RB26DETT

Again I am going with an imported engine this time from Nissan. This is a 2.6 liter in-line 6 cylinder engine. The engine comes stock twin turbocharged. Another thing that makes this engine unique is that it has 6 individual throttle bodies. This engine come in a Nissan skyline GTR. I would have to say this is one of my favorite cars of all time the car only comes in all wheel drive and for a while you could not get a license plate for it in the united states. Therefore the engine was commonly ordered from Japan and swapped into other Nissan models such as the 240sx or 300zx I have even heard of cases with the 350z. The engine has commonly made over 600 all-wheel-horsepower with the stock engine internals. With the way that this engine was engineered it makes it really easy to make more power out of it. Really I would not want to max the engine out because I think that it would be more fun to just have it be slightly faster than stock. I would convert it to a single variable geometry turbo and do an air to water setup for a cooling system. One of the problems you run into when you run a huge turbocharger like this engine would desire, is that you have a bad turbo lag thats why I would run a variable geometry turbo. I would do a big break setup from Brembo running a 6 piston caliper on the fronts and the 4 piston rears. I can only dream of ever driving one let alone owning one but thats why I have a poster of this awesome car on my wall in my room, and it is the background of my computer.

4G37

Over the last few days I have been working on another car I own it has a 1.8 liter displacement engine. Mitsubishi makes this engine and I have owned this car for about a year and a half and I have learned a lot about engines through this car. I will begin to tell you a little history about that me and the car. I had the car for only 2 weeks when I had to replace the distributor and that was a difficult part to find and so began the never ending maintenance this car required. Later on that same summer I began to work on the back breaks when I discovered that I needed two new break calipers. Those calipers did not take too long to install but like the distributor they were difficult to get a hold of. Then one day I went out to start it and the clutch would not disengage. So I ended up having to replace the clutch slave cylinder which did not cost me too much and was surprisingly easy to get a hold of. Then after replacing that I had to bleed the air out of the clutch line. Not too long after I fixed that problem it ran low on coolant and I forgot to check it. I ended up blowing a head gasket when the engine overheated. I also got the head machined perfectly flat and replaced other worn out gaskets. That did not fix the problem because I did not have full compression in all of my cylinders. I then began to take the engine apart and I discovered that I had a hole in 2 of my pistons which I replaced along with a few other gaskets. I then figured out that I had a main crank shaft seal leaking. Which I just recently finished. I would say I have finally finished all of the tune-ups on this car. Which I am glad to say because I love to drive this car and it gets much better gas millage than my Acura.

There are a few performance modifications I would love to do to this car some time down the road. A few things would be to find a dodge colt manifold and put a turbo on this car. I have always wanted to put a new suspension on the car to make it handle better, like new struts and springs along with bigger sway bars and strut tower supports. I think that this car could have a lot of potential for a small price. But I would not do anything to it unless I had quite a bit of time to do everything because at the moment I have a project car and I do not have the money or time to take care of both.

K20A3

Tonight I am going to talk about an engine that is a little more personal to me. This engine actually in the car I drive most days of the week. Again it is a two liter displacement engine but, its from Honda. This engine particularly is found in my car, an Acura RSX. The K20A3 is an i-VTEC engine. I-VTEC is a way of variating the valve timing. My engine has a completely different setup than what comes from the factory. To be more specific I have a Garrett GT28 ball bearing turbo and a full three inch exhaust. Also on the exhaust side I have an HKS four-to-one manifold. I just recently painted the manifold and down pipe and a few inner cooler pipes. I also have a custom front mount inner cooler which makes for a nice punch when boost hits. I also have a fairly nice suspension I have Injen coil overs and Megan racing strut tower bars. Along with a c-pillar bar along the back seat. I also have bigger 850 injectors and a larger throttle body. The transmission has a spec stage 3 racing clutch and makes the city driving tough. The suspension has a nice ride for what style of driving its ment for. I have always wanted to take my car to an auto cross because I think it would be a great time learning to drive my car. I love driving my car. The next few modifications I would like to do are get some new rims to improve the looks of the ride and some newer drag radials for the summer driving that I intend to do. But as for this winter I plan on storing it in a garage where it cant be hit by a snow plow or other careless drivers. I also make sure to detail my car about once every three weeks to make sure it keeps its nice shine to it for as long as possible.