vg30 blown what now?

Started by yakitori · Jul 20, 2004 · 16postsSMF 2010–26vBulletin 2004–05

yakitoridate not saved · #1

SR20 is possible..run you quite a bit of coin though..
You can always get another VG30E..they are quite plentiful.

BTW..when you say it "blew the motor" what exactly happened?

well the car is actually my friend's and when went to an abandoned parking lot one night and were doing donuts and all of a sudden his car starts making this loud noise..I checked and he had no oil in the engine.....bearings rattling like crazy! so he bought a new car and we decided to make the 200sx a track car... what exactly is needed to do the swap to sr20? does it really need custom mounts?

craigcddate not saved · #2

well the car is actually my friend's and when went to an abandoned parking lot one night and were doing donuts and all of a sudden his car starts making this loud noise..I checked and he had no oil in the engine.....bearings rattling like crazy! so he bought a new car and we decided to make the 200sx a track car... what exactly is needed to do the swap to sr20? does it really need custom mounts?

Yes it realy does need custom mounts theres a couple ways to do it but they all require some basic farbrication. I have been working on my mounts for 10 hours another 3 to put final touches on tonight and i should be done.

Then you need a custome drive shaft and cross members.

If you have the tools its not a big deal. It is a fairly in depth swap though.

Joel07date not saved · #3

I say drop in the 300ZX turbo VG30ET. Not sure how the manifolds and turbo fit, but at least the motor mounts and crossmember and all that would stay the same...

cls12vg30date not saved · #4

Now that is a MAJOR undertaking. There's a pic floating around the forum somewhere of an S12 with a VG30DETT swap. It is a major-league tight fit requiring significant modification to the engine bay.

Joel07date not saved · #5

I was talking about the ET, not the DETT. I woulda figured it wouldn't be too tough to stick the ET in, since it's the same motor pretty much with a turbo on it...

cls12vg30date not saved · #6

My bad. Yeah the ET is easier, but still requires modification to the firewall to make room for the turbo crossover pipe.

Alex Frostdate not saved · #7

Actually because of the crossover pipe, a TT setup would be easier to a certain degree. The main problem with the single turbo is were to put the cross over pipe in our engine bay. Now as far as the DETT setup, here is the pic...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/teamfrost/DSC02372.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/teamfrost/DSC02371.jpg

yakitoriJul 20, 2004, 6:37 am · #8

1987 200sx se blew the motor. any swaps available besides the vg..sr20det possible? thanks! :bow:

cls12vg30Jul 20, 2004, 8:05 am · #9

SR20 is possible..run you quite a bit of coin though..
You can always get another VG30E..they are quite plentiful.

BTW..when you say it \"blew the motor\" what exactly happened?

SpooledJul 20, 2004, 10:59 am · #10

Yeah? How the heck did you blow up a VG? I railed on mine for years at road courses and autocrosses and the thing never skipped a beat. That motor is practically bulletproof. Anyway, yes, the SR is possible, as is the CA18DET and any other motor you have the money to put in there. Personally, I\'d like to see the 4.5L V8 from an Infiniti Q45 shoved between the fenders.

hengeJul 20, 2004, 12:30 pm · #11

really.. just about the only nissan motors that i can think of right now that wouldnt fit is like the RB series engines (just because of their length).. but it all just boils down to how much money you want to spend and how much power you are looking to get out of it?

craigcdJul 20, 2004, 1:37 pm · #12

I would suggest going CA18DET my SR is turning out to be ALOT of work but i know i will love it in the end. Depends on how much work you want to put into the swap. CUSTOM MOTOR MOUNTS SUCK.

yakitoriJul 20, 2004, 3:34 pm · #13

SR20 is possible..run you quite a bit of coin though..
You can always get another VG30E..they are quite plentiful.

BTW..when you say it \\\"blew the motor\\\" what exactly happened?

well the car is actually my friend\'s and when went to an abandoned parking lot one night and were doing donuts and all of a sudden his car starts making this loud noise..I checked and he had no oil in the engine.....bearings rattling like crazy! so he bought a new car and we decided to make the 200sx a track car... what exactly is needed to do the swap to sr20? does it really need custom mounts?

craigcdJul 20, 2004, 3:40 pm · #14

well the car is actually my friend\'s and when went to an abandoned parking lot one night and were doing donuts and all of a sudden his car starts making this loud noise..I checked and he had no oil in the engine.....bearings rattling like crazy! so he bought a new car and we decided to make the 200sx a track car... what exactly is needed to do the swap to sr20? does it really need custom mounts?

Yes it realy does need custom mounts theres a couple ways to do it but they all require some basic farbrication. I have been working on my mounts for 10 hours another 3 to put final touches on tonight and i should be done.

Then you need a custome drive shaft and cross members.

If you have the tools its not a big deal. It is a fairly in depth swap though.

EuroboyJul 20, 2004, 10:49 pm · #15

if it is a vg30
then you need a crossmember too
not to mention everything else that was said

Jsvob03Aug 7, 2004, 9:29 pm · #16

yakitori...what is your location?..always interested in buying parts..