Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Oh a very interesting bit of info here..

3.I have a friend who is transplanting a VH41 into a Sylvia now 4wd. The VH41 came out in a 4 wd at some point and some have sumps with diff mountings and a whole through the sump for a trans axle. I have been following his progress, and whilst things are tight it is coming together neatly. The back of the engine is about an inch from the firewall and he seems to have fabricated a neat header exhaust system. You are quite right we are right hand drive down here which has its own set of challenges when modifying.

VH41 Twin turbo GTR/GTS4.

Would be quite interesting. :P

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-3036468
Share on other sites

Yes here is the thread with the basics:

http://www.nissanv8.com/viewtopic.php?t=11

As you can see the earlier engines were the over-engineered ones, with the cost cutting occurring later on. Early Vh45's are apparently fine with the exception of their worse designed ports and the minor thing of the plastic timing chain guides... Althought apparently later VH45's solved this, and used oval intake ports. Would look like that's the better option then. Just don't go for one of the '96 and later ones.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-3036633
Share on other sites

  • 11 years later...
On 4/8/2007 at 10:35 AM, T04GTR said:

hey guys im just doing some research. whats better the 41 or 45? whats the bore/stroke of each. wichone comes with titanium valves etc etc.

whats factory redline for each?

lol.... 12yrs later, ive come full circle.  doing the same research... vq killing my life

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-7899547
Share on other sites

12 year revival from the OP, that's a good effort.  I put a vh45 in a 350z and abuse it all day long but it's only NA.  From the vh45 community I know a lot of the drifters suffer from oil starvation issues at high rpms / being sideways.

I haven't read your thread in a while but I do recall some issues with your vq.. hope I didn't make a mistake putting a vq in my 180, anyway as others have suggested the vk may be a better platform.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-7899776
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...
On 3/5/2019 at 9:03 PM, 30ed32 said:

12 year revival from the OP, that's a good effort.  I put a vh45 in a 350z and abuse it all day long but it's only NA.  From the vh45 community I know a lot of the drifters suffer from oil starvation issues at high rpms / being sideways.

I haven't read your thread in a while but I do recall some issues with your vq.. hope I didn't make a mistake putting a vq in my 180, anyway as others have suggested the vk may be a better platform.

yes, well the vq35hr is a gun engine, but im abit greedy. from my own personal experiences, about 800whp is the "reliable" limit for a stock block with rods and pistons and a good ecu. 900-950 and it starts flexing the liners to much and head gasket sealing is a problem.
got some sleeves for it to fix that problem. and the precision 88mm pro mod turbo will need that...

i have a vk45de ready to put together,  the 41awd has always been a idea i wanted to play with. but for what i am planning EVERYTHING needs to be changed. but, the 41 is an oddball thing. head gaskets, cams and the rocker arm issue with big cams is a problem. that, and they just dont exist much anymore. same for the vk45de really.
but, the vk shares alot of bits with the vk56, so aftermarket support is better. im torn between the 2.
the blocks are comparable in strength, the vk head is alot better. but the vh has a diff already mounted. but it would have to be moved forward.
vk head gaskets are mls, and easy to find. all the valve gear is vq, so easy and reliable to 8500rpm. and its a narrower engine. but is just ugly... expensive and silly decision for a looks thing. i dont know...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-7932964
Share on other sites

5 hours ago, T04GTR said:

yes, well the vq35hr is a gun engine, but im abit greedy. from my own personal experiences, about 800whp is the "reliable" limit for a stock block with rods and pistons and a good ecu. 900-950 and it starts flexing the liners to much and head gasket sealing is a problem.
got some sleeves for it to fix that problem. and the precision 88mm pro mod turbo will need that...

i have a vk45de ready to put together,  the 41awd has always been a idea i wanted to play with. but for what i am planning EVERYTHING needs to be changed. but, the 41 is an oddball thing. head gaskets, cams and the rocker arm issue with big cams is a problem. that, and they just dont exist much anymore. same for the vk45de really.
but, the vk shares alot of bits with the vk56, so aftermarket support is better. im torn between the 2.
the blocks are comparable in strength, the vk head is alot better. but the vh has a diff already mounted. but it would have to be moved forward.
vk head gaskets are mls, and easy to find. all the valve gear is vq, so easy and reliable to 8500rpm. and its a narrower engine. but is just ugly... expensive and silly decision for a looks thing. i dont know...

I guess you mean VH 41 etc where you put VK41, 45.  I read up about the differences a few years ago and can't remember the details but there was some reason why the VH41 engine was a better starting point even if you increased the capacity.  There seem to be some parts such as forged pistons etc for sale in the US.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/163629-vh41-vs-vh45/#findComment-7933007
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Latest Posts

    • For once a good news  It needed to be adjusted by that one nut and it is ok  At least something was easy But thank you very much for help. But a small issue is now(gearbox) that when the car is stationary you can hear "clinking" from gearbox so some of the bearing is 100% not that happy... It goes away once you push clutch so it is 100% gearbox. Just if you know...what that bearing could be? It sounding like "spun bearing" but it is louder.
    • Yeah, that's fine**. But the numbers you came up with are just wrong. Try it for yourself. Put in any voltage from the possible range and see what result you get. You get nonsense. ** When I say "fine", I mean, it's still shit. The very simple linear formula (slope & intercept) is shit for a sensor with a non-linear response. This is the curve, from your data above. Look at the CURVE! It's only really linear between about 30 and 90 °C. And if you used only that range to define a curve, it would be great. But you would go more and more wrong as you went to higher temps. And that is why the slope & intercept found when you use 50 and 150 as the end points is so bad halfway between those points. The real curve is a long way below the linear curve which just zips straight between the end points, like this one. You could probably use the same slope and a lower intercept, to move that straight line down, and spread the error out. But you would 5-10°C off in a lot of places. You'd need to say what temperature range you really wanted to be most right - say, 100 to 130, and plop the line closest to teh real curve in that region, which would make it quite wrong down at the lower temperatures. Let me just say that HPTuners are not being realistic in only allowing for a simple linear curve. 
    • I feel I should re-iterate. The above picture is the only option available in the software and the blurb from HP Tuners I quoted earlier is the only way to add data to it and that's the description they offer as to how to figure it out. The only fields available is the blank box after (Input/ ) and the box right before = Output. Those are the only numbers that can be entered.
    • No, your formula is arse backwards. Mine is totally different to yours, and is the one I said was bang on at 50 and 150. I'll put your data into Excel (actually it already is, chart it and fit a linear fit to it, aiming to make it evenly wrong across the whole span. But not now. Other things to do first.
    • God damnit. The only option I actually have in the software is the one that is screenshotted. I am glad that I at least got it right... for those two points. Would it actually change anything if I chose/used 80C and 120C as the two points instead? My brain wants to imagine the formula put into HPtuners would be the same equation, otherwise none of this makes sense to me, unless: 1) The formula you put into VCM Scanner/HPTuners is always linear 2) The two points/input pairs are only arbitrary to choose (as the documentation implies) IF the actual scaling of the sensor is linear. then 3) If the scaling is not linear, the two points you choose matter a great deal, because the formula will draw a line between those two points only.
×
×
  • Create New...