I am def thinking of a carb'd 350 (simple engine) anyone fancy doing it for me ? (this is a serious enquiry)

350z engine without injection or 350ci?

I think He's talking about a 350 cubic inch V8 engin being Squeezed into the Z's engin bay. I'd be Very interested to see how this goes....

 

Good luck!

Thought the LS1 was the choice for the V8 conversion these days?

Ford 351 cleveland or 302 CI or Chrysler 318 CI all small blocks that should fit in or even the good ol Rover V8 light and very under rated but good for tuning as alternatives apart from the former being cast engines except the Rover and the LS1 being all alloy and 350hp not much of an improvement for the effort those gains are so easily reached with the stock zed engine without too much effort

Thought the VH41 / 45 would be a better idea. Alloy V8 and Nissan too. The speedway guys are getting 10000 rpm out of them with only a mild investment in comparison to the other V8's.

 

http://www.nz300zx.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1714

The Vh45 is definatly the engine of choice !! ..........but the ls1 is the American engine of choice if thats your thing.

:cry: :cry: :cry: I just want someone to install it for me i am not bothered if its an ls1 or 350ci small block carb'd it seems no one offers this service

No one really offer the service because it will take the best part of/or 10k to complete and not many people want it done.

i thought about it to. should'nt be to much hassle from what i remember of the zx engine bay. I've been looking for a rolling shell for this kind of project.

This is Matav8.s first start up after instaling his Chevy 350 :hyper: :hyper:

http://www.zippyvideos.com/1635845162386886/chevy_run/

The guy who owns it now has had it setup and Dynoed , it,s kicking out 400 bhp !! and enough torque to pull ya house down :bow: :bow:

James,I know you want it simple!-have you read my posts when I did the swap?

It's alright quoting,LS1 this,VH45 that! but you are talking money!!-I reckon mine stood me around £8k but I did the work!!-If I had the time/was staying I would happily take the job on!! ;)

I've just finished my 383 Chevy V8 transplant. Got it on the road last month, but was immediately obvious there were some problems. Got it straight back in the garage and went thro it all again.

Got it back on the road at the weekend and it's starting to feel somewhere near where I want it. Still some minor niggles, but it's pretty much almost there. My mates think I'm being far too picky, but I won't be happy till it's absolutely nob on.

 

I've done the Chevy conversion a few times on other cars, and the performance is about what I expected, which in road car terms is pretty devastating!

 

The 300 handles the power far better than any previous transplants. Real point and squirt stuff.

 

Anyway, James, I would be very wary of going to a so called 'specialist' and expecting to get a reasonable job at a reasonable price. There must be lots of people who could get the running gear in and driveable, but to make a decent job of it, as a complete package, takes hundreds and hundreds of hours. I spent the first month of the conversion just sorting electrics out, although part of that was for the digital dash install.

There's a few people on here who could do it, MantaV8 obviously, but whether they've got time I wouldn't know.

 

I would like to do another conversion myself now mine's almost done, but it would be for myself, and would be a bigger engine this time, maybe a Viper V10 or some V12, maybe BMW 5.0V12 now they're cheap enough. Ok, they probably would'nt be any faster than mine, but it's the challenge and the engineering side which interests me.

So, I had half thought about seeing if there was any interest in mine, and at what price etc.

Obviously have no idea of your budget, or what spec you require. Mine is all high spec stuff, and is nearly new.

 

Am about ready to photo it and put pics up so keep an eye out if you're interested.

I'LL keep an eye out! LOL! :D

Daz, if you're over this way pop in for a test drive. I'd like your opinion on it.

think i'm gonna keep 2 eyes out for this one!

Errrr,can't remember where you are mate!!-Pete came last time remember! :o

Allestree, in Derby, DE22 2SB.

Thanks for all your help guys i really appriciate the comments, i would like to keep an eye out for the car but i want it done to mine being a swb tt slicktop. Again Manta or keith if you ever feel like doing another one please make me your 1st call. I guess i will have to be patient or quit my job and re train as a mechanic lol.

 

Thanks again guys