{"id":146887,"date":"2026-03-27T13:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146887"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:50:48","slug":"1972-nissan-skyline-with-a-2-3l-rb20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146887","title":{"rendered":"1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=146889\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-146889\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"146889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=146889\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20 inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-146889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rocky Auto has a unique 1972 Nissan Skyline (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nissan_Skyline#Third_generation_(C10;_1968)\">KGC10<\/a>) at their company in Japan. The Skyline would have come from the factory with a 2.0 L L20 inline-six. It is now powered by a Nissan <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nissan_RB_engine#RB20_(2.0L_I6)\">RB20<\/a> inline-six bored to 2.3 liters. The motor features three twin-throat Mikuni-Solex carburetors, high-lift camshafts, and 50 mm (1.9 in) exhaust. Behind the motor is a manual transmission and presumably the factory Skyline rear end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ntAJSbwv1eU?si=u6t-b0--CnAwsTkx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=146890\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-146890\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"146890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=146890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-09.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-09-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-146897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-09.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-09.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-09.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/rockyauto.co.jp\/stock\/242\">Rocky Auto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocky Auto has a unique 1972 Nissan Skyline (KGC10) at their company in Japan. The Skyline would have come from the factory with a 2.0 L L20 inline-six. It is now powered by a Nissan RB20 inline-six bored to 2.3 liters. The motor features three twin-throat Mikuni-Solex carburetors, high-lift camshafts, and 50 mm (1.9 in)&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146887\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1972 Nissan Skyline with a 2.3L RB20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":146889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1274,230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c10-nissan","category-skyline"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1972-Nissan-Skyline-with-a-2.3L-RB20-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121407,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=121407","url_meta":{"origin":146887,"position":0},"title":"Nissan R34 Skyline with a RB25DET and DCT","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"G\u00f3ral's 2000 Nissan R34 Skyline came with a naturally aspirated 2.0 L RB20DE NEO inline-six. 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After it sold the lucky owner eventually asked JDM Legends to swap the motor and upgrade the handling. 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The car originally came with a 2.0 L RB20 inline-six making 128 hp (96 kW) and 127 lb-ft (172 Nm) of torque. Yung Lee Auto swapped a Toyota 3UZ-FE V8 with a custom stainless\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;R33&quot;","block_context":{"text":"R33","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=59"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nissan Skyline R33 with a Toyota 3UZ V8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nissan-Skyline-R33-with-a-Toyota-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nissan-Skyline-R33-with-a-Toyota-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nissan-Skyline-R33-with-a-Toyota-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nissan-Skyline-R33-with-a-Toyota-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nissan-Skyline-R33-with-a-Toyota-3UZ-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107375,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107375","url_meta":{"origin":146887,"position":3},"title":"Nissan Fairlady Z with a Turbo RB20","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocky Auto shared a video showcasing a Nissan Fairlady Z (HLS30-123825) at its company in Japan. The orange sports car was previously powered by a 2.0 L S20 inline-six but is now powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L RB20 inline-six. The swap also led to the frame being strengthened. 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