Can someone lead me to an article about transplanting a 300zx Twin turbo to the 77 Z? I need to know all the problems
that i will be encountering during this process.
Does anyone here knows if the 300zx TT will fit to280Z engine bay and the areas of the problem?

Thanks people

 

I think that it does fit. I've got a back issue of Z car mag and it has an article on a 77 280 with the 300TT motor. If I recall right, the only thing that he had to relocate was the intercoolers. Very quick setup. If you have a fax number, send it to me, I'll copy the article and get it to you.

 

I dunno about that...

I've seen both a VG20ET & VG30ET conversions (same block size) & the chassis rails had to be modified for the turbo to fit. There _may_ have been enough room if the turbo was re-located.

Based on that & the fact that with the twin-cam heads the VG30DETT is wider I think that it would be quite a squeeze to fit one in a S30 engine bay.

I believe that you would also have to modifiy the trans tunnel, as the DETT gearbox has a very large bellhousing.

Ben
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Sth Australia
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I think I was wrong about the year: I believe that the car that was in the article is the Z Driver Car of the month, just repainted. Either way, there's a good example of the TT motor in a 1st gen Z.