I have a set of 1UZ/240sx engine mounts I could sell you. They are brand new. I decided to go LS1 at the last minute. PM me if you are interested.

 

Thanks PM sent

 

Alright can someone confirm that the toyota 4runner, T100, tacoma, tundra 3.4L v6 flywheel is best for this swap? I plan on getting everything on order this weekend.

XTR Racing HD New Flywheel Toyota 4Runner SUV T100 Tacoma Tundra Pickup 3 4L V6 | eBay

Also, if anyone knows of a quality MR2 Turbo pressure plate plz let me know.

 

I ended up buying the complete kit from Collins Performance Technologies - Adapter Plates, Adaption Systems for Race and Street Vehicles

It was $1250 shipped. not a bad deal I think

 

Might have to jump other forums or go new for the clutch setup. Not many people do the swap because of the custom needs. What are you doing about the exhaust system? $800 for the motor is going to kill your budget.

And, what in the hell size wheels are you running on the other car? Poking it's ass off.

 

Thanks,

The wheels are hammer heads 15x8 -42. My hatch really needs some flares or widebody.. or both lol

I have already made an order for the complete kit from collinsadapters.com. The kit includes everything needed to install and run the 1UZ. The only things I will still need to do is wire the harness and do the exhaust work. So $1250 for the swap kit and $350 for my 1UZ motor and it comes out to $1600 + exhaust work. This has to be the cheapest v8 swap out there...

Here are a few pics of my build as of now. I have cut and welded metal in place of the great rust spots on the shock towers. Ive got all the surface rust cleaned out and bondoed and sanded. Next will be primer followed by a high gloss white. I think white engine bays go well with V8s:dancingna

Hopefully within a week from now I will receive the package from Brett Collins and I'll start getting the swap underway.

Since the front end is already off this car, im thinking about putting an R32 front end on her:lol:. Let me know what you guys think! I know its far from being a direct bolt on.

Jake

 

I forgot to mention I also replaced the rotten lower rad support with a square steel tube. It turns out 2" tubing slides in place nice and snug perfectly..

 

How did you get the collins kit for 1250 shipped? Its 1649.00 on the site. Did you email him or is that a typo? Tyler.

 

My bad.. He sold me the complete kit that he sells on ebay and on his site minus the one piece drive shaft. This is the kit;
1UZ 1UZFE Adapter Kit Using 350Z KA24DE Transmissions Into s13 240sx LS1 | eBay

 

This is Brett Collins engine bay before he turboed it.

 

Gdamn that's an expensive drive shaft. Very cool, you just going to shorten your front shaft or do your own 1 piece?

 

Im going to be using the stock KA trans which will bolt into the original location therefore the stock drive shaft can be used. The custom one piece driveshafts usually go for a couple hundred bucks aswell. I'm sure they free up some lost ponies

 

I finally realized yesterday that those engine mounts allow the trans to be retained in the factory location. I assumed the driveshaft was necessary because the trans moved. Thats really great news.

 

One more question, would you mind measuring the thickness of that adapter plate for me?

Tyler

 

II believe the adapter plate is 1/2" thick. Thats what I read on one of the build threads but I could be wrong.

Here are a few 1UZ swap threads I found that might be worth checking out

V-Hate!!! 1uz-fe v8 / z33 6 speed s14 build - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum
1UZFE into S-Chassis - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum
1UZ stuff

 

The swap is great because you can use the ka trans and ds. That's huge savings indeed. Looks like you have more fab skill than most, which goes a long way with something like this swap and/or an R32 front. not my style, but if you like it go for it.

My only issue with the swap is the aftermarket or lack thereof. With an LS you could just slap a cam on it or an LS6 (I think) intake and get the extra power. Much harder on the 1uz. Can't say I haven't seriously considered it though.

 

Thanks man.

Yeah theres a lack of aftermarket for them. There are ITBs for it and also a cam set but both are quite expensive. Then there is throwing a turbo or two on which requires some fabwork lol

 

Im subbing this bc this is the swap I want to go with so I want to see your progress. Idc about aftermarket that much and i love lower displacement lighter weight motors so this makes sense for me. I will be watching.

Just curious. What are you doing about wiring? The mechanical side of it is straight forward. Everything seems to just bolt in the part im stumped on is the electrical. I have searched for days trying to find answers but havent found anything definitive.

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Im subbing this bc this is the swap I want to go with so I want to see your progress. Idc about aftermarket that much and i love lower displacement lighter weight motors so this makes sense for me. I will be watching.

Just curious. What are you doing about wiring? The mechanical side of it is straight forward. Everything seems to just bolt in the part im stumped on is the electrical. I have searched for days trying to find answers but havent found anything definitive.

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Hopefully a local guy will be doing the wiring for me. This is basically all the wiring info I have so far.

http://www.son240sx.org/showthread.php?237874-Where-to-get-my-1UZ-wiring-done-up

 

Cool maybe once its done you can pics and I can work from there. Worst come to worse im sure I can get schematics and figure it out but I would rather see someones and know its gonna work first time. Lol any help would be awesome.

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Also thanks for that link it was very helpful. As far as getting it running I dont think it will be hard to make it run. But having it behave stock like seems like it will be the hard part.

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I agree. Getting it running should only take 4 wires but getting the other things wired up would take a bit more time

 

I actually found a few more things and I wish you were deeperbin so you could test some theories. Lol im in the research and planning stages right now. I need to get my parts still. It doesnt appear to difficult. I need to crawl under the dash in mine and look at some things but im thinking the tach and temp and fuel gauge will be easy. The speedo runs thru the stock computer to the dash so im wondering how to wire it up. Unless someone knows or knows thst it doesnt.

Maybe someone can clear that up for me. Does the speed sensor signal run thru the ecu to the dash, or thru the dash to the ecu? The latter makes everything real simple so hopefully so.

Edit***** from my reading it seems that it goes...

VSS -> SPEEDOMETER -> DASH CONNECTOR-> ECU

Thats good news in my opinion. Seems that means the speedometer will be super easy to have working and accurate if using ka trans.

 

What are you talking about? Why would the speed sensor need to see the ECU when your running a KA trans and 1UZ ECU?

Its the same wiring as a stock KA.

 

Bc when I read schematics I saw vss going to ecu. So I was concerned it sent the signal thru the ecu. But It doesnt the ecu is the end of the daisy chain.

 

I didnt really look into the wiring too hard yet. I imagine he pinouts are similar between the sc400, ls400,gs400. I have to pickup a 1UZ next weekend and im leaning towards picking up a 91 LS400 for $700. The thing looks like it just rolled off the line. Its got 238xxxk on it though. I will check it out and do some tests on it

 

I actually picked up a 91 ls400 1uz yesterday. Lol

 

haha nice. whats the mileage like on it and price?

 

180k
It was 180 $ with ecu and harnesses.

It needs resealed tho. Its got oil leaks everywhere.

 

I got my package from Brett Collins. Everything looks good. The flywheel is an F1 lightweight flywheel and weights only 11.4lbs. It even came with the motor mount and trans bolts.

 

Awesome. I happen to have a friend that machines so we are gonna make a lot of it ourselves. But im buying the plate and munts from him. How long are the bolts to bolt the plate to the motor.

 

The bolts look to be of different lengths and thicknesses. Between 1 and 2 inches.. I cant tell you exactly what sizes they at the moment