Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:42:58 +1200
Reply-To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: wonder if the gear heads here could get that in a vanagon
1001 hp :)
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> You can get 1300hp out of a 2.6 Nissan Skyline engine for street
use.<br>
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How? Nitromethane and pixie dust? Even the most powerful R34 GT-R,
only 20<br>
of which were hand-rebuilt by NISMO into the "Z-tune"
version, makes only a</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>little over 500hp.</blockquote>
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<div>I didn't read the article; it was in one of those boy-wonder
magazines (a New Zealand one). Hot Nissan straight & V6s are not
uncommon here, mostly Skylines R32 and later (the R33 was based on the
Laurel and a waste of time, crappy chassis dynamics); I saw an ad for
an R30 with 400hp, and it would have been a 2-liter unless retrofitted
with an RB26 or RB30. A friend has a 400hp twin-turbo 300ZX, and it's
not highly modified.</div>
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<div>I very much doubt the 1300hp Skyline had nitrous, but I don't
have the article to check.</div>
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<div>Disd a quick search and came up with this forum posting:</div>
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>http://www.nz300zx.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=12521&sid=81216837<span
></span>9ef67ad614d0a0d2efc91362</div>
<div><font color="#000000">Im a Z fan like anyone else, but dude
Nissans true engineering marvel is the RB26DETT.<br>
I used to read hi performance imports magazine and every month they
would have features from GTRS with over 1000 hp. @&%# man it got
boring reading just how powerful they are lol. the RB is a smaller
engine yes, but thats cos for a road car it more than enough, and with
a 4wd car a lighter 2.6 litre engine was more viable than the old
RB30DET.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">And this is before factoring in N1 type GTR
blocks who will handle more horse power than your average v8 supercar
without any form of mods. The highest hp ive heard of was about 1500
hp from an RB26 and</font></div>
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<div>These guys are talking drag cars, but the one I saw was
street.</div>
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<div>Andrew Grebneff<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
Dunedin<br>
New Zealand<br>
Fossil preparator<br>
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz><br>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut<br>
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HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE<br>
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DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR</div>
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