I'm guessing you really trust in your welds, but it just looks sketchy to me. The factory motor mount brackets are thick cast pieces whereas you're relying on what looks to be a 1.5" diameter tube welded on both sides. I just hope it's sturdy!

Otherwise, looks like you are well on your way to making pretty insane power, as long as you can get ECU/tuning issues out of the way.

 

Yes, I trust my welds. Plates are 3/8" steel and the pipe is 1.25" diameter 1/8" thick wall. I'm sure it's as strong as the cast aluminum pieces on the VQ35. The pieces are so short and they share the load, there is not way there is enough leverage to bend or damage them with whatever this motor can give it.

 

Congrats on the birth of your new baby!

 

Mounts look stout to me, I don't think there will be an issue there. Can't wait to see/hear this thing running.

 

If anyone is interested, I have a Nismo flywheel and clutch that came with this car. Guy said it was put in 1500 miles ago.

 

I wonder why people still think the VQ is a good engine to boost!


GLWB.

 

Great job man. I definitely would want this setup if my crap blew up.
Tons of room!

 

Ok update,

I talked to the engineers at work and they are going to build a universal CAN bus interface. They are going to start with the 350z but later offer other CAN protocols for other makes.

Here is the rough system diagram we came up with. We wanted to keep it simple so we used GM sensors as the standard.

 

very interesting build, in for results, some good fabrication going on

 

Nice, good for those wanting to covert other motors over tot he Z platform.

I talked to Syvecs, they told me the ECU for the DE is around ~$2800 and the HR is ~$6500. Big difference between the two. I was really leaning on going with this system, but Haltech does pretty much everything I need it to do without losing an arm or leg for an ecu. I may as well go Motec if I were to use the HR setup.

Still looks like a great system to use though, MAYBE I can get someone to give me a good deal .

I wish I could work on my Z as much as you. I only get to see mine every two weekends lol. Almost like child custody haha.

 

Z's don't have oil temp display (only pressure) nor a factory MAP sensor, so you don't need either of those on the CAN bus.

 

I know this but other cars do. How do you think all these new cars calculate when the oil needs to be changed.......oil temp. Lots of stock turbo cars do have boost gauges.

 

Look at it this way a Megasquirt III and this CAN interface would do it for under $1500. We're estimating it'll retail for about $250.

 

I was just about to say, Megasquirt is the way I'd go with this build, unless there was a simple plug and play haltech etc option...

Retail?
Are you planning on selling a kit for this? I would definitely be interested in this once the vq has been used up. Vr6 engines are plentiful, affordable, and capable. Most of the chassis they come in suck... FWD or R32 awd. Neither of which fit my cup of tea.

 

Wow, sub'd.. lad all these swaps are dropping! makes the forum interesting again...!!

 

I'm planning to offer most of the pieces once I get everything worked out. I'll work with the forum mods to start with a group buy for the parts to try and keep the cost down.

 

Right on man.

Something you might consider is selling both that adapter plate and a template for it. You could charge a pretty good amount for it and it would be pretty much pure profit for yourself if you're on a tight budget for production. Also definitely look into selling turbo manifolds and or custom intake manifolds that re-use our TB. LMK if you need a welder for manifolds... A buddy may or may not be interested.

Glad to see you're doing this!

 

Congrats on the newborn! This is an awesome project. I'm keeping an eye out on your build.

 

Thank you! We are blessed with three great kids now.


This is what i got in from Z1 this week and the new motor will be here Monday. I'll post how I modify the flywheel to work on the VR6.

 

I have this Invidia full exhaust if anyone is interested.