VG30DE

[Ka to the E]

Hey guys, I was wondering what you think about the VG30DE? I have a chance to buy one for really cheap and i was wondering if anyone has ever swapped one into a 240sx? And also what kind of horsepower do they make as NA or Turboed?

[Ka to the E]

Hey Another question. I have the chance to get the vg30de, but i also have the chance to get a ka24de for around the same price. What would be the better engine? I am leaning toward the ka, i want to build it to have around 400 horsepower. Would i be able to build the vg to do that without going tt? which one would be cheaper?

[IanS]

Are these both RWD engines? If either of these engines came from FWD cars, they will NOT work.

The Ka will be a much easier swap, and is capable of 400, if you have the money.

The VG will require more money and effort to do the initial swap, but will make 400 with a lot less effort.

Do some research on both engines, there is tons of useful information on this site.

[Oo_Skyline_oO]

Don't go VG in an S chasis, its a PAIN to work on, you literaly have to take the upper intake mani to get to injectors, and if its a pain in the Z32 chasis, imagin in a tighter S chasis. go KA-T

[Ka to the E]

Heres a dumb question. why wont a fwd engine work in a rwd car? i thought an engine is an engine?

[julio]

A VG swap is not easy, so go KA.

Don't go VG in an S chasis, its a PAIN to work on, you literaly have to take the upper intake mani to get to injectors, and if its a pain in the Z32 chasis, imagin in a tighter S chasis. go KA-T

An easy modification can be made to the intake manifold to make the injectors removeable without taking off the manifold.

Also, the S engine bay is much larger than the z32. This makes working on the VG in an s13 much easier. Check out my swap:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2104481

[Ka to the E]

That looks sweet. Are you going turbo?

[IanS]

Heres a dumb question. why wont a fwd engine work in a rwd car? i thought an engine is an engine?

The block castings for motor mounts are different between the two, this makes building mounts even more difficult as you dont have matching mounts on each side of the block.

On FWD engines the distributer or CAS is mounted on the back of the head, hanging over the transmission, where as on RWD engines its on the side.

On FWD engines the intake manifolds point towards the transmission and the exhaust manifolds point down, while on a RWD engine the intake is towards the front of the engine, and the exhaust is towards the rear.

These are just some of the major differences, there are many more depending on the engine in question. A general rule of thumb, interchanging the two will be near impossible unless you own your own machine and fabrication shops.

[Ka to the E]

Oh Ok. thanks i never thought of that, my bad.

[240sxvg30de]

Totally Possible, and totally NOT hard... I don't know why more people haven't done this swap, its utterly breath-taking to drive.

[Auzzie]

Can you tell me how much room you had on either side of the exhaust manifolds. Are their engine mounts avaliable for this swap or had you prefabed them. Did you have to use a oil pan from a J30 vg30? I'd appreciate any or all information on the subject. Thank's Patrick you can email me @ [email protected]

[tacoz-1994]

was also thinking about the same swap i know these engines are great
my question is are the mounts the same another thing is the transmission bolt bell housing would it be the same or would i have to cut and weld on the other bell housing ?