SleeperZ31 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 okay, i know i said id never do a turbo swap, but since the vg33er i was looking at has been sold:evil: and the good Lord seems to have it in his mind to keep me from ever doing a supercharged swap, i went wandering through yet another junkyard for window louver mounts (Havelocks where z cars go to die for some reason, close to 7 junkyards in less than 20 sq. miles) and i found a complete *supposedly* 78k mile vg30et with everything but the ecu for 700$ this seems too good of a deal so i need to know what i should look for and check on a junkyard motor, and how to tell what year this motor was built! id hate to pay 700$ for it and get it home to do a leak-down test only to find out it would make a better boat anchor than a motor..lol..thanks for reading, and please help! Also, how difficult is a turbo motor swap into a 87' zx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wherezmytofu Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 2 ways i know. check the vin or learn the block difference, the vg engine was changed in 87ish to be stronger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben280zx Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 The turbo is a t25 for 87-89. and check the head and block to make sure it a turbo motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ31 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 its definently a turbo motor, everythings bolted to the block and the intake plenum plates says "turbo 3000" and after checking redz31 i found the difference between the 88-89 t25 and the 84-87 t3 setup, so ill print pictures and go check it again....any idea where i can get a ecu for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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