Engine Swaps Prior Blog Posts by Date Engine conversions: early engines into late models and late engines into early models. You'll also find these posts cross-referenced in their manufacturer categories. January 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31     Nov   Oct RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net Index of prior posts by title Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date. Saturday, January 12, 2008    VQ35 swap into early Datsun Z   Following up to my previous post, suggesting that a Nissan/Infiniti VQ35 engine would make a great swap into an early Z, I've found a site where the owner details exactly that. The donor engine is from a late model 350Z. The recipient is a 240Z. Great site: follow the link above to read lots more. And thanks to the author of that site, I'm starting to see how my own Z project could happen...   View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Engine Swaps | Nissan Z Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net  SHO V-6 swapped into early Datsun Z   Another great find today: a SHO V-6 swap into an early Z. As my readers know, I'm a fan of the early Zs because of the driving dynamics and all-time classic styling. They were a masterpiece in their time... and they remain as such. However... the original engine would be difficult to bring up to modern performance expectations. It's pretty pointless, unless you are doing a restoration for concurs. When it comes to performance enhancements for early Zs, you can't beat a GT-R engine. Except in price. So unless you can find one, much less afford it, a Nissan/Infiniti V-6 would be the next best thing. Failing that a Ford/Yamaha SHO DOHC V-6 engine would be the next choice. And why not? It's a top quality engine, it's capable of even more power, it's reliable, it's available, and a transmission is easy to find. Continue at the link above for a full set of pictures. View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Engine Swaps | Ford - Taurus SHO | Nissan Z Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net  SHO V-6 swapped into 1956 BN2 Healey   SHOing that you can't keep a good engine down, here's another SHO engine refugee finding a good home in another very unlikely recipient. This time it's a mid-50s Healey. Continue at the link for extensive imagery and text. Here's a quote from the site which explains the rationale for saving your SHO engine and finding a good home for it: "The most unappreciated engine ever used in an American car. Idles smoother than a BMW and screams like an Italian exotic at 7000 rpm, as well as being a piece of art to look at with its 12 intake runners." View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Engine Swaps | Ford - Taurus SHO Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net  SHO V-6 swapped into TR-7   Here's a good swap: out with the boat-anchor and in with a state-of-the-art Yamaha SHO V-6 engine. An interesting and detailed account of the swap can be found at the link above. The majority of swaps into the TR-7 were V-8s, both in British and Australian displacements of the formerly-Buick all-aluminum engine. Some were even done by the factory until the V-8 was properly engineered and offered as a production option: first with a carb and later with the much more desirable fuel injection. View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Engine Swaps | Ford - Taurus SHO Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net
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