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thanks nismopu, I'll see if I can find it

Looks great S31-RB26

I think this should be made a sticky in the tool shed as sort of a tribute lol

GB20, glad to see you posted them here. I love the paint idea.

240hoke did a thread about cleaning the taillights in which he told how to remove them etc. Just search, you'll find it. It wasn't very long ago.

I just read that thread and it doesn't finish . It doesn't look like it would be too expensive to swap the vq into the z so thats good. As for trannys I think '01 and up rwd, manual pathfinder trannys will work as well as the 350z trannys. I'm not sure about intake design tho. In the maxima it goes to the side which means in the z it goes to the back. Not sure what to do about that... I can't think of anything else that I need to address. Any thoughts? Thanks

I found a swap similar to this on another website. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16550 This should help alot. When I do the swap I'll do a right-up with pictures of course lol. Any opinoins/advice/suggestions are welcomed still tho

Yeah, my car has manual everything. If you could find that list it would be great. Thanks for helping me out.

How do I tell if my car is a ZXR? I have a silver mist 280zx that originally had ZXR wheelcovers (i didn't recognize them and swap them with a parts car that had the regular wheels) Anyway the car doesn't have the wing or stripes, but its been repainted by p/o's. What vin #'s were ZXR's or someway to tell if I have a ZXR. Thanks a lot

BLOZ UP, thanks for taking time to answer the post. I understand that with money and time anything is possible. What I'm wanting to know is has anybody done this swap in an S30. Also, if I have engine, wiring harness, and ecu, I know the guy that I get to do my welding can do a shortend/lengthend driveshaft, so I've got that. What tranny would I be able to use? And what am I forgetting, I'm sure there's something lol. Thanks EDIT: Would the Austin's swap (VQ35DE) be similar to this swap?

yep

looks like Wats with the rim painted red

This engine truly "fits" the car IMO. I look forward to an updated edition of turbo magazine lol

thats weird, my dad has a 280zx parts car with those wheel covers. The parts car isn't a zxr tho lol

As the title says, I've got a vq30de from my dad's maxima leftover from the engine swap/partial rebuild I did in it. I know he would let me have the engine and I'm pretty sure I could get the harness and ecu from a rolled maxima at the shop my dad runs, the owner also owns the rolled maxima and he's a real nice guy, he'd probably give it to me for free. Anyway how hard would it beto swap the vq into my 240? The maxima is fwd so I would need a rwd transmission. I think the Z33 tranny will work but I'm not sure, th3 z33 tranny would probably be really expensive too. What am I missing if this swap is even possible. I tried searching but found a bunch of z31 and z32 stuff. Sorry for the long post. Thanks a lot guys

Some high schools don't offer metal shop though . They probably think that the school is too "good" for metal shop. (I'm in high school in case you didn't know)

Looks amazing

I think its a great idea. The price isn't too bad either considering everything your getting. I wish there was one around here

gb20, Thats awesome, I love it. You should put it in OTM's Z drawings/ideas thread. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=123069

Thanks, and I hadn't thought about the hatch lol. be driving down the road and suddenly the hatch flies open haha, that wouldn't be good.

Here's my targa top/roadster idea (the pic is a photochopped version of an ebay pic I found a while back). Still not sure about how to strengthen the car enough to do it though...

looking though that mustang plus catalog at the Eleanor conversion parts gives me and idea...an sbf powered, Eleanor themed 240z? hmm...

Any details about this car OTM? It looks good, aesthetically and functionally

oh, i thought maybe it just had some rust near the bottom like most. sorry to hear that. i've heard of people using car-part.com and getting good results, you might try that and find one.

lol is it maybe the orange 240z? he did a good job