VH45de s14

[Reno]

so you don't have a car to drive?

theres a meet Wednesday the 25th at 10:30pm at the Sports Authority on the corner of Semoran and 50. its an orlando forums meet.

[David Steele]

so you don't have a car to drive?

theres a meet Wednesday the 25th at 10:30pm at the Sports Authority on the corner of Semoran and 50. its an orlando forums meet.

Yeah I have a car to drive but meets are meaning-less to me.

[Reno]

NVM
Modified by Reno at 6:18 PM 7/15/2007

[Reno]

Bump for more VH45De Goodness im seriously planning this swap! wonder what is the best way to approach this........

[Mettler]

Buy an engine and all the parts necessary first... build your parts inventory until you have what you need to do the conversion, then go from there.

[Reno]

you think nissan still sell that ol VH? from factory?

[Mettler]

I'm not quite sure why you would ask me that.

[Reno]

Its Worth A Shot Brotha.

[Mettler]

You'd be wiser to buy a used engine, they're usually in pretty good condition.

[SSDwellah]

you think nissan still sell that ol VH? from factory?

I wouldn't be suprised if they did. In Mexico they sold the B13 Sentra for many years after the B14 came out, with little more than a minor headlight update. It's mostly only the US market which provokes such rapid development cycles due to changing emissions and safetly regulations. Not convinced? Here's another example: Z32 300ZX! What'd they sell that until 2000 or 2001 or somethign like that. They were only without a Z for a couple years AFAIK, while we were missing it for ~7 model years. Wow is this thread getting off topic, and no thanks to me

[elwesso]

You should still be able to get VH45's from the factory. Theyre like 5 grand though.

[Mettler]

Hey regarding your headers... did you weld your collectors on? Or are they just slipped on? How well does that seal?

[gs14racer]

I did not weld the collectors on they just slide in.

The trick is to get all the pipes straight and it will seal, if one is slightly crooked it will leak at first then seal once it heats up.

On my car driverside seals perfect but when i redid the one pipe on the passenger side it kind is off a few degrees so it doesnt seal until it heats up.

[tmorgan4]

For some reason this is the first time I've clicked on this thread....awesome work!

Would you mind posting up the wiring details? Mainly which parts you spliced into the factory chassis harness. Saw a picture but no explanation. Thanks!

[zehnder]

I ditto your request.I`m trying to wire up my vh45 into a dodge dakota.When I turn on the ignition,I have the relayed power to the fuel pump and controller working off of the ecu ok,I`m getting gas to the engine.I have relayed power to the coils too.The engine cranks,I`m getting power at the coils,injectors.The damn thing won`t start.I do have one bad injector though engine ran ok before I started the swap.The only thing that I can think of is that ecu Ignition signal,Start signal and how I am suppling the power to the ecu is not correct. QUESTIONS: ecu pins 1,2,3,11,12,13,14,15 are ignition signal wires where do they lead?Pin 43, Start Signal,How did you hook yours?Pin 45, Ignition Switch. Diagram shows it connecting up at fuel pump relay circuit between relay and ignition switch.That works OK but when Key is turned off, ecu won`t power down for me.Pins 48,49,58,59 look like power supply to ecu.How did you wire yours?Like injectors and coils, that have both 12V power and ecu pin out wires connected to them,are there any other engine components that need 12V power in addition to the pin out wires? This is an awful long post and maybe it is in the wrong place, but you mentioned needing wiring specifics from GS Racer and maybe a lot of other people could benefit from a more detailed account so as someone on this site said to not "Re-invent The Wheel"

[wecker]

hey man is there any more pics of the car or videos of the car?

[gs14racer]

Guys i did the wiring more than 6 months ago, i never wrote anything down, if you download the q45 service manual it has all the information you need.

[gs14racer]

hey man is there any more pics of the car or videos of the car?

There are more pics and vids here of the car

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[Tecni]

that red powdercoating came out beautifully.

[slamdbusa]

Do you have any pics of the power steering and alt set-up? I have to agree with everyone also, awesome build!

[450Z]

gs14racer,Why did you configure the coolant lines like you did? Do you run a thermostat? Have you had any cooling issues? The reason I ask is because the only way I can get my 450Z to run under 210F during a 1/2hr track session was by "gutting" the thermostat. I'm running a large Griffon rad which worked very well with a 250HP 3.0lt 6cyl. I'm wondering if your plumbing option would fix my problem. Obviously the factory thermostat was a restriction. Let me know. Thanks

[Carl H]

i think you'll find that if you wire in the stock tach it will read, even tho it will be reading 2x as high you can adjust it to read correctly, we do this all the time on rb motor swaps...good work tho...im considing a z32 vh swap with a t51kai bolted to the side.

[bigk]

Is it possible to give the dimensions/ drawing of the motor mounts?

[trick240sx]

have u checked out thecar

[bigk]

have u checked out thecar

Are you talking to me? I believe his motor has rod knock and he is replacing it.Thats why i asked.
Modified by bigk at 2:46 PM 11/20/2007

[T45]

gs14racer,Why did you configure the coolant lines like you did? Do you run a thermostat? Have you had any cooling issues? The reason I ask is because the only way I can get my 450Z to run under 210F during a 1/2hr track session was by "gutting" the thermostat. I'm running a large Griffon rad which worked very well with a 250HP 3.0lt 6cyl. I'm wondering if your plumbing option would fix my problem. Obviously the factory thermostat was a restriction. Let me know. Thanks

I am pretty sure he did that for 2 reasons. 1 he lives in miami florida so cold days really aren't cold. And 2 he is on the pedal everytime he drives it so a t-stat would only hurt him. That's my perception of things.

Being up in Canada I would assume you would drive it on cold days below 50 so having a t-stat would depend on the weather I guess. If it's just a track car I would go without it, just be sure to warm it up before heading out on really cold days. May even need to block the front of the rad a bit. The t-stat housing can't be that good for flow and bypassing it should provide a few more gpm's in there.

[SeanDean]

Just remember that on some cars, without a thermostat the water will pass through the radiator too quickly and not cool down enough, though this usually more a function of not enough water volume in the system.

Also on most modern engines, the thermostat is a 2 valve setup and if you just remove it you will leave the bypass port open at all times which will lead to overheating.

[450Z]

usually running with no t-stat will lead to the pump cavitating due to the lack of back pressure. So usually you need some sort of orifice in stead of the t-stat. I guess I'll run like that and just take my time getting the oil up to temp before running hard.thanks

[tmorgan4]

450Z...what kind of muffler do you have? I watched some of your videos and it sounds sick!

[jeramie411]

props