{"id":69245,"date":"2021-03-22T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=69245"},"modified":"2021-03-24T12:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:53:29","slug":"datsun-240z-with-a-twin-turbo-rb26dett-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=69245","title":{"rendered":"Datsun 240Z with a Twin-Turbo RB26DETT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1972 Datsun 240Z sold on Bring a Trailer<\/a> for $70,500. The previous owner installed a twin-turbo 2.6-liter RB26DETT N1 inline-six with McKinney Motorsports motor mounts, radiator, and stainless exhaust manifold. A RB25 five-speed manual transmission with a OS Giken twin-plate clutch and flywheel sends power through a McKinney Motorsports driveshaft to an OS Giken R200 limited-slip differential. The car rides on Techno Toy Tuning coilovers with Z Store front and rear sway bars, Wilwood disc brakes, and Rota RKR 15×9-inch wheels with Toyo R888R tires (235\/50\/15). The exterior features an OEM Fairlady grill, BRE front spoiler, Motorsport Auto flares and rear spoiler, and PJ Bonifacio Autobody two-tone paint job.<\/p>\n

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This 1972 Datsun 240Z sold on Bring a Trailer for $70,500. The previous owner installed a twin-turbo 2.6-liter RB26DETT N1 inline-six with McKinney Motorsports motor mounts, radiator, and stainless exhaust manifold. A RB25 five-speed manual transmission with a OS Giken twin-plate clutch and flywheel sends power through a McKinney Motorsports driveshaft to an OS Giken… Read More »Datsun 240Z with a Twin-Turbo RB26DETT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69253,"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":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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-240z"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1972-Datsun-240Z-with-a-twin-turbo-RB26DETT-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102427,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102427","url_meta":{"origin":69245,"position":0},"title":"1970 Datsun 240Z with a Turbo RB26","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1970 Datsun 240Z originally came with a 2.4 L L24 inline-six making 151 hp and 146 lb-ft of torque. 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