240Z Turbo Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Sweet ride! Though I can't for the life of me figure out why you'd leave the stock fan on there 12" away from the rad and with an electric fan as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Want aZ Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Rich, Exactly what I was thinking??!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 Sweet ride! Though I can't for the life of me figure out why you'd leave the stock fan on there 12" away from the rad and with an electric fan as well... Yea it does kinda baffle the mind. All I can think is, maybe electric fan=cooler water, mech fan= cooler exterior motor/componets Looks damm nice anyway he'd have it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 There's so much room in the engine bay, you could go ahead and stick two of them in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 It would be interesting to measure the weight distribution on that thing. Too bad this one looks like it is in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 After the turbo L6, that is my next project. Thanks for posting the pix! I drove a 240sx with DET swap. I loved the smooth power of the DET. It was nearly seamless on the dyno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Sweet ride! Though I can't for the life of me figure out why you'd leave the stock fan on there 12" away from the rad and with an electric fan as well... They did that so they could see who was best at catching their shirt sleeve on the fan blade. Nice looking swap though. I know those motors can produce some good power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 just about all of the engine is behind the shock towers, i really would like to know the weight distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 i wish someone would distribute a howto on how to do this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD D Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Nice set up, but I would get the intercooler off the rad. You think it would transfer a lot of heat?? Then you would have a interheater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 where would it go? cars a gnose..unless you cut some of the panel out and mounted it on a slant....which would be so damn cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Z Bushido Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 V-MOUNT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 where would it go? cars a gnose..unless you cut some of the panel out and mounted it on a slant....which would be so damn cool. ummm... where everybody else puts it, maybe? (in front of the rad support). It's still the same hood - the g-nose just extends past the point where the stock z's buckets stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 V-MOUNT I'm working with someone on an SR20DET conversion now and they keep saying the same thing. And I keep asking, "Where's the air going to go after it comes through the front of the car?" The engine compartment aero of the early Z is designed to exhaust radiator airflow down immediately after the radiator. A V-mount won't change that basic airflow pattern so the radiator (which is traditionally on the bottom of a V-mount) will receive most of the air flow and the intercooler will be stuck in a dead air zone near the hood. The other alternative is to belly pan the engine compartment, put a big rectangular hole in the hood with a forward lip, and exhaust all the air-flow up (like an NSX front hood). That will require a front air dam and splitter plus the belly pan and the internal engine bay ducting. FYI... I was able to get the SR20DET engine mounted behind the front crossmember, which doesn't appear to be the case in the pictures I've seen so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 john, will you sell a kit for this conversion? please do..there's gobs of interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Probably not. There's too much welding involved in the installation, including notching the crossmemeber. I can't oversee the quality of the work but I could still be held liable for something going wrong. If its for a track only car - not registered for the street, not insured, and the customer signs a disclaimer then I might consider making and selling the mounts. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 AHh john! what a burn man. Oh well...high compression L engines are still where its at for me...who needs fuel injection anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Z Bushido Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 V-MOUNT I'm working with someone on an SR20DET conversion now and they keep saying the same thing. And I keep asking, "Where's the air going to go after it comes through the front of the car?" The air will flow out of vents in hood, i'd have something similar to this: or this: i would fabricate a belly pan aero panel out of thick lexan that covers everything in front of the crossmember. i think with all the extra space in the engine bay a V-mount setup with a custom rad support would be the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jae Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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