Hey Wade (lWW-L-Dub...) !!!
08-21-2007, 04:57 PM
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Hey Wade (lWW-L-Dub...) !!!
So I have this crazy idea...
I've been conteplating the future of my Z and I think I may know what I want to do with it.
It's about to get disassembled for a bare metal strip down and painting. The motor is coming out.
I used to really want to do an RB26DETT swap, but the Smog laws just make it too much of a pain.
Then, my poor driving buddy with the 350Z gave me an idea.
Three are a butt-ton of wrecked tree fiddy'z out there...
VQ35 swap can be done smog legal
I know you're buddy up there in the frozen tundra of Nor Cal has done some pretty amazing motor swaps into little Nissans so...
What do you think? If I trailer the shell and the complete motor/tranny etc up there and dropped it off, could your buddy do all the fab work and what not?????
Maybe???
I'm serious by the way. Serious as a heart attack.
Rod.
I've been conteplating the future of my Z and I think I may know what I want to do with it.
It's about to get disassembled for a bare metal strip down and painting. The motor is coming out.
I used to really want to do an RB26DETT swap, but the Smog laws just make it too much of a pain.
Then, my poor driving buddy with the 350Z gave me an idea.
Three are a butt-ton of wrecked tree fiddy'z out there...
VQ35 swap can be done smog legal
I know you're buddy up there in the frozen tundra of Nor Cal has done some pretty amazing motor swaps into little Nissans so...
What do you think? If I trailer the shell and the complete motor/tranny etc up there and dropped it off, could your buddy do all the fab work and what not?????
Maybe???
I'm serious by the way. Serious as a heart attack.
Rod.
08-21-2007, 05:26 PM
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Are yout alking about Rob from Z Car Garage? I dont think its a question of if he can cuz he most definately can. Its a question of when. . . .from what i heard last that guy is booked solid for hella months. But then again wade and rob are homies. He might be able to get you plug . . .just speculation though
08-21-2007, 08:47 PM
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I'll ask tomorrow when I'm there. You're really talking about an R&D effort though. Time and money are going to be limiting factors.
I think it's an excellent idea though. You're talking an all aluminum block, aluminum heads and 270 hp for a very reasonable weight and like you said, donors are pretty cheap right now. The motor will sit back much farther in the engine bay improving the center of gravity too.
Call my cell.
I think it's an excellent idea though. You're talking an all aluminum block, aluminum heads and 270 hp for a very reasonable weight and like you said, donors are pretty cheap right now. The motor will sit back much farther in the engine bay improving the center of gravity too.
Call my cell.
Originally Posted by RodMoyes
So I have this crazy idea...
VQ35 swap can be done smog legal
What do you think? If I trailer the shell and the complete motor/tranny etc up there and dropped it off, could your buddy do all the fab work and what not?????
I'm serious by the way. Serious as a heart attack.
Rod.
VQ35 swap can be done smog legal
What do you think? If I trailer the shell and the complete motor/tranny etc up there and dropped it off, could your buddy do all the fab work and what not?????
I'm serious by the way. Serious as a heart attack.
Rod.
Last edited by lww; 08-21-2007 at 08:54 PM.
08-21-2007, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lww
I'll ask tomorrow when I'm there. You're really talking about an R&D effort though. Time and money are going to be limiting factors.
I think it's an excellent idea though. You're talking an all aluminum block, aluminum heads and 270 hp for a very reasonable weight and like you said, donors are pretty cheap right now. The motor will sit back much farther in the engine bay improving the center of gravity too.
Call my cell.
I think it's an excellent idea though. You're talking an all aluminum block, aluminum heads and 270 hp for a very reasonable weight and like you said, donors are pretty cheap right now. The motor will sit back much farther in the engine bay improving the center of gravity too.
Call my cell.
A good friend of mine once told me "Any problem that can be solved with money, isn't really a problem"
I'll call ya tomorrow.
Rod.
08-22-2007, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SHADY280
hey its only money and time, then if we go to msa again, rod can keep up on the way back from the park!!! no more wondering whats gonna break in the tranny!
And hey veyenyl, I know it has already been done in an S30 which is why I figured it would be as easy or easier with the slightly larger S130.
Rod.
08-22-2007, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by NismoPick
That's me foh shiz!
Rod.
08-22-2007, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SHADY280
you said it was the first time you have ever chirped 2nd and you didnt even know your car could do that. we were just quickly cruisin, you were having the drive of your life in that beast!!
But I didn't just "chirp" second, I got an all out mega-BARK out of it... Which is one thing on stock H rated 195/70R14 pizza cutters but quite another on a set of 245/35ZR18's with a "AA" traction rating
Rod.
08-23-2007, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by frank280zx
that was just some oil on the road that made it spin anyhow 
Foh reeelz yo... Dat shizzle wuz cold blooded G. Day-um
Rod.
08-24-2007, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bleach
Ima doin a Vee Kyew swap too, dawg... ferget the supercharga, I'm droppin in a chicken rotisserie
08-24-2007, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Goofyz
I thought the smog laws said you had to pass the smog output of the year of the car you have, not the engine in the car...
