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LS2 V8 into 350z - Zed Shed Style. **Cancelled ** (TINKERING)


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Well I have the car and the engine so might as well put them together and see what happens :thumbs:

 

The Zed - 2004 Azure 350z, 123K miles and a now removed blown engine.


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Engine - LS2 V8 6l (400HP) removed from a 2006 24K miles Monaro (already removed when I acquired it)

 

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Gear Box - T56 from the same Monaro

 

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Let the games begin :thumbs: 

 

Original thread with engine strip and damage here -

 

 

 

 

Keyser

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I'm going to attempt to do as much of this conversion as possible without buying any of the conversion kits, I will still need some specialist parts made such as the propshaft, I'll probably go for the ready made clutch upgrade but will see how much I can save if I DIY that as well, the rest we will just make up as we go :thumbs:

So if anyone spots and obvious mistakes or has any constructive criticism to offer please don't be shy post it up :thumbs:

Banter is obligatory on this thread so if you aren't up to it don't follow :lol:

 

I had to start somewhere so I put the engine on the hoist and tried it -

 

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Not even close

 

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Needs to be further back and lower, but with the sump on it can't do either which was to be expected as all the kits come with a new sump and modified oil pickup. I removed the sump put the gearbox on and tried again.

 

I got everything as close to needed as possible, bear in mind there has to be a few compromises, then started on the engine mounts.

 

Original 350z Mount - used because A. I have them and B. I can always use the upgraded version later if needed and it should be a 1 for 1 swap.

 

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I also got this with the engine -

 

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They came with the engine which was going to be put into a BMW, I cleaned it up as I want the plate that fits on the engine (this could easily be made but why waste what I have)

 

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For the other side I had similar but as the distance is more I kept some of the metalwork.

 

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clean up the 350 engine mount top plates

 

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Make a template

 

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weld the up -

 

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Drivers side

 

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Passenger Side

 

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The all important fitted :thumbs:

 

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Happy with that, I now have to make a gearbox mount to replace the trolley jack :lol:

 

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More Soon.

 

 

Keyser

 

Maximum Effort :thumbs:

 

 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Keyser said:

I'm going to attempt to do as much of this conversion as possible without buying any of the conversion kits, I will still need some specialist parts made such as the propshaft, I'll probably go for the ready made clutch upgrade but will see how much I can save if I DIY that as well, the rest we will just make up as we go :thumbs:

So if anyone spots and obvious mistakes or has any constructive criticism to offer please don't be shy post it up :thumbs:

Banter is obligatory on this thread so if you aren't up to it don't follow :lol:

 

I had to start somewhere so I put the engine on the hoist and tried it -

 

IMG_1854.jpg.659188dc05a8c4716b7e14f8477a0b6d.jpg

 

Not even close

 

IMG_1855.jpg.b8aa43b379842a49a0ddf6f806061b56.jpg

 

Needs to be further back and lower, but with the sump on it can't do either which was to be expected as all the kits come with a new sump and modified oil pickup. I removed the sump put the gearbox on and tried again.

 

I got everything as close to needed as possible, bear in mind there has to be a few compromises, then started on the engine mounts.

 

Original 350z Mount - used because A. I have them and B. I can always use the upgraded version later if needed and it should be a 1 for 1 swap.

 

IMG_1856.jpg.e2ddc3c27e805ee293016604a1c461b1.jpg

 

I also got this with the engine -

 

IMG_1857.jpg.9188224586c1eacd8ae1f393d735f856.jpg

 

They came with the engine which was going to be put into a BMW, I cleaned it up as I want the plate that fits on the engine (this could easily be made but why waste what I have)

 

IMG_1858.jpg.4adc15a525261cd356c2229e791df5b3.jpg

 

For the other side I had similar but as the distance is more I kept some of the metalwork.

 

IMG_1862.jpg.e34d4a21fc7ddaa3e04397a774a00eec.jpg

 

 

clean up the 350 engine mount top plates

 

IMG_1863.jpg.30d28c7fe4cae43a2c796ff68d98128e.jpg

 

Make a template

 

IMG_1864.jpg.92fd76abe08c62797f1e565dc0602a9c.jpg

 

weld the up -

 

IMG_1865.jpg.fad2b788a497309becc4ebe5f0edf1d9.jpg

 

Drivers side

 

IMG_1866.jpg.4df41a99553ccc1fc4351eaaced3d568.jpg

 

Passenger Side

 

IMG_1867.jpg.2cea5c5bb26f581111326bfea9c7c80d.jpg

 

The all important fitted :thumbs:

 

IMG_1868.jpg.95c49003be5d76b7495824fd314531bf.jpg

 

IMG_1869.jpg.a945642a6b2d934ab0d24939b97aaf4d.jpg

 

Happy with that, I now have to make a gearbox mount to replace the trolley jack :lol:

 

IMG_1861.jpg.8986180f6edce90159e1b6b2ad7fd0c9.jpg

 

More Soon.

 

 

Keyser

 

Maximum Effort :thumbs:

 

 

 

 

Knowing how long seemingly small jobs can take , I'm very impressed how quick you got that in :notworthy:

are you going to cut and weld the sump or buy it, when I did the v8 Capri I cut it off turned it around and rewelded it but I was pretty poor back then :lol:

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  • glrnet changed the title to LS2 V8 into 350z - Zed Shed Style. (TINKERING)
2 hours ago, Daisyduke said:

Ls engines are classed as small blocks. 

and over 100,000,000 have been produced ... yes that's over 100 million !!! ... first produced in 1955 in the tri-Chevys 

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I just love that you have an LS engine just knocking around. I mean we all do obviously, I'm tripping over discarded v8s round my place :lol: (says a very jealous Jay).

In all seriousness I'm looking forward to following this thread. 

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9 hours ago, LRF4N said:

Legend 

 

What engine is in your 370? I can’t keep up :doh:

The 370 has the original engine with Stage 1.5 supercharger 450 wheel HP

The LS has less HP but more torque 

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8 hours ago, LRF4N said:

So the 370 is your show car, mx5 will be your learner drift car, 350 will become your proper v8 drift car ;) 

 

I sold the MX5 - The wife was giving me looks, she didn't actually say anything but I got a feeling that 5 cars and a trailer was  pushing it :lol:

I have better use for the money - buy bits to get the LS running :thumbs:

 

I'll get Sundays update posted this morning :thumbs:

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