{"id":2511,"date":"2012-05-13T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2020-10-07T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:30:09","slug":"fairlady-z-with-rb2630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"Fairlady Z with RB26\/30 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Nissan Fairlady Z is very different then when it first rolled off the assembly line. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockyauto.co.jp\">Rocky Auto<\/a> installed a 3.0 L inline-six built with a RB26 head on top of a RB30 short block. The engine breathes through three 50 mm Solex carburetors. This setup allows the engine to produce 300 horsepower at 7,000 rpm. The drivetrain consists of a R32 five-speed transmission with an ATS carbon clutch and a Cusco limited-slip differential.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2012\/05\/old-meets-new-rocky-autos-rb30-powered-fairlady-z\/\">Speedhunters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Nissan Fairlady Z is very different then when it first rolled off the assembly line. Rocky Auto installed a 3.0 L inline-six built with a RB26 head on top of a RB30 short block. The engine breathes through three 50 mm Solex carburetors. This setup allows the engine to produce 300 horsepower at 7,000&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2511\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fairlady Z with RB26\/30 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[93,401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-240z","category-fairlady-z"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16735,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16735","url_meta":{"origin":2511,"position":0},"title":"Nissan Fairlady Z with a RB26\/30","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1972 Nissan Fairlady Z (HS30) was built by Rocky Auto in Okazaki, Japan. 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