp for a week.

EFI up here in QLD has had a 550 rwhp stock bottom end ca up and running for years and years, they slapped a 42r or some such thing on it for lols, bashed 30 psi through it, and have been unable to kill it yet.

Fkn useless for anything other than making 500 + rwhp on a dyno though!

[FineLine]

Was there anything JDM that used the RB30ET? If not I'd say it was completely Holden's doing. They did buy the rights to the RB30 from Nissan AFAWK.

Forklifts.

[Sunkist]

LOL I will give you 50 bucks if you can get a stock Ca18 to hold 600rwhp for a week.

+1

The VQ motor Im running seems to be a strong fighter.

VQ25DET, factory unopened motor, throwing more than 300kw at all fours..

[Gerg_R31]

from my understanding the rb30e was based on the rb20e

holden were going to release the 202 in the VL but the emision laws changed at the last second, holden then spoke to nissan australia and together they designed the motor based on the rb20e, and for marketing reasons, holden went with the mx7 gear box, and turbo, where nissan went with the n/a'd options and rb20 gearbox

toyota engine codes confuse the shit out of me though

nissan;

RB26DET R - ? ~ B - ? ~ 2.6 litre Dual ~ OHC T - turbo

2JZ-GTE - WTF? isnt this a 3 litre? its almost like someone was like "what do we call this?" smash the keyboard "that"

[mad082]

from my understanding the rb30e was based on the rb20e

holden were going to release the 202 in the VL but the emision laws changed at the last second, holden then spoke to nissan australia and together they designed the motor based on the rb20e, and for marketing reasons, holden went with the mx7 gear box, and turbo, where nissan went with the n/a'd options and rb20 gearbox

toyota engine codes confuse the shit out of me though

nissan;

RB26DET R - ? ~ B - ? ~ 2.6 litre Dual ~ OHC T - turbo

2JZ-GTE - WTF? isnt this a 3 litre? its almost like someone was like "what do we call this?" smash the keyboard "that"

JZ = engine code, 2 = 2nd generation of that motor, G = wide angle valve DOHC, T = turbo, E = electronic fuel ejection.

[045HOW]

from my understanding the rb30e was based on the rb20e

holden were going to release the 202 in the VL but the emision laws changed at the last second, holden then spoke to nissan australia and together they designed the motor based on the rb20e, and for marketing reasons, holden went with the mx7 gear box, and turbo, where nissan went with the n/a'd options and rb20 gearbox

toyota engine codes confuse the shit out of me though

nissan;

RB26DET R - ? ~ B - ? ~ 2.6 litre Dual ~ OHC T - turbo

2JZ-GTE - WTF? isnt this a 3 litre? its almost like someone was like "what do we call this?" smash the keyboard "that"

Afaik holden didn't help design the RB30E nor did Nissan Australia design it originally. Afaik it was a design from Nissan Japan and possibly not necessarily based on RB20E as they may have been designed at the same time.

Keen to hear anyone's input on this.