1978 620 vg30et

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Vg30 out

 

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Last car show the 620 was in before she went into hybernation. DATSLOCOS  2019

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Stainless steel lines getting there.

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,,🤑

 

Edited March 8, 2023 by bigboy620

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

Did you use a muffler shop bender or a roll cage type tubing bender for the stainless?

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16 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said:

Did you use a muffler shop bender or a roll cage type tubing bender for the stainless?

I used a roll cage type bender. 

[bigboy620]

Is 3/8 hardline too small for a return oil line for a rear mounted turbo? Of course i will use a scavenge pump. Any input is greatly appreciated. 

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Progress. 

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😎

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

I feel 3/8 hard line would not drain fast enough and oil would pool in the turbo.

[bigboy620]

5 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said:

I feel 3/8 hard line would not drain fast enough and oil would pool in the turbo.

Yup. Gonna have to use a flex line at least 1/2 inch or so. Thank you just had to hear it from someone else besides me aha 

Edited March 11, 2023 by bigboy620

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All the little things are really time consuming. 

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I getting a sense that i don't have a vg33. These casting seem like a vg30. There's also a sensor under the distributor mount. 

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by bigboy620

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And it's in. 

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https://youtube.com/shorts/cdgDblopvh0?feature=share

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Load sensing brake valve delete done.

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Rough mounted. Time to fab mounts and piping. 

[hobospyder]

valve covers look like the vg30e i have in my pathfinder but different oil fill if i remember right. i also think i've only seen one vg33 so... they could have the same valve covers

[hobospyder]

On 3/11/2023 at 4:26 PM, bigboy620 said:

I getting a sense that i don't have a vg33. These casting seem like a vg30. There's also a sensor under the distributor mount. 

 

in reference to this post

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11 minutes ago, hobospyder said:

in reference to this post

It turns out it is a vg30e out of an 1990-1992 infiniti m30. I could not find the stock headers like these on any other models. The only thing that came close to these headers, were the ones in a mercury villager/ Nissan quest. But those were fwd. And this engine was setup for rear wheel drive based on the intake manifold orientation.

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And those valve covers came off my old engine. Which came out of a 1990 maxima.  Also the oil pan for the infiniti m30 is very similar to the maxima. They are both front sump but the m30 has a slightly bigger front sump. The maxima is fwd and the m30 is rwd. 

Edited March 14, 2023 by bigboy620

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https://youtube.com/shorts/EgDmVJZCHKg?feature=share

 

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Turbo mounted, wastegate mounted, oil return pump mounted. 

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