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That was my thoughts exactly. I looked around for some heads, but I couldn't find any at a reasonable price. I'm also not the type of person that can just put new heads on it and not go through the bottom end of the motor. I'l admit I haven't really looked at moving up to the vg33, if anything I was looking at trying to find a vg30et out of an old z and try to put it in. Does the vg33 drop in without much issue? I did see that they had superchargers available on the vg33, do you need to do anything to the bottom end of them to make them last, or will they run on stock internals?

Hey guys, new here. I currently have a 94 XE 2WD that needs a new motor. Right now it has just the standard VG30E. Looking around I was wondering how difficult it would be to drop a VG30ET in it out of a late 80's 300zx. From what I've gathered on my own, I would need to reroute the turbo, but I haven't seen much more than that. I'm assuming I would have to change the harness and the ECU. Anything else I need to be aware of. Would I be better off going with the VG30DE or just staying with the original? Second question is it's currently an automatic. I would like to swap in a 5-speed. The only swaps I've seen on here have been 4WD, but I imagine it would be easier on the 2WD. My question is if I can find me a VG30ET motor w/ transmission would I be able to make it work w/o too much fab, or would I just be wasting time...

Well I came across my 94 XE pathy for free. I picked it up for my girlfriend at the time, did the basics to it, and gave it to her. After about a week she hit something on the driver side, managed the crack the radiator, and then proceeded to drive another 30-40 miles with no coolant.... needless to say the heads are cracked.....and with 230,000 miles on it I was planning on just replacing it with another VG30E, but now with her out of the picture and it still sitting in my driveway, I've decided to turn it in to my lil project. Looking forward to getting advice from the experts, and coming up with something unique....