# 300zx Project
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 20, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629 "2009-01-20T10:14:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/21 "2009-01-20T10:29:38Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> If there is no motor in it, is it technically just a 300zx. Not a TT?
It is a TT Chasis…TT Vin #…TT Suspension…TT Brakes. It is a 300zx TT
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/22 "2009-01-20T10:29:50Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> If there is no motor in it, is it technically just a 300zx. Not a TT?
there are minor mechanical and cosmetic differences.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/23 "2009-01-20T10:30:19Z")
> [@BREETIME](#):
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> what added work is needed with the ls1 swap kit besides the obvious cutting of the stock mounts, new mounts, wiring and rearend work?
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> kit cost?
i think its just new mounts, it comes with the driveshaft to work with the rear end. unsure of wiring
and i _think_ something has to be done with where the tranny sits
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/24 "2009-01-20T10:31:16Z")
As sureshot! said, JDM VGs are SKETCHY. If you get a JDM motor, it will likely need to be re-built before it is installed.
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/25 "2009-01-20T10:32:42Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> As sureshot! said, JDM VGs are SKETCHY. If you get a JDM motor, it will likely need to be re-built before it is installed.
I am pretty well aware of that since I have a refusal to put a JDM motor in the car…which has spawned this thought process in the meantime.
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### Author:  [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/26 "2009-01-20T10:33:51Z")
I cant see the LS1 being worth it. how much work would it take to make that a balanced car worth driving, unless thats not a concern to you.
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/27 "2009-01-20T10:35:03Z")
The LS1 is worth it when u make it work…cheap mods FTW 400-450 whp NA for like 1500 bux in mods.
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/28 "2009-01-20T10:36:13Z")
> [@IanK](#):
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> I cant see the LS1 being worth it. how much work would it take to make that a balanced car worth driving, unless thats not a concern to you.
Uhh, it’s lighter than the VG, is not significantly larger, and has a broader easier to drive powerband…
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/29 "2009-01-20T10:36:27Z")
i think you just answered yourself there
or you could always…
:snky:
2JZ!!
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/30 "2009-01-20T10:37:16Z")
> [@deebo](#):
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> i think you just answered yourself there
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> or you could always…
> :snky:
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> 2JZ!!
Not in this lifetime…motors are cheap…trannies are not.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/31 "2009-01-20T10:37:23Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Uhh, it’s lighter than the VG, is not significantly larger, and has a broader easier to drive powerband…
the LS1 is lighter than just about every nissan motor (im pretty sure)
its lighter than a sohc ka24 lol
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/32 "2009-01-20T10:37:25Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> I am pretty well aware of that since I have a refusal to put a JDM motor in the car…which has spawned this thought process in the meantime.
yeah. also, it makes the entire venture of putting the OEM drivetrain back in, a lot more expensive. So I can see why you might want to go with a swapped setup as opposed to OEM.
But also take into account, that if you are not an awesome mechanic, and you have issues with the car, you might have trouble finding a mechanic. I am sure there are not too many guys out there that are keen on working on a 300zx with a corvette motor mashed into it. The possibility of electrical gremlins and other crap might make a mechanic weary. Keep that in mind.
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### Author:  [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/33 "2009-01-20T10:37:29Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> FWIW, I voted “It doesn’t matter, you won’t get it done anyways.”
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> And :lol: at considering the JDM VG.
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> Has everyone forgotten the greatest automotive fail in the history of NYS? No, not Skunk, but… of course andy- 300zxjdm or whatever his name is.
Real Deal’s 300ZX TT ran pretty good iirc.
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### Author:  [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/34 "2009-01-20T10:37:45Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> The LS1 is worth it when u make it work…cheap mods FTW 400-450 whp NA for like 1500 bux in mods.
Oh def, but I was just talking about the drivability of the car after such an extensive power train mod. whats all that pwr good for if the car is way unbalanced and sketchy as fuck to dive around corners, IDK anything about it so Im just throwing it out there.
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### Author:  [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/35 "2009-01-20T10:38:52Z")
> [@joelster](#):
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> Real Deal’s 300ZX TT ran pretty good iirc.
Yeah, back in the day it fucking ripped. I didn’t realize it had a JDM engine though?
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/36 "2009-01-20T10:39:19Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> yeah. also, it makes the entire venture of putting the OEM drivetrain back in, a lot more expensive. So I can see why you might want to go with a swapped setup as opposed to OEM.
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> But also take into account, that if you are not an awesome mechanic, and you have issues with the car, you might have trouble finding a mechanic. I am sure there are not too many guys out there that are keen on working on a 300zx with a corvette motor mashed into it. The possibility of electrical gremlins and other crap might make a mechanic weary. Keep that in mind.
My cousin builds LS1’s in his sleep. The wiring would be an issue but I think someone has made a conversion harness.
I am just toying with all ideas at the moment since i have nothing really stopping me from doing any of the installs.
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### Author:  [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/37 "2009-01-20T10:39:34Z")
> [@sureshot!](#):
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> Yeah, back in the day it fucking ripped. I didn’t realize it had a JDM engine though?
It wasnt.
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### Author:  [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/38 "2009-01-20T10:39:54Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Uhh, it’s lighter than the VG, is not significantly larger, and has a broader easier to drive powerband…
That answers my concerns, I guess it might be a good way to go then.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/39 "2009-01-20T10:39:55Z")
2jz with r-series tranny, alls u need is the bellhousing for it to work 😉
correct me if im wrong, 300z’s and fbods are similar in weight?
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/300zx-project/61629/40 "2009-01-20T10:40:20Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#):
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> My cousin builds LS1’s in his sleep. The wiring would be an issue but I think someone has made a conversion harness.
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> I am just toying with all ideas at the moment since i have nothing really stopping me from doing any of the installs.
Just throwing some ideas out there. Trying to help with all the pros and cons.
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