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RB26DETT: why the Skyline's twin-turbo still matters
Three decades on, the engine that defined a generation of Japanese performance — and the myth that grew around it.
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No marque looms larger over the JDM canon than Nissan. The Skyline GT-R — R32 through R34 — rewrote what a road car could do on a circuit, and the RB26 became the engine every rival was measured against. Our Nissan coverage runs from the giant-killer era to the auction records of today.
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Three decades on, the engine that defined a generation of Japanese performance — and the myth that grew around it.
Two straight-sixes, two philosophies, and a rivalry that says more about their owners than their engineering.
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