this is going to be a BAD *** setup guys, trust me on this

 

I wana hear this asap btw...never heard a car running JDM nismo cams. if they ever come out with a good ITB setup for USDM..you should get it. make your car obnoxiously loud ^_^

 

there are videos of Ritchie's Z from Australia who had the Spec 1's floating around from a couple years ago

 

couldnt find it. but I found what I want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2-2I...eature=related

 

Damn that sucks I was planning on doing the same thing to my S14 and using vqswap for there mounting kit but i guess they dont fit worth ****...did you call them about that yet?

 

Looks good so far. Trying to talk my buddy into putting one in his S14.

 

I phoned him late last week about it and he said as soon as the x-member arrives he'll get on it right away. . .i'm hoping that this will actually be for an s-chassis. . .

I've found a few other crossmembers so i'm going to try and fab something for myself as well and compare it to vqswaps mounts. . .i'd like to get it as low as possible and as close to the firewall as possible.

Another fitment issue i've seen with a lot of vq's is the plenum sticks out about a 1/2" above the hood so they've had to cut out some of the ribbing. . .(i've got a cf hood )

There's someone else that's doing this swap into his wife's S14 and he was kind enough to show some pics of his custom x-member. . .i like his work. . .



specs are a lot tighter with this. . .can't wait to compare!

 

Awesome, there is a VQ s14 running in nopi. Hope it all works out for you. So far the car looks good.

 

Nice work I just picked up a s13 coupe yesterday the vq engine is ready to go I probably won't get there for a few months though need to take care of some body work first

 

A genuine s14 x-member made to work with the vq came in today! Had a snowstorm up here so I wasn't all that motivated to go and work on it in an unheated area.

Also went to Calgary to pick up all my suspension parts and cooling items!

Will get the x-member in tomorrow and hopefully the engine and tranny as well!

Pics!

Peak Performance suspension and koyo rad


FAL fans


Turbo XS Utec, MAP sensor and AEM w/b gauge


X-member, Suspension Techniques sway bars, Greddy tower braces


Thanks to Sharif and Sandy @ Forged for the parts as well as Oliver and Nguyen @ Autodream!

 

man this is going to be sweet bro... G/L on this. hope everything goes smoothly!

 

Looks like an awsome project keep up the good work can't wait to see the progress

 

The x-member came with new mounts, but the bolts that came with it are too big to fit in the mount points on the engine, not a biggy but something not good on Vqswap.com's part.

The clearance on this x-member looks pretty good so far, just can't wait to finally get the thing in lol.





bolted in


waiting on a couple parts from Nissan and then it'll be going in. . .can't wait

 

heavy... very heavy... should run hard and be bulletproof.
sick. all classy/functional parts. nice.

 

Does that xmember bolt right up to stock vq mounts? I'm not clear how the engine bolts up to the xmember unless it will make more sense when its bolted in.

 

yep the mount location on the s14 x-member have been modified/relocated so that it will work with the stock vq mounting brackets. . .but not the stock isolators. . .

 

Engine and the transmission are in, this was just to mock it up to check clearances. I had to remove the left header as one of the pipes was interfering with the steering rack knuckle. Looks like i'm going to have some custom ones made up pretty soon here. . .

Engine and tranny ready to go:


Tranny in the tunnel. . .



Everything is so tight, width and height, would have like to drop the chassis onto the engine and tranny. . . mebbe next time. . .


Tranny peeking into the tunnel. . .


Almost in. . .


This is about an inch above the mounts. . .


Next time I'll know to remove the plenum as the neck at the top hits the top of the firewall and prevents you from getting any angle. . .


Have to remove the power steering lines from the rack as they're right in the way. . .



1 mount on. . .


The sway bar will have to be lowered with some spaces as the oil pan drops right onto it in the factory location



IN!!!


Clears the hood as well!


Left mount. . .


Right mount. . .


Front. . .


Space between the bottom of the engine and the x-member. . .


Will have to grind out a little of the ribbing on the engine close to where it meets the transmission as it's just rubbing on the steering rack. . .


and just a few other shots. . .


ABS


Hoodline. . .

 

Wow... Very, very, very impressive!!! Must feel really good to come this far!! You make it look a lot easier than I'm sure it is~ Congrats! :-)

Edit: What are you lifting the engine with? Are those Cat Braces?? Lol~

 

that f'en cool

 

Very Nice!