OlderThanMe

A N/A 3.2 L6 with triples about 8 inches behind your head would be quite nice...

I had a couple ideas for doing an AWD Z. Idea 1: 1: Use Nissan R200 or R180 differentials so that gear ratios can be matched front/rear. 2: Put the R32 transmission into the Z32 bellhousing 3: Use adapter of choice to attach your engine to the Z32 bellhousing(or stay with the RB housing if going the RB route) 4: Frontier/pickup/pathfinder front diff which is offset to the passenger side. 5_A: Struts from some other FWD car and maybe a set of JY axles that will fit? OR 5_B: Maybe use Nissan pickup/Frontier hubs and build new control arms to give the desired camber control for a car. I was considering doing something like this but...It means more dowtime and I'd need to re-engineer the front end ofthe Z which isn't in the plans until 2+ years from now. I imagine there will be a lot of talk about parts but not enough guts to cut off the front off a Z to do this kind of modification.

Here is a video of one on NHK (A Japanese news channel) with what I am guessing is the old driver. LINK Another interesting vid

So I've been planning a race car based off of an L6 plaform for a while now. I was thinking of a Prince R380 replica. Prince was eventually bought by Nissan and designed the L series engine. How cool would it be to buiild a replica that had a nice high compression L20A/L24 mated to some kind of transaxle? The original had the GR8 engine which was the pre-cursor to the S20 engine. The S20 is similar to the L series but had a crossflow DOHC cylinder head among other things... Tony_D/HLS30-H/others would know much more than I know in that area. Anyway that has been something going through my head for the last couple years... I love the body too. Has a *slight* resemblence to the Z that came after it. A kit car could probably even use a lot of Z suspension pieces to make it more affordable to build. Or even slap in a 400hp+ L28 based turbo motor. For somethig like this I'd prefer a smaller displacement engine screaming it's head off at high RPMs... Opinions/ideas??

Just for the record... I have some detailed drawings of one of the the Nissan VRH35 engines (in the nissan race cars of the late 80's and early 90's) and can tell you confidently that the VH45 from the Q-ship and VRH36-thing in the new Skyline are NOTHING like the racing engines. Sure the blocks may have similar cylinder bank webbing and such to the racing motor but not much else. Things were implemented in the VRH35 motor that are VERY cool and make the VH45 look like an SBC in comparison of enginneering level...LOL Cylinder heads in the VRH35 V8 engines had lifters and directly actuated the valves(no rocker arms), much better exhaust ports, block had stronger bottom end, space age pistons, etc... It could be though that the VRH35 flat-plane crankshaft (possibly made of un-obtainium) will fit in the VH45's bearing journals but that is not even certain.

AlexS13, Welcome to HybridZ! Follow the rules and search a lot and things will be easy for you. This site has a wealth of info and is good to be on as long as you can grow a bit of a thick skin. The turbo from the Z31 can be used in conjunction with a L28ET turbo manifold if you are building a turbo L6. The Z31 turbo is a water and oil cooled unit and it is said to be more properly sized for an L6 as well as more reliable from the beter cooling. You could transplant the entire drivetrain into the 240Z... A few members here have transplanted Z31 drivtrains into their Z's. Search for member "Zr8ed" who has a turbo Z31 motor in his beautiful Z. What year is the Z31? I'd be VERY interested in the diff if it was an 87+ model.

I use building my car as therapy... LOL Unfortunately therapy broke my finger. Thus therapy gets to wait. I've had my Z for 4 years now. Still hasn't complained once through major failure and me beating on the body. Now It's time for a bigger heart and new hips. It could care less...

Tony didn't create that web page... fyi.

crazy northern Europeans....LOL

Umm are they an OE Q45 part? Check on Nicoclub.com. There are about 5 guys on there parting out complete Q45's.

The lower part of the header on that Honda was beautiful!!!

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/car/553779840.html Hope this helps someone out. Looks good to me for the price!!!

Aero isn't really a problem for road racing on an S30...There are many things that can be done with light mods to help. How many "stock bodied" Z32's or 240sx's won road racing championships? Not many...

cool buy! How bad is the rust? Those carbs are weber down-drafts... They can be tuned for pretty good driveability from what I hear. Just not great for top performance.

Dang! It has those weird turbine housings that go both ways around the turbine wheel... Does the exhaust go in horizontally?

Terry, That's horrible! I just broke my middle finger when it got in-between a torque converter vs. concrete battle. I guess too many of us are rushing to get cars out of hibernation and ready for the driving season.

Thanks guys! Hanns, This is why I'm going to use a flywheel instead...LOL I learned from my jaw shattering wreck that a high protien and calcium diet can help the bone recover quicker. Believe it or not "Ensure" is really good for you. It was my primary diet for 6 weeks when my jaws were tied together. 250 calories in 8 ounces of joy filled thick chocolate liquid...LOL. Now I sound crazy!

I was in and out of the ER in under 1.5 hours. Atlanta definitely has the best hospitals. We had to drive 35 minutes to the hospital that we knew wasn't busy. Track day while on meds is sort of a bad idea...lol Left handing this mouse really stinks...lol. and eating left handed...

umm... get turbos and find where they fit and then make manifolds? Until my manifolds hit the market there probably won't be any bolt-on manifolds that will fit the VH for turbos.

I was taking the torque converter off of my VH45 emgine and didn't know how much a torque converter weighed. I was thinking 20 pounds...LOL 45Lb torque converter fell a foot and squished the long finger on my right hand. Went to the ER when the pain was getting worse and swelling bad. Broke under the fingernail somewhere... Now I have a splint on my right middle finger. LOL! Not good for driving in traffic! Now the engine stuff is all over the garage and the Z is outside with a window stuck down...arg.

Just seperated the engine from tranny. Good grief. I could have dismantled about 2 L6 motors in the time it took to get that tranny off. Now I have to get the torque converter off by getting to the bolts from the starter hole. I now am going to buy a socket for the crank pully to turn the engine over to get at all the bolts.

I'm predicting higher intake pressure on cylinders #1,3, and 5... Higher pressure on #5 is also bad since that would raise the problematic temperatures more... I am wondering if (a) vortex generator(s) could be used (like what was tested in the aero forum) to counteract the three vorticies in the plenum. The first flow divider makes me think it will help the lower pressure area by cylinders #1 and 2.

Yeah I'm just leaning toward the single turbo. Most viable... If I want to do the twincharged setup that can always be added in. Not likely though. I may do a twin turbo setup though with an externally gated HX35 and an HX50/52/55 turbo as the larger one. Setting them up to push air in parallel with the large turbo blocked off at lower RPMs. Think RX-7... sort of like twincharging but without the power loss of the supercharger.

Bam!

Nice!!! www.blindchickenracing.com has some good photos about their benders. Gijonas: You should post about your suby here. Maybe put a thread in the "other projects" section. I'm going to build a lifted suby one day...been into them for years but just can't use another project right now...