Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3697572)

I would send the oil to Blackstone for oil analysis before doing anything else. How big was the flakes that you seen?

Originally Posted by unijabnx (Post 3697733)

Did you plan to post the design or sell the adapters so people on the forum can put together their own gtr kit??

Originally Posted by phunk (Post 3697799)

You can change the bearings without entirely rebuilding the engine or even removing the heads. That is, if you felt it was worth all the work. If you planned to build it in a year anyway, I wouldnt bother. But if you wanted to get several years from the stock engine it could be worth it.

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3697801)

I've changed bearings before without pulling the motor. You might be able to do the same thing. Depends on how willing you are.

Originally Posted by phunk (Post 3697803)

In the Z you need to remove the engine to remove the upper oil pan. This would get you access to the rod bearing. If you needed to do the main bearings too the bedplate will have to come off and thats essentially a full tear down except you can leave the heads on.

I suppose you could also drop the crossmember to get the upper pan off but that is a nightmare. I did that with my DE once to change the rear seal housing and it was torture being under there with the engine dripping oil on me the entire time.

Originally Posted by ihiryu (Post 3697969)

Hmm. I don't want to throw any shade around, but you had a coolant leak, and then spun a bearing. Any possibility the tune issue? Sounds like you pressurized the cooling system on the dyno ?



If you ran too much timing, or too lean, it's definitely going to pop the head gasket, pressurize the system, and leak externally. Now normally I've seen when this happens coolant comes spewing our the reservoir, but I guess it's possible to leak out of some other seal BEFORE the radiator.



And of course, you now have a spun bearing. I just find it hard to believe that a lot of other guys are boosted on stock internals, making a bit more power than you, and so far so good on their stock motors.

Originally Posted by husam2012 (Post 3698078)

So yeah, it looks like my engine was way low on compress based on the FSM.


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Originally Posted by Jayhovah (Post 3698209)

Hope you are able to source a used motor. I've got my fingers crossed for you!

Originally Posted by husam2012 (Post 3698219)

Thank you i was just looking at options since my engine still runs perfectly fine.

I thought about trading it in (putting it back to stock first) and getting a '14 nismo but i'd be losing a lot more than i would by just fixing it. If my savings looks good by december then it's time for a used engine since they are under 2k for a very low mileage motor.


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Originally Posted by Hotrodz (Post 3698238)

When you start looking for a motor search for a g37 motor as the price is much less than a 370z motor. I know it doesn't make since as they are the same engine however one it in a sportscar lol!

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Originally Posted by natedog37 (Post 3699001)

I'm just going to throw this out there, but you could start a go fund me page. I've got $5 buck for you, lol. Honestly, what you were able to do and write about on here has been fun to watch and if it costs me a cup of coffee then I'm in. I'd like to see how this turbo and motor combo develop. I know it's a hard sell to ask for money so you can hot rod your car around, but people on here would get it. Who knows you could literally raise dozens of dollars! :tup: Just saying'.

Originally Posted by RadioFlyer (Post 3699004)

I think that's a great idea - and I'd go a step further and suggest that if you could put together a kit for sale that uses takeoff parts from GTRs, you could probably raise a good bit of money. You're knocking on the door of offering a mild turbo kit that uses stock GTR parts (reliability, QC), for way less than what's currently out there. You'd have to supply the manifold, downpipe, intercooler, and intake pipes. Customer sources the fuel and tuning. Just a thought...

Originally Posted by husam2012 (Post 3699713)

I really appreciate the thought! Anything could help and I might consider this if my funds don't allow me to fix this car by Feb/March.

Thank you!



I would love to do this but the problem is the initial cost for a single kit like that. I like the idea though especially since my friends broken VQ laying around in my backyard (Fabricate piping on it)




Currently the car is still running fine, but i'm scared of driving it because of the eventual bearing spinning out. I do have all my gauges and flex fuel wired in.

I do have some good news for you guys though! I was reading through the Ecutek guide the other day only to discover that using the GT-R map sensor on a Z makes it read 0.23 bar too high when logging it.

I finally got a boost gauge and my car makes 8.5~ PSI at around 5500 then drops to less than 7 PSI near redline!

It finally makes sense why I made 460~ WHP 375 WTQ

Originally Posted by Jayhovah (Post 3699716)

Mystery solved! I wonder why the MAP sensor reads inaccurately.

Originally Posted by husam2012 (Post 3699713)

SNIP...
I would love to do this but the problem is the initial cost for a single kit like that. I like the idea though especially since my friends broken VQ laying around in my backyard (Fabricate piping on it) ...SNIP

Originally Posted by RadioFlyer (Post 3699840)

^That's what you crowdfund for! You already have the kit, just make jigs for all the piping, and crowdfund the initial investment for the first run of parts. It could pretty much run like a presale/group buy. Once you have a couple sales under your belt, it can fund itself!

Originally Posted by husam2012 (Post 3705201)

Thank you! My goal is to have both downpipes and inlets along with the oil/coolant lines and everything needed to bolt on the turbos.
If things don’t go as good as im hoping, then its just the adapter kit.


Sad news but i’m not really upset. Im just content that i got to achieve this but destroyed this engine in the process by overlooking the oil filter stud.

My father took it to work today as he wanted to try it out, and a piston decided to leave it’s home. Just as I predicted but he told me he was accelerating in 6th which probably helped a little in destroying it this fast