The RB26. The legend of the JDM tuning industry. The GTR and the RB26 have developed a huge following throughout the course of its history, through success in domestic and international circuit racing events and due to its successes on the drag strip as well.
However, the baby 2.6L capacity began to reach its limits and alternatives began to emerge in order to resolve this issue, whilst maintaining the capability to rev highly and remain strong and reliable. Hence, the Nitto RB26 2.7L and 2.8L kits came to fruition.
There was a significant need in the market for a kit that increases the capacity of the RB26, thus, we created our RB26 2.8L stroker kit. To date, the success of the RB28 kit can be seen on the circuit with various Open Class World Time Attack Challenge competitors utilising our kits. This application is arguably the most difficult application for any set of components to endure, given the punishing nature of circuit racing, testing the ability to maintain a certain level of performance over extended periods of time. Additionally, plenty of builds run the RB28 kit on the drag strip with considerable success and these kits can also be seen in street driven applications.
The kit consists of our Nitto/CP pistons in 86.5mm/+0.020” and 87mm/+.0.40” bore sizes. These pistons are cut from low silicon content 2618 material in CP’s Turbo HD forging. In addition to these, the pistons are complete with Nitto custom specifications, PVD rings, 9310 gudgeon pins, accumulator grooves and friction reduction grooves.
The connection between our crankshaft and piston is made possible by our V2 connecting rod. Made from double melted forged billet 4340, the V2 features a revised I-beam pocket and CHE pin bushes amongst other features to easily produce 2000hp. These connecting rods come with 3/8 ARP 2000 rod bolts as standard, with the option to upgrade to Custom Age 625+.
Completing the kit is the 4340 billet crankshaft in 75.7mm/77.7mm stroke. This crankshaft has been purposely designed with strength and high power applications in mind. The crankshafts are an immaculate piece with precision manufactured knife edging to reduce weight and cut through crank case oil mist with ease. This enables the crankshaft to rev freely and easily.
