My 5spd Infiniti J30

swimshark

Here are a few pics and some info on my car.

I had a 1994 Infiniti J30 and after an incident in the mountains of north GA it ended up having some frame damage. It was the first car that I did a manual swap on so a lot of the work on it was not as good since I learned with it. All the J30s USDM and JDM did not have a manual option. All the USDM J30s have the VG30DE like the 300zx z32. JDM J30s had a VH41DE option available. February of last year my Auto trans died and I decided (with the push of a few friends) to do a manual swap into my car.

This second time around let me get a better chassis and a better color that I will admit looks a lot better than my gold one. Most of the mods done to my car are done with a lot of research to see what will fit onto the car. There is basically no after market parts available for this car at all in the USDM market.

Mods are as follows:

Motor/Drivetrain

Motor
-90 Z32 TT Long Block (New Oil Pump, New Main/Rod Bearings, New Seal Kit, Wiseco Pistons, ARP Head Studs)
-Custom made oil pan with Tomei universal baffle kit and turbo oil drains (no more dry pickup for oil)
-Z1 Adjustable Exhaust Cam Gears
-Sport 700 turbos
-Nismo 740cc injectors
-Tomei FPR (-6AN lines to and from fuel cell)
-Z1 Poly Motor Mounts
-Walbro 400
-Selin Dual Maf Translator
-Custom 2.5" Intake and Boost piping
-Z1 SMIC with 2.5" modification
-Dual N62 MAFs
-Stanza 60mm throttle bodies
-AMS Under Drive Pulley Kit
-Electric fan and shroud from Ford Taurus 3.8L, Volvo 2-Speed Fan Controller and BMW Dual Temp Sensor
-300zxTT Radiator
-Mishimoto 19 Row Oil Cooler (Canton Racing oil filter relocation and Earl's Oil Thermostat in line)
-EGR Delete
-PRVR Delete
-TBC Delete
-AAC Delete
-Balance Tube Relocation
-Fuel Line Tuck
-EFI Harness Tuck
-Custom AN lines for power steering system
-Oil Catch can added to PCV system

Transmission
-RPS Max Street Clutch TT
-Specialty Z Segmented TT Flywheel
-Custom Driveshaft from Drive Shaft Services (DRIVE SHAFT SERVICE: HOME)
-Z1 Premium Short Throw Shifter
-Z Speed Solid Shifter
-Z1 Solid Transmission Mount
-300zx 5spd Transmission

Suspension
Front
-S14 Custom Valved Coilover Cartridges from BCRacing
-Mitsubishi EVO VIII Tein Camber Plates
-S14 5 lug w/ABS front spindles
-S14 Tie Rod and LCA Ball Joints
-SPL Suspension 300zx Front Tension Rods
-12k Springs
-300zx Front Sway Bar
-S13 Sway Bar Endlinks
-SPL Suspension 300zx Adjustable Tension Rods
-Energy Suspension Poly steering rack bushings

Rear
-S14 Apexi Rear Coilovers (in works of being replaced)
-Z1 300zx Rear Subframe Bushings (Red)
-SPL Suspension 300zx Adjustable Rear Upper Arms
-SPL Suspension 300zx Adjustable Rear Toe Rods
-SPL Suepsnsion 300zx Adjustable Traction Arms
-Energy Suspension Poly Diff Bushings for 300zx (Red in Subframe)
-S13 Solid Front Diff Bushings
-10k Springs
-300zxTT Rear Sway Bar
-Moog ball joint #K9633 for rear LCA

Brakes
-Z1 13" BBK (Cobra Cross Drilled and Slotted Rotors)
-300zxTT Calipers on all 4 wheels
-Cross Drilled and Slotted Rear Rotors
-300zx SS Brake Lines
-Motul 600
-Z32 TT BMC 1-1/16th"
-Carbotech pads

Interior/Lighting/Sound
-Pulled all interior and cleaned it, even re-dyed the whole interior
-Custom interior harness to control lighting and fans
-Custom Angel Eyes Setup on headlights with
-55W 4300 HID low beams
-55W 3000 HID fog lights
-ProCarParts Glow Gauges
-Flow Meter: Boost, Oil Pressure and Oil Temp Gauges
-Apexi AVC-R Boost Controller
-Alpine Headunit
-JL Audio 500/1v2 AMP
-Kicker CompVR12
-JL Audio 300/4v2 AMP
-Alpine SPR-60C
-MBQuart RWE169 6x9 with crossover
-Battery relocation to the trunk with a Yellowtop Optima Battery
-Black Nissan 350z Cloth Seats mounted to J30 seat rails (electronics work haha)





How it looked NA

ImportConvert

Wow that's a ton of work!

performance numbers?

swimshark

It should be in the 210-215rwhp range now that I got the fueling system cleaned and new fuel filter installed. Below is a dyno graph from 2 weeks ago when I installed the dual MAF setup. I made 201rwhp before the swap back in December and it only made 189rwhp on the stock intake before putting the dual MAF setup on and dynoed it again 30 min later it got up to 202rwhp.




Needs a tune bad to get rid of that horrible dip in the torque and power curve.

daisuke149

seen this one and the old one. new body = def alot cleaner man.

Yes i know and you know its not alot of power (TT Swap!) but thats still props for doing something unique and making it work well.

When are you gonna TT it!

ImportConvert

+1
It's about what you're passionate about!

swimshark

maybe a year or 2 before i can get started on it. have all the parts chosen so have a ballpark idea on cost if i dont seek for some help. i will do the install myself. main part is getting all the intake piping routed nicely and 3" exhaust done. all custom and no after market options lol

swimshark

i should spray some nitrous and make as much hp on dyno day lol

daisuke149

I hope you not blow the up ****!

swimshark

john and them have been wanting me to throw a 60 shot or something on it lol

Cmike2780

That's pretty cool. Half the fun is building and it looks like you did a lot of work.

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HKYStormFront

that's a nice looking J man, i'm not really a big fan of the cars (i thought they were VQ30's factory?) but this one is nice and good job doing the manual swap, i'm sure it wasn't easy getting all the parts needed.

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Red__Zed

Cool!

swimshark

tranceformer

Why does it suddenly pick up at ~4200 RPM on the dyno?

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