HowlerMonkey

I had a 280zx turbo I bought in the winter that had a thermostat stuck open while on the highway. I saw the gauge go down to the bottom and assumed it had an open in the sensor much like some oil pressure sensors do. I would come up a bit but not nearly where it should have been while idling. It was running a bit strange and I got on it pretty hard not knowing the gauge was, indeed correct and found one side of every piston skirt snapped off and in the pan while the other sides were fine on all six after going in to replace rod bearings because there was very slight lower end noise. I guess a 100k mile engine that was probably ice cold has a lot of piston slap.

Sorry John C. I just checked with my Improved touring buds and Bisone's 240 put down 220 and not 240 to the crank around the time it lapped the field at the blue grey classic at summit point in the early 90s.

A few guys here have done it but I'll bet the crazie aussies have a good site on it as well. http://nissandiesel.dyndns.org/index.php

Mechanically very similar but very different engine management system scheme from the factory. One thing to know when potentially buying either is to check the cylinder deck and head surface for erosion as I've seen a ton of them with deep enough gouges on the mating surfaces sometimes making both almost worthless. I've watched a couple of techs get fired when they discovered the gouges after handing in the estimate and getting the green light because they went for the JB weld...............which works only about 25% of the time.

I commnicated with the guy who has the parts or maybe it was the guy who sold the parts the guy who currently owns them but everything he has was pre 1996 when nissan made the change to the thicker crank snout. His solution may no longer apply since it may be a bolt in solution rather than require machining if you buy the correct year cover, pump and the rest for this setup. If I see a 96 or later quest today, I will check the crank snout thickness but I have alldata as well as mitchel on demand and they both say 1996 and later VG30e engines have the thicker snout. I know Danny and Angel (the guys in georgia) put a vg33 in someone's car at Z31.com but I doubt they measured the snout. The answer might be in FAST software or the fiche but I have neither. I've been at Z31.com since 1997 and nobody there is aware of this but hybridZ seems to have people who are a lot more forward in thier thinking and open to new ideas. If I posted this there, there would be a run on vagisil nationwide.

Dan bisone put down 240hp (crank) in his ITS car in 1987 with a 2.5 inch and he passed tech. with it which was rare for him.

Great Z car drag video. I could swear I hear the tarzan yell in the background from the song "work the walls" by rare essence. Starts :45 in.

This is an evolution of the SHO v8. Light and powerful in stock form.

In 1996 nissan came out with a new crank for the VG30e because lame technicians cranking the belts unbelievably tight as well as the balancer bolt upwards of 350 ft pounds which would snap off the snout of the crankshaft in mid 90s nissan VG30e engines a few weeks after the service that resulted in the overtorquing. I replaced a lot of them at VOB nissan and Hosemall in virginia in around 1994. Nissan upped the diameter of the snout from .985 to 1.262 on 1996 and later VG30e engines which is the same diameter as the VG30DETT .......at least on the quest (confirmed) and most likely all of them (uncomfirmed). They both share 2 keyways but differ in that the VG30e iteration had the six bolt crank flange. I've seen people brutally shot down on other forums when asking this but still...........has anybody tried the Z32 rotating mass in the engines designed for the same snout size? I've searched and searched but haven't seen any information on whether anyone has tried the swap on engines that both had the same snout diameter and keyways.

Looks like gloria or cedric jdm setup.

It depends on whether it is disassembled or just the cover is off.

I've got the entire engine management system minus the coils with two ecus........one has a superchips mod but I haven't put it on the simulator here at standard's ecu division to compare it to a stocker.......which I also have. If I cannot adapt it to run 550s on a L28et with the LS400 air flow meter I will sell it. I was limited in time but got most of the harness and most of the peripheral stuff other than a few relays that are spread all over the car.

Lexus SC300 tranny is five speed.

I think I recognize 2manyZ's diff with the torsen as one that was originally in the 300zx cars bought from leitzinger and sold to Datsun Dynamics in the early 90s.

Some early vg30 pickups had carbs but most if not all are in australia.

I got my tranny from a 2 wheel drive pathfinder and it uses a shifter that comes in where the plate is but some things need to be added as well as changed if I wanted to mount the shifter where it is for a Z32 (1990-1996).

Funny but there is only mention of inline six nissans in this thread and a first generation maxima is a inlline six nissan. Did someone write "R200" in invisible text on this thread because I'm just not seeing it? Also.........many pre 1981 280zx came with 3.7 R180s. In 20 years at various nissan dealerships, I have seen many.

First may have been the 1986 pulsar SE with the 16 valve.

His is an 81 so he will need the crank angle sensor that mounts on the A/C compressor bracket................and the dropping resistors........as well as the fuel pump controller that comes on 82-83 cars just to make it run with that ecu. Best to find the correct ecu for that car.

Most if not all FS5W71 I have seen only come with the spring against the gate for reverse/5th.

If you want a shifter where the plate is, use the pathfinder stuff. I'm building a L28et in a infinity M30 and are using the shiftter coming out of the cover. Who needs a short shifter when you can have a long shifter and be really cool?

So how far did you have to move the tranny forward to clear the crossover pipe behind the engine?

Maximas as well got 3.7

Sweet............been working on Z cars for 19 years and never tried that.

Mazda second generation RX-7s have a muffler bearing.