The car is a Silver 2004 Nissan 350z that I bought in June and originally turbo'd and got bored with it within a few months which is why im doing the car now. I recently purchased an 05 LS2/t56 drop out with low miles. My original plans were to drop in a PTE 78 and do a custom front mount turbo system but after taking a **** load of measurements theres simply just not enough room and I refuse to do a rear mount...so gonna stick with the old nitrous setup this year Next year after the car has been running for a while, ill most likely cut up the front end and turbo it. I dont have alot of pictures yet(there really isnt anything to take pics of yet)..but as everything starts coming along I will add pictures.

Im using the Hinson supercars swap kit along with his 1.875" long tubes into a custom exhaust ill be making. My plans for right now are just a decent size cam (238/240) a 150 shot and all supporting mods. My cars curb weight is 3188 and ill be removing a few lbs trying to get the car down to 3100 with the LS2 in(no a/c). Heres a few pic of the previous set up..and some of the new.

 

Hopefully the rest of the swap parts will be here soon



Im using arp head studs, and arp 2000 rod bolts just for some extra safety

 

Well, while waiting for my stuff to get in I decided to roll my fenders. Now you can only roll the fenders so much before you run into issues with paint cracking...however in my case I want as much room as I possibly could. So my body guy told me to just roll them and do whatever I had to do and he will go in smooth, and repaint the quater panels. So I went to town with the fender roller completely flattening the fenders. If you notice on the pics the fender sticks out a little bit past the rear bumper. Thes either going to push that part back in a little bit or pull the bumper out..with how much pressure I put on the fender roller it seemed to slightly(2-3mm) pull the fenders out and actually looks really good. When I bring it to him hes going to see if he can get a few more out of it before getting into major body work..any little bit helps. Heres the pics:**sorry for the ****ty cell phone pics**

Heres the fender roller in action(its for sale now..210$shipped in great condition with all hardware and instructions)

You can see how far up I folded them..I have big tires to fit back there haha

Here you can see what I was talkin about with the fender being pulled out a bit..

Heres the new *** view...it looks so much better with wheels/tires that actually fill the wheel wells..

 

So close!!!

Teaser shot:

 

Wow....just wow.

 

how much is the conversion?

 

wow nice to see someone who bought the conversion kit...

 

Awesome. Look fwd to the rest of the install. Those LS's fit so well in our Z's.

 

subscribing...interested in going this route myself...

 

very nice...good luck with the project

 

Awesome Swap man. Good luck and can't wait to see the final instal and numbers. Then some track times

Also are you doing this yourself or is Hinson doing the conversion?

Chris

 

+1, I have a friend who is the LSX man. Wouldn't be that hard if they have a kit out there. Are you using the Z's transmission?

 

nice build! car looks great too. a few questions if you don't mind.

1. I went on Hinsons website. So the install kit includes a driveshaft, motor mount, tranny mount and oil pan. So all you need is the engine for a direct drop in?

2. what else is needed for install?

3. what about the engine wiring for the z?

thanks.

 

Im doing the swap myself.

As far as cost, im at 14,700$. I sold my turbo kit and old drivetrain so that offset the cost alot. Also, the cost is a little higher becuase I did a few things to the engine(cam,studs,nitrous,ect)along with a twin disc clutch..so that brought the cost up. Figure 15,000$ to get a good solid build. Theres still a few odds and ends I know ill need so in the end it will end up a little over 15,000 for me.

 

Nice job bro!

 

I actually talked to Hinson a while back about him getting us a demo car. Wanted to see if we could get a Titan ECU to control the LS motor, and retain all the stock gauge/body/abs modules.

It might take a while for us to develop, but it would make the swap that much more effective. Just takes a donor car to get here to the shop and left for a few weeks.

 

Oh snap!

 

That seems like an extremely difficult task. Theres alot of calibrations and additions to the wiring harness that would have to be made..Seems like it might be more trouble than its worth. My car will retain all stock functions as well...im using a CAN gateway to splice the 2 systems together.

 

bump for answers to my questions.

 

I'm a little puzzled by the post by Uprev, my understanding is that Hinson provides the necessary modules to interface between the Nissan stuff and the GM control module for the engine. Am I missing something here? Thanks.