Swapping a RB26DETT into a 92-96 Prelude

I have a 93 Prelude and am wanting to know if a RB26DETT engine swap is possible. Ive never heard of anything like this and am wondering if anyone has heard of it or knows what would need to be done to make this swap possible. :evillol:

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That question shows just how sorry Ohio is, especially Cincinnati. No one here knows ANYTHING.

So I take it that you guys dont think it can happen, huh????

Oh it can be done. Anything can be done with the right amount of $$ but is the hp/trq gain vs. the price and headache? Not to mention the stability of a Honda w/ a big ass RB26DETT. Overall............it's a dumbass idea. You want to do something creative and dangerous??? Slap the RB26 in a Geo. :rolleyes:

these types of questions are what makes everyone else hate on import builders, this is just ridiculous, not only will it cost 10x as much to fabricate everythign to work, especially converting the drivetrain to RWD, but making a longitudally mounted engine fit in a horizontal engine bay is just ridiculos.

if ya have a prelude, spend you money on an h22 swap.

:werd: thats a goofy idea

:attention ...for that question I am thinking we should :banhim:...I mean how stupid can one person be?


Hey you guys think I could swap an Sr20DETT into a 67 AMC gremlin???..kthx

:attention ...for that question I am thinking we should :banhim:...I mean how stupid can one person be?


Hey you guys think I could swap an Sr20DETT into a 67 AMC gremlin???..kthx

There's only one T on an SR20DET. But swapping that into a gremlin would be about 50 times easier and more feasable than dumping the RB26DETT into a prelude because the gremlin is already RWD. I think this guy just wants to have skyline power yo!

lol funny post :screwy:

rwd...tube chassis....fiberglass prelude body would be the easiest route.....im guessing you just want straight line performance. anything can be done with the right amount of money. lots of cutting...fabrications....r&d will have to go into making your prelude able to handle the RB. but like is aid tube chassis and a fiberglass body is the only way i would ever do it. if you got money too spend to do womething like that....why not just buy a skyline already.

:nono: give the guy a break, we've all had funny ideas like that at one point or another. It's a legitimate question if you aren't very knowledgeable on the logistics of things along those lines. Then again i've seen people fit a 4.3hp v6 in a suzuki samurai. so anything is possible

4.3hp?? lol :icon16:

what i meant to say was 4.3ho (the chevy "high output" 4.3l v6) i just missed the o key and hit the p and didn't notice. :screwy:

If your serious I can put one in a 240sx for you.

I think sombody already mentioned it, but i'll say it again. Prelude is a fwd car...and rb is for rwd or the badass GTR AWD system. So the only car it is good on in my opinion, besides skyline, is 240s. I don't like 300zx a lot.

just my :2cents:

speaking of engine transplants into suzuki samurai's when i attended UTI i had an instructor with a samurai....with no engine under the hood! they managed to install a complete VW bug rear assembly including motor axles swingarms...and the bitch ran too.

If your serious I can put one in a 240sx for you.

This is gonna be my next project after my accord is done, but with a RB25DETT.

This is gonna be my next project after my accord is done, but with a RB25DETT.
If you need someone to do the swap you know where to find me. And why would you go rb25det over a rb26dett?

I just noticed I put tt, oops. Anyway, it weighs less and is more abundant I guess would be my reasons. More abundant means cheaper. That and I've heard it's an easier install. Also, where are you located. I'm in the Puget Sound area of Washington and I've heard there is a shop up here that has the engines.

I just noticed I put tt, oops. Anyway, it weighs less and is more abundant I guess would be my reasons. More abundant means cheaper. That and I've heard it's an easier install. Also, where are you located. I'm in the Puget Sound area of Washington and I've heard there is a shop up here that has the engines.
the rb25det weighs only a couple pounds less. Im in california.

hey if you really want nissan turbo power they make a fwd sr20 ive herd swaped into civics but im not 100%

I have a 93 Prelude and am wanting to know if a RB26DETT engine swap is possible. Ive never heard of anything like this and am wondering if anyone has heard of it or knows what would need to be done to make this swap possible. :evillol:

Here is another Fast and The Furious fan. Good, I just hate watching "them" ruin our import coulture, and put a bad example for other people..... :rolleyes:

thats funny i found this thread. i ran a search and this is the only thing i found. i too was wondering the same thing bcause today i was pointed out that this kids friend had put a skyline motor into his 4th gen lude. i have a 4th gen lude and was just wondering if this was bull or he really did it. i ask the guy to ask his friend to email me. so if i hear anything from him i'll be sure to post it. anything is possible w/ enough money i guess lol

you can't put in the sylvia engine into a front wheel drive car,
you're thinking of the gtir or bluebird dets those you can transplant.

hey if you really want nissan turbo power they make a fwd sr20 ive herd swaped into civics but im not 100%
many people have lusted after the light body of a crx with the power of the sr20det, i couldn't do it myself, kinda like putting a chevy engine into a ford car.
blasphemy

yeah i know what u mean it don't seem right to me either. and i ask the guy again today and it was a supra motor he put into his prelude. so that was my bad i got those switched up.

:banghead: it's retarded movies like fast and the furious that have people like this come out and say stupid things like this. i think if you have a honda stick to a honda motor same way as other car manufacturer. asking these types of question just gets you laughed at.

:banghead: it's retarded movies like fast and the furious that have people like this come out and say stupid things like this. i think if you have a honda stick to a honda motor same way as other car manufacturer. asking these types of question just gets you laughed at.

fast and furious was a terrible movie, yes. but that doesnt take away from the fact that it progressed the import scene. whether you like it or not. parts became more redily available and cheaper. and the biggest benefit of the fast and the furious was that it separated the truely dope cars from the jokes. after the movie came out everyone wanted a "2JZ Supra" well, 16 year olds cant afford a $25K car. so they all went to walmart to try and make their ford probes and dodge neons look like the supra they saw. opening the door up for you!

be creative! put an f-in' skyline engine into a lude! just make sure when youre done youve got a car load full of ladies while dusting off some dudes Cavaler or something... :cheers:

There's only one T on an SR20DET. But swapping that into a gremlin would be about 50 times easier and more feasable than dumping the RB26DETT into a prelude because the gremlin is already RWD. I think this guy just wants to have skyline power yo!

Hey retard, theres a Sr20DET engine and an SR20DETT engine, the DETT engine has twin turbos, connotating the "TT" whereas the SR20DET is a single turbo engine.

don't think there's a sr20dett

but the idea sounds like fun and something i'd attempt if i was rich enought to pay someone else to do it :thumbsup:

www.nissantech.com

Hey retard, theres a Sr20DET engine and an SR20DETT engine, the DETT engine has twin turbos, connotating the "TT" whereas the SR20DET is a single turbo engine.

Hey retard, since when did they start twin turbocharging 4 cylinder engines. There is no sr20dett. Sr26dett yes, sr20dett no. Please learn some facts before you call someone else a retard.

ok, the RB26 engine comes only with an awd drivetrain and thus it prolly is possible to put it in a fwd car, but that would be rediculous, RBs have iron blocks, and if you put it in a little fwd honda, that would throw ur handling way off, plus the engine bay prolly isnt even big enough. and another thing, that motor was made for a japanese car (right hand drive) and the turbos would get in the way on the stearing column so all in all dont do it. P.S. there is such a thing as an SR20DETT, it is very rare and mostly came on the european versions so dont talk shit unless you know a thing or two

ok, the RB26 engine comes only with an awd drivetrain and thus it prolly is possible to put it in a fwd car, but that would be rediculous, RBs have iron blocks, and if you put it in a little fwd honda, that would throw ur handling way off, plus the engine bay prolly isnt even big enough. and another thing, that motor was made for a japanese car (right hand drive) and the turbos would get in the way on the stearing column so all in all dont do it. P.S. there is such a thing as an SR20DETT, it is very rare and mostly came on the european versions so dont talk shit unless you know a thing or two

Wow, you sure know your stuff, please tell me how it is that people put rb26dett's in a 240sx if it only can work on a right hand drive car. Please show me a link to a sr20dett, I'm dying to see a factory twin turbo on a 4 cylinder engine.

sorry i wasn't more clear, the turbos do get it the way of the stearing column in 240s, but often the solution is to use a dremel to shave down the outer casing of one of the turbos. plus the 240 has a larger engine bay to fit a rwd engine and transmission. The problem in 240s is that the awd transmission found on all rb26s is for an awd car and so you would have to use an Rb25 transmission. Your biggest problem in your prelude is that the engine bay is more compact and it would be a lot more difficult to fit the rb26 into the engine bay w/o removeing the turbos completely. a j-spec h22 with moderate upgrades will give you plenty of power even na.

by the way after further research, i realize that there really is no factory sr20dett. However, it has been done before. the probability of it actually working the same as on the 6-cylinders is slim, most people who do it are just trying to create an awe factor so on that i admit that I was wrong but at least i admitted it and researched it. Good luck with the rb swap though

crazy nissan people, i love them...in a completely heterosexual way.

yeah, i'd hit it. :boink:

by the way after further research, i realize that there really is no factory sr20dett. However, it has been done before. the probability of it actually working the same as on the 6-cylinders is slim, most people who do it are just trying to create an awe factor so on that i admit that I was wrong but at least i admitted it and researched it. Good luck with the rb swap though

Thanks for at least admitting it. Anything can be done if you wanna blow a lot of money, but like you said twin turbocharging a 4 cylinder is not effective at all. You can get just as much power from a single large turbo as you can from 2 turbos. That does not hold true for 6,8 or 12 cylinder engines though. As far as putting a rb26 into a prelude, somebody had to be smokin crack or just has too much money cause it would be nearly impossible unless it was a trailer queen.

As far as using the h22, to be able to get any amount of power from an h22, you really should go with a turbo. Supercharging gives moderate gains but say with a stock j.r. setup, you are still only getting 225-250 to the wheels. Going the n/a route, you will top out the motor at around 350 to the wheels. The problem with going all motor is that too big of a cam and you start throwing timing. That 350whp is what I was told by some pretty reputable mechanics at the shops I go to, so don't take it as fact, but I'm pretty sure it's close.

no doubti'm just trying to learn as much as I can and pass that on so thanks for those figures you got about an na h22 because I have been considering going all motor in a civic or integra but if I went the the turbo route, I'm just worried about turbo lag, because i'm not sure a b18 or b20 will be able to spool up a big turbo very quikly. What size turbo do you think would pull strong whp and still be reasonable, keep in mind the car would be a daily driver

Here is another thread that I've been posting in that can give you a little info, even though the block is different, it still pertains to your question. http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=156459 Both maxspeed and I were basically saying the same thing, with a little head work, safe boost and a good ems, moderate hp can be made.