One of the all-time great spoof comedies, the classic, "Young Frankenstein" (... that's Frankensteen), shows what can be done when "used" parts are mixed with creative thinking, three million gigavolts of electricity and a dash of cayenne pepper. We can see the same creative juices flowing at Premiere Autotechniks of Prembroke Pines, Florida. We're not saying the shop has an auto-opening skylight, retractable lightning rods and one of those cool machines with the towering electrodes. What we are saying is the crew has created a monster.
The ghoulish deed started with a 1996 Nissan 240SX and hit fever pitch when the idea of dropping an RB26DETT Skyline GT-R bullet in the engine bay materialized. Karl Allen of Premiere Autotechniks relates that the big challenge was getting the engine to nestle low enough in the car. "Building a project car can require a lot of experimentation. The key is don't be afraid to take chances. Be ready for some serious trial-and-error and to exercise a good deal of patience."
The RB has been built for big boost with a fortified bottom end and a massaged cylinder head. Within the race-bred block CP pistons swing on a balanced-modified stock crank via Crower connecting rods. Static compression checks in at boost-friendly 8.5:1. A grip of GReddy hardware is poised to zap the RB to life. The Nissan runs a GReddy T88 single-turbo conversion with a GReddy Type-R blow-off valve and a GReddy wastegate on call in supporting roles. Once the exhaust gases have energized the turbine as God intended, an A'PEXi GT Sport cat-back system leads the fumes to their ultimate demise.
Atop the mighty 2.6-liter inline six sits a fully reworked 24-valve cylinder head. Premiere Autotechniks and MTS handled the disassembly, porting, polishing and reassembly operations. During reinstallation the head was fitted with HKS 280 degree cams and adjustable cam gears for fine-tuning finesse.