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this g35 coupe with a hr swap being tuned by jon from z1. If I’m not mistaken he spoke to guilty garage. They made it happen for the wiring. Only reason why I have so much interest into a hr/vhr swap. Kinda tired of the de revup I have.
It bores me because I spent stupid money on the car that 5 months later there is a tapping sound. Car was cammed and made 306rwhp and 264tq. But I wanted to do was to use a vhr bottom and hr heads on the 350z. Thought about purchasing a wrecked 370z for the low pull the trans and motor out and get any other goodies from it to use on my 370z while I entertain myself with the vq37hr. I just have a sentimental value to my 350z. so I will continue to lose money on this car.
It bores me because I spent stupid money on the car that 5 months later there is a tapping sound. Car was cammed and made 306rwhp and 264tq. But I wanted to do was to use a vhr bottom and hr heads on the 350z. Thought about purchasing a wrecked 370z for the low pull the trans and motor out and get any other goodies from it to use on my 370z while I entertain myself with the vq37hr. I just have a sentimental value to my 350z. so I will continue to lose money on this car.
sell everything, find a decent DE and turbo it ... 400 to 425hp all day long ... a VHR will be the furthest thing on your mind!
sell everything, find a decent DE and turbo it ... 400 to 425hp all day long ... a VHR will be the furthest thing on your mind!
That makes a lot of sense and after looking at various power up options, including a LS swap, a single turbo DE would be my choice too..Engine would still need lower compression pistons at least of course..
That makes a lot of sense and after looking at various power up options, including a LS swap, a single turbo DE would be my choice too..Engine would still need lower compression pistons at least of course..
low comp pistons for turbo is a myth … you can run high and/or higher comp pistons (relatively speaking) you'll just need less boost to make the same power ...
All this HR nonsense is funny, what's the gain? After it's all said and done you can have a DE with more power and it will work 100% as intended. If I'm swapping anything into a DE car it will be the GTR engine, go big or go home.
So now you can go back and buy the rest of the parts you need to complete this swap. It'll be easier to know you need to swap the steering racks in order to get the HR in. Like I said, the parts are not the biggest problem, the bigger problem(s) will come when you try to integrate both electrical systems together. Nissan engineered the DE and HR differently and their electrical systems are significantly altered.
Is the HR short block compatible with DE heads, intake etc.... ?
Fairly sure Sasha ran a HR bottom with DE heads at one point but they aren't "bolt-on". Dont quote me on that tho. IIRC he said the DE heads flowed better? Or maybe it was for the ITBs. So much more aftermarket for DEs that there is no reason to do such a swap, if you gonna swap might as well do a vr38 or something better than a HR.
Fairly sure Sasha ran a HR bottom with DE heads at one point but they aren't "bolt-on". Dont quote me on that tho. IIRC he said the DE heads flowed better? Or maybe it was for the ITBs. So much more aftermarket for DEs that there is no reason to do such a swap, if you gonna swap might as well do a vr38 or something better than a HR.
I wont quote ya!
I think he may be the exception but not the rule ... he's done so much machine work between the heads and block to squeeze as much displacement out of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_VQ_engine#VQ35HR The new engine block retained the same bore and stroke, but the connecting rods were lengthened and the block deck was raised by 8.4 mm to reduce piston side-loads.
I dont know what they mean by the block deck was raised by 8.4mm if the bore & stroke are the same as it would relate to a DE block/set of heads - that's all I'm saying.
Definitely not your average guy lol, all these engines are similar to each other tho. I think Z1 was using a 3.7 bottom with 3.5 heads or something like that resulting in a 3.5 that was later brought back up to 3.7. Lots of crazy stuff out there.
Fairly sure Sasha ran a HR bottom with DE heads at one point but they aren't "bolt-on". Dont quote me on that tho. IIRC he said the DE heads flowed better? Or maybe it was for the ITBs. So much more aftermarket for DEs that there is no reason to do such a swap, if you gonna swap might as well do a vr38 or something better than a HR.
Maybe it was for the ITBs then but he was using them, I'm more interested in what the hell Z1 did to their engine as they are boosting it. NA is not the way to get power unfortunately, Sasha's current engine is the exception and nobody will ever get close.
I would like to boost the performance of my daily DE but keeping it a streetcar, So what HP range can a DE do without doing the internals safely without worrying about blowing the engine and doing the internals, safely without worrying about blowing the engine?
I would like to boost the performance of my daily DE but keeping it a streetcar, So what HP range can a DE do without doing the internals safely without worrying about blowing the engine and doing the internals, safely without worrying about blowing the engine?
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tranny harness and ecm I'm not too concerned with the power output I just want a newer platform and to be able to keep it Nissan I can swap the block out with a vhr block and have a little more fun with it in the future. This is a pic of the the engine it looks clean and I pulled off of a wrecked 08 z was stock and i also took the headlights and taillights off of it. Might do head gasket and timing chains and call it a day maybe new clutch as well I'm trying to keep this as budget friendly as I can though and guilty garage said de rack and pinion clears.
