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Thanks for the information guys.. J: I assume you are saying that the engine might be too long to fit? There anything that might have to be done with wiring?

Kind of a backwards spin on "hybrid z" but here goes: I have an extra L6 motor and my buddy's dad needs a new motor for his early 80s datsun pickup.. I don't have a tranny for the motor and was wondering if his would work. There any other problems that would prevent me from doing this swap? Thanks in advance.

My uncle blew one up in his 850i. He also outran the cops in it, so that might say something about the speed. CHP showed up at his door the next morning though. That's just the kind of guy he was. As far as maintenance to the Jag V12s.. I will agree that the BMW probably requires less. My pop has two XJ-S Jags, and the Fuel Injection is always finicky.

You need to put a video out of only the Z car tearing it up..

Anybody ever used a painless harness for an L24? If so, which model did you use, and how easy of an install was it? I'm just your average shadetree mechanic rebuilding a 70 240z. I hear the universal hotrod harness works pretty well, but would just like some more information if available. Thanks alot.

I have been lurking around the site off and on for a few days now and finally got some time to do a legitimate search. I apologize upfront if this post is redundant, but in the past two hours I have come up with nothing relevant to the information I am looking for. Recently, I came across a 1970 240z that a man was selling for a price that I could not pass up. Immediately I started making plans for the car. Being a big fan of the later model 300zx, I decided that a VG30DE might make a good, inexpensive, daily-driven engine for the car seeing is how the original engine is only half there. What I am asking is: -Will the VG30DE's large heads fit between the strut towers? -Will the stock exhaust manifolds fit, or would I have to machine one-off manifolds? -Relative to the original L24, how much more does the VG30DE weigh? -Is there a company that makes stand-alone engine management for the VG30DE that I can test and tune from my laptop with the aid of an experienced dyno tech, or will the stock n/a ZX ECU be adequate? -Is there anything else I should think about while doing this swap? Other engines (I'd like to stay Nissan, but am open to suggestions)? Wiring? Again, my goals are to have a good daily driver that I can take out to the amateur auto-x on the weekends. I would also like the ability to upgrade in the future and was thinking that if I prepped the car for a VG30DE, I could step up to a TT later on. Sorry the post is so long and thanks in advance to anyone who offers any insight at all. I know by working on this car already that it wont be my last Z.

Anybody ever heard of or seen an ///M powered Z? Either the 333hp V6 from the '03 M3 or the 394hp V8 from the '03 M5? I saw a wrecked M5 on ebay today, and that was my inspiration to entertain this thought. BTW: I've been reading around the board a bit and I find it very informative and interesting. I like it.