VQ35 Swap into a 1982 Datsun 280ZX by Z-Fever

[z-fever]

We are building a 1982 Datsun 280ZX. The car came from Georgia and has been sitting in a barn for nearly 10 years. The customer is very attached to it and wanted to update the car and re-power it. He wanted a VQ35 from a 350Z. After doing his research he found us and had seen all the VQ35 swaps we had done and sent to car to us. This is the build:


Here is the car when we first started the build. First things first.... let's get rid of the L28. Great old engine but no balls!


Look at all that Georgia clay caked onto everything, nice!!!


this is all the rust that came out of the old fuel tank, NASTY!!! We will have to pull the tank and have it resealed before we start the new engine.


Plus, as an added bonus we had a trashed steering rack and the whole suspension was garbage... Here are some before and after pics...










So, now that the suspension was addressed we are on to the engine bay. First we have to strip it completely for repaint:


Now, we have to sand EVERYTHING BY HAND!!!!! Because it is a nightmare trying to get a DA sander into the cracks and crevices of the engine bay:


Now we start to paint the engine bay:




Now we installed the engine mounts and set it in the engine bay.


Now we made a custom transmission mount:


Now we made a custom shifter bracket out of 6061 Billet aluminum and removed the factory rear VQ trans bracket and installed ours:


Now we made a custom conversion clutch line from stainless braided hose:


We have already finished the wiring harness and tuned the ECU. We have installed teh 350Z accelerator pedal and are making the custom p/s steering lines and radiator. These will all be finished in the next couple days. We also made a custom driveshaft but it still neds to be installed. She will be finished and running by next week. Call us if you have any questions about this build of if we can help you with your project.
http://www.zfever.com or http://www.VQ35swap.com

[z-fever]

Here are a few videos of it running:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_InzpcguA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS7VIKa5yj0

[z-fever]

Here is the finished product installed along with video






And video of it running:
http://youtu.be/PkN_BFLdOE0

[XJared]

Did you use all the factory gauges?

[z-fever]

no, the factory speedo is cable driven and the tach is analogue.... They will not work. The other gauges we used and made function