I don’t know why, and I don’t know where, but this Ford Mustang is a hybrid car of a different color. The rumor that accompanied the pictures was that the car is from the Fast and Furious 3, but I have zero confirmation on that rumor.
Update: I have confirmation that this is indeed a car built for the Fast and Furious 3.
This Mustang is powered by a Nissan RB26. The RB26 engine is originally found in the Nissan Skyline GT-S R32 & R33. It is a short-stroke, iron-block six with one turbo that takes well to modifications. In factory trim the engine produces around 250 Horsepower and is backed by a 6-speed transmission.
Update:
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift will be hitting theaters on June 16th and this Mustang/Skyline hybrid will be making its appearance on the silver screen. According to information that I have gleamed from various magazine as well as several other websites, the actual RB-26 Mustang was not used for all the action sequences, but rather conventional Ford powered “stunt cars” were used as only a single RB car was built.
The RB car, does actually work. According to testing done by Sport Compact Car in their July 2006 Issue the car puts down a 13.36 @ 109.83, which is just a hair slower then my ZZ383 powered 1964 Malibu. Considering the high trap speed, coupled with the fact that 19″ Volk Racing wheels are hardly optimal for drag racing, I have to give the car some respect.
On the dyno the RB Mustang put out 340.2 RWHP @ 7300 RPM, which is more then a stock RB26DETT, but is far from being anything remarkable.
At the end of the day, this car is a prop for a movie, and much like the Fast and Furious, it can only be enjoyed if they are not taken too seriously.
Not All Drifting Mustangs have Nissan Motors.
A side note, the color of the car appears to be the same Highland Green color as Steve McQueens Mustang GT from the movie Bullit. The engine, however, is a far cry from the 390 cid engine in McQueens Car.
Allright I have had build know how on all type of motors.
Ford,Chevrolet,honda, toyota’s ect. a carberated motor in whatever form, is a flat running motor for level terrain, to make it run at it peak performance mean endless work with jetting gas shifts in the bowls its a pain. And if you think im wrong, run a carb motor at a mile high, or a 351c burning 44″tsl on asphalt or swamping through mudhole 4ft deep, throttle reponse is not workin mudslingin with carbs “just hold the gas wide open and hear the motor that’s your throttle response”. Ive built a 4.0l ford efi with a cam and all possible head work with No2 burning 38′s with no butten pushed! I dig big american horsepower, it easy. It’s easy to work with and figure out. That’s why i got into imports, to challenge me, but that was a dissapointment, they are just as easy as a american made cars. even fuel injected are easy. I’ve got the crappest motor honda ever put out a SOHC D15b2 with even Crappier dpfi, but i took it bored it, shaved the head, and had a valve job done, along with cold air intake, short shift, exedy clutch,header, downpipe,flowmaster, and a little lighting up. I’m running mid 15′s now i would like to put a hundred shot of nos to it to see how long it takes to throw a timing gear or blow the thing sky high, so i can swap it with a little lesser crappier SOHC d16 with a turbo
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I can’t believe someone who would actually do this to a Classic Mustang. Specially a Mustang Fastback which are getting harder and harder to find. Ricers should leave these cars alone. Classic Mustangs are better off with REAL MEN! who know a thing or two about torque and horsepower.
You Americans and your shit motors…RB26 is 10 times better than any of the push rod crap you make. Why is it the US motor industry constantly needs bailing out by the government – BUZZ – YOU MAKE SHIT CARS! NOBODY BUT YOU LOT WANT THEM!
WOW Anonymous…. you are angry and should probably slow down and take a deep breathe and relax before you blow a gasket. Our motors are not “shit” as you call them. I would gladly take a stock V8 over anything Japan put out. I own a 1968 fastback Mustang and a 1995 Mitsubishi 3000 GT. I love them both. They each have their purpose. Here is the thing that everyone should realize.. it is your car, do what you want with it. Personally I think it is sick and wrong to put anything but an American V8 in an American muscle car. I also thing it is wrong to put an American V8 into a Z-car or any other Japanese car. But to compare the two kinds of motors (or cars) is comparing apples and potatoes. If you want or like blow off valves, ridiculous fins/spoilers and the potato launcher tailpipe, go for Japanese Muscle. If you like fat tires, gas guzzling heavy cars with classic looks, go for American Muscle. But stop saying one is better than the other. It is all a matter of opinion.
this is stupid, it is sacralige, but not in putting an rb26 in a mustang, but rather rapping the best engine in the world, up in the worst handling chassis in the world
this whole argument is stupid, yes that hybrid is a crime, but only because nobady should ever put the greatest engine in the world, in the worst handling vehicle ever conceived, i like the mustang and i’d love to buy one, it would make a lovely statue in my garden but as there are corners all round where i live i dont think i’d ever want to drive it, as for v8s, 3 words, bhp per litre, think about it
that car rocks but im looken for a car like a mustang gt 12cylinder engein tubo nitris and it has to look really cool.
that is a bad ass moter and a very nice car
Wow you all need to change your manpons fuckin cry babies. wahhhh they put a sick nissan motor in a stang wahhh. who cares people do swaps all the time. Im looking forward to putting a chevy motor in a fox body soon an Yes I am goin to rock a chevy decal on the back window just to spite you ford fanatics.
im sorry but have any of you people actualy been to a track??? im thinking not. not to doubt the power of a import because they can be quick. but i do work at a drag and road strip and i am yet to see a 10 or an 11 sec import. if you put your imported motors on a pedistol then why dont we see them? now as for the v8 vs the rb26. your boasting about no modifications but your talking about boost modifyers well thats not leaving it stock, but you are quick to say that the v8 has to be. well a STOCK v8 would destroy a STOCK rb26. now for the cost i agree with some of the coments above if you took the amount of wasted money you would have to soak into the import motors to get them to do a 1/4 mile in 10 sec. and instead put that into a v8 of any kind or size and you have a real power plant. so if you want to go fast go v8 as for the video way the hell up there i think its a little disapointing that the import motor was put into a good car, but its a movie they have to do weard shit to get people to watch. is it faster or could it out perfom sorry not today son
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an rb25deT = single turbo – stock – T
and rb26deTT = twin turbo – stock – TT
so why would anyone disrispect the great skyline power train by putinging it in a POS 60′s mustang.
Oh and for u tards out there. a DOHC will always out perform an center cam or SOHC.
RB will put out more HP than the stock stang ever can. -NOS or retarded boost.
ok why the fuck are you assholes arguing about this i own a 1990 nissan 240sx coupe with a rb26dett its a great performer on drag and drift if you have never driven something with an rb26 than you muscle car jerkoffs have no room to talk im 16 and yea i built my 240sx by myself i learned from trial and error it doesnt matter if its a sr20det rb20det rb25det or a rb26dett it hauls ass and yea im a import person and the term “ricer” is more honda related in general
the story behind the whole thing is that they are in JAPAN (little to no v8′s). the main charicters father found it on the base he works at in terible condition with NO ENGINE and has been restoring it. the main charictor has to take the rb26 engine out of an s15 codenamed “the monalisa” of drifting because its the only car left (the main charictor trashes it in his first ever drift and it’s sitting behind the garage in pieces) after the police impound all the other cars in the recently decieced friends garage. they put it in tune and test for drift then race it to stop the escalating violence between him and the antagonist it makes perfect sence the story dosent sugest that they want to the moter in but that its the only one they have. after the race he ditches it and gets an s15 to race the 70 roadrunner its about nacesity not rice vs muscle why don’t watch something before you hate on it.
The American muscle car era is over. American cars, and the American car image of that proud, shiny musclecar is dead. The only people complaining and whining about how awful it is that a small displacement Japanese or European cars can make twice as much horsepower for less money than a gas guzzling, overweight, American shitpile from the disco era are still stuck there. It would be more interesting to note that these same manufacturers haven’t built anything new or interesting to the ‘musclecar’ market in years. The new Camaro? Overpriced. Mustang? Outdated suspension makes it slow on the road courses unless you spend money. Challenger? Who gives a fuck about Fiat-owned Dodge? It’ll be gone in another year. Though, perhaps the greatest thing here that people seem to miss, is that the whole hot-rod scene, regardless of displacement or make, started with people modifying inexpensive cars by swapping engines and improving the parts that make them go fast, and handle better. The only difference, is that this generation of people grew up around import cars. They’re inexpensive, reliable, and plentiful. And there is just as much, if not more aftermarket support for that honda than your ancient chevelle. There are more of us than you think. You are being phased out.
For information sake. The measleast powered American V8 engine you can find (witch is the Ford 289 with a 2bbl carburator) puts out 220 hp as a minimun, if you twitch it up just by adding headers in the exhaust (without increasing anything in the gas supply) you boost it to 280 hp and adding say a 4bbl stock carb, even when it is stock not a race model carb, you boost it to 350 hp and the list goes on, now: Who can tell me that any import engine can do 280 hp just by adding headers whyle working with minimal gas inyection equipment (like a 1bbl carb in the case of imports), go ahead, tell me how…
Let me say to “Maxima VQ30DE” ( witch also goes for all other import fanatics ). To talk about an import engine doing 500 hp without internal modifications is dounright lying at beast and dounright ignorant (witch I think is more suitable). Son… let me enlinghten you. The least powered V8 (witch is the 289 2bbl, or 2 throught carburator, to explain to you what 2bbl means) is an engine that without header exhausts, without flat pistons and with that measly 2bbl ( or 2 throught carburator ) does 220 horses!!! son, and an import engine with stock inyectors ( not high volume ones), without header exhausts, and “without modificatios” as you proudly, but ignorantly say, only does around 140 hp if you are lucky, whyle a tricked out V8 starts at 500 horses and goes to 2500 hp ( witch I would like to see in an import without it exploting before reaching that hp mark or surviving if it eventually can reach it ) additionally to say that an import can reach 1600 hp THAT IS SIMPLY IMPOSIBLE… the highest an import can perform are around 600 hp ( and this is with a powerfull turbo, flat balanced pistons, street tunned camshaft, roller rocker arms, and a host of race tunned parts all put on an inline 6 Skyline engine, those 600 hp are posible because I have seen it ) so you only missed your aim for about 1000 horses, and a piece of advice: If you really want power, go whith the one that started it, the V8 engines, and dont try to boost what can never do it…
albert i dont know where to start other than to simply say you are close-minded. to keep it short, an integra type-r(dc2, not even the newest one) has a 1.8L “four banger” and makes 195hp. that is OVER 100hp per liter. do you know that chrysler was ECSTATIC that the new challenger srt-8 makes ALMOST 70hp per liter? so post a link to show me that ANY pushrod v8 can even come close to that output. that is without poweradders or anything modified btw. if those old v8s were dohc(like import v8s), they would make so much more power, whether you admit it or not. overhead camshafts are what makes power, and THAT is why they are taking over.
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Who ever is responsible for this should be placed in front of a firing squad! who could take a fine quality American classic and contaminate it with some imported piece of shit? Gotta be some pathetic high society ass hole thats trying to proove some sort of stupid point. damn democrats
I have never heard of a Skyline but sounds like a nice car…I love cars of all makes and models. I respect the handling of a German car, the reliability of Japanese cars, etc. I think I would have opted to shoehorn the Nissan motor into a Ford Granada insted and spent the money restoring the ’68 Fastback to stock. I really hope they didn’t pull out a 427 FE engine and put in the Nissan engine. I see a lot of beat-up older six-cylinder Mustangs on Craigslist, couldn’t they have used one of them…maybe? In my mind nothing will beat the styling of American cars from 1965 to 1972, I don’t know what happened after that? Another one bites the dust I guess, maybe they can put back the 427 and return the Fastback back to what is was and just chalk it up to the nissan engine swap being, “that was cool but I’m glad its over”…
stock honda cranks can take up to 900 hp. 4 cyl hondas break the 600 hp barrier all day. nissans and toyotas do the same. with their inline 6s (supras/skylines) pushing well over 1100 hp. keep in mind the american 1/4 mile is all about POWER TO WEIGHT you can have a 200 hp 2000lb car that will beat a 4000lb 500 hp car. a fast car is a fast car. dont rationalize a car based off its nationality. if its european and runs 11s, cool! if its american and runs 11s, cool! if its japanese and it runs 11s, cool! more power to you. dont be car racist and more importantly DONT BE AN IGNORANT MORON ALBERT
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If you guys are calling all imports ricers. Then you need to think about all the imports from Europe. Im pretty sure a Mercedes-Benz or A BMW could out run your corvettes and mustangs. If u havent heard some guy put an 800 horsepower supra motor in and 1967 Camaro. So if you guys want to get all butt hurt about the nissan powered Mustang get that way. If you also havent heard about the LS1, rear wheel drive honda civic…then all you guys are freaking stupid. I mean ill drive anything import or domestic. I love the sound of a big block V8, but i also love the sound of an turbo’d inline 4-6. So, all u guys need to need to get a fraking life.
I know that this is a really old thread but i gotta speak up on here…
I am a car lover!!! I love cars and speed and the roar of a pushrod V8.
There are a few things that everyone must understand. LS7 motor is lighter and more powerful than the RB… it will fit nicely into this car and has more power potential. but hey if I had 20k to spend on a motor I would def get that and put it in here.
The 5.4 out of the Ford GT… Great motor, lighter and more potent than the RB… but once again your looking at 15k for the motor. and thats before fab work to get it in there.
I love the sounds of a cammed and turbo z06 or ford GT… but hey lets all be practical.
for starters lets talk TQ. Inline motors are the best way to make TQ, thats why semis mostly have inlines, thats why the dodge cummins are inlines and that is why the old Ford inline 6 is one of the best pullin motors of its day… ya thats right better than the 5.4 pulling…. why? lets looks at how a motor works… The longer internals will always create more TQ. so hey if its TQ you want get away from those damn V mounted motors. now the downside is its hard to stuff in inline 8 anywhere. Now all motor is is a pump… the faster you can pump air in and out the more power you will make… therefore a 5.7 smallblock should make more power…. but wait then you throw in boost… and now its even. you throw in better weight dist. and now you have a better track car… but wait you saved 20k by not buying a brand new ls7.
there are many reasons why you should go with a smaller motor as well as a larger motor… both sides need to get head out of your ass and see the big picture your both being idiots.
Here is the best advantage to an RB over a LS motor… how many of you have raced an LS motor and bounced it off the rec limiter all day? did it last vert long? nope!!! the GM and ford V8s hate being revved high… therefor you have to shift more and lose time around track. now with a lot of money you can change that but hey 500whp i spent 3k on and RB and another 24 on a boost controller… and i can beat the piss out of it and never worry… i like that.
A V8 will almost always have more final end potenial on power, but hey what the hell you gonna do with 1000+ hp? well you will def be first down the track in a drag race i will for sure give you that. and if you like the sound of a v8 over the shitty sound of a smaller motor, great!! i love it too!! but damn think before you talk shit bout someone elses car.
this is hot rod homepage. not V8 homepage or jap homepage.
look, when i saw this movie come out my first thought was that this was going to be another shitty fast and furious movie(lets all be honest, the second one sucked my grandfathers nuts).but now that i watched it i love it.i think that putting a nissan engine into a mustang was a great idea. it combines to very diverse worlds,tuner and american muscle. now when the producer made this movie he probably thought to himself that this car was going to piss alot of people off but he had the balls to say fuck it. people have been doing engine swaps since the begining of engines. i admire this. now to the fact that people keep bitching about how the nissan is better or the ford is better or the chevy is better and blah blah fucking blah. look, all the engines are great for there certain things. now when gm invented the 350 the were looking for a conventinal block that could be used in all aplications of there vehicles(to save money of course) and they ended up with the most popular block in the world. now its great because u can go to the junk yard,find a 79 farm truck that was rolled over but only has 14000 miles on it, rip it out for the falt rate 800 dollars, take it home, replace the cam, rods pistons and timing gears and chain, polish it up,throw a pair of fatty headers and a double carb intake that u got at a swap meet with a pair of holley 750 cfm carbs and you end up with a car running in the low 11′s.thats the story of my carlo which i completed for the budget of 5 grand.and i had enough left over for the floor mats and the pine tree air freshener.now it would cost u a little more for that mustang up above to be completed the way it is.now u certainly cant go to the junkyard, find an old nissan pickup and just yank out a rb26.but thats were the nissan motors are great.they were not built as an all purpose block.they were built for and last for the purpose of performance. its sick that u can just tune the boost and u get a noticible hp increase. u can get 1000 hp +. now if i put a 1000 horses on stock 350 rods(and what im talking about is the big block, i forgot to mention that was what my carlo is) and they would snap like toothpicks.every thing has its good and bads. why should people give a fuck about where it is from. thats racist. i think projects like this shoould be done more often.if u have any or know of any u should send them to my email at austin.horter@yahoo.com
See i have a RB20 240sx and i raced a 2003 mustang on the highway the other day and i pulled on him without dropping out of fifth gear so you tell me whats better and a just because i have a turbo doesnt mean shit hes got two more cylinders and hell 2.6 more liters on my motor
why cant everybody here just get along i mean dam dude im not an engine head but i know that a bigger engine means more exoust and i think these muscle heads are inhailing too much of it and to tell you the truth i dont drive i got a streetbike that will put all your v8′s and v’6 inline six and fourbangers to shame but its not the point the think about it what is the main reason you trick out cars and bikes……TO HAVE FUN if you brag and boast that your car is so much better that in my mind just says you have a small penis or low selfesteem and you think that your big engine will help it
The very first ‘muscle car’ was the GTO. Bigger better motor with more power in a ‘Tempest’ that was never meant to have it. Motor swaps and such are the very essence of hot rodding. Putting a small lesser power motor in a car that had more power/torque is the OPPOSITE of hot rodding. This is why old school hot rodders (almost ALL hot rodders are ‘old school’ because modern day rice hot rodders are a new breed) are bothered by this.
That is un godly. Henry Ford just turned over in his grave.
so jaylenoh or any of you other muscleheads wanna come up with that link? im STILL waiting on you guys showing me ANY factory pushrod engine making more power per liter than a b18c or f20c honda engine, without poweradders. you cant do it, dohc is the better design. that is the whole point of the tuner movement. its not the size of the motor, its about how effiecient it is. like i said before, overhead cam is what makes POWER, thats why its taking over. you can whine about the size or sound or whatever, but you can’t stop it.
wow everyone is so jaded, to yourworstnightmare 68 have YOU ever been to a track? ive seen supra’s, mr2′s and celica’s whooping ass against v8′s running 10 sec’s flat or faster. i love both american muscle and tuned rice but i hate hearing people talkin shit about either when they only know the truth about one side. you could pump the same money into a 402 v8 as you could into an rb26 and get the same hp its just matter of preference, and i dont know if you realize this, but toyota and honda make v8′s as well, in fact if you watch nascar at all you’d have seen denny hamlin kicking ass in his toyota powered race car. I’m just sayin dont talk shit about something unless you at least know what you’re talking about, that’s to both you rice and muscle fans.
I would do this swap, if I had a gen1 mustang. Not to a fastback, of course, but then, if I had a fastback, I’d probably sell it to someone who cares more about factory restoration. I like nissan and I like ford. The RB is well balanced, light and efficient. It can reliably make 600whp on stock internals. If I remember correctly, a base mustang weighs ~2500 pounds, while a GT is over 3200. But seriously, who cares about chopping up mustangs? they’re a dime a dozen. I don’t hear anyone bitching about LS swaps into firebirds and camaros.
Cars are works of art there is no right or wrong its preferance each car is based on personal taste it’s like saying all people should be a certain way because thats the right way no no no be different make your car however the hell you want cars resembol a persons specific interest’s telling them to do it one way not the other is telling them to have the same tastes as you and be just like you common if every cars the same weres the fun in that nissan and ford mixed together bold move kudos
worlds fastest cars have v8s in so what does that prove!!
I just want to say that this is like the single most ultimate car ever for me. I love Muscles and japanese cars, and to have one of the best looking mustangs with the incredible scream of the RB26DET is just pure gold for me. It’s taking the looks of the mustang and putting in the high tech extreme performance of the Skyline engine.
And seriously if you just want to whinge about american engines or complain about them ruining a mustange, don’t comment. This car is genius no matter how you do it.
My very favorite are Australian Muscle cars, such as the Stallion, the Raptor L62, and the Seether FK178.
Yeah I agree with Damian, Australian Muscle is sick, the Dominator JL is quick too, 0-60 in 4.1 stock, not too bad.
Yeah Australian muscle is cool, I heard of a seether that can do a 4.5 0-60, and its stock, idk stuffs crazy when you add an english accent.