freakshow Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 i have recently aquired a 1990 infiniti m30. it has the same engine as the older 300z, vg30e i think, it smokes and the tranny is junk, i was wondering if anyone had any info on this car. im very interested in swapping in a 350 because i had never seen one of these cars before i got this one. from what little info ive collected this car has a very similar layout to the 300z. could someone offer some info or point me in the right direction, ive looked at a few m30 boards and havent found anything, from what i gather this has never been done i would love to be the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boosted 70z Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 The M30 was basically a rebodied R31 skyline with a na z31 motor in it. The stock vg30e is the same as the z31 so search for a z31 with such a swap and it should be similiar. The thing that most f31 owners go though is finding suspension parts, so most haven't gotten around to doing swaps yet. http://www.f31club.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 i have read up on f31.com, most of the people there are into boosting the six and suspension stuff. i want a v8, when i brought it up there they immediatly wanted a nissan v8, i dont want to deal with the wiring nightmare of that. a sbc with a carb would be a very nice starting point, what i want is to know if the engine bay is close enough to a 300z to do the swap. i ahve read up on a few of the 300's with the sbc swap and thats the way i want to go. could someone who has seen the engine bay of both chime in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that240guy Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 It will fit, but you will have to fabricate your own mounts. Shouldn't be too dificult, just be creative. People are putting SBCs and LS1s into the 240sx which has a very similar engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow Posted July 23, 2006 Author Share Posted July 23, 2006 been a while, thought i would bounce this up one more time, the engine bay of the m30 is closer to a 240sx engine bay?? would i be looking in the wrong place then, should i look on a 240sx site?? i know that a lot of 280zx parts and 300z parts fit the m30 in one way or another, a little more info would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 bump and update on two year old post. test fit the 350 in the m30, it fits pretty tight, with van acc. on the front of the motor I have about 3 inches between the waterpump pulley and the rad. support. I have lots of room on the sides between the strut towers, but the drivers side exhaust manifold and the steering shaft share the same space. does anyone know of a factory exhaust manifold or a set of headers that will fit? I looked at the jags that run headers for the 280zx, do you think those will work? I will post pics later. gonna have to use an electric fan and put it on the outside in front of the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravRMK Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Any pictures of the problem area with the motor in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 here are a couple pics from a test fitment, the engine mounts from the vg30 are still in place, and the ones on the sbc are still there, it will sit much lower with custom mounts, i just wanted to see if it would fit side to side and front to back, also one of the engine bay, you can kinda see how far the steering shaft sticks into the engine bay, does this look like the 300z engine bay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 heres a close up of steering shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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