One of the controversial automobiles from the “Quick and Livid” franchise is the RB26-powered Ford Mustang from “Tokyo Drift.” If you happen to’ve ever puzzled why the manufacturing group determined to stuff an iconic Nissan engine in a traditional American muscle automotive, or the way it was achieved, this video has the solutions. It options Craig Lieberman—technical advisor on the early “Quick and Livid” films—and Sean Morris, the automotive’s builder.

Utilized in a number of generations of the Nissan Skyline GT-R, the two.6-liter RB26 inline-6 is likely one of the most legendary engines to return out of Japan. The automotive symbolizes most important character (and muscle-car lover) Sean Boswell totally embracing Japanese drifting and tuning culture.

Morris is a GT-R specialist, and was introduced in to advise on the undertaking. He selected a reasonably primary model of the RB26 with a single turbocharger (versus the inventory GT-R twin-turbo setup), attributable to clearance points within the Mustang’s engine bay. The engine was coupled to an FS530RA 5-speed handbook transmission, with a Ford 9.0-inch rear finish.

Within the film, the engine is sourced from an S15 Nissan Silvia that had been wrecked in an earlier scene. That is led many individuals to conclude that the Mustang truly sported an SR20 inline-4 (the engine supplied within the S15 from the manufacturing facility), not the RB26, Morris stated. That is unfaithful; within the context of the story, that is merely a case of a twice-swapped engine.

As with different film automobiles, the “Tokyo Drift” Mustang was truly a number of automobiles. Six or seven Mustangs have been utilized in filming, in accordance with Lieberman, a mixture of 1967 and 1968 fastbacks. The remainder of the automobiles had V-8s, together with the automobiles truly used to movie drifting and different stunts, he stated.

After filming, the automobiles have been dispersed. One of many V-8 stunt automobiles was supplied on the market in 2019 with an asking worth of $179,900, and a minimum of two different automobiles are thought to outlive.