Man Gearbox Has "rb 71 .. #1" Marked On The Right

[NewKleer]

Hi,

I checked out a skyline today, was an R33 GTS RB20E with an engine transplant - an R34 NEO6. However im not sure what the gearbox was - the car was manual before the conversion, but obviously there will be a big difference between the r33 rb20e box, and an rb25det neo box.

All i could get off the box, was on the side of it, it has 2 rows of marking.

RB 71

??? #1

the ??? was in japanese or just unreadable.

Any ideas what gearbox this could be?

[SteveL]

RB 71

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It's the 'small' non-turbo gearbox also found behind R32 GTSt's. Definately not an R33 turbo gearbox. They've just used the original gearbox from the car and bolted in the bigger motor - saves a bunch of work in terms of tailshafts, etc.

edit: I'll re-phrase that first sentence as: "It's the 'small' gearbox used behind RB20DET in R32GTSt's as well as non-turbo's"

Edited November 24, 2005 by SteveL

[NewKleer]

thanks

i was looking at this skyline: http://www.autotrader.com.au/photodisplay....mber=W844620638

however: its not a 1998 (compliance was 98 in aus, but its a 94/95 model), it was a non-turbo (so 4 stud), the console plastic was replaced with some dodgy one, had a few scratches and dents. and the km's shown was 48000 from memory, which conflicts with the 67000 kms i found below

it did have the neo turbo engine, starcorp racing 17" rims, 2.5" (i think) exhaust, pod filter (smota super filter?), momo steering wheel

found a previous for sale ad for it from a few years ago:

7/03/2002

Nissan Skyline GTS-T R33 2.5 turbo 5 speed, silver, aftermarket exhaust & air filter fitted, alloys & new tyres, 12 mths rego, excellent condition. Genuine 67000 kms. GTS-950 Private sale. I personally selected this car in Japan & imported it myself. Reluctantly have decided to sell. > $26,000 ono.

so in the end, not for me

Edited November 24, 2005 by NewKleer

[predator]

its the rb20 box ..

you should be able to tell just on size alone... the rb25 one is about 20-30% larger.