Z31_hardb0dy

razor knife, 10mm wrench, flathead, phillips head, stock and floor jack, toolbag, and usually a baseball bat.

oh, and for anyone that wanted to know specifics on what it took to make this happen.. ill list what i did. -1984 300zx turbo / with BW T-5 tranny.. -swapped motor mounts from the original blown up v6, along with alternator, power steering pump. -swapped from Z31 intake to 96 pathfinder plenum. (had to trim around the bolting location because i have top feed turbo fuel rails) -used z31 throttle body, (had to make a small 3" plate for the throttle cable to relocate to opposite side of pathy tb throttle spot) ^^^ - because i was broke and only had 26$ for a stripped plenum...\ -bought 89 maxima distributer cap so coil wire was away from plenum (doesnt change timing at all) - used a ka24 trans mount (only used 2 out of 4 bolts) to mount it to the truck .... no issues at all... did this because mine was an automatic se-v6 before. - had to get a few inches taken out of the driveshaft - automatic yolk was correct spline count. - used z31 ENGINE harness only, 5 speed ecu, nothing past the 16 pin connector near ecu. - took the rest of 16 pin plug near ecu and cut a few inches from it, so it was easier to run wires where i needed them. - pins 3, and 5 where extended to the original ecu spot under seat, and spliced into 3, and 5 there. - pin 9 from the same plug is start signal wire, spliced to pin 9 under. - pin 10 i wired to pin 10 (neutral safety) under the seat to keep the interlock so i can have a theft deterrent under my hood.... ( i live in the city so..... i dont want people trying to hotwire my @!*%... and get away with it ) - pin 34 runs to pin 34 for ignition power. - for water temp gauge i just exetended factory wire under hood on trucks harness, so i could tuck the old harness back somewhere out of the way. - deleted and tucked wiring for, air bypass, FICD, EGR, and Fuel Pressure solenoid..... - kept fuel temp, head temp, maf, tps and cas. this is all my truck runs on and does fine. - and FINALLY. the fusible link attatched to the z harness, gets ran to battery for constant power. it took a little help and hints from KINGMAN, and studying the 84 FSM and 88 FSM for a month to make sure everything was correct for this swap to be possible..... hope this helps anyone thinking to do this in the future.... as i had been wanting to do this swap for 6 years before i made it happen.... total investment on my truck is about 800 which included buying the truck and the parts to make it where its at... not including all the z parts i had from my wrecked car. if any questions... PM me or simply post it up... i will post more vids and pics as they get done.

oh! doh. thanks mann good lookin out!

paint / looks will be last... as i like the ratrod look, addes to the whole "oh thats a piece of crap....... oh crap i just got beat " factor.

definately, if anyones interested theres a vid on youtube -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKlj_LTH5J0 i couldnt figure out how to post it on here... truck runs fine now, had a few issues with my splices, but ive since fixed them, added 12000k hid's and z31 bumper lights so they would be running lights also, next is the turbo hopefully next week, and after that new clutch and my z31 subframe/suspension/diff. which should be fun!!!

hmm if it doesnt need it whys my city mpg so ******... and my highway so good? about 15-20 city 30 hwy

i deleted the ficd, and air bypass on the z before i wrecked it and did this swap, car ran fine. those are deleted on the new pathfinder mani too. tps is good...

okay, just got my mpfi swap done. it starts, but bogs when i give it gas unless i ease it up to about 1500 rpm or so... BUT i dont have the 02 sensor hooked up yet because the ecu and harness is a 84 turbo with ZIRCONIA type 02, is the trucks a ZIRCONIA too? could this be my issue? everything is wired rite i believe... except my fuel pump is grounded so when i turn the key it stays running, pin 108 on the z ecu wont ground the truck so i bypassed it...... any help is appreciated, just want smooth idle and revving.

oops i meant run those pins to the truck harness, then the fusible to the battery.... i was burnt out on FSM reading at the time i posted that one. my bad

its only one o2 sensor on the vg30e. i dont think these had 2 until the later years. im doing this swap except mine is a vg30ET swap from a 84 50th AE 300zx... kingman has done it twice on his, once using the trucks harness and plugging the ecu into it, (AND) repinning what was needed for the new ecu... the other was a 300zx harness pinned to the truck in a few spots..... im doing option B with the z harness and from what ive figured out do far youll have to pin a few things from the z harness to the trucks efi harness for ease. so you dont have to sort out all the wiring from the truck and splice in the new efi thru the truck...... ive been racking my brain on this for a few weeks now but i think most of the pins youll need to run is pins 3,5,6,10,34,108 and 20 plus put the fusible link to the battery. ill be making a post once its all done detailing what i had to do as far as pinning goes, once i got that done ill be doing the turbo too.

maybe, but its better than the stock z plenum.. and it fits under the hood, plus itll make pipe routing for the turbo pretty easy for me. i just wanna be done... so i can enjoy it

bought a 89 se- v6 ex-cab automatic, blew up original motor (215xxx) 10 miles from purchase spot, stripped down, primered, lowered and tinted truck, then swapped my wrecked 50AE 300zx motor and t-5 trans in (156xxx)... the MPFI, maxima manifold, turbo and z32 rear independant axle are in the works as im writing this post!!!!!! ....... 260+ HP TURBO v6 HB!!!!! .... --=coming soon=--