HKS to Offer Custom-Built Race Engines

By Colin Wood
Feb 4, 2020 | HKS

Photograph Courtesy HKS Co., Ltd.

Legendary Japanese tuning house HKS has started offering fully built, race-specification engines. Prices haven’t been released as of yet, but if their catalog is anything to go by, they won't be cheap.

So far, HKS will build a Subaru FA20 (Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ) as well as two variations of Nissan’s RB26DETT (R32, R33 and R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R) and VR38DETT (R35 Nissan GT-R). If money were no object, would you buy an engine built for you, or would you rather build it yourself?

Read the release below:

HKS COMPLETE ENGINES

"HKS COMPLETE ENGINE - POWERED BY HKS -" is manufactured with all technologies gained through Gr. A, Drag race, D1 GP and TSUKUBA Time Attack motorsport racing history of HKS more than 40 years.
HKS has been making an effort to build the best racing engine to win various races and improve both engine power and durability.
Making the best engine requires good engineers and facilities. These engines are manufactured at the same facilities and by the same engineers who worked on racing engines before.
In addition, HKS puts all the technologies acquired through past racing experience in these engines. This requires a good understanding of difference between a real racing car and street tuning car.
Experience the true HKS racing technologies with "HKS COMPLETE ENGINE - POWERED BY HKS -".

Join Free Join our community to easily find more HKS news.

Comments

slowbird Dork
2/4/20 3:19 p.m.

I'd buy one just so I could feel justified putting that sick livery on my car.

z31maniac MegaDork
2/4/20 4:12 p.m.

They are over-the-top insane prices.

_ Dork
2/4/20 4:21 p.m.

Deep pockets required. If I could afford it, why on earth would I do it myself??? Building an engine is fun, but I'm nowhere qualified as HKS.

Dr. Hess MegaDork
2/4/20 4:25 p.m.

You guys spelled HK$ wrong.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/4/20 8:08 p.m.

In reply to slowbird :

Not a bad reason.

AlcantaraFTW New Reader
2/5/20 9:40 a.m.

In reply to z31maniac :

You were not kidding! $22k in the US for the step 1 FA20 block!

$22k for oil jets and a mild stroker kit!

The0retical UberDork
2/5/20 10:21 a.m.

In reply to AlcantaraFTW :

The numbers I've seen thrown around for the stroked RB26 are on the order of $40k+.

If money were no object I'd absolutely throw down on an HKS engine simply for nostalgia reasons.

Since it isn't I'd probably have to be convinced by data other than the name.

ShawnG UltimaDork
2/5/20 10:49 a.m.

Those will command a premium, two weeks before racewars.

You'll need to log in to post.

Our Preferred Partners

Try Our Other Magazine