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dudewutup 09-02-2011 01:28 PM

Any updates? I got mine started this week.

40flash 12-11-2011 11:33 AM

Everyone who does one of these engine swaps ends up with spare parts. I have a friend that bought an engine and trans out of a 06 Z. The aluminum shift bracket was broken and he is looking for a stock one. He is putting the engine in a g35 so he needs the stock bracket. Since none of us can use this piece in our s13 & s14 conversions I thought I would see if anyone would like to sell their left over shift bracket that bolts onto the trans housing. Not the shift mechanism but just the bracket?

sexcii-zenki 12-11-2011 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 40flash (Post 4401137)
Everyone who does one of these engine swaps ends up with spare parts. I have a friend that bought an engine and trans out of a 06 Z. The aluminum shift bracket was broken and he is looking for a stock one. He is putting the engine in a g35 so he needs the stock bracket. Since none of us can use this piece in our s13 & s14 conversions I thought I would see if anyone would like to sell their left over shift bracket that bolts onto the trans housing. Not the shift mechanism but just the bracket?

how much ur willing to pay? im not using my bracket its from a 05 g35 trans im sure its the same

40flash 12-12-2011 10:29 PM

I sent you a PM with my friends offer.

dorrifto 12-13-2011 09:30 AM

Update:

so the car is done and i have been driving it. we ran into all sorts of problems. the fuel rail adaptor from z-fever leaked fuel so we had to re-weld the flanges. the air intake they made me would have dumped the filter right into the fender and p/s rez. my Y-pipe that they made me did not bolt up to the headers that they also made, and it was too long to bolt onto the cat. i had to take all these problems to a local shop so they could basically rebuild all these parts. Z-fever also made an adapter to allow my speedo and stock tach to work, and it kinda does. every once and a while the tack will drop to 0 then bounce back up to the engine run speed. the speedo is a nightmare. the first day, it was off about 20 mph, and the past two days, the speedo hasnt worked at all.

other than all that i am having a blast driving it! I still need to reassemble my dashboard and put my hood back on lol but she is sure drivable!

cassa_bx 12-13-2011 10:36 AM

Congrats to all rockin a vq'd 240. Makes me miss mine.....a little.

sexcii-zenki 12-13-2011 10:41 PM

unless i missed it but any final pix? vids?

dorrifto 12-17-2011 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexcii-zenki (Post 4406624)
unless i missed it but any final pix? vids?

i will get some up soon. been busy with finals the past week but now that those are over with i have more time to spend with my baby!

upsdude 12-17-2011 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorrifto (Post 4405037)
Update:

so the car is done and i have been driving it. we ran into all sorts of problems. the fuel rail adaptor from z-fever leaked fuel so we had to re-weld the flanges. the air intake they made me would have dumped the filter right into the fender and p/s rez. my Y-pipe that they made me did not bolt up to the headers that they also made, and it was too long to bolt onto the cat. i had to take all these problems to a local shop so they could basically rebuild all these parts. Z-fever also made an adapter to allow my speedo and stock tach to work, and it kinda does. every once and a while the tack will drop to 0 then bounce back up to the engine run speed. the speedo is a nightmare. the first day, it was off about 20 mph, and the past two days, the speedo hasnt worked at all.

other than all that i am having a blast driving it! I still need to reassemble my dashboard and put my hood back on lol but she is sure drivable!

damn doesn't sound like z-fever know what the hell they're doing lol

dorrifto 01-03-2012 10:04 PM

wired in my own temp sensor. took the position of the stock one.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/d49a24d7.jpg

some soldering. I didnt want 12 miles of wires going to something that gives the same signal that these locations gave.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/a3b09ead.jpg

It works! didnt have the sensor wired yet, but it is now. It works perfect too.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/d7cc9fb4.jpg

Got the plenum powder coated.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/1b6f93e8.jpg

The lighting sucks in this vid, but im tired and not shooting another one tonight. maybe later this week.
http://youtu.be/IMf0zj8_NKk

dorrifto 01-03-2012 10:15 PM

god i am looking at my engine bay pic.... Its a wiring nightmare on the left. I should clean that up some huh.

Oh and i will get a pic with the intake on too.

vid of engine running:
http://youtu.be/IMf0zj8_NKk

dudewutup 01-04-2012 08:05 AM

Looking really good! Get us some driving action. I wish I could get the time to finish mine.

sent from my cell phone. its a old beat up one held together with rubber bands. im ghetto...

dorrifto 01-04-2012 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dudewutup (Post 4440862)
Looking really good! Get us some driving action. I wish I could get the time to finish mine.

sent from my cell phone. its a old beat up one held together with rubber bands. im ghetto...

What do you have left on yours?

tapdeznutz 01-13-2012 01:08 PM

how was the wiring aspect of the swap??? also any problems to report on that throttle body being right up against the firewall? looks like you had to bash it in a bit...

dorrifto 01-16-2012 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tapdeznutz (Post 4456926)
how was the wiring aspect of the swap??? also any problems to report on that throttle body being right up against the firewall? looks like you had to bash it in a bit...

i had z fever do most of the wiring, but there was a little bit that i had to do when i got the harness back . it wasnt hard. but yeah i had to bash in the firewall a bit... apparently i am the only one who has had to do that so far. mckinney says that every chassis is varies one way or another by up to 1/2 inch. my 1/2 inch was rather inconvenient. the hood also didnt clear. I got some 1 inch spacers and longer screws for the back of my hood where it bolts to the latch and its fine now. I saw that some s-chassis guys put some spacers there for heat to better escape the engine bay, so i essentially did the same by a lot larger gap lol

tapdeznutz 01-16-2012 10:38 AM

very nice im starting to looking into/researching vq35de and the ls1 swaps. but for now im just piecing together a turbo kit for the hell of it.

dorrifto 02-04-2012 12:58 AM

So I fell victim to the revups oil consumption. pulled the motor out. doing FULL build. 96mm sleeves, weisco pistons (11:1 comp ratio), eagle h beam rods. taking the rotating assembly to the machine shop tomorrow morning to get balanced. heads have a 5 angle valve job now, both block and heads machined for a half inch studs. afterwards, it will be all set to go for a 150 shot of juice, and maybe a supercharger in the future

sexcii-zenki 02-04-2012 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorrifto (Post 4499569)
So I fell victim to the revups oil consumption. pulled the motor out. doing FULL build. 96mm sleeves, weisco pistons (11:1 comp ratio), eagle h beam rods. taking the rotating assembly to the machine shop tomorrow morning to get balanced. heads have a 5 angle valve job now, both block and heads machined for a half inch studs. afterwards, it will be all set to go for a 150 shot of juice, and maybe a supercharger in the future

damn dude that sux major ass...u only had it running 4a month b4 it gave on u, i see u liked the blue i used im taking ur idea on the temp guage...a few questions: with the fire wall what hits the plenum or the throttle body? did u get any vids of the car while u were driving it? did the headers clear the steering rack? can u post up a few more pix of the engine in the bay b4 u ripp it out wana see how the compressor sits since everi1 elses swaps I've seen eliminate it...thanx! good luck on the engine rebuild

also, 4got to add if u decide on not finishing the build, ill buy ur harness so count me 1st...lol!

dorrifto 02-04-2012 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexcii-zenki (Post 4500397)
damn dude that sux major ass...u only had it running 4a month b4 it gave on u, i see u liked the blue i used im taking ur idea on the temp guage...a few questions: with the fire wall what hits the plenum or the throttle body? did u get any vids of the car while u were driving it? did the headers clear the steering rack? can u post up a few more pix of the engine in the bay b4 u ripp it out wana see how the compressor sits since everi1 elses swaps I've seen eliminate it...thanx! good luck on the engine rebuild

also, 4got to add if u decide on not finishing the build, ill buy ur harness so count me 1st...lol!

lol sorry I already pulled the block. took the new pistons, rods and old crank into the machine shop to get the rotating assembly balanced.

But my throttle body hit, not plenum. supposedly I am the only one who has had clearance problems... oh well. the headers actually went AROUND the steering shaft. I had to pull the steering column, instal engine/headers, then slide the column through the headers. PITA!!!
as far as compressor, you talking about the AC? it fit just fine. no problems at all. and it was very cheap to have new custom AC lines made since the vq compressor is in the same location as the KA's.

here is my nitrous build btw.
From a NX 75 shot to a 150 shot! - MY350Z.COM Forums

sexcii-zenki 02-05-2012 05:19 AM

iight kool...i was hoping it was the throttle body kuz i hav an idea to fix that to prevent "banging in the firewal", as 4the steering shaft thats great! as long as it doesnt hit is good, I've always done all the swaps from the top in (rb, sr, 5 spd) but since Im getting the car from the bodyshop i dont want to scratch the paint im actually raising it in from the bottom...

good luck with the build...Ill b posting up my thread soon, its been a super slow going process since Nov2010...

dorrifto 02-05-2012 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexcii-zenki (Post 4501256)
iight kool...i was hoping it was the throttle body kuz i hav an idea to fix that to prevent "banging in the firewal", as 4the steering shaft thats great! as long as it doesnt hit is good, I've always done all the swaps from the top in (rb, sr, 5 spd) but since Im getting the car from the bodyshop i dont want to scratch the paint im actually raising it in from the bottom...

good luck with the build...Ill b posting up my thread soon, its been a super slow going process since Nov2010...

That is a good idea! mount it to the xmember and slide her right in! I would still remove the whole plenum before you do that anyways... just for good measure.

Oh, another problem that no one has mentioned. the plug for the ecu.... it is TOO large to fit through the hole in the firewall while the blower motor is still in place. You have to drop the blower motor to get that gigantic plug to fit through. I ordered a mil spec plug from jordan innovations so I am wiring that beast in so i never have to worry about it again ;)

sexcii-zenki 02-05-2012 05:54 PM

Niiice! thanx 4the heads up on the blower motor removal and yea i was gona install the intake plenum afterwards...when u think ull have that mil pec plug in? i wana c it installed

dorrifto 02-05-2012 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexcii-zenki (Post 4502176)
Niiice! thanx 4the heads up on the blower motor removal and yea i was gona install the intake plenum afterwards...when u think ull have that mil pec plug in? i wana c it installed

whenever the hell jordan innovations ships the damn thing! He doenst reply to my pm's for a couple days and I paid over a week ago.

sexcii-zenki 02-05-2012 09:17 PM

not good, i pmd them 2set up a date to do my harnes...def keep me posted on his reliability

1jzs14 03-09-2012 12:52 PM

they have my harness and i haven't heard a damn thins supposed to ship it to me earlier this week never heard a damn thing back from Jordan innovations

dorrifto 03-10-2012 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1jzs14 (Post 4568608)
they have my harness and i haven't heard a damn thins supposed to ship it to me earlier this week never heard a damn thing back from Jordan innovations

He might be out of town. that was why I didnt hear anything from him for awhile. I got all my stuff from him finally once he got back in town.

dorrifto 03-14-2012 01:50 AM

Update
 
FINALLY got some work done on the car. life can be distracting sometimes.

96 mm Darton sleeves!
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/1c3472f5.jpg
Wiseco pistons to match, and eagle rods to throw
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/e9327a89.jpg

Over the past week, I got the block completely assembled.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/8fe9cebc.jpg

Bought some mil-spec plugs from Jordan Innovations to make wiring through the firewall a little cleaner and less painful.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/f7e2e7fb.jpg
marked all wires
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/545dfdff.jpg
Begin soldering
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/2eee9750.jpg
aaand done
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/a1573209.jpg

DIY wiring tuck, EASY MODE
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/f0fc4cc4.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/16465faf.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/37be2562.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/f6a5ac65.jpg
Ran it all under the intake mani. I doubled up all my extra long wires down here too to keep them out of the way
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/6ba1749e.jpg
I dont know how hot it would get so I wrapped it in heat wrap.
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/4a5851bc.jpg

picked up an oil catch can today
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/1bf9ce2b.jpg
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/...o/c51b521d.jpg

Going to work on it more tomorrow. Hope to have it done by this weekend.

sexcii-zenki 03-14-2012 06:22 AM

Looking real good, def post up runnin vids!!!

Yellow4g63 03-14-2012 07:00 AM

Who sleeved the block for you?

dorrifto 03-14-2012 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow4g63 (Post 4577230)
Who sleeved the block for you?

A local machine shop. I have the same place do all my machine work


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