s13 with a vg30de questions

[slidevertable]

i have a couple of questions first how hard would it be to swap a ka for a vg engine, what would i need to cut hammer in trim fabricate or switch. i just wanted to try something diffrent i see alot of rbs sr's and even a couple of ls' but not many vgs and wanted to face a good challenge and a long project. thanks alot

[wowitsaboy]

Xcessive Manufacturing (http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=213&step=4)

[KansaiDrifter]

I would think the hardest challenge is going to be the oil pan setup, if I remember the vg's are more of a rear sump where ka/sr/rb/vq are front. Other then that any swap like that is pretty much like any custom swap, custom mounts, custom driveshaft, custom wiring, etc. Just time and money haha.

[wowitsaboy]

Xcessive also offers Oil pan modding to ease the swap.

[slidevertable]

Oh ok how bout the trany and the driveshaft will those have to be custom made too

[Tantwoforty]

its a easy swap.
Use a J30 oil pan. make mounts. make a driveshaft. and wire it. and win.
ours even has AC.. oh and 2 turbos..
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TekOne Autoworks
Riverside CA

[Future_gohan]

curious how you fit the turbos i test fitted this motor and I couldn't get the turbos to fit in the factory location at all. neither side fit what so ever.

if you want xcessives motor and trans mount i have a set i'm not using for 100 bucks lol brand new

[Tantwoforty]

well, for the drivers side we used another knuckleand some tricky fabing to work around that turbo. other than that they are in the stock locations on stock manifolds.
car runs stock and beautiful.
the shifter even lines up nice lol

[Mongooze]

Vgs are garbage, I heard a rumor once that a v6 (vg30E) s12 crossmember will fit on a s13 the de vg fits in there

[Future_gohan]

Vgs are garbage, I heard a rumor once that a v6 (vg30E) s12 crossmember will fit on a s13 the de vg fits in there

I think so.


And I just don't see it being on the stock manifolds, granted it looks like my motor was farther back and was in an s14, but the turbo could not possible go in the stock location, the steering rack was damn near touching the manifold itself, and the passenger side hit the rubber motor mount.

Not saying you didn't do it, cuz its done, but seems it would have taken more work than needed

[Tantwoforty]

next time we have the car here ill snap a pic of it on the rack and you can see what i mean.
that swap is 5500 out the door