sleepyS14se

i want to see the mounts used. I posted awhile back about doing a sbc carb'd in my s14 and everyone went ape shit and said "GO LS OR GO HOME'

sooo, lets see the motor mounts and how would it be any easier doing a ford small block rather than a sbc?

Questions:
Who sells the mount kit?
Is the stock 5.0 oil pan usable or does it require a ton of modifying

this thread really surprises me being no one has done the typical zilvia BS and flaming.

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ashilling101

Lol I know me too and the block I'm using was already in a s13 to I shouldn't have to mod the oil pan and I have mounts with it assuming their sill good


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Jarhead0612

I was looking into doing a 5.0 swap a couple years ago with low compression pistons for boost but sold it and dropped in a sr20. now im about to do a vh45de swap. The guy I bought my sr from was doing a vh swap in a buddys 240 and it snapped the axle at the joint. Its a hit or miss with the axles.

ashilling101

Yeah that seems to be the consensus. I'm gonna try to use the stock ones until either they break or when I go turbo. I'm sure the place that's making my drive shaft can make axles too


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Kingtal0n

there are only 2 ways to V8 a 240sx.

Cheap way: "new" old school 1-piece rear seal chevy block or similar year ford roller blocks (89+), carb or TPI or mpfi on the factory ECU with a self-tuned chip, hypereutectic piston or stock bottom end, pick a transmission and make 300-350 horsepower

Proper way: LS-x nuff said

pros and cons of each.

Cheap way is cheap, if fuel infected you get 25+mpg too. 300 horses nothing to sneeze at. Lots of aftermarket support that is very cheap. cheap cheap cheap. Cons? Poor efficiency. Old designs. slow computer. batch fire. tune it yourself or it's waste of time and money.

LS-pros / cons. More expensive but you get technology, efficiency, ls edit, new designs and the potential for more than just 300 horses on a factory bottom end.

I've done the cheap way before. Blower/carb. TPI. Holley stealth ram. Twin Turbo small block.

In the end, I came to appreciate the simplicity of the Nissan sr20det.

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Jarhead0612

You can do a vh45de swap for under $3000. 310hp or more with a good exhaust, intake and a tune. There you get technology that nissan is still using, internals of a race engine and the sound of a monster. The engine even with 10.2:1 compression can still handle boost with the pistons nissan used.

Corbic

Go read those links I posted.

collegekid

Can you give an estimate of what your budget actually is? I too am on a collegekid budget. I have enough cash to build a nice car but then I would be broke. So even when it comes to spending 1 grand I still research every possible alternative before spending it.

So many builds that never get completed or cars that get sold because of bills and other financial priorities, just take a look in the cars for sale section. I definitely want to see how you plan on finishing this project because I am in the same boat. I'm not flaming you, I just want to compare my "build outline" with yours.

ashilling101

My budget is around 1000 maybe a little more depending on what I can sell the stuff coming out of the car for


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