Charlie_Brown

Good watch lol you ever actually try that method?

I'm not familiar with that technique, I just muscled it off finally lol

That is pretty slick with the inverter. Way better than some of the ammo can center consoles I have seen where it is just basic and a line cut up for the E-brake

Damn crazy build! Any pics on her at full flex yet?

I have a Chevy work truck that I do that with on jobs lol. Always something I forget to put into the lock boxes or take out as soon as I turn the truck on

According to whoever was the jackass that put mine on; turn the damn thing so tight nobody else can get the damn thing off.

Wait straight 6? What engine are you running? I didn't know VGs ever went straight 6

Finally got the vg33 for 400$ last weekend, ECU and all. After taking off alt, pwr steering, A/C and starter i unbolted the block from the tranny in vg30 with a lot of frustration. To many damn bolts on there, just when you think you got them all you find another. To add to the frustration the truck is sitting at a bit of a downward angle and my shocks are blown. To say I had zero room is a drastic understatement

Great way to make it look like you have not been working on your car at all is to wash your hands with some crisco grease and then afterward break out the dawn. Takes everything off excluding around your fingernails and you don't sand the hell out of your hands like you would with Dr orange or whatever that crap is called haha

Makes sense, I just figured 33et was a stock option for some vehicles haha my mistake

I thought the et was the turbo? That is good to know another opinion on cold air intake. I was considering doing that on top of a snorkel but that just seems kinda pointless. Not many people have talked about their experiences with cold air intakes on here.

Yes I have heard of the 30de just never a 33de. That is the reason I am hesitant in this situation lol otherwise I would just outright assume it was a misprint

Yeah I read about the er but nothing about a de which is what is leading me to believe that it is just a misprint or I am just not informed

Anyone?

I was planning on putting 33s on the truck before I destroyed the engine. Multiple people say they have a noticeable power loss with 33s and up so I figured since I already ruined the block it would be better to go this route now rather than later. If I stick 30 the only good thing about it is I could be done pretty much tomorrow.

I'll have to consider that on my build. This might be a dumb question however I just want to be sure, VG33E is the only one they made other than VG33ET right? I keep seeing vg33de around but it seems people are just talking about vg33e. Only reason I am not sure is the vg30de does exist

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into JDM now Yeah I read the xterra solves that issue and was planning on searching around for one for my swap if I got an engine out of another pathy Mr. 510 actually does still make brackets for the vg33 swap to move the power steering and alternator in the right place for quest I'd imagine but I'm not sure on the crank. I'll have to ask him on his facebook

I ended up not getting the engine after finding out that not only would I have to pull the engine but it also has over 100k. Not worth 900$ in my opinion however this is still really good information to know so thank you

I found a vg33 a guy is selling for 900$ but he parted the throttle body out. Going for a vg33 swap

Do I need to modify, will it not work at all, I've not found much on it on forums

While dismantling my engine I just had one guy hold the other sproket in place woth a wrench while i loosened mine. As soon as the bolt broke free we switched, the loosened bolt will toghten again but not very much. Done it twice and ut has worked perfectly both times, the i took TBD off both sprockets and zip tied it to itself at the bottom/wedged some wood so reinstalling the belt would be easier instead of counting teeth and dealing with the lower end of TB

Looked into options for new block, new gaskets set got shipped and rear glass/trunk struts so I installed the struts. Looked into snorkel head while dealing with being sick

I second the ground, a halogen can run without however a lot of LEDS are sensitive to this and will either flicker, be dim or in rare cases just refuse to work.

I like your jerry can set up I was thinking of doing a rear bumper tucked away like this but also having it wrapping around the side to rear wheel well and sloped as extra sliders. Anyways, looks awesome!

There is 3 scratches and one is pretty pronounced and can only be fixed by boring the cylinders. The thing I find so odd with that is the knock sounded like it was top end rather than bottom end especially when I listened through a hose. On top of that my ECU has not picked up any codes. Looking at my options however I'm kinda considering pulling an engine off pick and pull and having it hot dipped/rebuilding the block. Tell me if I'm stupid in thinking this however in my mind I'll have a new engine and spent less money since all the long and short blocks I've found for sale have been close to or above 2000$ Not often someone messes up a block like I did