[BUILD] Fairlady 6.0 V8 Swap

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97 fairlady z
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Here is the invoice for the swap, doesnt include tein coilovers, enkei wheels with continental tires, sound system, kurumaz moulding kit, some other random little things. Engine was also fully rebuilt at no cost, and countless uncounted hours of labour and researching put in by my incredible mechanics Souraj and Allen.
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Best color of Z ever. Love the swap on a RHD!

97 fairlady z
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The cts-v engine/clutch came with a dual mass flywheel, that I f*** the s*** out of lol, would be 1500 to replace so I switched to a C6 corvette clutch and single flywheel for about the same price. Just got a bigger master cylinder from LOJ customs, they specialize in gear for LS swaps into Nissans. Am looking into putting on a TwinZ body kit and repainting her at the same time. Just not sure if my v-mounted radiator will fit in the new front fascia yet. It is already fit tightly into the bottom of the original NA bumper as it is. Anyways, the journey continues, might post some vids of some pulls eventually

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Keep us subscribers posted!

97 fairlady z
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Whelp. Threw a rod last night and blew a hole in my LS2. I have a 6.0l LQ4 iron block ready to go in though. Nice thing about the LS swap is how plentiful/cheap motors/parts are. Just gonna throw it in stock so I can enjoy my 300zx for the summer, then this winter gonna build it with a biga$$ turbo and go for 600hp. Also put a Tilton clutch master cylinder in it last week so the clutch feels much better than with the smaller 300zx master did. And had a bit of vibration coming through my transmission due to the engine mounts, put a better gear oil in her and she purred nicely again. also got some new plastics for her, windshield cowl and hood hinge covers. Can't wait to get her all painted up, she's gonna look brand spankin new.

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97 fairlady z wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:16 pm
Whelp. Threw a rod last night and blew a hole in my LS2.
What were you doing to window the block on a LS2? Revving to hard or maybe a little to saucy on the bottle?

97 fairlady z
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having too much fun for the past 8 months lol. racing every other day, burnouts, donuts, drifts, just generally driving the s*** out of it every time i get behind the wheel.

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I would've thought they can tolerate that. Oh well should've stayed VG!

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LIBRILZ wrote:
Sun Jun 21, 2020 3:59 pm
I would've thought they can tolerate that. Oh well should've stayed VG!
If its a old stock LS2 being thrashed then I can see it throwing a rod. The LS2 is a good engine, but if you wanna make reliable power you gotta upgrade ALL the bolts. Personally when my motor blows, I'm sticking in a LS7.

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I also have a RHD Fairlady and am about to swap a 6.0 into it
I see on the invoice that they altered the right exhaust manifold to clear the steering shaft
Do you know which manifolds you have ?

And could you take some pictures of them and how they fit around the steering shaft ?

This would help me out immensely

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97 fairlady z wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:48 am
Here is the invoice for the swap, doesnt include tein coilovers, enkei wheels with continental tires, sound system, kurumaz moulding kit, some other random little things. Engine was also fully rebuilt at no cost, and countless uncounted hours of labour and researching put in by my incredible mechanics Souraj and Allen.
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Any chance you know which exhaust manifolds ?

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they are from cxracing, but the driver's side had to be reworked to fit around the steering, i'll try an get a picture for ya

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97 fairlady z wrote:
Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:30 pm
they are from cxracing, but the driver's side had to be reworked to fit around the steering, i'll try an get a picture for ya
Excellent thanks man

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zxFarside wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:25 am
LIBRILZ wrote:
Sun Jun 21, 2020 3:59 pm
I would've thought they can tolerate that. Oh well should've stayed VG!
If its a old stock LS2 being thrashed then I can see it throwing a rod. The LS2 is a good engine, but if you wanna make reliable power you gotta upgrade ALL the bolts. Personally when my motor blows, I'm sticking in a LS7.
why not just buy a corvette? I mean the TTs are going up in value and becoming rare as it is, might as well try to leave it somewhat original

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The Z32 is a fantastic looking car but the VG is garbage.
With a V8 it finally has the potential it should’ve had from factory

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Sixhundredzedex wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:18 am
The Z32 is a fantastic looking car but the VG is garbage.
With a V8 it finally has the potential it should’ve had from factory
Please enlighten how an engine that was used successfully in different variants throughout nearly 30 years of production, proven in off road competition conditions, on race tracks, and in daily duty on the streets all over the world is garbage? This is a horribly uninformed and one sided comment, you really must have had one bad experience with a VG or heard your buddy's shade tree mechanic uncle talking down on the VG while leaning on his fox body like he's vanilla ice.

The VG (both in i, E and DE variants) is one of the most stout (safely produces 500CHP RELIABLY on a stock block), over-engineered (will make RELIABLE 4-digit power with only upgraded rods and pistons while on stock heads/cams/valves), well built (see two previous examples), and lasting engines (millions of Z31s, Z32, D21s, WD21, R50, D22, J30, A32, Y32. . . . ) to come out of the 90s are still on the roads of the world today with 200, 300, 400, 500k miles (that is 1M km for our metric readers). By most standards of performance and reliability it still competes within its class of engines today. A stock VG (NA or FI) with factory recommended maintenance and normal use is almost guaranteed to last well over 200k miles. Even 180hp SBC 350s cannibalize their own internals at that mileage.

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Sixhundredzedex wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:18 am
The Z32 is a fantastic looking car but the VG is garbage.
With a V8 it finally has the potential it should’ve had from factory
^^^ This statement is 100% false. You either do not know anything about engines or do not know how to work on them. The VG has way more reliability and potential than you think. Yes they are a bit more difficult to work on because of space limitations.

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LIBRILZ wrote:
Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:58 am
zxFarside wrote:
Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:25 am


If its a old stock LS2 being thrashed then I can see it throwing a rod. The LS2 is a good engine, but if you wanna make reliable power you gotta upgrade ALL the bolts. Personally when my motor blows, I'm sticking in a LS7.
why not just buy a corvette? I mean the TTs are going up in value and becoming rare as it is, might as well try to leave it somewhat original
Hey kinda late sorry, but it was an na, never a tt, the timing belt went on it 2 months after I bought it 5 years ago, and I was able to swap an ls v8 for a bit more than the original motor, with more raw power potential. Also in Vancouver BC, jdm cars are a dime a dozen compared to america so it wasn't a big deal.

HOWEVER, I'm currently looking to import a 2000(last year) fairlady z tt from Japan to swap everything from my car into (except the motor, just the coilovers, brakes, wheels, sound system etc) so it'll be sick as f***, I'm pretty drunk right now


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