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The old miss and stumble on my Z31 turned out to be an injector recall botch job. The miss turned into 3 cylinders on one side not firing at all (Car still ran though! Long live the first Japanese V6!) The injector harness was crimped really poorly and basically fell apart in my hands when I inspected it. Fixed that and my VG rand smooth as I never experienced before!

Hey Russ congrats! It's been a while since I've been around, so I'm glad to hear that you did it! And what about tuning? What did you do differently in that department?

FYI Nismo heads were just raw head castings. In other words, you can't use them until you have it ported and seated. They are basically your normal VG30E heads but with no work done to them...they were useful because they had more meat to them and you can grind it for specific applications. If you want narrow small ports...there you go! If you want bigger ports, just port them out. Thats what VG NISMO heads were all about.

I've heard mixed reviews about felpro. My opinion is that felpro is a pretty good brand in general but for the Nissan VG's the headgaskets are crap. You are lucky if they don't blow. The material is some sort of paper composite with a steal core which is HORRIBLE for the VG. It may be fine for all iron engines but NOT the VG! I explain much of this in my writeup gasket guide for the VG some time ago. I think this thread would find it beneficial to read. http://www.vgpowered.com/articles/11-general/13-vgpowereds-guide-to-gaskets

Yes. Mine aren't offbrand though

I just organized my garage (with a lot of help). Now I have an eye for organization and I have to say I appreciate how neat your are

Get OEM all the way. At least the headgaskets. I have complete engine gasket kits for the VG SOHC if you'd like you can contact me. They are OEM made from the company that supplies Nissan. DO NOT go buying ebay off brand gasket kits...for the love of god...or atleast for the love of your Z lol.

The VG can put out serious power if you are willing, SOHC and DOHC alike.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. But here is a write up if anyone is interested. Google Linky

VVT was a key feature of the VG30DE/DET/DETT. The only ones to not get the VVT were those made from 1996 and up. That means the Z32 during those years lost VVT and the Z32TT lost 20BHP as a result. For more information, visit the VGPowered Forum http://www.vgpowered.com/forum

+1 VGP wants to do a spotlight on you and your project(s)