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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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hmm that would be a cool little swap... I would rather have the 300zx TT motor... I believe it is the VQ30TT

BTW I love the sound of the new nissian motors
Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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would make alot of power, and sound awesome, but space may be a issue. Whats the weight of those engines?
Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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300zxtt is vg30dett
Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by wildfire0310
BTW I love the sound of the new nissian motors

damn straight
Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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If it was easily possible that would be one of the first motors that I would consider for a swap. I love those sixes. That or an M3 engine.

But hey, if you can cram in a mustang 5.0...
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by speedf50
If it was easily possible that would be one of the first motors that I would consider for a swap. I love those sixes. That or an M3 engine.

But hey, if you can cram in a mustang 5.0...
not sure if an inline 6 would ever fit though, but it would be sweet to drop in a stroked Jeep I-6 if it was possible.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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RB26 has been done, only once that I've seen. IIRC the 302 only fits because of its narrow angle relative to the 4.6.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:34 AM
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It would be very front heavy, I also have doubts that the motor would fit.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:53 AM
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This is my dream swap
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by kotomile
RB26 has been done, only once that I've seen. IIRC the 302 only fits because of its narrow angle relative to the 4.6.
The 302 and 4.6 are both 90-degree V8s...the reason the 4.6 doesn't fit is because it's got two ginormous OHC lumps on top of each block. Too tall and wide.

It could be made to fit.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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the vg is huge, i don't think it will fit
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Shainz
It would be very front heavy, I also have doubts that the motor would fit.
Thats been proving wrong, look at the weight of all the V8, it doesn't throw the weight off by much and using the alum heads on the ford help even more.


BTW about the Inline 6 motors its been done, a few times

RB26-done once,replaced with an RB25(not sure why)
RB20/25- done a few times, there is a post on CR with photos of one install
1jz- started never seem to finish(m.net)


V8 swaps
302- done million times
LS1- looks like it could replace the 302 for monster miata
lexus V8- seems be drawing some attention

V6 swaps
KL-VE swap- done once and not sure what going on with that..


That is all the big motor swaps I can think of.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian
The 302 and 4.6 are both 90-degree V8s...the reason the 4.6 doesn't fit is because it's got two ginormous OHC lumps on top of each block. Too tall and wide.

It could be made to fit.
I stand corrected, thank you.
Old Sep 3, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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that z motor has nothing on the '07 motors, they are truly kick ***. (and that almost costs more than the car)
Old Sep 4, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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If someone wants to buy my Titan it comes with a VQ56.
Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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I think the new 3.5 nissan motors sound like ricey ******* straight from the factory.. but I guess thats just me.
Old Sep 4, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RusMan
This is my dream swap
Once I get my miata to the point I want it I'm making another '99 black miata w/ this engine. w/ dual gt35r turbos ..... but this is once I get this one to the point I want it at....
Old Sep 4, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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the vq35de would be better than the vg30dett. those 300zx engines are huge and hard to work on in their big engine bays let alone a miata's. personnally i would go for the sr20det from the silvia.
oh and those nissan engines do sound BA.
Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dhaark
Once I get my miata to the point I want it I'm making another '99 black miata w/ this engine. w/ dual gt35r turbos ..... but this is once I get this one to the point I want it at....
If I ever have to replace my engine, I'll probably try to do this, especially now that I know some people that can do really good custom fab. n/a 300hp sound soo good. But I'm broke and my current engine is still not done yet

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