VH45de s14 swap

[gsracer]

So yea names jerry from miami, florida

Heres the specs

VH45de q45 V8
300zx Twin turbo 5 speed


Been working on it for a few weeks

Heres the car

s14

18 by 10 265/30
18 by 11 295/30

Full suspension , and brembos





Tranny



Engine out



Side by side





Going in









Yes the hood closes




Making headers






Clearing the sterring shaft

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Merge collectors






Driverside








GRound clearance



Pass side




Out of the car, equal length FTW!!!






Valve covers just powder coated Ferrari wrionkle red

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Well to update, I have replaced the timing chain. Cleaned the engine thoroughly, and ready to drop it back in.

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Finnally got all the fittings in , now i can put it back together

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Heres the latest progress.

Custom making a few things, the tranny will be here next week, so I'm putting the motor back in the car to get the rest of the stuff ready.

Water pump block off plate for electric water pump




Motor on the hoist about to go in






My first attempt at welding aluminum, dont laugh... Seriously. For remote oil filter mount





Back view



12 lb chrome moly flywheel




-16 AN fittings for water lines, two in, two out











Here it is back in again after powder coating and cleaning

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Since I'm still waiting for the tranny getting some other stuff buttoned up.

Oil catch can, still have to put in the breathers, ill just pick up some little k&n filters.







Had a friend tig up the fitting for the water pump block off.




Heres the Trust oil filter block, no oil cooler yet *

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now we're cooking with fire. special thanks to mazworx. They sell this now for anyone who wants it

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Heres where im at.






Due to a gross miss calculation on my part, i put one of the primaries on the pass header thru the starter and that kind of side tracked me for a while. I cut it off and im just gonna re route it.

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Anyway heres todays progress , put the tranny back together took 15 minutes total.








Good news is the mazworx tranny to chassis mount for the sr20 kit is a direct bolt on in my application which means that the drive shaft for the vg trans with sr20 will bolt on too, makes this ten time easier

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Got the driveshaft on. Another Mazworx part.







Engine coming out again for the 24 billionth time







Since i made the headers with out a tranny attached to the motor i wanted to make sure it didnt crash the headers into something after it was installed so did the driverside today

My Mile and a half of steering column clearance







Clutch will be here tommorow and after this weekend motor should be in there permanatly.

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Fixed the pass side header, now it doesnt hit the starter anymore and clears everything else.








Got the clutch in today,

Its a z1 motorsports single disc should be good till 500lb/tq.

It all lined up fine, z32 pilot bearing even fit into the vh crank perfect.

Now if it would stop raining id put this f*cker in.

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Its been rainging all day for the 5th day in a row.

Just getting little odds and ends with the valve covers and the headers done.

Wrapped them today. Tie raps are just to hold them in place because i ran out of hose clamps, and safety wire. Now me nor my passengers will burn there feet by the floorboard.

[rh4motorsports]

wow. nice build man! that's awesome! i love the ferrari red, and the headers are sick, mad mad props for the home build! great to see other v8's than the ls1! thanx a billion for posting your build here! how's the shifter, does it come out about in the hole or does it take some cutting? anyway, sweet build and can't wait to see more!

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[Lordrandall]

That is a wide ass engine. Awesome pictures.

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Future LSx swap S14 SE

[0100]

Wow Awesome job! I love the plumbing. Engine looks so clean.