VH45de into S14

[gsracer]

Heres the specs

VH45de q45 V8
300zx Twin turbo 5 speed
Aluminum Driveshaft

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

[gsracer]

Merge collectors






Driverside








GRound clearance



Pass side




Out of the car, equal length FTW!!!






Valve covers just powder coated Ferrari wrionkle red

[atom]

Interesting..what bellhousing is used to bolt the tranny up?

[bustav13t]

SUPER HOTNESS! you must post videos of the car running! +1,000,000

[white97s14]

that is dope, nice car man

[johngriff]

that is beyond dope, pics of the motor mounts?

[kouki_s14]

....dammm

how did you mount that thing? brackets and home made mounts? Hows the shifter position? more pictures!

[turbo2nr]

wow that is gona be sex on wheels.. i say make a custom intake as well that stock one is fugly..

if you look in the new modify jun made a nice custome mainfold for the vq motor. i say try and copy it and make it work for you..

any chance of turbo v8?

[ohspizzill]

wow that is hot. mad skilizzz.

[xblack240x]

Nice work man, and DIY I have to give you props.. One question, you gonna sell that KA? Keep us updated and dyno is you can =)

[s13silvia123]

awesome stuff gsracer i was wondering when someone would do this swap.

[projectRDM]

You'll pick up 30hp just with the headers, the VH manifolds are some of the nastiest ones on the road. Nice work.

[gsracer]

After trying every possible way to fit it, i decided that turbo at least for now was to time consuming not to mention difficult. lol

The car will be getting custom cams, head porting and Individual throttle bodies.

Goal is 380-400 whp N/A. more than enough power for a track (road race) car.


As for motor mounts, i did what most vq guys do. Just used a hockey puck and made my own bracket to put the motor as low as possible and as far back as possible. The motor is 2 mm off of the crossmember

Heres pics

[irritatedmax]

looks great. i definitely want to see how this all pans out.

[Wei240]

this is awesomeness!!!

how heavy is it compared to the ka?

[gsracer]

it starts out at 521 lbs, not bad considering the fact the KA weighs 493.

[Nachtmensch]

sick! deffinately subscribed

looking good. wish i had cash for that kind of swap...

[datboibrad]

nice work man. got a few questions that i havent seen addressed in your original post.

1.) why that motor and not VQ or even LS1
2.) last i checked there was no real aftermarket for that motor, so what are your plans for making 350-400whp NA

[gsracer]

Funny you should ask, If you look in the for sale section, you will see my built SR20 for sale, i didnt even use it, just got bored of it.

1. I have an unlimited supply of free motors since my father in law owns 3 junkyards. Plus points for different, keeping it nissan, etc.

2. Custom cams and head work and a short runner intake manifold or itbs will get me there, the motor should be at 290-300 whp in the form it is in now. If all else fails, I have a vortech V2 that will get me there and more

Originally Posted by datboibrad

nice work man. got a few questions that i havent seen addressed in your original post.

1.) why that motor and not VQ or even LS1
2.) last i checked there was no real aftermarket for that motor, so what are your plans for making 350-400whp NA

[Gavster]

looks awesome man....great work! My hat is off to you!! Keep it up!

[drift freaq]

props to you man. My hat is off to quite an endeavor.

[bardabe]

fuckin incredibly nice. keep up the good work.

[k0uki]

+1 for a badass swap

[eastcoastS14]

Originally Posted by gsracer

1. I have an unlimited supply of free motors since my father in law owns 3 junkyards. Plus points for different, keeping it nissan, etc.

^^ well i already think your cool for doing this....however i would think you were even cooler if you could find a 5spd 1jz at a zilvian discount if you think there is a possibility lmk..... but seriously nice swap

[datboibrad]

Originally Posted by gsracer

Funny you should ask, If you look in the for sale section, you will see my built SR20 for sale, i didnt even use it, just got bored of it.

1. I have an unlimited supply of free motors since my father in law owns 3 junkyards. Plus points for different, keeping it nissan, etc.

2. Custom cams and head work and a short runner intake manifold or itbs will get me there, the motor should be at 290-300 whp in the form it is in now. If all else fails, I have a vortech V2 that will get me there and more

iirc that motor was rated at 275bhp unless a later model nissan had more power added to it. but when i was introduced in early 90's in items such as the q45 it was only 275bhp. which nets somewhere south of 240whp. hopefully you can make another 60whp on cams and a good manifold, but i wouldnt hold my breath on stock compression.

props to you man, especially on the headers. makes me not complain so much about the ls1 headers on my car =p

[gsracer]

You are correct sir, stock power was at 278 hp at the crank.

However it is rumored to be under rated from the factory.

The q45 guys are getting 230 whp stock ,250 whp with exhaust to as much as 290whp with headers and exhaust. All thru the stock auto tranny.

I hope this motor gets to at least 290 whp

[datboibrad]

cool deal. well if it all fucks off then im sure you can find a 5.3 lq motor out of a truck in your dads junk yard. those motors make the same hp as an ls1 just less touqre. not a bad option for a junkyard build IMO.

[johngriff]

Originally Posted by eastcoastS14

^^ well i already think your cool for doing this....however i would think you were even cooler if you could find a 5spd 1jz at a zilvian discount if you think there is a possibility lmk..... but seriously nice swap

I think his connection is a wrecking yard, not a jdm junkyard.

Dude Hockey Pucks ftw. We used Hockey pucks on this S12--> VG30DE Swap that just got banged out. So you were 2mm off slot line up? Does not sound bad at all. Dremel!

We were thinking of doing a manual trans swap on a friends q. This is shaping up to be the same only MUCH lighter. It sucks that you wont feel the before and after of the headers, it is a HUGE difference.... oh that and Nitrous. This engine LOVES nitrous.

Turbo...? Short of a low compression rebuild and some serious management, Rear Axle mount? Have to keep it V8 Style.

Reasons why VH45>LS1:
Over Head cam, IE 4 CAMS.
Much Higher Redline.
Lighter.
Nissan.

[gsracer]

Originally Posted by datboibrad

cool deal. well if it all fucks off then im sure you can find a 5.3 lq motor out of a truck in your dads junk yard. those motors make the same hp as an ls1 just less touqre. not a bad option for a junkyard build IMO.

That was option B lol.

Its my inlaws junkyard not my dads haha

[240REVS]

WOW! Thats Nice!! Cant wait to see it all in place..! Good Job