Engine Swap

[jayvac]

Hi so im planning to swap my rb25de neo out of my 34 sedan and drop in a rb25det neo. Im just wondering can my Na gearbox handle the turbo engine ? If not what's the best gearbox to drop in ? I heard the r33 gtst gearbox is the best option. Thanks in advance

[GTSBoy]

Yes it can handle it. For a while. But they're not really strong enough and will die an early death.

Any RB25DET gearbox will do. So that's R33 or R34. 33 is push clutch, 34 is pull clutch. That's about the only effective difference.

By the way, don't do this. Sell NA to P plater. Buy turbo car. Much less hassle unless you have spent heaps of $$ on the car already. You need brakes and an LSD.

By the way. This has been covered a trillion times before. Is searchable topic.

[jayvac]

Thank you and sorry I just joined. Yes I've spent quite a bit on it already so im a bit reluctant to sell. I bought a turbo 4dr for 2k so I'll be swapping everything from brakes and lsd but it's auto so I will be selling that ( car was stolen and smashed ) . Thanks again and sorry for my newbie post

[Kinkstaah]

I have been through this, would still advise not to, unless you are willing to swap literally every part. Not just the things you were talking about, youd be surprised how much other little differences there are, brackets etc, wiring etc that exist.

You will end up swapping everything except the interior and body panels

[jayvac]

Thanks and I am actually swapping majority of the interior lmao aha.

I thought I'd need to swap brackets for Intercooler and other things.

So how did your swap turn out ? You still driving it ?

[Blackkers]

meh, a big job makes you enjoy your work once it's finished. and if you love the car there's no way around it

[jjman]

meh, a big job makes you enjoy your work once it's finished. and if you love the car there's no way around it

the right amount of work does this. which I would say falls into the category of owning and modifying and maintaining a GTST/GTT etc.

This sort of thing (n/a - turbo etc etc) falls into the category of ultra tedious, more time working on it than driving it, endless gremlin pursuits and troubleshooting, more money than expected, and in the end its a registration/defect sticker abortion worth fk all.

I cant ever see this being worth it.

Edited January 20, 2015 by jjman

[Scott Black]

the right amount of work does this. which I would say falls into the category of owning and modifying and maintaining a GTST/GTT etc.

This sort of thing (n/a - turbo etc etc) falls into the category of ultra tedious, more time working on it than driving it, endless gremlin pursuits and troubleshooting, more money than expected, and in the end its a registration/defect sticker abortion worth fk all.

I cant ever see this being worth it.

lol then wonder what category what ive done with my car would fall into lol

[jjman]

lol then I wonder what category what ive done with my car would fall into lol

hahaha, I think we all have...