{"id":50214,"date":"2019-12-23T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50214"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T19:52:24","slug":"awd-nissan-s13-with-a-turbo-3-2-l-rb-series-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50214","title":{"rendered":"AWD Nissan S13 with a Turbo 3.2 L RB-Series Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50222\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1449%2C815&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1449,815\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"AWD Nissan S13 with a turbo 3.2 L RB-Series inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Nissan S13 with a turbo 3.2 L RB-Series inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Nissan S13 with a turbo 3.2 L RB-Series inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1449&amp;ssl=1 1449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been two years since <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17242\">we shared<\/a> Jason Ruby\u2019s 1990 Nissan Silvia S13. In that time he&#8217;s continued to push the limits of the project. The engine bay now holds a turbocharged 3.2 L RB-series inline-six built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Matt-Sims-Performance-2211754218842462\/\">Matt Sims Performance<\/a> making 1,140 horsepower to the rear hubs on 40 psi of boost and E85 fuel. The engine features a RB25DET head, RB30 block, Nitto 3.2 L stroker kit, Precision 7675 turboccharger, and Haltech Elite 2500 ECU. Power is sent to all four wheels through a Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission with a TCE converter, Nissan GTR transfer case and differentials with 4.11 gears. Jason&#8217;s current best is a 8.20 sec quarter-mile at 166 mph.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ukQaGoxeYX0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGMSD1d9hUCx5zuckdDKtDA\">StreetMachineTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been two years since we shared Jason Ruby\u2019s 1990 Nissan Silvia S13. In that time he&#8217;s continued to push the limits of the project. The engine bay now holds a turbocharged 3.2 L RB-series inline-six built by Matt Sims Performance making 1,140 horsepower to the rear hubs on 40 psi of boost and E85&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50214\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AWD Nissan S13 with a Turbo 3.2 L RB-Series Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[601],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s13"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AWD-Nissan-S13-with-a-turbo-3.2-L-RB-Series-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1449%2C815&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107721,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107721","url_meta":{"origin":50214,"position":0},"title":"Nissan S13 with a 2JZ-GTE Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This Nissan S13 arrived at CBS Racing in the Netherlands for several upgrades. 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