Been a few people asking for an update so see pics!

Nearly there!!!

Looking good!

How are you getting on with the wiring?

Mine was a flippin' nightmare.

must be a labour of love.....how does the weight of that engine compare to a stock tt block

must be a labour of love.....how does the weight of that engine compare to a stock tt block

 

VH45de is approx 100Ibs lighter :D

how much power compared to the TT

how much power compared to the TT

 

Standard is around 320bhp, but thats in a pretty much detuned state aimed at hauling a big luxury car around with lots of low down torque.

 

Its said to be one of the strongest factory produced engines available and is a derritive of the engine used in the Le mans race car, and 400hp should be fairly easily attainable with breathing and cam modifications, along with the added benefit of all that torque, throttle response and high revving nature.

 

I believe john is going a bit more extreme with a 5.0 litre rebore and a potential 100-120hp/litre output and a 9k rev limit :eek:

 

There are Turbocharged and supercharged versions putting out 4 figure outputs !

 

The Z32 almost had the VH45de as standard, before Nissan went for the VG.

dave get the fookin kit ordered stop dillying ;)

The wiring is not too bad, but then I do industrial control for a living and this is really simple compared to the stuff I normally work on.

Yes, labour of love is right, suppose that's the only reason jobs like this get done, nobody would ever pay for all this time. As Dave says, stock engine is a lot lighter, even more when you consider loosing the weight of the turbos and cast manifolds etc. Certainly the suspension is about 2 inches higher now than it was with the VG30.

As for power, not sure. Engines to similar spec I've done in the past were 100-120bhp/l as Dave said but with the V8 the exhaust scavenging is a bit less efficient so who knows. Was never about huge power, would have just slapped on big blowers and saved all the grief for that, just about getting a Z with good throttle response that's drivable. To be honest if it makes 450bhp then that will be enough but should do more than that if I got all the calcs right!

The wiring is not too bad, but then I do industrial control for a living and this is really simple compared to the stuff I normally work on.

Yes, labour of love is right, suppose that's the only reason jobs like this get done, nobody would ever pay for all this time. As Dave says, stock engine is a lot lighter, even more when you consider loosing the weight of the turbos and cast manifolds etc. Certainly the suspension is about 2 inches higher now than it was with the VG30.

As for power, not sure. Engines to similar spec I've done in the past were 100-120bhp/l as Dave said but with the V8 the exhaust scavenging is a bit less efficient so who knows. Was never about huge power, would have just slapped on big blowers and saved all the grief for that, just about getting a Z with good throttle response that's drivable. To be honest if it makes 450bhp then that will be enough but should do more than that if I got all the calcs right!

wow can't wait to see it running :bow: :bow: :bow: