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This car is a of a kind build with a fully supported RB26DET swap out of the famed Nissan Skyline GTR. The transmission is the CD009 that came out of a Nissan 350z, it’s a 6-speed known for its durability, and the gearing pairs well with the rear end of the Starion. The last 4 years have been spent building this car up from a shell, it was purchased in mid 2020 and had the first engine start in late 2022. The intention was to have a unique build with this reputable engine in more of a rare RWD chassis, which is surprisingly similar to the 240sx platform. The build was originally planned towards being a road course race car but ended up being more closely related to a drag car, with the lack of some suspension work for road course.

There’s less than 100k miles on the chassis, and approximately 140 miles on the car post engine swap, all of that spent working out bugs and basic tuning. It is drivable and cruises quite nicely actually. Being that it was built to be a track/weekend car, to help facilitate the swap and be as light as possible, all HVAC was removed, all interior except for the headliner and dash was also removed, factory recaros were maintained and are in great shape. A fairly time consuming base tune has been applied, and decent dash setup established, but needs WOT tuning on a dyno. Current wastegate spring opens around 12psi, I have a couple video clips of this car tapping into 30psi on e85 last year before storage.

It will easily make 600hp on any dyno you can find, guaranteed. And probably at or above 700 with the right tune and boost level, cylinder head and turbo being limiting factors in power. I researched and carefully selected each system with future use in mind, the block I’d bet could withstand 900-1,000hp in a drag setting with the right owner. The fuel system is easily capable of that with an extremely large pump, lines and injectors all made to withstand E85 and capable of delivering it. Custom build driveshaft is fit for performance, cooling system is ready for work, oil system modified in areas that compliment the RB like block orifice, cam baffles, oil pump gear set and modded crank, plus a remotely mounted oil filter. This wasn’t my first RB build and the last one is still going 7 years strong at over 500hp with countless launches.

Now I’ll write about the chassis, it’s a straight body, clean carfax with only a few owners, no major destruction of the underbody like you see with some cars jacked up in the wrong places. Pinch welds in tact, it has an underbody coating that I’ve touched up in spots where welding occurred. The car was re-sprayed around 15 years ago from silver to this white, which is showing some signs of deterioration but needs some body work regardless, it works and nothing is destroyed but there are cracks, knicks and other smaller defects pretty pronounced throughout the body, the front and rear fascia I modified to be easily taken off and put back on, handy for race settings. I do still have the rear valence spoilers, just didn’t put them back on because I wasn’t sure what route I was going to go with it. All the lights work including the aftermarket fabricated front turns in place of the factory ones. The interior is gutted with factory bucket seats, a filled and flocked dash, and welded in a 4pt roll bar. All brake lines throughout the car are new, along with a new wilwood master.

The bad:

-There’s a couple spots where corrosion will eventually need to be addressed, as seen in pictures, there’s approximately a fist sized spot on the driver rocker that I just went and cut out, with intentions of fixing and just never got around to it.

-only other spots starting to corrode is the driver side rail right in front of the rail patch I put in for trans crossmember, and the rocker/pinch area on passenger side rear area.

-car needs a trans tunnel built, there are a variety of ways this could be done, I just couldn’t decide and don’t want to commit to it. This would also act as a transmission shield, which is needed for racing, if you’re not racing and like the feeling of a blow dryer on your leg, then just leave it open haha.

-I have parking brake cables, but they aren’t installed

-it needs new rear subframe suspension bushings, and if it’s going to be turned fast, a front sway bar.

-cylinder 4 EGT isn’t reading correctly, and some wiring throughout the car isn’t cleaned up and wrapped, but everything underneath, in the engine bay and most of trunk area is.

-needs a proper exhaust hangar.

-windshield wipers are present, but the motor isn’t wired up to the switch.

It uses AEM infinity, CD-5 and all AEM sensors and boost control, also has AEM can bus module for EGT’s and additional temps. In pics is a list of parts and cost, with total being over $40k and the only labor in that is engine machine shop work. It has a side exit exhaust with a single resonator and it is still extremely loud. Car will come with extras! Such as spare left and right rear quarter panels, a set of 4 SHP (fronts) wheels, and many other parts.

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