reverse the plenum to face the firewall and put a w2a cooler in the car, not that hard...there are ways around the steering colum in a dedicated race car, just make a new one ...or make a new sandswich plate and save yourself another 40mm

thats what i was going to do but decided against it radiator will be sitting behind the grill ans the water to air sits infron of the motor just need to line it up and make mounts but everyone is busy my self and my fabricator

and they dont come cheap....well good ones anyway I measured the clearance today and the front of the sump sits 90mm back fron the rear of the sway bar.

Nice ride!, very original indeed! Should turn a few heads.

Quote: Originally Posted by MonsterGM [View Post] Thats a ripper project. Good luck with it man nice work man.....its nice to see something different. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

original yeah...turn heads, hopefully not Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

updates? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah....my house is nearly complete so I should be able to get onto it soon-ish haha have purchased two turbos, two wastegates and completely new chain guide kit (known to fail from factory) so next thing is making engine mounts and exhaust manifolds....that should take me a good 6 months also have the flanges for the inlet manifolds coming soon, that's where the real fun for me begins.....i have some out there ideas for the inlets Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

The VH45 in this VH is 50mm from swaybar to sump. That's as far back as we could get it, mostly because of starter to rack clearance. We had to do a heap fiddling to get it that far, manual rack moved across 15mm and the starter hybrided up with some other Nissan starters to place the solenoid up the top. Also ground some surplus block away near the rack coupling . VH41 would ease the pain quite a bit as it has the starter on the LH side. You are right that being a race car will ease the pain a fair bit though. JDM VH41 block with VH45 crank would be ideal. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thats how far back mine is. trying to keep as much space as possible up front for the turbos. any luck on sharing the details of the starter?

It's an N15 snout, machined so it reaches in far enough to engage the ring gear, with the original VH45 innards and magnet and a small adaptor to allow the two the mate. I didn't do it myself but my mate that owns the car said it wasn't a big deal once it was nutted out.

ill check it out, thanks for that. Just planning some annual leave to get this thing moving...4 weeks should do it

good to hear Ariel be sure to get some happy snaps once its all sitting in there hehe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I will be. Looks like the end of July is when I will be taking it. I just want to make sure I have everything ready so I don't waste time travelling getting bits 'n pieces. That way I can just get stuck into it.

I have been checking out Z32 boxes for a VQ30 project I am doing and I reckon you could use a Z32 bellhousing mount starter and adapt that to whatever box you are using. Could potentially be placed on either side of the bellhousing, wherever is most suitable. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

It's good to see someone so keen to be different, it sounds like this will be a really unique car when it's done. I've seen these engines used in other bodies with twin turbos, and there's some huge horsepower on offer. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks, that's the idea. Everything has already been done with VL's, just nothing really out of the ordinary. Let's see what my annual leave brings...I hope its some serious progress. I will post up pics of the rest of the car aswell when I do get stuck into it. Underneath is where all the fun is at the moment.

Any updates on this beast? Pictures? Looks to be one to watch thats for sure,interested to see how it all looks.

well the car was and is (sort of) for sale, but I am talking to an auto electrician for a complete custom made wiring harness so there will be nothing left from the factory one I am also just just getting rid of a couple of other toys to finish this off....so it is still going ahead, just have to sort everything else before going ahead any further. Apart from wiring, the only thing that I need that I dont have is a tailshaft and interior. The rest I have ready to go or can fabricate. I see 2011 as the year this thing hit the streets Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

awesome sounds good man,good luck hope you go through with it.be good to see someting completely different yet sleeper style car beating the streets