mtcookson

we have a 97 ford expedition with the 5.4. i personally really dislike that engine. it has really nice low end torque but for it's size and stuff it should be pulling a lot more power. i'm personally disapointed with this engine. although being in a much lighter car like the Z it should be pretty cool, if it could even fit, but i still wouldn't choose it.

The complete engine swap i think will be the easiest route. They are the same engine, only difference is the intake and the cr, but i think the 300zx motor will be built a little better for power than trying to change around the stuff in my current engine. Also, i can leave the turbo engine out and put some parts on it while still having my other engine in the car to drive around for a while. Basically all i need to do to get that engine in, from what i hear, is take off the fan for the radiator since it was an engine for a rwd car, then it should fit in the car. Then i need to get exhaust pipes run all of the way back and get the turbo piping made and that should be it for the engine. I'll need to throw in a TTZ fuel pump to supply the engine with the needed fuel and that should be it until i beef up the tranny to pull some more hp. From what i hear, the stock clutch will handle about 300hp or so. I will probably just upgrade to the ACT or JWT clutch pretty soon.

Hey guys. I'm new here and i found this site from a site with a red datsun with a rb26dett conversion (out of a skyline, my favorite car) and thought that was just sweet and so i checked out this site and this is awesome. All of these sweet conversion in these sweet cars!! My friend is buying, or planning on buying, a 7? 280z. Interior and exterior is in great shape only thing is the guy said he couldn't get it running and will sell it for 1200. We always work on cars and stuff so i think we might be able to figure something out. Ok, now on to my topic. I own a 1990 Nissan Maxima SE 5-speed and I am planning on putting in the 300zx VG30ET. The engine will just drop right in then i need to get exhaust and turbo piping and it will be complete. The engine is the same as in my generation maxima minus the turbo so it should be an easy swap. Anyone know how much power people have pulled out of these? I won't be able to pull a heck of a lot because our trannies kind of suck (well... the bearings do) so i can't pull much power, yet. I plan on getting the whole tranny cryoed, minus the gears, and get the axles cryoed too. that should help out a little. I was aiming at maybe 300~350 wheel horse. Should eb feasable. Any ideas? Thanks.

nissan never made a vg30det engine. it was the vg30et engine out of the older 300zx's.