i could use some good z32 owner advice, so the non turbo vg30 is blown in my 300zx but i was looking up motors and the vg30tt is only 150 bucks more so im thinking i wanna just get that instead. i have the 5 speed tranny but will the non turno tranny work? and do i need to switch out ecus??

 

No you would need a new harness, ecu and more, just stick with the vg, rebuild if you are looking at dollar figures.

 

Unfortunately it's not that simple. There is a LOT more that has to be changed to go TT. Check out the like below about converting.

http://upload.z1motorsports.com/Z1%2...Conversion.pdf

 

i wish it was that easy.

 

You'll spend a lifetime accumulating conversion parts if you go that route. The only way to convert efficiently is to buy an entire front clip (CZP.US and Z1Motorsports sell them).

 

Well not a life time, according to z1 the stock na engine harness, ECG and dash can be used, ecu will need to be tuned. So all you will really need it an oil feed and return line set up, also coolant lines if the turbos are liquid cooled. Engine mounts and the tt engin turbos and intercooler set up. Upgrade the fuel pump and you're set minus boost and w/e other gauges you want or need.

 

And after you do all that you probably could have bought the entire front clip with trans and ECU.

Do the swap right or don't do it at all.

 

Tell me where you can find a fronT clip for 2k, I'll buy one and you one too.... Otherwise the jdm engines come with the engine harness, ecu and trans.

 

But not the TT radiator (which doesn't bolt straight into the NA chassis), intercoolers, intercooler brackets, all intercooler and turbo piping (have fun with that), recirculation valves, and the list goes on... (not to mention the TT fuel pump and FPCU, since the NA is 2 speed and TT is 3 speed, but that would need to be sourced separately even with a front clip). The NA doesn't have an oil cooler, either, does it? Engine-only won't come with that, so add that to your expenses...

Notice that the veterans are recommending a front clip, and the noobs (you) are suggesting otherwise... there's a reason for that. One group knows what they're talking about, the other doesn't realize what's involved in the conversion.

 

2 and 3 speed??? Who would want an auto with a twin turbo? And certainly not a stock auto, maybe a poweglide for drag racing but that's it unless you are lazy or a woman... And yes i mentioned the fuel pump and inctercooler set up, thanks though. And sureley someone who is willing to pull an engine, drop cash for another, and do the work themself would not be bothered by running some piping and making some brackets for the intercoolers. Oh but you are correct about the radiator, you got me there! I would go wih an upgraded alum 3 row any who, whoops I got off on a tangent, my bad I like to argue, I'm stubborn. And yes maybe a new to the z but I've been builing turbo and na ministock race cars for a while so I have a grip on what I'm talking about, engine swaps are all the same crap with mounts, wiring and such. Bye

 

Demonstrating how amateur you are when it comes to the Z32 with those comments (and apparently reading comprehension, too). THE FUEL PUMP ON A TT IS 3 SPEED, THE FUEL PUMP ON AN NA IS 2 SPEED, AND THE FPCU IS DIFFERENT ON EACH TO COMPENSATE.

So when you add the need for an oil cooler, radiator, plumbing (which isn't easy to make given the bends that are required), and all the fabrication you'd have to do (and the many small parts that have slipped my mind but are required for the process), you still think the front clip is more expensive? LOL It's not. That's why we recommend it - it comes with literally everything you need (aside from the fuel pump and fuel pump control unit). Buying everything separately will nickel-and-dime you... badly.

Edit: LOL I just read that you have a Megan racing exhaust. Your credibility is out the window. Clearly you know little about building a Z32.