best doors running.

Spending that much time on that swap doesn't illustrate that point so much as it makes you look like you don't have a clue what you are doing.

I would not listen to anyone. Its your money, you do what will make you happy. Yeah its not a wise desicion for most, I would still like to see someone do it. That way they can post pictures and videos on youtube and we can all wish we had that kind of money to throw in the trash for a GTR motor swap. Not logical, but oh so sweet.

Yeah. I would love to see it done. It would make more sense for a shop to make the swap to get attention though. We will probably see something like it once the economy picks up.

Makes me think of the guy on HT that converted his prelude to mid-engine RWD. :roflpuke2:

Yup, you're totally right. Got my head up my ***, sorry I tried to help the guy understand that engine swaps are complex, costly, time consuming, and there may be better options for him.

Sorry if I'm being a dck man. I think we are arguing the same point. I agree that engine swap are usually not worth the effort, at least when they don't "bolt in".

Are u sure it won't "bolt in"??? This has Been my question from the beginning...

Even if it did motor mount wise (which i doubt it will), there is no tranny connected directly to that motor. Something tells me the 370z gears ratios (and the tranny and rear end) itsn't cut out for the GTR motor. This all sounds cool in theory, but in practice, I think it would be more work that you are bargaining for. The GTR needs all the gizmos it has to make it great, Z's don't have that.

Yes

you can build your engine and buy a GTM TT st.3 and smoke lambos and so on :driving:

I'd like to see it installed mid-rear.

other than just the "i did it" factor i dont see how this would make any logical or performance sence, a z with any bolt on or even sc kit makes about the same whp as a gtr(low 4's) and that will be pretty reliable if installed and tuned properly. That can be done for under 11k now if someone wanted more you can do like a stage 2 kit with a built shortblock for around 17k or so and that will get you a car with 600-650whp witch again should be safe especially with an ebc. Anything past that i dont know how 100% reliable it can be. Now to get a gtr motor alone gotta cost in the 10k area if not more and thats before you turn 1 nut or bolt to do the swap, assuming it just bolts in with no tranny issues this would easily cost over 20k, but hold on your car still only makes low 4's you still gotta mod that engine to extract power from it!! a 650whp gtr needs around 15-20k to get it there. Now to reverse engineer the tranny issue $$$$$$$$. So with all that being said other that "i did it" why??

oh btw it would be cool as hell especially if the gear box went with it

There was a Japanese tuner that did an R33 swap into a 350Z, it ended up costing upwards of $70K because of all the one-off parts he had to make to support the AWD system. If you did just the engine it would be much simpler, the advantage the VQ38 has over the VQ37 is that the cylinder walls have a very thin iron lining (using the patented Ford process) for more wear resistance and stronger internals, along with no variable intake timing to get in the way of FI.

I have to gree with him. if you really love he car and want a challenge, go for it. it's only money and you can't take it with you.