Did Hinson use a torque arm? Would you happen to have pictures of the shifter location and transmission mounts?

Luigi

 

the car is running a T-56...and the shifter fits PERFECTLY in the stock location....that's all i can say at this time

 

ahhh. so amazing. i had an 04 GTO before, and loved it. so this is perfect haha.

 

Not sure if this is a repost but I am not reading thru this thread to find out. February 2008 Import Tuner, Page 40, bottom outer corner of page, snap shot of your car. Not a big picture but I am sure this is only the start of magazine coverage for this car. Congradulations.

 

o.m.g that is nice

 

Did they tell you anything about the ECU? Did they manage to keep all the controls? Piggy back for the LS?

 

It was just a quick snap shot from SEMA. All they mentioned was an LS powered 350Z.

 

 

Awesome... a good alternative to the FI route. I am really considering this. Only problem I see are the headers themselves.

Do you think the stock exhaust manifolds will fit? Seems like a very tight fit in there. If the stock manifolds WILL fit, then I MUST go for this swap.

 

The stock manifolds can't fit. They are specific to the VQ.

 

Ummmm, I'm pretty sure he was refering to the stock GTO manifolds, and them fitting into the engine bay on the motor....not the VQ manifold fitting on the LS motor.
Hahaha, LMAO.

 

Dude go to sleep! Its like late back in the states

 

11:00pm is not late unless you are over 50. LOL I just got home fron dinner and am waiting for some chick to come over and give me my early Christmas present.

 

What? instructions on how your to keep your man happy?!?


ok back on topic: The LS headers ARE specific for the 350Z. F-body headers will not fit. The retains the drive by wire systems and uses a corvette/gto ecu. The signals for the gauges are all run via CAN BUS thru the Z ecu. Basically the way to make everything function is retrofitting VQ sensors onto the LS. This will be done this week and tested. This will not work for RPM as the LS cank and VQ crank put out a different amount of pulses per second. the guys from UPREV are working with Brain Hinson to convert these signals to be readable by the Z ecu and display accurately on teh stock tach. YOu can just hook up the LS pulse but i belieeve the stock tach would read approximately 17% off.

Brian is using this week and next to finish up the minor things and then pricing as well as functionality (and my "what the car feels like with a V8" review) will be available soon.

 

No, thats one of the books on YOUR wish list, not mine. You are getting it confused, First it was the backwards stickers on the car, now this.....I am worried about you, man.

 

haha. Yeah, I was referring to the stock LSx manifolds, due to CA's BAR "engine change" program requirements. If I can retain all the stock (LSx) emission controls (cats in stock placement, evap, other misc stuff) and stock/CARB exempt items on the car, this swap is basically a winner. My smog will be up soon (less than a year) and I WANT something legal (less hassle).

references:
http://smogcheck.ca.gov/StdPage.asp?...s-Jan_1994.htm
http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100533
http://www.v8rx7forum.com/v8-rx7-tec...hard-fast.html


So, if I am reading this correctly, the car will have the LSx ecu AND the 350z ecu. The 350z ecu is solely utilized for readings of the gauges while the LSx ecu controls the engine? Then which ecu will be molested for OBDii diagnostics?

The basic rule of CA's engine change law is that there are absolutely no problems with the OBDii throwing out codes, so mixing and matching can work, although not truly recommended.

Thanks for the info!

 

Not that I'm complaining cause I wanted to hear the videos but, revving a brand new engine like that especially on what seemed to be a cold startup, OUCH!! Very nice though.

 

You also have to make sure the motor is newer than the car. Not just saying it to you, but anyone else reading this that may not know.

Luigi

 

Noah,

So you finally got it done!! I'll have to come check it out when I go back to NY! **** look sick!!

-Mike

 

The more i read about this the more i wanna go this route instead of fi heh