Lethal Injection: 05blakz33's Rb26 Swap
01-13-2010, 05:28 PM
#141
Registered User
iTrader: (31)
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Marietta GA
Posts: 2,044
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Me a *****? Never
Sounds good man
What pieces are you waiting on?
I finally got to wash it after picking it up New Years Eve Weathers been in the high 20's and low 30's during the day so my waster hose has been frozen.. lol 
Both of you can have rides lol its no prob and ill keep you posted on having you take some photos. Still waiting on some parts to come in :]
Both of you can have rides lol its no prob and ill keep you posted on having you take some photos. Still waiting on some parts to come in :] What pieces are you waiting on?
01-13-2010, 05:46 PM
#142
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Waiting on some coilovers that i ordered with a custom spring set so they said it would be a few months. Next i need to order a 4.083 final drive and and most likely a Quaife LSD, havent decided on the LSD just yet. Not to mention i have the nismo kit sitting in the garage and looking into getting a V2 bumper that all require paint. Got to save up again lol
01-13-2010, 11:01 PM
#144
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I got one from a privet seller. I think i was around $3,400. You mean Vq37 as in from the G57/370z?
01-14-2010, 10:35 AM
#146
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
01-14-2010, 11:29 AM
#147
Actually $3500 for a damaged motor shipped to me and no compression test because of VVEL. 
Last edited by Andrei; 01-14-2010 at 11:42 AM.
01-14-2010, 01:39 PM
#148
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The VQ37 from the 370z and G. If you paid $3400 that is not bad if it came with a transmission and wiring harness. A VQ37 is around $2400+ just for the motor and maybe the engine harness included. Actually $3500 for a damaged motor shipped to me and no compression test because of VVEL.
Actually $3500 for a damaged motor shipped to me and no compression test because of VVEL.
01-15-2010, 04:49 PM
#149
Registered User
iTrader: (56)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Miami
Posts: 1,894
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
nice build i also went the crazy route but put a 2jz in my car all i need now is tuning. dont want to steal your thunder here i wanna see some vids very intresting did all the electronics finally work inside?
Last edited by Fairlady_z33; 01-15-2010 at 04:50 PM.
01-15-2010, 05:03 PM
#150
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yup, everything worked but the oem Tach because the Vq had to many sensors compared to the RB
01-15-2010, 07:08 PM
#151
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Roswell, GA
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i'll wire up a VQ, LS, 2J, SR, or RB powered cardboard box with courtesy lights and all but when it comes to desoldering circuit boards , it's not really my fortay.
all the stock guages work and read accurately except the tach. i could get the tach to bounce once using the signals from the RB's cam angle sensor however it would not do a full sweep then register an rpm output. I did not want to damage the guage cluster experimenting and the fsm was very vague on any of the guageESQUE schematics, therefore i stopped on the tach, and continued with the rest of the wiring knowing the power fc would give 8 channels at a time of engine telemetry , one being RPM.
theoretically though, a guage is a guage. it needs power, ground, and signal(s). unfortunately the guage cluster of a 350z is basically a big circuit board, like opening up your desktop computer. i'm sure with more time and resources i could desolder the 4 legs of the stock tach, redirect a power, ground, and signal(s) to it and with a calibration box inline or a circuit board of my own, isolate the guage and get it to work off of the 2 signals from the rb computer just like factory.
I apologize in advance for making excuses but I didn't A. have another guage cluster to experiment with or B. have the alotted labor time as the wiring specialist factored into the swap to make this happen to be honest.
with that said however, I am willing to spend the time needed, if my time can be compen$ated by the demand.....and other such subliminal imagery
as far as the creature comforts. all the climate control settings/features still work just as factory. i wired AC stuff just like stock, i simply switched the compressor from the VQ to the RB essentially.
we could have also fabricated a throttle set up using the factory drive by wire stepper motor in the vq throttle body however, mechanically a cable has less chance of failing and a big electrical itb opening apparatus would have cluttered the engine bay. therefore safety and style prevailed over "because we can."
i wanted to and ended up incorporating the factory computer running tandem to the power fc, so that the power fc could control the engine, and the factory computer was still there to retain OBD2 and CAN communications. especially since we went from an obd2 powertrain to an obd1 powertrain. even had we used a 1999 r34 gtr motorset and computer i'm skeptical that a generic obd2 scanner like the one's they use at the smog stations would communicate with the jdm ecu.
Andrei: thank you, pm me when you're ready for your wiring and i'll get crackin. I'm not limited to only nissan either so your imagination and/or your monetary motivation are your only limits. at least i'm honest :P
definately one of the nicer swaps i've been a part of
Dave
all the stock guages work and read accurately except the tach. i could get the tach to bounce once using the signals from the RB's cam angle sensor however it would not do a full sweep then register an rpm output. I did not want to damage the guage cluster experimenting and the fsm was very vague on any of the guageESQUE schematics, therefore i stopped on the tach, and continued with the rest of the wiring knowing the power fc would give 8 channels at a time of engine telemetry , one being RPM.
theoretically though, a guage is a guage. it needs power, ground, and signal(s). unfortunately the guage cluster of a 350z is basically a big circuit board, like opening up your desktop computer. i'm sure with more time and resources i could desolder the 4 legs of the stock tach, redirect a power, ground, and signal(s) to it and with a calibration box inline or a circuit board of my own, isolate the guage and get it to work off of the 2 signals from the rb computer just like factory.
I apologize in advance for making excuses but I didn't A. have another guage cluster to experiment with or B. have the alotted labor time as the wiring specialist factored into the swap to make this happen to be honest.
with that said however, I am willing to spend the time needed, if my time can be compen$ated by the demand.....and other such subliminal imagery
as far as the creature comforts. all the climate control settings/features still work just as factory. i wired AC stuff just like stock, i simply switched the compressor from the VQ to the RB essentially.
we could have also fabricated a throttle set up using the factory drive by wire stepper motor in the vq throttle body however, mechanically a cable has less chance of failing and a big electrical itb opening apparatus would have cluttered the engine bay. therefore safety and style prevailed over "because we can."
i wanted to and ended up incorporating the factory computer running tandem to the power fc, so that the power fc could control the engine, and the factory computer was still there to retain OBD2 and CAN communications. especially since we went from an obd2 powertrain to an obd1 powertrain. even had we used a 1999 r34 gtr motorset and computer i'm skeptical that a generic obd2 scanner like the one's they use at the smog stations would communicate with the jdm ecu.
Andrei: thank you, pm me when you're ready for your wiring and i'll get crackin. I'm not limited to only nissan either so your imagination and/or your monetary motivation are your only limits. at least i'm honest :P
definately one of the nicer swaps i've been a part of
Dave
Last edited by ZUL8RDave; 01-15-2010 at 07:46 PM.
01-15-2010, 07:30 PM
#152
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
Posts: 71
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
In all honesty and not just because Dave wired my Car. He is the man when it comes to wiring, i remember months before the swap i was talking to local shops at a drift event and every single one of them asked who was wiring it. When i replied "Dave" Everyone agreed he was the best lol
Dave im at 700 miles
Dave im at 700 miles
01-15-2010, 07:52 PM
#153
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Roswell, GA
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
In all honesty and not just because Dave wired my Car. He is the man when it comes to wiring, i remember months before the swap i was talking to local shops at a drift event and every single one of them asked who was wiring it. When i replied "Dave" Everyone agreed he was the best lol
Dave im at 700 miles
Dave im at 700 miles
need moar pics n vids, it was in the 50's today, i broke a sweat lol
Dave
01-26-2010, 06:08 AM
#154
i'll wire up a VQ, LS, 2J, SR, or RB powered cardboard box with courtesy lights and all but when it comes to desoldering circuit boards , it's not really my fortay.
all the stock guages work and read accurately except the tach. i could get the tach to bounce once using the signals from the RB's cam angle sensor however it would not do a full sweep then register an rpm output. I did not want to damage the guage cluster experimenting and the fsm was very vague on any of the guageESQUE schematics, therefore i stopped on the tach, and continued with the rest of the wiring knowing the power fc would give 8 channels at a time of engine telemetry , one being RPM.
theoretically though, a guage is a guage. it needs power, ground, and signal(s). unfortunately the guage cluster of a 350z is basically a big circuit board, like opening up your desktop computer. i'm sure with more time and resources i could desolder the 4 legs of the stock tach, redirect a power, ground, and signal(s) to it and with a calibration box inline or a circuit board of my own, isolate the guage and get it to work off of the 2 signals from the rb computer just like factory.
I apologize in advance for making excuses but I didn't A. have another guage cluster to experiment with or B. have the alotted labor time as the wiring specialist factored into the swap to make this happen to be honest.
with that said however, I am willing to spend the time needed, if my time can be compen$ated by the demand.....and other such subliminal imagery
as far as the creature comforts. all the climate control settings/features still work just as factory. i wired AC stuff just like stock, i simply switched the compressor from the VQ to the RB essentially.
we could have also fabricated a throttle set up using the factory drive by wire stepper motor in the vq throttle body however, mechanically a cable has less chance of failing and a big electrical itb opening apparatus would have cluttered the engine bay. therefore safety and style prevailed over "because we can."
i wanted to and ended up incorporating the factory computer running tandem to the power fc, so that the power fc could control the engine, and the factory computer was still there to retain OBD2 and CAN communications. especially since we went from an obd2 powertrain to an obd1 powertrain. even had we used a 1999 r34 gtr motorset and computer i'm skeptical that a generic obd2 scanner like the one's they use at the smog stations would communicate with the jdm ecu.
Andrei: thank you, pm me when you're ready for your wiring and i'll get crackin. I'm not limited to only nissan either so your imagination and/or your monetary motivation are your only limits. at least i'm honest :P
definately one of the nicer swaps i've been a part of
Dave
all the stock guages work and read accurately except the tach. i could get the tach to bounce once using the signals from the RB's cam angle sensor however it would not do a full sweep then register an rpm output. I did not want to damage the guage cluster experimenting and the fsm was very vague on any of the guageESQUE schematics, therefore i stopped on the tach, and continued with the rest of the wiring knowing the power fc would give 8 channels at a time of engine telemetry , one being RPM.
theoretically though, a guage is a guage. it needs power, ground, and signal(s). unfortunately the guage cluster of a 350z is basically a big circuit board, like opening up your desktop computer. i'm sure with more time and resources i could desolder the 4 legs of the stock tach, redirect a power, ground, and signal(s) to it and with a calibration box inline or a circuit board of my own, isolate the guage and get it to work off of the 2 signals from the rb computer just like factory.
I apologize in advance for making excuses but I didn't A. have another guage cluster to experiment with or B. have the alotted labor time as the wiring specialist factored into the swap to make this happen to be honest.
with that said however, I am willing to spend the time needed, if my time can be compen$ated by the demand.....and other such subliminal imagery
as far as the creature comforts. all the climate control settings/features still work just as factory. i wired AC stuff just like stock, i simply switched the compressor from the VQ to the RB essentially.
we could have also fabricated a throttle set up using the factory drive by wire stepper motor in the vq throttle body however, mechanically a cable has less chance of failing and a big electrical itb opening apparatus would have cluttered the engine bay. therefore safety and style prevailed over "because we can."
i wanted to and ended up incorporating the factory computer running tandem to the power fc, so that the power fc could control the engine, and the factory computer was still there to retain OBD2 and CAN communications. especially since we went from an obd2 powertrain to an obd1 powertrain. even had we used a 1999 r34 gtr motorset and computer i'm skeptical that a generic obd2 scanner like the one's they use at the smog stations would communicate with the jdm ecu.
Andrei: thank you, pm me when you're ready for your wiring and i'll get crackin. I'm not limited to only nissan either so your imagination and/or your monetary motivation are your only limits. at least i'm honest :P
definately one of the nicer swaps i've been a part of
Dave
