VG30E turbo motor swap???

[Suicide.Veteran]

idk, thoughts?

[krash]

That is awesome!

[Razi]

Wouldn't a TT swap have been better and more powerful?

[krash]

z32? Yea thats what I would have done (if I was crazy and wanted to swap a VG into my 240). But seeing an old motor in an s13 is purdy cool.

[Lobo240sx]

VG30ET is a different and badass torque engine swap in a 240. A while ago some 240 owners and myself wanted to do this swap to be different. Nobody really ever got around to doing it lol. Looks badass though.

[OutToWinPAHC]

i ts outside the boy I like it

[AZ89two4Tsx]

How heavy are those motors? They're definitely more than plentiful and dirt cheap.

[OutToWinPAHC]

I just spied the turbo... hot air car?

[Suicide.Veteran]

Yeah, it's turbo, though factory t3 for now. I' m still trying to figure out a super short IC setup. I was thinking of using an rb fmic kit maybe? Oh well, they came factory non-intercooled, so in due time.

IIRC, they weigh 40~50 more than a ka24 fully trimmed??? I think just shy of 400lbs? But, they and 3.3 block are cheap around here, and the rotating assembly is similar to the de's. A 500hp limit on a fresh stock vg30et isn't too bad either. These things are durable.

Yes, a dett would be cool, but, I can blow one of these to Hell and go grab another, or go bigger displacement. Plus, I had it all laying around, so I figured why not.

[Suicide.Veteran]

Sorry for double posting, but my phone sucks.
I'm running the 90a t5 trans w/ an auto 240sx driveshaft and mustang shortshifter to relocate the gear lever position. The trans and engine mounts (n/a Z) had to be extended forward an inch, because I'm still running the z x-over pipe. Really easy. Wiring is a joke, because z31 efi is so archaic, but you have to make an ignition and ptu harness. Turbo was relocated, and I hacked the elbow off the ?elbow? And welded a vband on for the downpipe. Oil pan and pickup are front sump from a maxima. PS lines are sohc ka.

Vg30et is probably the hardest. If you aren't a little fab savvy, I would try a villager or quest 3.3 with an n/a z31 flywheel clutch pplate 71c trans, 240sx trans member, z31 n/a engine to isolator mounts, 240 engine crossmemer w/ pucks (possibly vg s12) and z cams w/ z intake or pathy. Pathy Manu might not clear the hood

[Razi]

Very cool.
VG blocks are quite sturdy indeed.
Did the Z31 motors have casting flash like the Z32 ones?
MotoIQ did a nice nice build on a VG-TT a while back and showed how they cleaned up their block.
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles ... art-1.aspx


Certain RB20 and RB25 intercooler kits have the inlet/outlet on the same sides like so:

And that should keep the piping much neater.

[OutToWinPAHC]

So did you make mounts from scratch or was this combination of random parts?

[Suicide.Veteran]

Na z31 engine mounts, mopar truck isolators, steel stock on the engine member to extend the mount forward, then I bolted/welded it to the member, and made new slots an inch forward. I went a little overboard and also used a turbo engine mount on the driver side, and welded/reinforced a 4.0 Ford engine mount to the frame rail.

[Suicide.Veteran]

And, that's the rb ic kit I was looking at. I'll try to get more pics up for reference, and a video this weekend, when I get to a computer.

Also, the vg-e has casting flash, and rough sand casting. I cut and smoothed as much as I could get to on the block and heads with carbide and polish bits when i rebuilt it in the z, but I'm no machine shop. Never really had a problem with the motor though, apart from the starving first two cylinders, and the vapor lock in the fuel rail.