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Thanks Chaparral2f. I'm just about ready to get to work on my car now. For the short time I've been here and I've already gotten a lot of help here. It's great here, I can't wait to post up my build thread. Thank You All.

Well, I'm doing a SBC swap on my 86 300ZX. I've found a very reliable source on motor mounts for my swap. Phase one completed. Phase two is the transmission. So I know my 350 will fit and I already know what trannys bolt up to it too. But I want to know from anyone who's done the swap on their Z31's what transmissions will fit in my Z31 transmission tunnel without modification or any butchering of the car? So far I've seen a Saginaw 3 speed in Alf's 84 Z and a T-5 5 speed BTW, my car comes stock with a T-5 but I'm switching to automatic(foot pain issues). I'm also gonna install an F1 paddle shifter system. I'm thinking of using either a TH350 or 700R4 but don't know if they will fit in my tunnel. If they don't then what modifications have to be done to make it fit and bolt in? Any firewall movement or bellhousing swaps? I'd love to know more. And yes I did search. I may be new here but I'm no stranger to forums. But, as always I thank you all for your help and support. And I'm gonna search some more in case i may have missed something.

Hello there. Just joined up a few days ago. I have a 1980's Nissan 300ZX with a bad motor. I was inspired to do a V8 conversion to my car since repairing the stock 6 is a pain in my ass, mainly everyones reason for doing the swap in the first place. Who here has successfully done a V8 conversion on a Z31 300ZX? I'm looking for all the information I can find. Before any of you ask, I did search so time out on your flame fest. That and many of the previous posts are either outdated or non-existent. My car does come stock with a T-5 transmission so maybe that'll make it a little simpler. I'm just looking for a few pointers into doing this kind of conversion since this seems to be the only Z Car V8 conversion that is being G-14 classified. I thank all of you that help me with our guidance.