Nissan Powered Mustang
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.
I can see why some people see it as defilance. The first model mustang is a piece of American history. But that doesn’t mean that this car is wothless. On the contrary, it´s inspired!
A ford V8 has a distinctive sound that purists love. When I hear the burble of a good old V8 I close my eyes and just enjoy the sound. I love it, even find it soothing. I´m also completely in love with uniquw performance´s Super Snake. Damn, now that´s a PONY!
BUT! And it´s a big fat one, to put an engine as sophisticated as the RB26 into a fastback body is, to my opinion, pure genius. Here we have an engine that can be pumped up to 1500 bhp without drilling it up ore swapping it out. maintenace will be hell, but IT IS POSSIBLE. The RB26 is a wonderfull engine, a straight six like no other. The RB26DETT is an engine wich has the love and respect of tuners and motorsport enthousiast everywhere. It is pure automotive porn. Nothing less.
I´m a pertolhead if there ever was one. I love mustlecars, ponycars and prostreet cruisers. But those cars are thursty, and need their maintenance. The pocket rockets of Japan are more reliable, reasonably maintenancefree and really fun to drive. They are more suited for our European streets.
I’m not a big fan of the exsaust (would’ve fitted sidepipes) but the rest is pretty cool!
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I my self have always loved the v8s and though my whole life I’ve dreamed of the day to get my mustang. But honestly guys, I still have to bow down to this man who has made this hybrid mustang. ITS Bloody brilliance in a nut shell. I have absolutely no problem with this idea of putting one of the best jab engines an Rb26DEtt into to one of the best muscle cars. I can see how some people are offended by this hybrid but it’s a great engine in a great shell, so get over it. And seriously if it’s your car do what you want to it, does it really matter, every one else can do what they wont with there car.
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Wow, we have idiots on both sides. At least you folks are literate.
I personally like a lot of different sports cars… Corvettes, Vipers from America… Skyline GT-R is a great Japanese car… BMW makes some sweet German cars that are not the fastest thing on the road, but are very easy to drive near the limit…
If you hate on a car because it’s from Japan, from Germany, from America… You’re just being a close minded bigot.
Now, I want to point out that I am fairly familiar with the RB26DETT engine, and I do not believe for a minute that it does 945hp on stock internals. They are known to go to 400hp fairly easily… beyond that break out the wallet if you don’t want it to break down a lot…
Yet, to the guy who said the same money in an old iron push rod will make more power, you are simply ignorant of the facts. The Skyline GT-R is almost a super car, with it’s 320 estimated stock hp (all Japanese manufacturer’s have a “gentleman’s agreement” not to publish power numbers over 280ps), 4WD, 4 wheel steering… and yes, a simple increase in boost is known to get these cars up to 400 hp… The amazing thing is that these cars sell in Japan for the rough equivalent of $35K USD. At that price, precious little will touch the GT-R.
And to the guy who said hp sells cars, torque makes them go… I couldn’t agree more. However, check the torque numbers on the RB engines… They aren’t too shabby.
If you are in love with V8s, look at what BMW is able to do now… No pushrods, hell they aren’t even using hydraulic valves anymore! That’s right, fully electronic actuated valves. Drive by wire, electronic fuel injection, variable intake length, variable valve timing… Whereas traditionally, if you wanted torque off the line, you had to give up top end, or vice versa, the new BMW engine management system can tune the car, on the fly, for optimum power at any point in the RPM range.
To the guy who says Japanese cars have no style and none are classics… GET A CLUE!!! I am 100% sure you are American, and I guess you don’t realize that the reason the American cars are popular here is because they are from here. DURR!!! The 240Z of the 70s is a classic car, deal with it. The 90-96 300ZX was a beautiful car, and IMO ahead of any other mfgr’s styling in 1990. Find another car that looked that sweet in that price range from 1990! At that time, your precious Corvette was still sporting the body style of 1984 (which looked an awful lot like a Firebird to me).
Nissan makes some great cars. That doesn’t mean that Ford or Chevy (or BMW and Mercedes) don’t. Stop blinding yourselves.
And the same goes for you guys hating on the American rides… The new Corvette’s may still have pushrod engines, but look beyond your prejudice… There is a lot of technology in that composite chassis… light-weight, and stronger than ever…. Titanium exhaust…. How about the heliomagnetic suspension system that was, I believe, first introduced on the 50th anniversary Corvette. A dual-processor computer system monitored the suspension and adjusted it hundreds of times *per second* by changing the voltage or current (can’t remember which for sure) run through a special liquid surrounding bearings in the shocks. The liquid becomes more or less viscous based on the current run through it. It can thusly stiffen the suspension in a tight corner, but loosen it up on a hard launch.
All manufacturer’s have something to bring to the table… Don’t hate; APPRECIATE!!!
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People, it’s just a f#cking car, get over it… Who cares if it is powered by a Japanese engine or 2-cylinder diesel as long as it does what a 67′ fastback is supposed to do, that being haul ass. Main things to consider for the petty squabblers, the 67 fastback is a kick ass car and the RB26DETT is a kick ass engine period. Mating these two together only equates to a higher degree of ‘kick ass’ness’.
For the would be labeled ‘purest’ people that demand a V8 is the only way to go with a mustang and a 6-cylinder is heresy. I say “ha!”, if Ford had engineered this engine, you would be praising Ford for it. On that note, Ford does have a very similar engine, bad thing though, it is only sold in Australia. It’s a 4.0 inline 6 turbo that puts out 360hp and a huge load of torque. If someone where to drop that puppy in a 67′ fastback, you’d be jerking your ‘purest’ dicks into a frenzy.
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hmmm seems that noone is really up for something new. LS1 big deal over rated, nissan skyline damn good car yet over rated and americans really dont know the potential of this car seeings how its not here. muscle guys get over you V8 very over rated. Imagineation is what the engine is about, doing something noone has ever done before. i mean whats the diffrence between putting a skyline RB26 in or a chevy engine in. ITS NOT A FORD ANYMORE anyways. and the RB26 is in the R32, R33, and R34 and can be fitted very nicely in a 240SX/silvia. and stock power is 326 BHP. anyways my point is orginality is dead! need something to living up things here in the states. and to end this A CAR IS A CAR, ITS YOURS DO WHAT YOU WANT NOT WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD BE DONE.
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Another point for me personally is the best race style is drifting. real driving its not time attack, its not drag, and its not straight, its pure skill completly controling a car at speeds in exes of 70 mph sideways. takes years of practice, drag you learn to shift faster, time attack and track racing you take faster coners but its all pretty basic. to hit the clutch, brake, gas and the e-brake at the same time as shifting is nothing short of talent. plus the big thing is that an Ae86 corolla can spank a mustang (vaugh gettin JR) viper (craze swed) even the GTO (rhys millen) because its not what you have under the hood, its about how you handle the car. everything has its place but try it take your V8 and hit up infineon or irwendale aginst a 240sx or a corolla or even a 350z see where that takes you.
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im pretty sure that an RB26DETT would eat your V8 and crap it out the tailpipe, after it chopped it up in that turbo, seening as the RB26, came from the base of the RB25 which was the original motor in the Nissan Skyline, which would also kill almost any streetable V8, not some cammed up hunk of metal that you cant keep at idle at a stoplight, i personally think its a cool combination, especially when they dont show them building motor mounts or any other modifications
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I dont know if it’s passion or ignorance but you guys are nuts. It all comes down to cubic inches. And none of these engines are the same size so you cant really compare. If you want to compare race engines, v8′s dominate dragracing. You say they dont handle, then what about the c5r. What form of racing do they actually win at. They only beat other ricers. You guys keep talking about the 350z likes it’s awesome or something. But if i saw one on the street i wouldn’t even bother trying to race it, because i might as well race a mini-van. When have any of you actually seen a skyline r34. Seriously guys, name one japanese car (in stock form)that performs anywhere near some of the new american cars out now. How much power do they actually put out stock, cause that’s the real test. Any car can make a 1000hp with enough money.
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what a load of bollocks every one knows yank cars are shite. and its a good job
most of the roads there are long and very straight cos they dont like corners either.
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I don’t think u are reading this but I must say, ColdBastrd.
I am pure blooded Japaese lived 3/4 my life in own coutry and 1/4 my life in North America.
As you said earlier, “Japanese Does not have soul towards their car”, I am fully opporse to this comment.
There are many people feels same way as you in Japan towards new production cars; many cars lost/do not have have thier identity.
However, there are cars that made with engeneer’s soul into it, such as first and secound generation Skyline GTRs. Probabily you do not know the story how and why this car developed, how much cheif engeneer/ designer put their time, effort and feeling towards the car. There are lots of straggle, sacrifice, and emotion towards developing, producting the cars.
Even it is over 30years old car, People take great care for the cars, have great feeling towards the cars. And offcourse they rebuild and still race the car like good old American Mucsles.
Same goes Mazda RX-3, Datsun Blue Bird, 240Z/280Z/300Z, Toyota 2000GT, Toyota Crown, Toyota Century, Toyota MrII, Honda 800, etc.
Even for fairly new production cars like Skyline, Supra, RX-7, Honda S2000, Mitubishi FTO, engeneers/designers put enormouse time and effort into those cars.
And you are telling me “Japanese Cars(company, people) does not have soul”??
Offcourse Japenses are successful now a days BUT do not forget, Success dose not come without hard work and scrifices.
I think I know U hate import cars. However, In Japan, there are no import “Hater” or domestic “Hater” over there. The point is they have respect for any cars built in different countries including their own country.
I would happy to see some Respect even though those who hate import cars!
I just could not stop writing my thoughts after i read your comment, ColdBastrd.
ps. Sorry for bad spelling
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U guys are nuts…Your a moron a stock 2006 Z will hand a stock 2006 mustang GT its own ass on a silver platter in a drag race. Also there are three ways to make big power: Bore/Rev Higher/Forced Induction. With forced induction you can make a 1.0L 3cylinder out perform a 8.0L V8 by using the same principle, more air means ability to add more fuel means more A/F means more power.
As for japanese cars lacking soul, its been said over and over. The japanese have a way of showing emotion that america doesnt. This is reflected EVERYWHERE. Look at writings, t.v, etc. I guess you wont understand japanese “soul” until your driving down a beautiful japanese mountain road in a 99 nissan silvia S15, 72 Nissan Skyline or a 85 toyota AE86 Trueno/Levin.
Lack of soul…Look at a 90′s impala. Hmm what Nissan did they steal the tailight design from?
Point is: Stop hating on freaking foriegn cars, this isnt the 80′s anymore. They arent taking meals off of peoples plates around here, they are in fact just as if not more than reliable (JAPANESE NOT KOREAN…save the cars that the big 3 collaborated on…Toyota Cavalier and crap like that). Smaller engines in a performance world means nothing, they are just as competitive. Its not the size of your wang, its how you use it.
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this is a quote from earlier
(We all know why the RB26 (ricer engine) was chosen for the car,its obvious actualy ,,, its because its the most tunable engine in the world ,, with a capable 1400 + BHP ,,, and it eats yank engines all day long. My advice is replace ALL yank engined cars with these RB26’s and make it compulsary. :~)
Ok here in Australia there is a mix of culture we get most of it from the jap, american and euro stuff but down under we have created an engine that is much more durable/tunable than an rb26, google ford f6 typhoon and see what pops up. they come with 270 kw 550nm standard out of a turbo inline 6 but they are tuned to make more power and torque than the nissans. ok picture a ford inline turbo 6 in there it’s the perfect mix of new tech and it’s still a ford powerplant.
have a look at this internally stock engine on a dyno it’s infront of you so the numbers are real. it makes 90% of it’s torque from 2000 rpm and holds max nearly to the redline so it has the puinch of a v8 with the turbo tech all from the land of oz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWCo3lDjH8
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Infineon does NOT host drift events. NASCAR Nextel Cup, NHRA Drags, IRL Indy races, even Superbikes, but NO drifting. So, other than to leave it in the parking lot, why would you EVER take a Corolla or 240SX to Infineon? Thinking you’ll try your hand at an NHRA drag race in a 350z? Staying home would be far less painful and embarassing.
[ed]Formula D has a drift event each year at Sear’s Point (Infineon)[/ed]
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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sick and tired of punk ass teenagers thinking smaller engines must be faster! I have a 88′ FOX Mustang with a Twin Turbo 5.0 DOHC Stroker Engine that I pulled out of a 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII and built. It Dynoed at 1850 WHP!!!!!! It runs through a T-56 Into a Dana 60 rear end. I have a best Quarter mile time of 7.25 @ 196MPH! I would like any of your Ricer crap to handle that!
always remember RACE IT, DONT RICE IT!
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thhgh
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Your ricers really know how to screw up a good car!
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man u all v8 lovers sheesh no hard feelings but v8s are not that great i have a friend that owns 1972 camaro ss and i own a mkiv supra tt ill tell ya v8s might be all fast and shit supra and skylines are one of THE most powerful cars out there v8s you have too spend a shit load of money just to make them fast and soo many fuking parts mkiv supra twinturbo and the skylines takes less money to get torque and horse power and i bet you anything that it will beat JIM’s shitstang if he thinks he got wat it takes then why didnt he race the titan supra or the boost logic supra?????? JIM if you are reading this i bet u dont even have 1850 hp i bet u are just bullshiting all the most i seen is 1500hp fatbuner shitstang ever so SHUT THE FUK UP U THINK U KNOW ABOUT CARS???? I BET I CAN EVEN MAKE A CIVIC BEAT YOUR FATBUNER
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everyone one this post needs to realize that the value of a true original muscle car doesnt come from it going fast or even looking cool. Its all about the history of these amazing cars. they were just simply amazing to think of. u just buy a muscle car out of the show room and take it to the drag strip. the reason people cant think of a japnese car like that is because thety dont have as much age to the…simply put, they arent old enough to be classic.
i personally think that you can make a cool car out of anything. i have everything from 100% original 71 cuda to 2007 infinity g35 and everything in between.
you must realize that this hear is a restomod. ot looks like a mustang from 67 but it is modified to run on todays standards…what someone would call “perfect” and that is exactly what cars are about
so dont bitch about oh my v8 puts out 750hp the the rear wheel on pump gas or my honda civic runs 9s..a car is all about your personal expresion and a car should say what you want it to
,”horsepoer sells cars, but torque wins race”……whoever you are who said the man who said this is an idiot……………………….
you obviously have no respect for the art of hot rodding or tuning or anyhting that has to do with automotives.
the man who said that was Carol Shelby.
that man know more about cars than anyone who posted on this stupid wall and he is a legend and also without him the car you guys are talking about wouldnt have even came about
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I have been periodically checking on this post for TWO DAMN YEARS!! This has degenerated from a posting about a particular (unique) vehicle into an international mudslinging/pissing contest. Can’t the negativity, personal attacks, and attacks on NATIONS be kept to a minimum? Really, I mean nobody even SAW this goddamn movie. The only people in the world who give half a shit have already been heard from, right here on this site. Let it go, guys. For f*@ks sake, let it go.
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I admit the nissan skyline is a very cool car, but plz keep your motors in the cars they came in. Dont go screwing up a 50 year tridition of a big motor in a car. When people go to buy a big truck they look for towing cappacty, tourqe, and hp. They dont look for the gas milage cause they know there not going to get it. When people look for mussle cars they look for style and that BIG ENGINE. Sure you kids out there think different. But you are growing up in an age where “pimped out crap” comes first and rap rules the radio. The kids that grew up before that or had parents that love the old cars. we are all still going to be going for that BIG ENGINE and we are going to look at rice burners as those crappy looking cars. I have a 1968 Mustang in ill tell you when im done with it itll wipe your rice burners all over the wall.
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How many Skylines do you see on american roads? The last time i checked they are illeagle in the US of A.
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ANYONE WHO CALLS THIS CAR A RICER IS NOT THAT BRIGHT BECAUSE A RICER IS A CAR THAT IS SLOW BUT LOOKS FAST WITH SPOILERS, WINGS, GROUND EFFECTS, LIGHTING SO THEREFORE A RB26DETT COULD NEVER BE A RICER BECAUSE IT IS THEE ENGINE TO HAVE ALONG WITH THE SUPRA 2JZ OR 1JZ THESE ENGINES CAN MAKE TONS OF HORSEPOWER AND WILL SHAME ANY V8 WHEN TUNED PROPERLY AND STILL BE RELAIBLE AND NOT TO HATE ON AMERICAN MUSCLE BUT YOU DONT SEE ANYBODY WHINNING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHEN YOU SEE A V8 IN A 260Z OR RX-7 SO STOP HATING
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Okay ricer doesn’t mean it’s dorky or tacky or anything! IT MEANS IT IS FUCKING JAPANESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s what all the American guys called the Corollas and Civics cause they thought they ran on sake or rice wine. Plus this ‘stang is da shit dumbasses! So fuck y’all!!!!!!!!!!
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Typo: I meant ricer does mean it is tacky!
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the skyline is da best there is and is the best car ever to of cum out of japan nothing can beat it but it has to be a gtr not a gts
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Some mistakes were made in the original story posted … first of all the Skyline enigine is a TwinTurbo and the factory model puts out arround 320 BHP (at the wheels) … second of all the tuner who made the mustang (and 90% of all the cars used in the film) tuned it to 500 BHP flat … still defenitly the most that the RB26DETT can do (versions with over 1000BHP are recorded) …
Its not rice it just makes a good story for the movie and makes new way’s by using Asian engines in US cars.
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the care is good just that it dosen’n go good with a nissan engin
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that is sicking to see a forgin motor in a american icon. that car would have looked good with a 390 or even better a 429 corba jet. then we will see if those little hondas could keep up.
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Okay, look at where the american cars are going to, they are ACTING like “ricers” Dodge came out with the SRT 4, Chevy Cobalt, Ford Focus, these are all FWD cars which bring them to the “ricer world”. Also your legendary Viper, GTO, and Charger and other classic are into drift racing. Most of the JDM motors are also found in British cars like the Lotus and the MR2. Also look at Ford they own Mazda so the RX8 and the Mustang are basically build side by side. The day american cars stepping up to the current demand and then they might see the next 10 yrs.
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i have been reading this for a while now im 17 yrs old and my dad own a import shop we import skylines, silvias, hondas ect. and these jdm (japan motors) motors in the hondas toyotas and mitsubishi are faster then the american spec versions now i see how you guys are saying rice this and that id that mustang is not rice now where i live rice is, FF (front engine, front wheel drive) cars like hondas that have big ass spoilers on them you dont need down force on a fwd!! and the cars with the neon and ugly viynal ok now i read that sombody said that skylines are illeagle well there not they can be imported into the states but cannots be intact they have to have sertain things off of them like the motor wheels spindals exhaust ect now back to the nismo mustang that exhaust that yall call a fart can is not loud its more quiet then you think it helps decrease restriction from the turbo cause it has enough ristriction already not to mention that its a custom mandrall bent 4″ apexi N1 exhaust that will run you around $850 – $1000 ok those wheels are volk racing “rays engineering” (hot shit) they cost over $4000 for the rims and the motor swap is very very very exspensive and is a great motor im actully trying to find out how they did the swap so we can do it also and one thing yall were right on is torque these jdm motors stop light to stoplight will spank your v8s ass now 1/4 – 1 mile youll pull but your gears wont be able to fuck will the jdms tranny and the rear ends gearing i have recorded a suzuki busa racing our shops supra (2jzTT) and that TT titty twister its twin turbo. back to the story the supra blew that busa away you guys need to get your head out of your asses me and my dad built and restored a 1963 ford falcon conv. drop a 302 stroker in it built the whole thing top to bottom it ran so lean we had to put dual quads on it and of corse we had NOS moral of the story is that dad threw me the keys and i threw em back!!! and said thanks but no thanks i want somthing to turn at 9000 rpms and dump the clutch haha
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stick with the american muscle in the american muscle cars asswhole
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hey bud i think that the nissan engin in that car is quite pethetic, i am 17 and if it were me i would be thowing a big block in that if ya want some torque or atleast a 302 boss. i would classify that car a rice burner. i have a 1994 mustang with a 302 hi output the cool air intake masterflow h pipe and headders with raceing chip and 4:11 gears in it with low profile tires, and the tires are 17inch rims bye 40 wide now that , that is what you call a mustang.
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The rb26 is a fine engine it makes good power,the skyline is also a great car.
v8s sound alsome and make lots of torque. I like both types of engines. but japenese engines should stay in japenese cars. American v8s should stay in american cars!
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of you had seen the film you would know that the reason they never used a V8 is that they didnt have one available and they had the RB26 from a mangled Silvia.. the RB26 is an epic engine and is 10x more reliable than a V8 and will tune to give way more power output that any V8 available.
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creo que es una verguenza que coloquen esa maquina dentro de un auto tan prestigioso como el mustang.
no me gusto para nada ver eso, ya esçxisten varios motivos mas.
y hablo como fanatico de chevrolet
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look we all know this car was a stupid idea, i like imports and american cars but this guy need to kill him self before someone eals does it for him.
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i think mergin the two things together is perfect. the mustang has a stunning, unique body style and the Nissan RB26 straight 6 is an amazing engine, it’s reliable, efficient, more than powerful enough (some producing 1500bhp) and it gives a great noise. i think its 2 great ingredients put together to make an absolutely amazing car. MORE THE MERRIER!
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all you people who post comments… get a life please.
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I love v8 jerks. The RB has more potential then you’ll ever know. Your right the V8 can be built to make more power cheaper BUT the RB will make up for it in the long run with fuel economy. New technology always wins hands down.
Personally I think its an insult to the RB having been stuck inside a POS Ford. That was just uncalled for but then again it did make the ford more desirable to own. It actually has an engine worth something.
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this car is gay my mustang will kill this car. that aint nothing.
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i think all of you muscle car guys are mad because the nissan motor would eat your cars up and shit them out
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rice is for homos who dont kno what a v8 is. a nissan engine come from the tin cans from our beer we throw away. id rather rip my nuts off then drive rice
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I drive a bmw 325i. Its a six cyl but its respectable. But man do i hate ricers. All they do is take a 6 cyl and throw as many turbos and acc until it can finally keep up with a muscle car. muscle cars are 30 years old and dont use turbos yet they kill ricers. Only reason why i like my bmw is because it can turn. ricers are front wheel drive and are only use full for saveing gas. Last time i checked girls go for the guys in BMWs and Muscle cars not Hondas and Nissans. RICER FANS….STOP TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH V8s UR 2 CYL SHORT AND A WHOLE LOT UGLIER
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Great car this mustang,you know,i am a great mustangmaniac and a i like specially the eleanor.Thanks and see ya.
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the day of the american power is dead you cant sell a single american car in japan jap power is here to stay.
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From what little I know from American cars. Back in the days when the Mustang was first introduced, it’s a ‘little pony’, as many would term it as a secretary’s car…
Then came the inovator, Carol Shelby who was winning races with his Cobra’s. By the way the original car was manufactured in Britain and had a tiny engine. Shelby decided to put in an American V8 to spice that car up, hence the Cobra was born.
During the time, when Ferrari’s dominated the Le Mans races, it was the legend that started winning them with his little Cobra’s. The V8 being more reliable and more HP in a light weight car. ( Pretty similar to this Mustang huh?)
The point to my narrative is, what is the winning formula here is inovation. If a man decides to put in a better engine in another car and wins races. Is there any mistakes in that statement?
Nice car, with a nice engine and if it wins races like in the movies… what is wrong with that?
Without inovators we will be still living a caves and the wheel was never invented.
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thats stupid chagers are better
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Sounds like a hot debate going on, so here’s my 2 cents worth. I am a die hard Ford fan that owns a 393 (stroked 351). It makes good power for what I use it for, (1969 Fastback Mustang). Trouble is, they are expensive to do right, ($7000 – $9000+) and that’s for a 351W. It is hard to find original FE engines and when you do find them they ain’t cheap. I had the money to build what I wanted. I don’t doubt that I could have build a Japanese engine cheaper, but modifing motor mounts and electronics issues would have bumped up the price and man hours involved. I myself think the car in question looks killer with the hood down. With the hood up, I can appreciate the custom execution of the work involved, American, Japanese or whatever. What I see is art. If my kid built a car like that on his/her own, on a “real world” budget, I would be beyond proud. Cars are something I can relate to. Look at the machine as an extension of the owner and don’t worry about the nationality of the parts.
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nice car man thts the same mustang off of the movie tokyo drift with a nissan racing engine in it….
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this goes out to robert and all those other dumbass ricers that leave those stupid ass comments. One I would like to say that there is no way in gods green earth that a tt supra can come within pissing distance of a busa. For your information next time you start running your mouth off about shit you don`t know about, JAP RICE ENGINES CAN NOT PUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF TORQUE A V8 CAN. You go get your honda civic nissian what ever and I get my camaro Z28 and I will mop the floor with you and your piece of shit rice burning car all day and day from light to light. Oh yeah and why don`t you pull your head out of your ass you dumb fuck your just another stupid ricer being had by those japs. I bet you could hear my car at 6000rpm over your car at 9000rpm. P.S. Camaro and Mustangs eat rice.
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Show me a import that makes you look at the sky when you stomp the throttle and i will show you a hundred american muscle cars that can.
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Mustang is American Muscle why would they put a @#$@# rice Engine in it..if anything they should of put a big block 429.. muscle cars dont drift..its all about stright aways.
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guys your beating a dead horse! Ive got a 65 gto yes it is going to be built to handle, but enjoy each side for what it is domestic or import. it dosent matter what you have, as long as your having a good time making it fast. Import guys and domestic guys are both trying to do the same thing go fast, wether its 1/4 mile or road race it dosent matter. Now one question I have to ask for the younger crowd that claims they love american muscle, would you rather have a GSXR 1000 or a Buell?
HMMMM think on that
but Im not against either side, and yes v8s can make power http://www.Nelsonracingengines.com
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what a waste of a good engine…lol… Bare bones about it the, reason all the old fogies chose the musle cars its because in there time it was the coolest shit avalable. Set the two cars in question ( 1968 mustang & r34 nissan skyline gt-r ) on the same 1968 showroom floor and pick the car that would become a classic…………both of them !@@#$%$. Whats the diff, vintage classic,………or modern classic. modern becomes vintage. Honestly its all about passion for cars.
dear Cold Bastard,
Your a egotistical, closed mined, biggot. but thats ok because your prob. 70 y.o. and drive a 93 plymouth mini van, destened to die alone in this world except for your dreams of the cars of your youth that you could never achieve. Your words are spoker with malice and contempt. …………… R.I.P. you old Fart!
sincerly,
a Colder Bastard
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It doesnt matter what engine it has. Its just a car. And it was made to follow the moviescript. V8s may be bigger and more powerful but the japanese engines are still more reliable, better fuel economy and can be tuned more.
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How dare someone mess with such an awsome piece of art! It is like hacking on the Mona Lisa!
A RICE BURNING ENGINE? Give Me a BREAK.
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So… As I sit here and read this I am in complete aw. First off I would like to touch base one the timeless thing. I personally own a 92 fox body mustang that I did this swap into. Best decision ever the car is more far more reliable now, more power than the 5.0L I took out and I have more “old guys” in cameros, Vetts, classic mustangs, GTOs coming up to me and saying how cool it is. The body is timeless the styling is the soul of the car not the motor. Sure you can go on and on but no one side is right or wrong. Also my baby is a 72′ skyline. I personally restored the car from the ground up. And before you go making assumptions, I live in Idaho born and breed American. I do agree I love the sound of a big ol’ camed out big block, but on the same note when I hear the twin turbos on my 26DETT under the hood of my fox body… well. My friend have a 9.0 second 92′ Sonoma GT spent about 35,000 on the truck to get it to go that fast and stay together. I love hearing the LS1 roar down the track. I think what I’m trying to get at is it is all what you like. I could of just as easily spent the money on the 5.0L that came with the car, but I wanted to try something new and it worked. Sure my friends gave me crap for a little while but my friend who drives a 69′ Camero SS stops to fuel up and gets like 15 mpg and is at the three hundred bhp mark, and I fill up and get like 25mpg and have like 320 bhp he gets kinda mad. Oh. and whoever says that a 72′ Skyline is not a classic is well I don’t know.
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P.S. I forgot to say I do have one big block: 88′ FI 454 coupled to a turboglide 400 GM three speed with a shift kit making 450 bhp, it is in a 88′ 3/4 ton dually (yes dually) Suburban. so there also it gets about 9 mph or 4…. I am planning to put a supercharger on it but that is going to be about $6,000 by the time is is all said and done.
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the engine that is put in the mustang on f&f3, is a r34 gtr engine, not a r32/r33 engine
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i see that the rb26dett look better in my nissan sentra to make it a rwd car, my dad said its better than a 289 302 351 cleveland 390 427 428 429, i saw the movie the fast and the furious 3 i just did not like it a nissan inline 6 rb26dett in a mustang its not cool
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hey tht is the car off of tokyo drift and in the pic u can see the 350zs in the end of the pi c…..
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the rb is the perfect engine for this car. i think crossbreeding is cool and unique. i would love to see a nissan with a nice 427 in it.
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this is for the “Evil” guy that commented about how 15 to 20 year olds migh think it’s cool. I am 17 years old and drive a ’72 Nova with a 383 stroker that i built! i think ricers are the shit stain on the underwear of the world and just because i’m young doesnt mean i don’t like muscle cars. i grew up around around classic mopar and bowtie cars and i wouldn’t drive anything else. but i do agree with you on the subject of whats wrong with a 289, 302, or 390. and i totally understand the thing about them not being able to keep up. I used to think that the subaru STI’s were the coolest and fastest car for the money, thats until iraced one froma dead stop to about 125-130mph and my nova and i had him and his little ricer for lunch. it was classic.
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you ricer fags are so lazy. all you do is go out and buy a brand new car, buy bolt on products and have a shop install everything and then tell everyone you built it. Or you’ll go out and buy a fart can big enough for d10 catepillar and slide it onto your stock exhaust pipe then go find the biggest stupidest rims on the market slap them on and call it custom, and race around and rev up your misquito shit engines at v8′s who will waste you half-gasing it the hole way. i see it everywhere don’t try to deny it, I have lots of experiance building cars from the ground up, and then driving around showing you little metric wrench turning pussy’s what real American Muscle is. see you on the road
-1972 Nova- 383 stroker-bored .30 over-edelbrock 650Cfm double pumper carb.-airgap intake manifold- roller rockers-202 camel hump heads-headman headders-260 275 hydraulic roller cam- roller lifters- dished pistons-hardened connecting rods-x-pipe exhaust- turbo mufflers-and 373 Moser Posi rearend- 315 mickey thompson tires. GO AHEAD I DARE YOU TO REV UP YOUR LITTLE V-TEC PILE YOU CALL A CAR.
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ya not much of a tuner fan and this was a disgrace to any kina muscle car to put a nissan motor in anything is like sporting the rainbow and yelling gay pride everywhere the only thing that made this even remotley kool was the twin turbo!
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i like what one person said thats like putting a brigs in a ferie. thats a horribel waste of one of the best cars ever built. put a 351 windors or clevlin or some thing along thoes lings eveny a 302 but never a nissan motor that make me sick to my stomach. just lime when people wast fords by puting chevys in them sure there are more chevy motors and there cheeper to build but dont be cheep spend the money and put a ford motor where it belongs in a ford. keep the chevy junk in the cheveys dont michmatch
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you do know that the actual Mustang that they shot the movie with was a ford…460 I believe that RB26 was just for show.
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Everyone keeps saying that it makes them sick to see a Nissan motor in a Classic car but what makes me sick is seeing a piece of SHIT FORD MUSTANG built around one of the BEST motors made.
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Cry some more you fucken pussy’s that dont know anything about a real motor or car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ok ” allout racer” whst do you drive??? first of all chevy’s are not junk. What do you think is the one engine that racers,drag cars, and rock crawlers use over anything else. chevy 350. I have built,owned,raced,and sold many sbc’s (if your too dumb that means small block chevy’s) trust me they are the best engine you can buy for the money.
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muscle cars are like dinosours, they are BIG, POWERFULL, and ruled the world for many years. and just the same will be forced to die compleatly out to make room for smaller, more efficiant, and better desinged creations. where will you knuckle draging hasbeens be when government emission laws park your planet killers and us “RICERS” are still running down your block with our big honkin radios and our loud “FART CANS” as so many have put it. you know what i do like about old muscle cars, is when you crush one, you have enough steel to build two imports, thats a good feeling in my heart. I want to say WHATS UP to all RX7 fans, Im a proud owner of two first gen rotory babes, the only real cost to keep em flying is TIRES. And I wouldent trade them for all the junk ass chevys in the world. pass your ass later
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this is for JR. You are right muscle cars are like dinosaurs in the sense that they are big powerful and ruled the world for many years, in fact that is still happening today. Do you really think muscle cars will ever die off? Why do you think Ford retroed the mustang and Dodge is putting out a retro challlenger and chevy is putting out a brand new retro camaro. The older muscle cars might get more rare but they will never die off. And youmentioned that you will still be around with your big radios and fartcans? exactly thats all you have done to your lil wanna be muscle rotary pile isn’t it? don’t try to lie and throw a bunch a bull shit big shot names and brands at me, trying to lie and say you have a bunch of performance stuff or throw out track times, because your just full of crap.period.
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ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if not for fords and chevys, my tools would rust.
I belive it was a ‘nova’ you discribed in a previous post josh. you acualy have an impressive mod list. But the only big shot namebrand I need to throw around is “MAZDA MOTORS”. I happen to enjoy fast street cars, as apposed to a stroker that you most likly trailer to the track, 1 because its not highway freindly, and 2 because it will probly need towed off the track. And as far as your new retro rides, you might note that your ‘DOMESTIC AUTO MAKERS’ gave up long ago on american built motors, most if not all now use one form or another of an imported powerplant Dodge = Mits, Chevy=Susuki, Ford= Mazda, why do they do this, because they are less expensive and more reliable. And what dosent come from mexico or canada comes from china, that says alot for your retro rods. in fact my clasic rotary powerd dream machine is compleatly stock, and ive probly got less in the whole car than youve got in your block work. With the work youve done to your car and drivetrain i know as well as you, it would smoke my rx. but if your nova was as bone stock to original as my rx we both know who would be in the lead, but with that in mind my, other rx is in line to receive a second gen turbo with a small shot of juice, just for keeping the local muscle on its toes. And dont forget, we are both gear heads, we just use differant tools, thats all.
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ok for one my car is very highway friendly.I drive it to work, school, and on dates with my gf. its the only car i have and i use it everywhere I go. number two, i have driven it to the drags ran flat 13′s and drove home and it was fine. I have driven out to the autocross track kept up with turbo’d 350z and set record numbers and then drove me and my girlfriend on a date. So don’t tell me it’s a trailer queen. I drive it to shows and EVERYWHERE else! and in the 70′s the 350 block completely stock was pushing 275 horsepower. BONE STOCK. so no you would not be in the lead against a stock nova but good try. and we don’t just use different tools, we are too very different people with very different opinions.
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ok i will retract one thing from my last comment, your right we are both gearheads that use different wrenches.sry
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well josh you must have a very well balenced set up, to race, and daily drive it. impressive for a young wrencher. and, so you understand I am not all that differant in a sence. See, i am partial mostly to my imports, but i also own a rather rust free 84 T top Cuttlass Calais which is sadly torn down, 455 and all, due to a fucking deer at around 75 mph. But for your hp rating from the 70s, youve got to remember the power to weight ratios involved. I may only have half the ponies, but ive got only a 3rd of the weight to move, and that makes a world of differance, in the strait race, and improves my odds even more in a curvy situation, such as open road. But, as you said, thats my opinion, and im sure youve got yours, cant wait to hear it, or read it rather. And what ever you do, do not refer to an OLDSMOBILE as a chevy, they may all be the same now, but the ones that count, are nothing of the same bread, im sure you agree.
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O.K. I will admit you are right about the stock rx-7 and Nova race, I have a bout 2800lbs to move and you probably have about, What? like 1700? anyway, i can clearly see that you are not just some other punk with a fart can, and rims. you sound like you know what you are talking about and I actually do like rx-7′s. Do you live in California? possibly redding? I would love to race. I don’t know if it was you or someone else that said, that old muscle cars are boats with too much weight and can’t take a corner. Was that you? If it was I would just like to tell you that I have Front and Rear 1.5 inch sway bars, Tubular a-Arms and Enkei Control Arms. with 60 series Toyo tires all around, My NOva feels like it is cemented to the road around corners. thats if it was you.
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I made no such coment josh, my olds on 295/50s took 90 degree corners at better than 60 mph, on high jaker springs no less. And I know there is a little rx-7 fan in everybody. if you’ve got a big enough fuel cell to get to the corn state, id line up, just so you could tell a good win story to your buddys. remember, ‘IM STOCK’. And as far as cornering “DOSE YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU DRIVE LIKE THAT”. Lifes to short, be carfull man, you cant wrench in the ground.
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just to add to your cornering muscle consept, look what was done with the nissan powerd stang this artical started with, big power, less weight, was the plan in the powerplant. and a little attention to rolling stock, and suspension function, a short buss could be made to handle like its on rails. but thats alot of work, exactly why ive got to lean more to the cars designed with all this in mind, ‘IMPORTS’, plus my 82 rx ive had for 10 years, it is also what i learned to drive in, you just cat replace that kind of love.
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wow, that comment you left that said life is short and that you can’t wrench in the ground really hit me. Thanks you prolly just saved my life. thx. and i know wat u mean about the first car thing, because my first car was a 1977 maverick piss yellow on the outside and avacado green on the inside and i beat the crap out of it but it never ever broke down, and i was so embarassed to drive it but, the day i sold it I stood there and talked to it for about 20 minutes and i almost teared up. i still miss her she was such a good car. unreplaceable. I don’t know it seems like without cars i wouldn’t really have a purpose in life. CHEVY AND MAZDA WRENCHERS FOREVER.
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cars are the same as family, depending on what you come from, they are some times your only dependable family. just remember if something is your life, dont let it take your life. ive come too close a couple of times, ive acualy slowed down a lot with age. and just as a poke, ‘chevy only comes before mazda’ in the alfabit.
And as luck would have it i found new intrest in my olds, it is in the shop now, but not sure wether to re bigblock it, or just a mild small block application, whatever i do you can be sure it wont be a chevy, i just cant bring my self to go with the flow, i feel the need to be difficult, rotaries, and rockets, just gota love em. just a thought, when i burnt my first rotary up with plane fuel, i did the math, and my 455 would fit very nicly in my first gen rx7, now that would be power to weight suicide. and just so you know, there is nothing wrong with the maverick, a good freind of mine that i lost years ago, had one with one of the baddest 390s ive ever seen in it. we got a mile from his house on a test run, and i thought about walking back, and im not much for walking to the car. but, may he rest in peace.
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this is obviously a very important subject with us car guys and it should be, tuner(rice)vs. muscle. and if you ask me muscle is superior,its one of those patriotic things i like things from my country. and if you dont well thats okay. but what im wondering is when are the tuner guys going to stop bitching at the muscle guys for being patriotic. when are people going to pull their head out of honda’s a$$ and realize yoiur truck doesn’t need a trunk,if you want a trunk buy a car,when are people going to realize that dodge avengers get the same mileage as a toyota camry . why can’t people appreciate our muscle cars or big trucks instead of saying,oohh redneck.i’ll make a deal if tuner guys stop bitching at me because they have a lot less displacement,i’ll stop bugging them.
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tell ya what MOPAR, I am a tuner fan, but i also respect real american muscle. the problem is they dont make it anymore and havent for years. As I am sure you know,but wont admit, all most all of your modern DOMESTIC vehicles are 90 percent imported in one way or another, I dont care who they are, and thats just how it is. they do this because imported componants are less expensive and more reliable, but they waste the effort by skimping, on quality of workmanship, and materials that are home bred. Now dont get me wrong I am as american as it gets, but our labor force has goten lazy, and takes no pride in their work. They just go to work, do as little as possible, and get the hell out when the bell rings. why do think all the big corperations are hireing imagrants, its our own falt. so if you buy a car that was produced and built by peaple who take pride in their work and take time to do it right, you have a better end product. And as far as big trucks, if they did not all say redneck in big letters across the windshild, we wouldent call you redneck, and who realy gives a rats ass about dissplacement, for what you put into rust repair and resto parts just so your car can handle any real power, i can get just about 75 percent of the ponies out of a four banger, with twice the rev capabilities as you do with old school v8 blocks, and have less than half the total wheight to move, if you dont know, thats a good thing, means itll blow your doors loose from the bondo. and your avenger is a mitsubishi, and a very popular TUNER jackass
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Wow Jr, I thought u were cool and then you just totally exploded on that mopar guy. guess I was wrong. And if you think that a sbc can rev as high as a ricer you’re prolly right cause their not made for that, they are made for low end torque and dragracing. Ricers are made for good gas mileage and long family trips. They are tons more efficient and are lighter but muscle car guys could care less about mpg, they are more concerned with wasting cocky ricers that pull up to them.
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Im not concerned with mpg, a rotary has about the worst mpg rating you can get, not to mention the 455 ive got would pass everything but a gas station. I dont dissrespect muscle guys if they can simply voice their opinion without the trash talk, remember i appriciate old school I just dont like rednecks who dont know what they are talking about, but still run their yap using rice as a discription for something they just dont understand. and i do know all about rev and torque, every olds motor ive got is only good for 4.5 to 5 grand but can twist the frame from 2000 up.and ive had several types of imports crxs,3oozs,rx7s, none of which were family cars what with not havin any back seats and all. come on josh, he called an avenger american muscle, you should see where I stood with that guy, if he was a real mopar fan he would want a cuda, or an old satilite, anything but an avenger. thats just unamerican. And as far as sbc reving I built one two years ago for a hobby stock that held 7 to 8 grand all season but it was useless for driving in and out of the shop, my rotarys have a 7 grand redline out of the box and can drive smoothly down the street at 1500 rpm, remember fast street cars are more fun than race cars that are just barely street legal, but I do enjoy seeing them out and about, and admireing the work and love peaple put into the old rides, remember we are all car guys, we just take advantage of differant concepts to get the wheels roling under our feet, love one and respect the other, we can all see eye to eye, be a prick and Ill tell you how it is, and dont forget how you guys are building your powerplants and drivelines to be competitive rase cars so that you can waste all of the RICERS that are sitting stock. PEACE!!!!
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yeah you are right abou that mopar guy, a real fan would of wanted a cuda or satellite, but You said all you “ricers” sitting stock, thats exactly what i’m tired of is al these cocky lil fagots around here with HONDA CIVICS with an exhaust TIP and Rims that think they can waste anything. I don’t however have a problem with datsuns, nissans or mazdas that can keep up with their mouth. IDK I’m just tired of all these people that “movie syndrome” where they think that they can say that their Honda runs 13′s or even 12′s and its stock. It just makes me mad that they can’t just man up and say that its not that fast or actually race it and try to improve their times. Example: I went out to the drags and raced my brother because he thought his 1964 1/2 mustang witha 289 and 4-speed could beat the nova so we raced and ran like a 15.5 or 16 and I woas still real consistent with my 13.5 and 14′s and I saw a CRX hatchback out there that was running like 9′s and 10′s it awesome. I’ve never seen a honda or any new car that fast before. By the way “RICER” is not a derogatory term it’s just what muscle guys call honda’s and pretty much anything from Japan. OH yeah and MOPAR you’re a DUMBASS!!
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Thanks for the support josh, hope you know ive got you back
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Just to add, I do understand what your saying about big talkers an little walkers, a lot of them say they can run low times and high mphs but wont race my rxs or my olds, hell they wont even run against my little girl on her bike, cause they know the aint got shit. but they all saw fast and the furious and wana talk like they are a big dog. But we know they still need their mommys nipple, but its not their fault their stupid, it natures. PEACE
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this car did exactly what it was meant to do. . . . bring together two different racing worlds together in an impressive manner. The movie is about an american street racer moving to japan and learning about their drift scene. The Nissan Skyline is the hottest car out of japan and the mustang started the muscle car movement in america.
I like it.
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i know this post is old but its funny reading through all the stuff people write. I can see that in the land of muscle cars its a very heated topic. we have a similar conflict here in Aus in that traditional Aussie (its pronounced ozzy) cars are pushrod V8s however luckily for us being right hand drivers we actually got the R32 version of the GTR. i love cars in general and i will say that given the choice i would take neither a V8 or a hi tech turbo car instead i’d be running an electric engine in an oversized go kart.
Anyway without taking either side i’d like to say you go ricers with you tail pipes and 100kg rims and same for you hard heads driving big block saloons with sloppy suspension as us people who really know how to set up a car, be it a Nova, an RX7 or in my case a GTR, we dont want you in our club.
if everyone knew our secret it wouldn’t be so good to know it.
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This is for right hand drive, You know I just love the people that come on here thinking they know everything about everything,like you. for one Big blocks are not that popular among muscle cars, for instance in my sbc 350 I can turn alot more horsepower than almost any big block out there, their just unnececary weight and take up space. and for 2 if there is one thing my car isn’t it’s sloppy. I’ll admit, that if it were stock it would float everywhere but I have Einkei Control and A-Arms, 1.5 inch front and back sway bars, and coilover shocks. but good try you ozzy bastard.
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Josh: i figured as much from reading your post. i wasn’t referring to you or your car when i said big block saloons with sloppy suspension i referring to the other extreme from ‘ricers’ as in muscle fans who think they know it al and have seen it all and wont take any of the alternative.
i can see you’ve got a well set up car. i’m actually a fan of the nova. small well balanced car and if i had to have a push rod V8 it would be a choice between a 350 chev and 351 clevo.
what i was saying was us people who have performance as a goal, not to belong to some a tribe or faction of car owners – ricers, import owners,muscle car owners, rodders etc. – are happy in the knowledge that our machine does what it was built for – performance – and does it well.
Over here you get a whole lotta people who just went out and bout a new V8 saloon (holden commodore – uses an LS2) and talk about no replacement for displacement and so on. now dont get me wrong i’m not dissing ls2′s i’m just saying that in a 1700KG RWD sedan its no good. but the owners wont have a bit of it. and if your quicker on the track in your import they just refuse to talk to you caus they dont want to admit it.
sadly also on the other side of the argument FWD honda owners some how think they’re affliated with hi-po import owners caus their car is jap. FUCK OFF! stop nodding and smiling at me at the light like we’re related. i hate ricers. hate hate hate hate. i hate fast n the furious its a total bunch of crap. i would never build a car solely or primarily for looks. if the go dont match the show you’ve wasted your money. no matter what it is.
anyway getting off the track. i was in fact commending you josh, not insulting. and my point remains. let idiots do what idiots do. let them believe what they want to believe. if you try to change the way they think, and you succeed, then you’ll have a bunch of idiots driving nova’s, and thats not what you want right?
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I belive right hand drive sounds like the only other man in the world who thinks like me. LOVE ONE, RESPECT THE OTHER, and if you aint got the balls to run your ride against mine than DONT RUN YOUR MOUTH. I realy like that, and thats something i dont understand either, is why kids put body kits and wings, on DX Hondas, with no attention to driveline or powerplant, And they think they have a race car. But i do kinda like the face they make when i blow the fancy shit off their cars in a compleatly stock RX7, I dont even have after market wheels, just a little air in and air out tunning. But truth be known if I cant out run someone my buddy here has a rat ride nova with all the old school shit, doul 750 dubble pumpers on a tunnle ram, the old dubble hump heads, and he wont tell me whats inside, but it scary fucking fast. And i know hed blow the paint off my rx in a stait line, but hes all stock on the underside, so he knows ive got him on open road, See, we can just be car guys without the shit talk, cause we can man up and admit our lows and highs of what our rides are capable of, and respect the other for what his ride can do. See where I live we like fast cars, We dont care who built it, we just like how their built.And josh, your right about big blocks, too big and heavy so I bought an old 350 rocket for my cutty, wont be that fast, but will be nastalgic. PEACE
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Well for all you import guys that are trying to compare a skyline to a mustang you really cant……… the skyline is the top of import cars ….the best of the best…..so it would only be natural if you compared it to the best of the best american car……if we want to talk about american muscle …lets talk corvette zo6…….8 cylinders, no fru fru crap, no twin turbo bullshit, just motor, power and speed….and by the way a nissan skyline is a ricer
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I just watched that you tube video at the top of the page and its funny that the RB powered stang even with the bigger huffer on it makes worse figures than a R32 GTR. 32′s factory figures were 0-100km (60miles) in 4.9 and high 12 sec quarters. if you jump in a stock one now it’ll still make those figures just some tweaking of the electronics.
talking about the look on peoples faces JR i actually have smashed a 60′s stang. it was a beautiful drop top one with american racer wheels, you know the old school deep dish ones with fat tyres. awesome car. i was behind the guy at the lights and he hadn’t seen them go green to turn so i beeped him and he immediatly dropped it smoking it round the corner and blasting away. i was rolling up to him in 2nd as he moved so i had nothing at all (my car is a lag master) and by the time i was round the corner he was at least 10 car lengths in front on me. still wound it out through second letting the screamer pipe rip and by the time i was almost redlining in 3rd i was passing him at about 40k’s above what ever he was doing with the screamer pipe blasting full noise through his open window. in that second i saw his face – dropped jaw, wide eyed, ‘what the fuck?’ expression on his face. and i bet he thought that skyline were ‘rice’ or jap crap as they’re called here but showed him his messiah was false and he was crushed. that was probably one of the most satisfying moments in my driving history.
just i’d share that with you all seeing its a sort of mustang v skyline thread. admittedly his car probably wasn’t built for performance, more likely it was simply restored for looks but he obviously thought it would still be faster that a skyline. sadly mistaken though.
also once had the pleasure of making a pass on a Z06 vette. the new 7litre ones. you dont see many of them over here and this one was a drop top in that classic yellow colour. i love the look of them they look like super cars. we were stuck in a bit of traffic just playing who can get ahead of who in peak hour, nothing serious. We got to a part where the one lane road turns into 2 and climbs and winds up this hill through a national park for about half a k (about .3 of a mile). he pulled out first and burned off. way faster than my laggy turbo set up but i caught him in the first bend locked onto his tail then simply picked a faster line through the next and muscled him out before it became on lane again.
so he might have been faster but he couldn’t push as hard as me through the bends. probably a combination of not being able to put all the power down through the turn and not wanting to damaged his new import. they would cost a bomb considering you have to convert them to RHD. i drive my car like its stolen.
good times.
one thing i would confidently say is that a bigger capacity engine will always have the upper hand on the quarter when it comes to stuff like pro stock and funny cars. the ability to combust bigger amounts of air/fuel mixtures in 8 cylinders cant be matched by turbos and high revs. oh and the superchargers help to. in sydney the local hero is the rat who pilots a holden monaro funny car coupe with a massive big block/blower set up making consistant 5 sec and high 4 sec passes. awesome to see.
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wow this is really annoying post here i came looking for a nice mustang and what i found shocked me not the car but the people discussing it it puts me in a state of horror because i thought that this was a unique blend of Japanese mechanics with American styling i mean so what if they put a skyline engine in a mustang? i’ve for one seen worse and its not even at the point of the car anymore. everyone here gets into this stupid argument Japanese versus American cars and import against domestic they are just cars to say that people have their choice in which one they choose but there is no point in fighting like little children about it
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and oh i also think some of you need to wake up and realize that just because some “ricer’ kids put junk on their cars does NOT mean every car from a certain country is “ricer” a skyline is not the perfect car it is a very strong running car just like a mustang and also a mustang isn’t the best American car so get over yourselves
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stupid
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I wonder what happend to josh, hopefully he knows right hand drive sounds like a good guy, and wouldent hold a small missunderstanding against him. and Chris I share your opinion on the stang/skyline crossbreed. I happen to be a car lover nomatter what the make, Im just a little more partial to the imports, for out of the box looks and performance. Im a little confused with the last STUPID comment, not sure how that was ment to be dirrected. and the word ricer, i think is only ment to be implied, to an all show no go pretty boy car, usualy seen siting in a parking lot, rather than chasing down a reputation on the street, but i hate when it is directed at all import cars and owners, cause my daily driver is a first gen RX7, completly stock nothing fancy, I also have a project First gen RX7, and a T top cuttlass in the shop, so am i a ricer, or a muscle guy? I say Im a “CAR GUY”, who can see potential in any package. PEACE!!!!!!
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I presonally think we should ask someone who isn’t or doesn’t side japanese cars or american cars and see who makes better cars
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u guys that car looks so gay with that nissian motor it would look a hole lot better with a hemi in it big block dome shits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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F*$# Ford! I have owned several Fords, great vehicle, just needs a better engine. Yeah, like in F&F3. Got a ranger now, its sitting waiting on a 350z to wreck. The engine fits!
Lets see here, an engine out of a 3600lb car installed in a 2300lb car, HMMM…..
You do the math.
All you people who say ricer this and ricer that, can lick my exhaust! The ranger, with ricer mods, (intake exhaust timing plugs wires, and nos) yeah runs a 11.2 quarter!
The 350z engine, after mods, we are looking to get down to a 9.3 quarter!
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Some peaple dont know the differance between ‘FAST’ and ‘QUICK’ . The traditional setup for the mustang in question would be big “CUBES” and low “GEARS” this is what makes a car “QUICK” rather than fast, meaning from a dead stop to top speed it would run a low time, “DRAG RACE”. But a small cube high RPM powerplant, capable of 600 hp, with mid range gears and tubo lag, is what you call “FAST” meaning 0-60 is good, but 60-150 is orgasmic “ROAD RACE”.
So it is obvious. the idea was traditional style, with the “FAST IDEA” instead of the boreing, and too usual, “QUICK CONCEPT” making it the only mustang worth having for a real performance braging right. I admit the rest are cool for what they are, but they just dont compare to this one. And DUSTY, the HEMI is the best, and most respected,V8 powerplant known to mankind, but it has no place in a unibody tincan like a mustang, you know as well as I, that it would twist like a bread tie, instant scrap steel!! I hope the bridge between the “NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISSPLACEMENT” crowd, and the real performance import crowd, not including the,” ALL SHOW NO GO” ricer crowd, can some day be able to see eye to eye, because we are all out for the same thing, THE LOVE AND JOY OF THE AUTOMOBILE, no matter what,breed or model,you may choose to drive, race, or show, we are all just “Car Guys and Gals” PEACE !!!!
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I think it looks very American for the very fact that it has a mixed heritage. why racist? is there such thing as “american race”? Mixing things is very american
I agree most american cars look better than most japanese cars of the same age , however is an engine really a part of car aesthetics? I dont think so..
Only a mechanical engineer can tell if an engine is beautiful or not. (And that is engineering beauty.. not for show) And I think they would aggree most modern japanese engines are indeed beautiful. Nissan engines like this one, SR and VQ are masterpieces.. Moving pieces are minimized, pistons fine polished, molibden coated.. Strong aluminum block.. Lasts for as many years as a Mercedes engine .. They are really beautiful from engineering point of view.. And yes they have style.. For example nissan is very minimalist .. unlike honda and some european brands.. And minimalism and perfection is Japanese soul just like mixing things and making noise is american soul. And as far as I am concerned the word Nissan means “Japanese make”.. it really is.. Consistency .. is style… what does Cadillac mean? Or Chevrolet? are there any Jaguars living in forests of England?
Japanese engine in american chasis does make sense.. Well in fact personally I dont like mustang’s (except for their name.. I like that).. but I love pontiac, chrysler, plymouth etc..in terms of shape.. One with japanese engine would be cool.
For Americans who think Japanese dont have soul.. They couldnt be funnier.. Japanese have nothing but soul.. They are living on a handful of ugly volcanic islands. In conditions worse than hawai, indonesia, fillipines, england, cuba etc etc.. And they became THIS.. You think they still eat just rice? They eat better things than you do.. I think there lies all the problem.. You want to be best in everything but American culture is too young for that, and the world is too big..
Best wishes from Turkey
To all automobile lovers
(and sorry for any grammar mistakes)
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“Ahmet” You are the man ! I love the mix heritige point, afterall that is what AMERICA is supposed to be, “THE MELTING POT” I personaly come from a family line that moved here from Russia only 50 Years ago, if not for The American Dream, I would not be here. I drive RX7s I know allabout Japanese soul, but I also love the american rumble produced by my cutlass, All part of being an all around car guy, the love of FREEDOM,EXPRESSION,and PERSONALITY, Thats the American Dream. And I hope all of us remember to take a moment every day to appriciate and support our troops over seas fighting to protect the American Dream and the way of life we have come to love, but all too often take for granted. From one auto lover to the rest, PEACE!!!!
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a few things to add to this important debate:
i absolutely despise these jap-crap tin cans: yes theyre fast but they lack passion and soul, the mustang is a really brilliant looking car with loads of style and character and it is completely sacreligeous that some idiot who is now worthy if being hung draw and quatered should put a piss-corner matchbox in it.
the person who said ”horsepower sells cars, torque wins races” was actually carol shelby! the creator of the cobra and the shelby mustangs and they are awesome cars.
these japanese tuna cans may be fast but theyre gay, fact! the lack of soul put in the making of jap cars means that the boffins at the factory can make high revving, short stroke engines really efficiently but they sound tinny and awful, and theyre just NOT COOL!!
finally; THERES NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT!!
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THIS CAR IS MADE FOR A MOVIE AND THAT MOVIE IS THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS. You should all know that this isnt the only version also.. yes theres more than one rb powered mustang. and guess what? all for the same movie playing the exact same part. this is not a privatly owned car its a movie prop so stop bitching about the frankenstein like transplant on this forum. if you have a problem write a letter to whoever made that lame ass movie. but in my opinion the 2jz and RB26 are two of the best motors that you can put in a car to this day, not only are they reliable but they are capable of very impressive numbers and times down the 1320. ha and id like to see a mustang hang off the line with a gt-r skyline. i dont care how much horsepower the mustang has the skyline will beat it off the line. nothing better than awd. unless it has slicks.. but then its not street legal. haaha and those who say that jap cars suck. take a look at any car ever made by geo. HAHA
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i think the nissan silvia engine with the turbo on F&F3 film and works perfectly so go fuck my exhuast so wounded
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i feel the 22 rs dock valves would work alot better in this car! although ghost rider does have a good point on the enginges 77cc point inex. But lets all be honest here i think wed all prefer a the 1068 mustang gt 390 but with the new mods inlcuding 6by9s like…
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Wtf?? nissan sucks ass!
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wtf you put a fucken lil 6c in a eleanore wtf is wrong wit you thats tha stupidest thing ive seen well who ever did this slap urself seriously
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the rb26 engine is from the gtr skylines. its a 2.6 twin turbo not a 2.5 single turbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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check out a 1969 camaro zl1 rice boys, its all american, and its 585 ponies, back in the days when we looked a cubic inches not liters. no boost. Lets see do you want rumble or buzz? I think the real question is would you rather go to the drag strip in a tiger or a kitten. And Kids dont you even think about putting a Gtr against a c6 zo6 twin turbo 1100hp 1200 lbs tq stage 1. Sure in a drift your bad not 0-60, a stock ls7 is 3.7 without a turbo. and oh Its a pushrod engine.
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Why the f#@% would you even think about putting a jap-crap engine in a classic muscle car. Steve McQueen immortilised this car in bullit. You ricer bastards need to think, you could put a twin turbo in one of your little crap cars and it probably would be faster than a v8, but you need to think what if a Ford v8 had a turbo, it would fly.
Down here in New Zealand we have a ’72 Ford Falcon XY GTHO with a 460 Cleveland v8 that has 1500 hp, and there are a couple of crazy ass Germans that have built a ’64 AC Cobra with 1100 hp.
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Oh yeah one more thing, we have a drag meeting at meremere down here in new zealand. it puts v8s against ricers and the ricers get there arses kicked. For the last 2 years v8s have won like 45 to 7 or something like that. So you ricer f#@$ can shut you pieholes.
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ricers stay in tokyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GUYS ALL THE SCREAMING IS SILLY. AS LONG AS THEY DON’T PUT F-ING CHEVY MOTORS IN FORDS I’M OK. AND THE TORQUE VERSUS HORSEPOWER DEBATE IS TRUE YET FALSE! HORSEPOWER AND TORQUE ARE JUST TWO WAYS OF MEASURING THE SAME THING! LET’S CALL IT TORQUE POWER!
THAT IS WHY IF YOU NOTICE THERE IS A POINT IN EVERY POWER GRAPH WHERE THE TWO ARE THE SAME! THEY CONVERGE AT A POINT.I FORGET BUT IT IS AROUND 4,400 RPM. I BELIEVE IF MY OLD MEMORY SERVES THAT IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS. THE CONVERGENCE POINT ON A 6 WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE BUT STILL THERE. AGAIN THEY MEASURE THE SAME THING ONLY USING DIFFERENT FORMULAE! BUT TORQUE NUMBERS COME IN LOWER ANDF USUALLY LAST LONGER IN WINNING MOTORS.
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I came here to look at some sweet cars, but what do i find?! A BUNCH OF WANKERS ARGUING OVER POINTLESS CRAP! i happen to drive a japanese car, a 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GT Saloon. Do i see Yank tanks dominating the WRC? no. Do i see american cars dominate the local rallys? no. its all done with evos and WRX’s. Japanese cars have soul. I wouldnt drive the evo if it wasnt a nice car to look at and drive, now would i? no. im not biased, but people who think japanese cars are crap should go suck their mothers left one. and to anybody who thinks anything out of japan is crap: your TV’s, Computer bits, laptops and phones to name a few. if you dont like japanese phones, buy a frickin sagem (ppft. crappy.) or something, but you wont have the reliability or the charm of the japanese product. to japanese car haters: SUCK A FUCKING LIVE GRENADE WITH THE PIN PULLED OUT, DICKHEADS!
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American car suck hairy balls, they dont hold value and can only go in a straight line, not practical for shit. That is one badass car just because of that engine. The Skyline is the king of all cars.
All these that call them rice are fat bastards that think American is better, they have never stepped foot in a fast import car otherwise they would think different. I myself will never buy an American piece of crap in my life. Foreign FTW Assholes
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I can understand why muscle car lovers would be upset about this Nisstang. It’s like an antique collector who would be upset to see an old clock dated back in the late 1800s and somebody cut a hole in an antique clock for a current digital clock made in china just so they could see it better. Yes it would be worthless and have no soul. There are not very many classic cars out there anymore and it would be a waste just to put a Nissan motor in it. There is nothing we can do about it, its their money and their time.
There are a few Japanese cars with an American V8. A Miata with a Mustang engine… It may not have a soul, it may be worthless, but hell it will be faster and fun to drive! http://www.monstermiata.com/
The new Camaro is around the corner and the Challenger will be out next year. It’ll be nice to be able to see those back on the street again. There is now a new E85 Dodge Viper with 1100 HP http://www.e85viper.com/ Also are the new Supra coming back with a V8? (some say its true, some say its not) Don’t forget, the later Land Cruisers has been around with a V8 too.
yeah yeah I wonder why.
Rice is ok but I like beef.
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Real men drive classic beetles. End of story.
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I have came across a name for all cars like this and I will be the first ta say its the greatest thing to happen to the car scene since the 86 corolla. this car should be forever know as a “tuscle” car half tuner/half muscle. what betta way to join 2 diff generations of car inthusiasts
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I’m on the fence on this issue as i am a huge hot rod fan but also have a 1952 morris minor that have a converted to mr2 engine and corolla 5 speed. I love v8s but respect japaniese design. No one can argue though that displacement will always rule supreme regardless of technology. You arent going to get a skyline powered race car to run mid to low 4′s. Only 500+ cid v8s are going to make big numbers (6-7 thousand horsepower).
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EVERYBODY WITH A RICER WHO ONLY PAYS ATTENTION TO COSMETICS AND HOW LOUD THEY CAN GET THEIR FART CAN TO GO IS A POSER. STOCK HONDA CIVICS WITH A FARRT CANA ND SOME BODY KITS ARE NOT FAST!!!! THEY ARE LOUD,OBNOXIOUS, AND MAINLY JUST GUTLESS. IF YOU SEE ME IN MY NOVA ON THE STREET I DARE YOU TO ROLL UP ON ME. I HAVE RACED DOZENS OF HONDAS THAT BRAG OF LOW TRACK TIMES AND SOMEHOW EVERY SINGLE ONE THEM IS LEFT AT THE STOPLIGHT THE SECOND THE LIGHT TURNS. jUST REMEMBER ALL YOU POSING RICER FAGS, THE BULLSHIT STOPS WHEN THE LIGHT DROPS.
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Hi
Looks good! Keep up the great work. It very impressive. Thanks!
G’night
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I know everyone is mad about it not being a big v8 and sure it doenst sound as sick as a 302 or a 428. But the nissan skyline rb26 could walk any small block or big block ford. the only thing done to that motor was the single turbo swap. if you built it and did eagle rods and cp pistons and some head work and a bigger turbo it could could easy make 900 to a 1000 horse whp. the fastest street legal skyline runs 7.82 in a quarter mile. and im sure that as soon as a mustang hooked up it would out run a v8. My skyline will walk a stage 3 roush, and a 2007 zo6. and almost anything around without a bunch of money in it. a skyline will eat a lambo for breakfast with very little work
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you know all these people are dissing how a mustangs got a rb in the hood with rice rims and phat exast hangen out the back i think its a change how many mustangs do you see half jap half muscle who evr actully watched the movie THERE IN FUCKING JAPAN DUM SHITS!!!!!!!!! there not going to fucken put a v8 in the movie its a about drifting!
chris
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hahaha a R32 GTR skyline has beaten v8s before that is why they banned them from Bathurst in australia. oh and RB26 engine normally run two turbos not one and are not in GTS skylines they are in GTRs as the GTS is a none turbo model of skyline.
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It’s funny reading all the arguments in the comments on this page, especially the ricer versus muscle ones. I happen to like old cars the most but I pretty much like all cars. Classic mustangs happen to be way high on my list, especially fastbacks. I personally would never even think about putting a skyline motor in one, if I were able to own this one I would definitely sell the motor and put a small block ford in it. Small block fords are great motors and definitely among my favorites I have 4 cars powered by what is essentially the same motor in vastly different automobiles. The same basic engine that powers my 67 mustang is essentially the same thing that powers my 87 full size 6000 lb. hulk of a Bronco and ain’t a whole lot different than the motor in a newer 5.0 Mustang Cobra. The motor does what it was designed to do pretty damn well and has been doing so for over 40 years but they’re not the best engine ever built.
That said skylines also are pretty cool cars with pretty cool power trains but it’s not the end all best engine ever built either and by no means the most “tuneable”. The funniest things in these arguments are people arguing about high tech versus low tech and power to weight ratio this versus big displacement that. What exactly is so high tech about a skyline motor? Or any internal combustion engine no matter where it comes from for that matter? Other than electronics and manufacturing techniques car engines haven’t changed a whole lot since the 50′s. Don’t get me wrong modern cars are vastly superior than older cars when it comes to handling, safety and just plain drivability but whenever an import supporter argues with a domestic supporter they always argue about old dinosaur v8′s.
An inline 6 with a turbocharger isn’t a new concept by any stretch of the imagination. A whole lot of WWII fighter planes all used turbo charged internal combustion engines as have a whole lot of cars from all over the globe. A turbocharged pancake motor like a Porsche 911 wow ain’t a whole lot different than a turbo powered 60′s Corvair. There are a whole lot of cars from the 20′s and probably even older that ran inline 6′s and Turbo chargers have been around since at least the 20′s. The Nissan motor in this Mustang might have great internal components that make it have great power making potential but it ain’t hight tech.
Variable valve timing has been around since the 60′s as well, all the little vtech worshipping ricers, and yeah I mean the ones with the giant wing powered primered civics covered in R stickers that think it’s the newest, hottest thing that’s gonna give them 2000 horse power, it ain’t. It does make it pretty cool to be able to idle smoothly at low rpm and still have a more aggressive cam profile for higher rpm power though. And that whole high tech rotary BS, it’s still a design from the 50′s.
Check out an Offy motor if you never heard of one. They’re pretty bad ass. Small displacement inline 4 with overhead cams and many were even turbocharged and supercharged. I’ve heard of some putting out around and maybe even more than a 1000 horsepower. They ruled Indy and a lot of other racing for nearly 30 maybe 40 years, until sometime in the mid 60′s when Ford came along with a rather small displacement twin over head cam v8 that was basically the same small block ford motor I mentioned above with different heads. Those who think the Skyline motor is the most “tuneable” motor ever really need to learn something about engines period.
And this whole heavy ass domestic thing is just pure BS. I have a friend with a Honda s2000, it’s really quite a car. Supposedly it puts out something like 400 horsepower all in a pretty small car with a listed curb weight of 2850 lbs. The Mustang from this post however had a listed curb weight of anywhere from 2600 to 3000 lbs. and could have been had with any number of engine combos that could have easily put out just as much if not more horsepower as my friends s2000 with not a whole lot of difference in weight.
And if anything is a dinosaur of a design based upon the number of cylinders and the configuration they’re in it would have to be the inline 6 considering the v8 is at least a couple of decades newer design wise. I would also venture to say that it is v8′s and not inline 6′s that could be found in the most high tech engines in the world considering I don’t think there has been an inline 6 in an F1 car in quite a long ass time.
Taking into consideration my friends s2000 again it is pretty bad ass, it red lines at something like 10,000 rpm and has all forged internals. Because it’s not a pushrod engine it can rev that high pretty reliably. Then again Nascar pushrod v8′s can turn 9000 + rpm for a whole weekend worth of qualifying, practicing and racing and can turn that kind of rpm probably a hell of a lot more reliably than my friends Honda but his Honda wasn’t designed to be abused in that way either. Cars are cars and no matter where they were built they can only do so much well. I’ve seen a lot of really high horse powered Supras that run crazy fast trap speeds proving they make big ass horsepower get spanked by mustangs with far less horsepower and slower trap speeds but with a quicker et. If you’re looking to run 9′s in the quarter there are a hell of a lot of shit boxes from any number of manufacturers that will hand your car its ass on a road course and visa versa. There are also a lot of vintage trans am race cars that still race that would smoke a lot of modern imports on any road course, just as there are a lot of imports that would smoke a lot of domestics just as there are a lot of whatever that would smoke whatever on whatever. If you’re gonna argue about it at least get something other than a stereotype and BS as a point.
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Ok… I’ve read some stupid stuff in this crazy comment section and i’ve come to the conclusion that in the car world there will always be fan boys. Now granted i’m a tuner and i love my imports, but i respect the muscle heads. I actually loved mustangs years ago, and granted there are some years that i’d gladly own. Now when you take into consideration that this is not a traditional swap, there is nothing wrong with it. Cars take four wheels, a chassis, suspension and all that sort of thing, but most importantly a motor. A motor is not rice because it is Japanese. All of us have seen our share of “riced out” domestics. You know the ones, Euro tails, unaffiliated stickers, and Autozone “performance” mufflers. “Rice” is a lack of tuning knowledge which turns in to horrible looking cars. But as fas as the statement goes about Japanese cars not having soul have any of you muscle heads seen either one of these cars..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/150662213_e5b1b26f77.jpg
http://users.tpg.com.au/celica23/toyota/ra25.jpg
The celica may look like a mustang but there is still plenty of soul in older Japanese cars. And let’s not fail to mention that many of the newer domestic companies are learning that all go, and nothing else leads to poor sales. People want more than pure power… So, appreciate the workmanship in the car.. It’s an awesome chassis with an awesome (and very capable) motor in it..
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why the f*** did the owner put a nissan engine in a f***in mustang
is this motherf***er dumb???
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all you people that were sayin its a disgrace to put one in a mustang. it is because noone wants to see an amazing engine be put into such a pos. and do your research the rb26 finely tuned against a finely tuned v8 vill dominate
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i dont think this argument will ever end
both japaneese and american cars can
boast a high HP count, so all there really is
to go on is style , “soul” or handling
everybody will have there own preferance
to each of these things
domestics will prefer to throw their car round a
corner or just pray they never reach a corner
while import fans will prefer to slide round and
prefer corners to long straits.
its all a matter of opinion
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So this is for RB25detz, So with stock internals he made 1117 lbs./tq and ran a 7.78 in the 1320ft….now how many other cars can you recall that can run that fast on stock internals?-Yeah I can name one-how about a ferrari f-430 or maybe a ferrari f-50 or f-60 or even an f-40. Or what about anything lamborghini makes eh? Or anything, like previously mentioned, ferrari makes? Deal with it-italy will always be on top so rice is gay-muscle is great. check out http://www.laughatrice.com for all you muscle and ricer guys. You will get a kick out of it. To all of you-you need to check your grammar and punctuation-damn, my neighbor doesn’t even spell half as bad as you guys!
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were can i buy 1 just like this….this car is amazing
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how can someone compare a ricer to an american muscle car. what they did to this car just is rediculous. so if u think that a little controller will make a four popper bring out more power than a stock v8 there is definitly something wrong with you. if you actually think for a bit if these v8 motors werent so owerful why would real people actually think about doing things to their american cars. all i really have to say is never compare a little four popper import to a v8 american uscle car like a 350,383,454. motors like that.
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The engine you are talking about is not a RB26…
RB26DETTs only came with Twin turbos in GT-R models since R32s.
Therefore the engine you’re talking about is a 2.5 liter and it’s a RB25DET.
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didnt anyone ever tell you size dont matter
this car aint for drag racing so it don’t need a heavy v8
its for driftin’
it was designed for a film with a nissan engine to fit into
the storyline
u ppl really need 2 chill
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dammm nice car but if u change some parts of the engine n put other parts form mustang it will soung a lot better
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that car is so awsome is that the car off of gone in 60 seconds
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wow andrew, your a dumbass. first of all, all that is nice about that pour mustang is the bodystyle. the rest is shit, the engine tranny everything. and no its not the car off of gone in 60 seconds. that was a 67 gt 500. dumbass
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I am a Mustang lover and have been for years. Close minded as I may be this would be like giving me a heart transplant from some Japanese guy when the one I had worked just fine. This is an American named Muscle car that has been disgraced. I know you ricers just love it. Go ahead and enjoy this while it lasts. I hate the way ricer’s look and sound. Even if you beat me with your rice I would still rather drive my sweet ass Mustang any day! And for all you Chevy and Dodge guys out there you better be sticking up for us this time. If it was a Camaro or Challenger we’d have your back in a second! If you see that Mustang on the street just burn it and put the poor girl out of her misery!
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OK, fisrt of all about the RB26DETT engine, it is ONLY found in the Nissan Skyline R32, R33 & R34 GTR’s. In stock form it has been dyno proven to produce over 300hp at all four wheels.
I should know…i own an R33 GTR making 650HP at all four wheels….
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Personally, I like it, the car is very well executed, again with the possible exception of the muffler.
To many out there, I have trouble buying the philosophy of your arguements relating to manufacture, racing, stock engines, cars with “soul” and others. Many of these arguments take no account of the purpose of the car or its components, the multi-national state of the automotive industry, or the relative cost of the vehicles in question…
As an american, I’ve been inundated all my life with the anti-foreign (specifically anti-asian) rhetoric. Which is pretty much based out of the state of the auto industry of the United States. The flaw is that the state of the auto industry for so long in the United States has been pathetic. Poor design, poor execution, poor reliability, lack of innovation. Sorry, it’s true. If you happen to like cars, and not just American cars, you sort of have to have a soft spot in your heart for Japan, for many reasons. Take manufacturing, since much of the American Anti-Japanese sentiment has been about keeping money in the United States. Whose money? Over the last 25 years, the American auto industry has slowly been killing the economy of the state of Michigan. Look at the effects of American car manufacturers on the economies of Detroit, Flint and others. Many American car makers have moved their operations or out-sourced their operations to foriegn countries. By contrast, Japanese manufacturers have been providing many new jobs to Americans over that time (Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Nissan). So the question becomes, whose money? A corporation or an american worker? Because if you haven’t noticed, the United States needs all the new jobs it can get.
From a design standpoint, Japanese automakers have consistantly provided more innovation (Honda especially) than any other auto manufacturers in the world, and unlike Europe, much of it devoted to a price point consumable by the average person and not the wealthy. Why? Good business. The american auto industry has not until recently taken any sort of a leading role in development (that doesn’t mean none at all, but what has been produced can hardly be called industry leading by any standard) of new auto technology.
Bottom line, Japanese auto makers have worked very hard, and deserve their props.
To the comments regarding vehicles with “soul.” “Soul” is a matter of perspective entirely. My grandfather didn’t have many good things to say about the cars of the 1960′s and 70′s compared to the earlier Cords, Packards, Stutts, etc. He thought mustangs, darts, novas, chevelles, etc looked like homogenized crap. I don’t happen to agree with him, but there you go. I think the point is, every generation has their cars they idolize. I grew up in the 80′s, and quite frankly, I don’t think there was much to celebrate (although the Lamborghini Countach will always have a special place in my mind), but I loved the end of the 80′s into the 90′s from Japan. The RX-7, the 300Z, the Skyline, these were cars that could go fast and turn to boot! I didn’t celebrate American stuff because it didn’t bring anything new to the table (ie engines that were starting to get big again, and bad suspension, coupled with poor construction and consumer satisfaction), what about that picture is there to like? They weren’t all bad, no one is going to debate that you can do wonderful things with a Fox mustang, but I never thought it looked particularly inspiring. So to the gentleman who talked about “soul” much earlier on, did you notice the dates on your list? Most Japanese dates are pretty recent, most American dates aren’t. It’s a simple fact, America has been less than inspiring for many people for a while. Our auto makers even proved it to us by out sourcing Japanese cars and engines all through the 80′s and 90′s, and buying controlling stock in some of them. And the big 3 are all guilty. The Eagle Talon, the Honda sourced 6 cyl in the Saturn Vue, Mazda! are all examples of rebadging, out sourcing and involvment on a large corporate scale. When you can come up with good ideas, find people who can.
That all being said, I have always liked the late 60′s mustangs, the 90′s Skylines, and I don’t see any problem with their combination. And I cannot believe the GM’ers suggesting LS1′s in a Ford! How in any way is that less heretical than a japanese engine?! or have you completely taken leave of your senses and forgotten the American debate that has been raging for decades. Once you’ve gotten rid of the original motor, bets are off, do what you want and do it well. Thats respectable.
To the people discussing stock engines and racing success. Isn’t this kind of silly to debate? Stock engines are chosen and designed to sell to a market that will most likely buy it. V8′s do not produce the most power of any engine on the planet, and there are many cars not from Japan that have unbelieveable power to weight ratios (forgive me if I missed any mention of Factory Five, Lotus, Caterham, or TVR as examples). Most major auto makers have had success and many still do, so what? The first 24 hrs at LeMans winner was Mazda, who saw that coming? To say that Americans don’t do racing well is idiocy, same as applying that statement to japan. What kind of racing? Ford has done very well in the WRC, same as Subaru and Mitsubishi, except that you can’t by a rally based Focus anywhere (it’s a mystery as to why). The C5R dominated GT racing for years. The Falken S197 Mustang has triumphed at the highest levels of drifting! Honda and Toyota and Nissan and Mazda all have their successes too (I will always love the 787B race car that won LeMans). I therefore don’t see the merit of arguing based on racing whatsoever, especially in relation to this Mustang.
Btw, I’ve owned lots of Japanese cars, and a few American. My next car? 2008 Ford Mustang GT. The way I see it, I like that good design has found it’s way back into America, and I think the Camaro of next year will be much cooler than the bloated whale body style that ended the 90′s (with a damn good engine…). I also happen to like the new Lancer Evo 10, and the new Skyline GT-R. Good design and execution knows no nationality, and I personally think combining a good engine in a great body is no more wrong than any other resto-mod, and violates the spirit of Ford no more than putting any other part from any other maker in it.
Sorry for the rant.
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Kameleon, did you ever complain that a massive Ford engine was put into an english AC body to make one of the best (I think the best) muscle cars ever made? Did that AC body disgrace the ford engine? Did the ford engine disgrace the million other things it was powering (DeTomaso Pantera for instance)? I just don’t buy it. Otherwise Carol Shelby is guilty of some of the most heinous auto crimes ever committed!
By the way, how many people ever actually leave an RB26DETT stock? I’d just like to know. If you’re in the market for that engine, you’d be stupid to leave it that way. It works much better with a slew of aftermarket go fast parts just like anything else.
While we’re talking about stock engines that slay all, why has no one commented about the Bugatti Veyron 16 cylinder engine that makes 1000hp+ stock? Screw the whole debate, the million plus dollar cars win!! Get over it!! (can you imagine the upgraded aftermarket potential of that engine…?)
Btw, asking the Mopar and GM guys for support is weak when you take every opportunity away from here to cut each other down.
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correction, I meant to say the first JAPANESE 24 hr at LeMans winner was Mazda. Obviously not the first, since it was the 59th running of the race…
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1967 shelby gt 500 plz and thank you
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I think everybody is missing one singular point here. It’s a movie prop. I.E. – it doesn’t matter. They threw the engine in there to motivate the car and more-over because where they got it from, that’s what the nutjob wanted to do for some reason. Relax, sit down. Have a sip of tea. Mustang owners everywhere won’t be doing conversions. I didn’t hear this much squaking when they put a hydralic ram under the Charger in F&F2 to make it look like it did a wheelie. That’s because we all suspend dis-belief that it’s a movie prop and it’s in the script to be that way. That’s the same here. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s a prop. Get over it. ALL of you. The whole engine thing is like comparing apples to oranges. Each has their own flavor.
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Wow these post go on forever!!!! Guess thats what happens after almost 3yrs, only thing I have to say is that you take alot of the SOUL out of a (high performance) car when you change the motor. A once v-8 classic mustang with a nissan motor in it is not a muslce car anymore. Its like a half nissan half ford. It’s an awesome motor just does’t belong in a mustang don,t care how much more effiencent it is. Thats like putting a mustang motor in skyline and claiming you did it cause it sounded better. One of the main reasons the mustangs became an American icon is becuase of the 302, 289 and 427′s stuffed in them. Some things are just better left the way they are. There are plenty of powerful small block (FORD) motors they could have used in the car. This is comming from someone who’s owened over 27 cars all types imports and domestics and. I love all types of cars with all types of configurations inline 4, inline 6′s, V-6, V-8, V-10, V-12 etc.
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I would like to see a continuation of the topic
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