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First off I'd like to say thanks to everyone for taking their time to help a noob out.After all the advice the general opinion says that I should stay with the v6,I am leaning towards that way but I don't want to hate myself down the road for taking the easier but not better option.I guess the question is which would be better in terms of speed and cost?I know they both can hit rwh400 but wouldn't the v8 hav more torque?which is more important than horsepower right? Also would the v6 suffer for being put under that ammount of strain? The other advantages the sbc has is, it sounds mean,no turbo spoolup,and it's physically bigger so you would have more to work with. My main goal is to have corvette[the older ones not the z06]or muscle car speed and power.I want to show those camaros and mustangs who's boss:mrgreen: It really all depends if my buddy would actually want to do the swap,which I don't know if he would,He offered to help build up the v6 but he likes nissans and their turbo engines. Alf do you have a writeup or guide I could email him and see if he wants to do it?If he dosn't then I'll have go v6 as I can't do the swap myself.If he'll do it ,I might go for it.Alf you make it sound real easy,is it?I mean besides the engine mounts and tranny mounts how bad is it?especially since you did all the figuring out. Oh How much did it cost you to do?and do you think I could do it for $3000?I plan to do most of the work.[actually have my buddy do the work I'll supervise Lol]Also what made you pick a small block instead of going the turbo way?just wondering. Thanks. Oh speaking of suping up cars I saw this thing on the discovery channel or something like that and they were showing a shop that made peoples cars into racing monsters for them[probly cost as much as a lamborginie to do it]and there were these people that brought in a riced out civic and the mechanics totally redid the engine and modifed everything,in the end it had a racing engine I think v6 and it had like 40psi boost.I mean I can see upping a car if it's cool like a z,covette,camaro ect but a civic?

Thanks for you input guys. I did search before posting and The way Alf was talking the swap sounded real easy and reletivly cheap I mean engine around 1500-2000 plus tranny 500 and engine mounts 500.Thats why I was hoping someone would post a guide so I could see if my mechanic friend would be interested in helping me do the swap,I mean If for a little extra effort I could add lot more potential down the road,How much potential does the v6 have?I just don't want to wast my time and money,by taking the easy way out but I don't want to go overboard[well not untill I start making more money] Hey Dj Paul where do you do you'r shopping for parts?according to the people on zcar .com and the places they list to buy parts here is what the parts cost.This is what I'm told I'll need Tranny[the stock is weak and won't last past 220 rwhp,and mine has a slow leak]they go for $500,rebuilt or used.I was told to get an 85 na becouse they are nearly industructable and bolt in. As for a clutch everyone recommends the Act stage 3 clutch $350[the stock clutch hardly holds now at around 8 psi boost .Fuel injectors new $300[sometime there are some used ones for 100]I believe that If I sent my stock turbo into pheonix turbo they would charge around $700 to put it into the stock housing and keep the stock one for a core charge.As for intercoolers they run for around $400 on ebay,plus money for piping. This may be a stupid question ,but if I take the heads out to port and polish shouldn't I just have the engine rebuilt? I mean it has around a 198000 miles on shouldn't i just have it rebuilt while it's out and in pieces or can you take the heads out without tearing the engine appart?sorry if it's a stupid question but I'm new to this.[thats why I have a friend who can do this.]Also some recomend putting in a higher performance cam while others don't thinks it's worth the money,what do you guys think? I also need an Ecu around $500 for megaquirt.Thats why I was thinking of a v8 swap Becouse the way Alf was talking it sounded easy and about the same ammount of money.But maybe easy for him is impossible for me. I got most of the info off redz31.com,zcar.com and the guide at z31.com. Anymore help would be apreciated.

Hi everybody,I have been been looking and reading this site for a while now and need to ask a question,about what to do with my z. I am 17 and have a 1984 300zx 5 speed turbo,and my goal is around 350-400 Horses at the wheels eventually.and was wondering if I should use the turbo v6 or a v8.I have a friend who workes on nissans and he has been helping me and according to him and the people at zcar.com In order to hit 350-400 horses at the wheels with my v6 I'll need to rebuld the engine,port polish heads,upgrade fuel injectors,ecu,put in a racing clutch,upgrade tranny[the stock is weak]upgrade turbo,and put in a intercooler.doing the work ourselves and maybe having my uncle [he is a machinist]do the porting and polishing it will cost around $3000-$4000 which got me thinking Instead of doing all that I could just drop in a mid performance [carbed for easier intalation] small block instead. I have have wanted to do a v8 swap but nobdy seemed t0 have done any into a z31,now it seems a bunch of people have done it and I was wondering is it worth it in terms of cost or would I be better just upping the v6 and turbo? it seems like it would have more room for improvement. .Does anybody have a guide with step by step instructions?becouse I heard that someone [can't rember who ]said they did a basic sbc 350 swap into a z31 for around $2500.The biggest turnoff is that there was so little info on doing a swap.So if there is a guide that lists the engine models used,dimentions of engine mounts ect I would be gratefull for it and I'd have my buddy lok at it and see if he is interested in helping me. On a scale of one to ten how hard would it be?I know the hardest part is figuring it out but if some one did the all that and you just had to follow directions how bad would it be?I live in michigan and about an hour and a half from detroit so getting some detroit muscle would be easy and reletivly cheap[a rebuilt mid performance small block 350 is around $1500 -$2000]especially if my friend and I rebuilt a smallblock from a junkyard ourselves.And my uncle who is a machinist could probly make the engine mounts if I give him a the specs. Also I would like to keep the car a manual tranny prefer a 5 speed but don't know it that is possible,is it? Thanks