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I was thinking about doing the same thing, Factory Five has some really nice kits out, I LOVE the GTM and was looking really heavily into building one for sale. But I believe there will always be demand for the cobra's especially since they can be built and sold for fairly cheap. They sell on the internet for 30-40+++ all day long depending on the build of course.

The Vortec supercharger kit is very compact and would be a bolt on affair in our S30's. It also produces very good numbers (capable of way more then the stock block can handle). I think a supercharger is a good option for this motor depends on you overall powergoals. it would be sick for a daily driver as power would be very quick...

Hey Guys, Im up in Detroit for a couple days on a little business trip and was wondering if there were any hybrid members in the area. Im in the Farmington Hills area near the Chrysler Headquarters. Anyway reply here or shoot me a PM.

Looks really good man, you have a clean engine bay. If you think about it it really isnt much different from running it around the front i would think and you are saving it from running along the radiator. In addition the pipe is above or at least even with the crossmember so hitting things really isnt a concern if you hit that pipe you have more to worry about (oil pan). I still believe single sided is BY FAR the best way to go for L's but youve come up with another good option. Anyway looking sweet keep up the good work.

The front crossmember is far from done. I still have some minor clearancing to do and I have to mount the subaru steering rack, when thats all done ill post some pictures. I believe it was a pro-tools bender and it worked great for me.

The shifter with the stock mount would be way to far back much like the z32 transmission. It is mounted as a remote shifter with a u joint and a shaft. The shaft can be removed and the shackles welded together. This will place it in the perfect location I believe which is a couple inches back from the stock location. ill take some pictures of it when i finish the transmission mount. I'm back up at school and can only work on random weekends. So it might be a while though. BChappy -- Thanks for the compliments... someday it will have twin front mount turbos... but for now she will remain N/A for a little while. Should still be alot of fun im looking forward to the smooth power.

Nobody has ever messed with me I could hardly even provoke a race. Ive only had one good race in my 240z when it was L28 powered.

FJ20 Careless hit the nail on the nail the footprint wont make a lick of difference when dealing with moments. However in probably mine and your defense: If you look at where my mounts are place you will notice they are directly in front of the T/C box and about an inch behind the stock crossmember location (not in the pictures). Both these locations can be considered fixed IMO because the frame rail is not going to flex at either point. So if you look it at that way these mounts are applying a momemt to the center of a beam, fixed at both ends, that is maybe 5" long..... there isn't going to be much flex in that. In addition it have to flew two of them equally. Anyway.... Next up is the tranny crossmember and new shifter bracket, the shifter is going to have to be shortened much like the Z32 transmission shifter. I am also going to be installing a subaru powersteering rack. Once all the hardware is complete the electronics begin its gonna be a fun heh.

Thanks for the tip wheelman Ill take a look. I had originally planned to hook everythign together but I really didnt see the point, however my rails are much stronger then stock as I replaced everything when I restored the car the first go around. My T/C boxes are also much much stonger. Due to the mounts relatively close location to to t/c boxes the moment from the engine mounts will cause a lot less stain. In addition to drilling the holes though I will be welding tubing through the rail to keep it from collapsing or wallowing out the holes. Time will tell though, I may add a cross member in the future, the stock oil pan has an indention in the middle for the 350z cross member which would work well in allowing the mounts to be connected. Thanks for the input guys.

A cradle would be way overkill but it would definitly help. These mounts ARE STOUT I could pick the car up by them. But how strong your mounts are is really gonna depend on your design and how they are mounted.

The engine is as low as I would want to put it. The oil pan will be slightly lower then the front crossmember. The intake manifold makes it look pretty tall. The transmission is in the car now, its a very tight fit, I had to remove the stock mounts completely. I have yet to make the tranmission crossmember though, its just sitting on a jack stand. That however should be pretty simple. I'm Trying to get the stock stuff up and running, it will be a pain but id like to get it done especially for others that want to go this route. It will require the entire dash harness to get the security harness and electronic gas pedal etc. However there are lots of good piggyback system out there for the 350z such as UTEC. If that doesnt work out then prolly AEM.

I would go buy a NEW hobart 180... they are around 600 or so I think and work awesome. I personally have a Hobart 180 220V MIG and a Miller Syncrowave 180 TIG, they are a great combo.

Thanks! I really just need to slow down... I got to fast and get sloppy, this was my first good tig project so I'm learning a lot.

Alright well I finally got a break form school and got some work done on the Z. Got the motor mounts finished today and the vq is finally sitting in the engine bay. Ive got a website ill be putting more information up on so check it out... im detailing the entire swap there: www.vq240z.com Its certainly tight but over all its working out very very well Ive had to do no modifications to the engine and I am using the factory mounting isolators, headers and heat shield. The stock steering shaft should work out without mods as well. Anyway here are the pictures (I apoligize my engine bay looks nasty, gonna repaint later): Test fitting... All finsihed, mounts are made from .125" plate and 4"x.125"W tube.... Mounts bolted to frame rails... Drivers side view.... Passenger side.... Drivers side with stock exhaust manifold... With heat shiedl.... Plenty of room for some twin front mount turbos on down the road As far back as she will go with the stock intake manifold... Gotta give some credit to my little helper too..

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Walboros will prime themselves also, I have mine mounted at the top of the fuel cell to the hatch floor with zero problems. Alot of people told me to move it, but i never had any problems so I didn't see the point.

Bump... just updated the site. Going to have daily updates for the next week or so.. hope to have the motor mounted by then.

I believe with just the addition of a chip they are putting out 380 something horses. I personally love the 335 and would rather have one then a m3.

Cool link. I thought I would add too another place you can have a driveshaft made: powertrain industries They sell after market pieces to driveshaft companies so they have about any yoke/flange available and can also make driveshafts to your dimensions. I had my l28/z32 driveshaft made by them, they made it and shipped it out in less then 24hours. -Austin

naaa let her rust for a while then wax it or satin clear it!

you need to check shipping through freight only trucking companies. Down here I use southeastern. I'm in NC and I got quoted 80 bucks to ship an L28 to Florida.

mmmmmmmm so pretty Looking forward to hearing the final details.

Just some header wrap would probably work great, it really cuts down on the heat coming off the down pipe.

If you look inside the ports on the exhaust manifold you'll see that the casting protrudes inward to keep the wall thickness constant when the washers are. This can all be hogged out as well as material around the turbo inlet. You can see kinda what need to be done there I didn't go crazy on mine but i did a little. The 2nd and 5th runners are the worst I don't have any pictures of them though.