boarderline Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 hey, i my name is jason. i have been looking at putting an RB in to my 1987 300zx for a couple few months. i have been looking at a lot of your post's on RB builds. thank you ritter for being so specific with your post. i will be posting pics once i start workin on my RB25DET swap. here is my engine that i just bought. FERGz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinjitter Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Cool, glad you finally got it. Are you planning to have it done before the first meet in april? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 where is that meet at? it should be done by then. i got alot of time. i do have a few questions for you. i will have to go through your thread to see everything that i am confused with and then i will just send you a PM with all my questions. theres not alot, just a few. FERGz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinjitter Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 The annual meet at craigs cruisers in GR. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 ohh!! yeah i should be there. i better be FERGz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 ok, so have done alot of work on my z since the last time i posted. took the front bumper off, the intercooler off, the radiator out, cut the radiator support, and pulled the engine and tranny.did all that in 3 hours. once everything was disconnected and unbolted we got the engine and tranny out in 6 min. thats some pit crew speed right there. can tell we have done it a few times huh, haha. here are some movies http://qik.com/video/4146138 http://qik.com/video/4146138 http://qik.com/video/4146209?ref=nf http://qik.com/video/4147533 the new and the old got the old wire harness out cleaned up the engine bay gettin ready to paint.. primed and painted! I also took my old rack and pinion out and i will be getting a new one next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat1 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks like your ready to drop that motor in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeauty84ZX Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Very nice...any pics of the car it will be going into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 looks like your ready to drop that motor in thanks! its getting there. I need to fabricate my engine and tranny mounts and figure out the oil pan, which more than likely i will be sending it to you but if I could do it myself and save some money that would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Very nice...any pics of the car it will be going into? yup! here are some pics of my z what it use to look like my boo boo stupid suv pulled out in front of me and what it looks like now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linluv84 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Nice job bringing it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 lol you got something against a mazda you roll around with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 haha no, me and my buddy always talk smack on whos car is better and so I thought it was funny to have it in my sig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKLamb123 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hey I guess since we are at the same stage right now I can ask you some questions. What type of oil pan are you going to use and if its rear sump what are you going to do about mounts. Thats the only thing holding me up right now. Also what are you going to use for engine management. Thanks. Im putting it in a z32 but I our crossmembers are pretty much the same so I figure I would ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hey I guess since we are at the same stage right now I can ask you some questions. What type of oil pan are you going to use and if its rear sump what are you going to do about mounts. Thats the only thing holding me up right now. Also what are you going to use for engine management. Thanks. Im putting it in a z32 but I our crossmembers are pretty much the same so I figure I would ask. hey, whats up! that is sweet that you are doing that to a z32! do you have a RB25det? right now i have a front sump on it but that wont work with the cross member and if you find a rear sump online they are crazy expensive. So I was thinking about converting my front sump to a rear sump myself but I found a guy on here, which I believe his name is PAT1, but he makes them from scratch. SO i will prolly send my front sump to him and ave him convert it to a rear sump. With the mounts, since the RB25 mount are only 18" apart and the z31 mount are 22" apart, i am going to fabricate a plate to bring them in 2" on each side. Also with the z31 mounts they are at the wrong angle, so i am going to cut the engine mounts down 2" (for hood clearance) and at a less steep of an angle. There is a guy on here, i forgot what his user name is but his real name is Jason Ritter, he did the same thing i am doing and he has pics of pretty much every step. When i bought my RB it came with the wire harness and the ecu for it too so that is what i am using for the engine management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 hey, whats up! that is sweet that you are doing that to a z32! do you have a RB25det? right now i have a front sump on it but that wont work with the cross member and if you find a rear sump online they are crazy expensive. So I was thinking about converting my front sump to a rear sump myself but I found a guy on here, which I believe his name is PAT1, but he makes them from scratch. SO i will prolly send my front sump to him and ave him convert it to a rear sump. With the mounts, since the RB25 mount are only 18" apart and the z31 mount are 22" apart, i am going to fabricate a plate to bring them in 2" on each side. Also with the z31 mounts they are at the wrong angle, so i am going to cut the engine mounts down 2" (for hood clearance) and at a less steep of an angle. There is a guy on here, i forgot what his user name is but his real name is Jason Ritter, he did the same thing i am doing and he has pics of pretty much every step. When i bought my RB it came with the wire harness and the ecu for it too so that is what i am using for the engine management. His user name is Racinjitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKLamb123 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Yeah Pat made me a pan for mine back in Dec. Very nice fit better than the 200ZR pan I originally had. On the mounts I found a guy on the RBz32 site that did it another way. He was able to mount the drivers side motor mount to our stock location but then he made a bracket and bolted it to the frame of the car to fit the other RB mount and it worked. I will find the link and post it for you. I may repin my harness to match a R33 I have the R34 style harness and I was thinking if I could use my Z ecu it is already flashed for the setting I plan on using. I will never go higher than 555cc injectors but the option of maps for different turbos make me want to use nistune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKLamb123 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Yeah I am going to have to go see what my measurements are on my cross member. The guy I saw actually had the drivers side mount in the stock location on a Z32 but he had the passenger side mounted to a bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderline Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 Yeah Pat made me a pan for mine back in Dec. Very nice fit better than the 200ZR pan I originally had. On the mounts I found a guy on the RBz32 site that did it another way. He was able to mount the drivers side motor mount to our stock location but then he made a bracket and bolted it to the frame of the car to fit the other RB mount and it worked. I will find the link and post it for you. I may repin my harness to match a R33 I have the R34 style harness and I was thinking if I could use my Z ecu it is already flashed for the setting I plan on using. I will never go higher than 555cc injectors but the option of maps for different turbos make me want to use nistune. hmmm, that is an interesting way to do it. That kinda makes me think that the z32 mounts are a different distance apart than the z31 mounts. If i did that i would think the engine would actually be offset to one side. here is a pic of what i am going to do with my mounts that would be cool if you could use the Z ecu. nistune is nice, you can tune to what ever you want pretty much. my brother uses it in his 240z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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