Turbo K24 Swapping a Nissan 300ZX
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Sim, I love your ambitious idea for this car.
My concerns are your biting off more than you can chew.
Your talking electronics upgrades, wiring, modification for transmission tunnel, exhaust, cold piping etc.
Due you have to DEQ your vehicles up there?
My opinion you would have way better opportunity with a older American Muscle car to do all you ideas and plans on. More available bolt ons, parts availability = less $$$ and paying people to work on it for you.
Good luck, I'm happy for you and wishing you the best on your build!
TTVE!
He is gonna drown on this project bet on it. He doesn't even know what the difference between 4l60 vs 4l60e !! nevermind getting the Honda ecm to talk to the GM trans etc. the list of battles is virtually endless. of which I am pretty sure he has no experience with any conversion.
I appreciate your concern lol. I completely understand why one would be. Although unlike Betsy for this project I by no means am diving in headfirst into an unknown abyss’s. I’ve been doing a lot of research on how exactly to do this swap for a little while now. Yes it is not something common or as I mentioned in the video even something that has been done before, but many similar builds have. I’m sure there will be things I get stuck on that will “delay” the build. I throw delay on quotations because there isn’t any real deadline to delay. It’s just whenever I figure everything out. As for the older muscle car stuff there wasn’t anything that really excites me. This on the other hand has me super excited! I have been researching stuff non stop and thinking of all kinds of cool ideas of what to do. Yes doing research is a lot different that actually doing something and having hands on experience, but how else will I learn? If I was too scared of something like this and never did it I would never learn how to do it. I’m looking forward to what is to come! By no means will it be simple and easy but I will definitely have fun along the way! Thanks for watching!
@@SimABCXYZ Sim you are right there is only one good way to learn and that is hands on. Like you said research is just that though. I feel you have a false idea that you're gonna cruise through this (you are not going to!) Conversely you can buy your way though it. I'm sure through perseverance you will ultimately be successful. There will be blood sweat and tears! Hopefully mostly tears of joy LOL GOOD LUCK
Power to weight ratio will be insane
Big Dog Sim
What’s up Mr Velocity hope all is going good ✌️
Mr. V!
@@DScaglione. hey brother
@@kevinl.2291 all is great been busting ass in the back patio trying to get the roof finished before the fall monsooooonnnns start
I know im supposed to be happy for ya which i am as long as your working on cars im all good !!
( still needs a 327 and a four spd 🤣🤣🤣)
wiring specialties in brookfield, ct sells rwd k series engine harnesses for the 300zx. get the plug and play solution!
I reached out to them already. Unfortunately their harness will not work with an automatic transmission
Don’t worry about the snow, worry about the salt down there!
That’s the thing if there’s snow there’s salt
@@SimABCXYZ I know the deal. Lived in Illinois and Iowa for a little bit. Don’t be afraid to rip some donuts in a nearby parking lot if you can get it washed when you get home. Being from Alaska I love a good snow storm!
SIM get it right there is only two seasons where you live, COLD as f@#k and HOT as HELL
You’re exactly right lol. I love the heat! It was 90 degrees today and I was in the garage working on the engine. Although I can not stand the cold! There is nothing I hate more lol
I really envy you guys in the USA are allowed any car modifications regally which strictly prohibited here in Japan.
So much excited to watch your one and only 300ZX's progression in the future !. TTVE
We can’t do that legally in California we have to pass a smog test every couple years. No way that would ever be registered in California legally and many other states. If the car is older than 1975 then we are exempt from smog tests and can swap things.
@@aicsusa Thank you for your kind comment !. I've read the news about State of California will allow no new gasoline motor car from 2035 !.
@@yattaran1484 The big problem with that is the electrical grid can not handle anything close to this requirement. It will not happen. only about 3 out of 15 houses can charge their cars each day at this time and there will be even more stress on the grid as electronics advance in the future. I know about this because I own a company that builds green hybrid commercial power plants. The grids are extremely overloaded now. The hardest part of finding a location is finding one that can handle our power output and get it into the grid to sell.
At least it's not another gm ls build, thank you my son......KMFNB
I called it
You did? NICE!
Even with low boost you're gonna want to stud the block and replace the head gasket with either an MLS or a cometic type
Sim, Get hold of Kyle Boostedboyz and ask his advise on the best way to go about the conversion as he has fitted
a lot of these K Motors plus he does have the fastest MR2 in the World after all, He's a real genuine good Guy and
will give you the best advise there is, I think you have made a good decision going with a K series Engine.
your best off getting yourself a standalone engine management system. probably like haltech or equivalent
That’s what I’m looking into right now. I have a couple of different ones I’m looking at
Good luck with your swap
You gotta do a few live stream engine swap so we can watch it be cool we could chat while y'all work LOOKOUT did it and it was awesome TTVE👍👍👍👍
That’s something I was thinking of trying to do! I really enjoy doing the streams and I thought it would be cool to stream while working on the car for a bit!
@@SimABCXYZ i was just taking a shot at it didn't know if you would want too do it i feel good about it NOW 👍👍👍👍👍
Excellent project sim! Your gonna learn a ton doing that swap and getting it running. Then you can use what you learn on the Z back on betsy👍
Honda motors are awesome. Heck anything with a turbo is freaking cool. Congrats Sim can’t wait to see it running. TTVE 🏁🏁🏁🏁✌️😎👍
Love your choice of car and engine! Stoked to see it come together.
Definitely get in touch with PFI Speed, those folks know how to k swap!
Yep
Cheaper to beef up motor to ...4 cylinders instead of 6 or 8
Hey sim great choice on the k20 swap that is going to be a nice fit for the z but you definitely need to go with the 4L80 trans you'll have to finesse the trans tunnel a little more but it will be worth it can't wait to see this project going down as always keep up the awesome work let's goooooo ttve 💪💯
Hell yeah Sim I’m excited to see this build. Hopefully one day it will end up on PFI’s dyno one day!
This is awsome 👌
Hey man, I want to see you build this and think it will be great content. You should try to talk to Kyle from Boosted Boiz. He has some superfast turbo K swapped cars. I have seen him reach out to a lot of other people and think he would have some great advice. A K swap with a big turbo like that can put down some serous power. What engine management are you going to use to tune the engine. A lot of people love fuel tech or holly. I like fuel tech more myself. I would also recommend going with a 4L80. Yes It will be slightly harder to install but if you do not want problems and want to make it reliable, then the 4L80 is the way to go. Ask yourself now how many times you want to swap the 4l60 out. If it's 0 then do not use it. You would need to build it like a race trans to work good, or you could use a stock 4L80 and have no problems.
I’ve watched a bunch of the boosted boiz stuff for information already. They’ve got some crazy stuff! As for the transmission I was just looking last night at some 4l80’s instead because of exactly what you said. The one thing is I wonder how much difficult it would be to fit. I’ll look into it for sure because there is no doubt that the 4L80 is the better trans. As for the engine management my current plan is Haltech 1500 elite because I’ve seen a bunch of other Nissans with K24’s running the same ecu. Although I’m still looking at other stuff such as fuel tech. It seems though Haltech is the go to for import/jdm stuff. Thanks for the advice!
@@SimABCXYZ true but does it have a built-in boost controller. You also are going to need some sort of wastegate. A lot of people have two of them one on the intake side and one on the exhaust side. Big Chief and Kyle both use fuel tech so that should tell you something. LOL you can get there complete system with harness and boost controller for $2,500 bucks. If you're really thinking about drag racing I would go this route. A lot of people buy the cheaper stuff to begin with and then realize once they get more into the sport that they need the better stuff and then have to buy it again. It doesn't look to me like you grow up rich so I'm just trying to help you invest your money wisely. You're probably going to need injectors too.
Engine management
Boost controller
Fuel injectors
Wastegates.
@@SimABCXYZ www.crateenginedepot.com/pdfs/Transmission_Dimensions.pdf This gives you dimensions to all the GM trans.
I was just looking into the fuel tech stuff and I’ve seen a bunch of guys run the FT450 with the K24 plus they sell a 4 cylinder harness with it and it’s cheaper than the Haltech. I’m definitely gonna be looking more into this!
SIM SIM ALLA SIM
Nice, JDM stuff is right up my alley...as long as you stay RWD ofcourse. I am rebuilding a 1990 turbo2 rx7.
Edit: watching your video again, I would strongly recommend not using a 4l60...you will have to pull that 4Lshity many times if you plan to drive the car hard.
The twin turbo versions of that 300z, is cramed in there. That twin turbo v6 barely fits under the hood.
@@Rozza43 at least the electronics are available for a vg30. This may never run right he has a Nissan with a Honda engine and a gm trans. Good luck getting all three working together.
@@Rozza43 BTW I did a twin turbo swap on a 2+2 1990 300zx. I also did a manual trans from auto on one too.
@@aicsusa Yeah, it's not a swap I would do personally...but more power to him. Def going to be some custom stand alone ecu happenin. If I swaped anything into that car, it would stay Nissan, maybe a 3.5 or 3.7 from a newer Z. But I like keeping cars the way they were intended to be, so many people tell me shit like ..."hey man, you should drop an LS in that rx7, it would be so fast."🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ It will forever be a rotary.
@@aicsusa I have not done any in depth worth on a turbo Z, I have just heard that you have to almost remove the engine to access the turbos. A buddy of mine in highschool had a non turbo Z...they are pretty peppy for an early 90s v6.
Excited for you SIM!
Wish we could all help turn a wrench!
😎
There is someone that has a k20 or k24 turbo in IL.
Check out a CZcams channel - the lab . Glen is a small workshop that loves Nissans and changing motors in them and he’s just gone over a Z build so fresh info and shops to use
Yoooooooooo where’s the update?!
People in Alaska may not agree with you.
Pfi speed would be a good source for info. Check out their CZcams page. Jamie and Brent are knowledgeable about both platforms.
oh boy
Wow a Z huh. Ok I'm in. Not a fan or not either way. And I'm sure I'm not alone so this is your chance to enlighten us older guys (55) here I own 2 65 Buick GranSports who have no experience on these little fart can cars lol
Good luck on the build and looking forward to seeing it's progress. I hope you will chronicle the build every step of the way
TTVE
JoeSkylark ✌️
Wherethe hellllll is the small block chevy 😢😢😢😢😢😢
In the dump where it belongs 😉
TTVE KOKO
God Bless
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What’s up D, hope your doing good today. ✌️💪😎👍
@@kevinl.2291 Brother Kevin! Hanging in there my man, hanging in there.
Big hug to you Bro.!
@@DScaglione. You to brother.
Nice video, but what you said about most Honda swap or racers run auto is incorrect, most top Honda racers or team, speed factory, 4 pistons, JBRE all run H patterns with PPG gears oe dog box, notsure which racers you seen running auto, but not really in the Honda world.
I’ve noticed most of the Hondas that drag race with K series run some sort of manual transmission. But I’ve seen a bunch of the K series engines in these little pickups in Australia and some here in the US and all of them run powerglides. My bad for not being more specific in the video. I’m not doing that because the 4L60E will be much better for street driving. Thanks for watching and I love your profile pic!
@@SimABCXYZ understood and yes I will agree
You need to do your homework with this. Make sure the stock Honda engine can handle boost. And how much boost do you want to run. 20lbs, 30lbs, 45+. You need to see what you need to do to the engine to run boost. You might want to remove the head and pistons and see what end gap is needed to boost it safely. If I was doing this I would put some forged pistons in it if they are not already. Have it balanced and put head studs and a head gasket designed for boost.
Guys run 10-15psi on K24 junkyard motors for years.
@@MiloPerrotti yes but if you really want to get the power out of it 10-15 lbs of boost is not enough. I have a friend who is using a Tacoma block but forged rotating assembly. Running 55 lbs of boost and has 900+ HP. The Corolla's best time on 24 inc. tires is a 5.19 1/8 mile.
Those are not reliable daily driven numbers.
Hell's Yeah Sim!!! I love your plan!!! K Swap was a great choice, can't wait to see you tear into the K24 brother!!!
You have picked a good build. Thanks for the video.
HONDISSAN
why didnt you just put the turbski on the V6
My plan from the start was to buy a car, swap the engine, and put the turbo I have on it. This just so happened to be the car a chose. Yes I could put the turbo on the V6 but I don’t really want to. This excites me more and I will give me the opportunity to learn a lot more!
Hey call Bret at PFI Speed for any questions or bounce ideas of him he's the nicest guy you will meet and he's a Honda K moter expert he will be more than happy to help you out with anything.
Agreed and he loves the help
Welll ima here for this build! From this channel especially! 🔥
Vg30dett is way stronger than a k20a2 let alone a k24 they take 900hp regularly on sbe
Lets GO
Are u putting pistons and rods in it also
This is gonna be spectacular sim! Super excited to see the process
What’s up Sim
Hey kevin
Kev-Dawg
Good luck to yeah Sim 👍 🙂
I don't know much about rice burners 🙃
Now the trans change drives haft front-end more work than you think
Is there a market for k24’s
I got a wrecked 04 crv 130k miles ?
😂😂😂
You could probably get a couple hundred bucks for it.
@@SimABCXYZ thanks buddy
I sent brent from pfi CZcams a message about u and asked him contact he gonna he said he check it it out got pfi speed he is the in the Honda game
Thanks so much for reaching out to him already! A bunch of others said to reach out to him which I will definitely do! I recognize Brent from Cleetus’ Rocky Mountain race week videos.
@@SimABCXYZ no problem sim he's a good guy love Honda's and helping people
Better gas mileage
🤙
Just talk to Bret at PFI he will tell you everything you need
There is a black sinister looking LS swamped 300 with a huge magnuson supercharger sticking out the hood on Instagram. Thing is mean.
Blasphemy to the Nissan gods lol..
Sim you won't be able to put 300 or 400 HP on a stock Honda k24. Your gonna have to get a forged rotating assembly and take it all to a engine builder there gonna have to do some machine work also....and around 400+HP I don't think you will be getting 20+mpg in gasoline if you was to run E-85 you most definitely won't be getting 20+mpg running E-85 is almost like double the fuel than gasoline...not saying you don't have the money for this build but it's gonna be interesting to see how much this build is gonna cost vs putting a cheap stock LS 5.3 with cam and headers and exhaust and good tune you could easily get 425 HP...
Anyways Sim I wish you all the luck and looking forward to seeing this build I think it's gonna be good content.
Plenty of people have hit 400hp on stock k motors, 500hp is pretty easy with head studs, valve springs, and a cheap Holset HX40 turbo.
Literally everything you said was wrong lol
American muscle buddy
Probably easier to use a 700r4 since your not making a bunch of HP won't have to figure out computer for a 700 and you can make them handle a moderate amount of power I know you watch Bill Hoskins old man he puts the 700 in the malibu thru he'll and it'd be cheaper
Vtech!!!
A Honda in a 300zx ? why not open up the v6 you got than turbo it
Your much better off building the V6 GTR STYLE
I could build the existing engine but I want to do something different
LOL! Honestly I think you are making a big mistake and I would be surprised if it ever runs right and everything works right. You have a Nissan with a Honda engine with a turbo added and a gm trans. ROFL it will be an electronics nightmare! Just put the turbo on a vg30 or buy a twin turbo vg30 like I did. At least you know you can get the electronics and it will work.
I respect your opinion since you watch my videos regularly and comment a lot. But I don’t think this is gonna be a big mistake by any means. My plan was to get a car, swap the engine, and put the turbo I have on said car and engine. This just so happened to be the car I decided to get and with the engines it was between this or an ls. I already explained why I didn’t want to go ls in the video so I won’t repeat it here. I understand your concern with the electronics and I have been doing a lot of research, asking a lot of questions, and doing everything I can to learn as much as possible. Will that mean this will be some smooth seamless swap? No, by no means will this be “easy” but I don’t see how I can learn how to do this stuff without at least trying. Tying back to your concern about the electronics, right now I’m looking into a Fuel Tech ECU which will allow me to control the engine, transmission, and boost all in one. I’m still looking into it and have been emailing back and forth with the people at Fuel Tech trying to figure out as much as I possible can before I start buying stuff. Notice I didn’t even have a transmission yet in this video because I’m still figuring out a few things before I commit on something and start spending money. Sorry for the long comment and I appreciate you voicing your opinion.
@@SimABCXYZ I appreciate your long comment, thank you! Fuel tech normally would control the honda engine with a honda auto or manual trans. Hooking up the honda to a GM electronic auto trans will be a real challenge for anyone (but I know there are companies who will custom make adapters to join just about anything together), then adding the install in a Nissan car, oh wow that's a real handful. Probably plan on another instrument cluster to make gauging a lot easier. Maybe a GPS speedo to simplify and a 6cyl to 4cyl you need a new tach, not to mention making the rest work. The ECUs will most likely need to be standalone and then programmed to work with the others properly. I think fuel tech will even have a problem trying to run the honda and the trans on the same computer and get them to cooperate properly but who knows good luck to them. I understand what you want to do and I agree an LS swap is not a good swap for that car. For me, I also need to have a car that will pass smog here in California and of course, this would never pass here. That's why I did the twin-turbo vg30, it is the original engine in these cars, I just had 2 different computers for it and one was performance and the other for smog. A big change in power of course but also if I took it on a long trip I would use the smog setup as it was much less stressful on the engine overall and a lot better mileage. But good luck to you in your venture you will defiantly learn a lot, thanks.
Make sure you do two things if you want to run that turbo on a k24.
#1. Valve springs. Your power band with that big of a turbo will start approximately 4500 rpm. Valve springs will allow you to rev higher which you will want.
#2 ring gap. You need to set your ring gap to allow for expansion due to the extra heat. I recommend.007 per inch of cylinder bore
Along with proper a fuel system and proper tuning you should have a fun little ride
#cutthedriveshaft
If u need any advice call boosted boys or pfi Brent at pfi he's I Denver best tuner for k swaps and pfi can help with what parts to get for the swap