where to get a new engine

[kefferjoe]

So i am going to do a non turbo to a turbo swap on my 86 300zx and i was wondering where the best place to order possibly the whole engine and hopefully the turbos and maybe even the transmission any help is appreciated

[BadQ45t]

There are some sites that have this covered...but you need to find a turbo donor car as there are other parts you need besides the engine. There are some parts under the car that need to be changed out....look for a donor turbo car, the engine you can find re-man'ed or used around. There used to be lots of places that had the VG30 engines, fewer with Turbos.

One link I had was a place that you can e-mail:

http://www.risingsunengines.co...Fo6pQ

I cannot vouch for them but I know a few people that got used quality engines from them. Start to search the junk yards for the donor car to strip the parts you need.

[kefferjoe]

what parts should i be looking for specifically off the donor car??

[evildky]

please search, this has been covered in detail, honstly as cheap as these are these days you're better off selling your n/a in favor of a turbo model, if you must do the conversion try finding a complete parts car, you'll need the front crossmember in addition to the normal bits, like I said search, it's been covered in detail, I did the conversion myself on a $200 car with a $450 donor car

[BadQ45t]

I would have to agree with Evil on this one. You need several major parts under the car where the turbo plumbing go, a new ECU and several other major pieces. Unless your a gifted mechanic with lots of time on your hands I'd dump the NA, pick up a used turbo and start from there. It will just not be worth all the time and work in 2009 to do that much work on a car that old.

As he said do a search, there is also a guys website which I cannot recall right now that has a step by step on how to do this. I looked at it real carefully about 10 years ago and decided than on my Z31 which is in very good condition for a car that I was the first and only owner. Just not worth the amount of expense and challenges to do it.