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just to chuck some more fuel on the fire, over in the states the nissan v6 comes out supercharged.

the Frontera and the xtera (like our pathfinder) run the vg and vq motors with a eaton blower between the V

we thought we would give it a go and picked up a few suitable parts off ebay, and bolted them onto my brothers pathfinder

running on gas and petrol at 5 psi we picked up about 40% of both torque and kws.

total price was around $800 which includes a bigger gas convertor. and the install took around 4 hrs.

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ahhh well seing as this threads back up, migt aswell mention theres a guy in europe mid mounitng a ferrari V12 in one lol. certainly looks 'interesting'. f*ck knows where the pics are i saw it a couple weeks ago

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weather it would work or not, would it be the kind of thing you would want to do in a gtir? dont get me wrong, i think they are great cars, i sure as hell wouldnt say no to one, but i mean, its small, not the most attractive car in the world and there a probably allot of cars out there that would be better suited and more at home with such an engine in it..

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GTiR Racer

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weather it would work or not, would it be the kind of thing you would want to do in a gtir? dont get me wrong, i think they are great cars, i sure as hell wouldnt say no to one, but i mean, its small, not the most attractive car in the world and there a probably allot of cars out there that would be better suited and more at home with such an engine in it..

I think the idea is that it is small and light. I own one and I know they are a little pugnosed but even without a turbo, i think a V6 version would stomp a R3x Golf into the ground.

it looks like the N14 Q is going to compact attack and maybe debut the GTiR at the same event :D

hope to bring mine down in full rally trim and see if I can spin the muddies for the length of the track :O if the V6 GTiR is running, it will probably have as much wheelspin as me but for different reasons hehehe

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"The crazy thing is, it has one of the biggest turbos I have ever seen mounted just next to the gearbox at the front of the motor"

so the engines east west configuration from what ya say??

how can they possibly fit the gearbox anywhere unless its north south.

sounds like a complicated set up

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GTiR Racer

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Its a late model nissan maxima fwd vq35 motor, usa sourced gearbox and a murano transfer case, the turbo according to the owner is a GT40R. The turbo sits above the gearbox and has been a monster on the dyno. He has had problems with diff ratios but is fixing that shortly. I'll link the pics when he gets them up :)

I am having the non turbo v6 fitted to my own rally car once he has perfected the conversion process :cool:

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here some wierd and wonderful examples of engine swaps for ya

ATV motor bike powered by an sti motor

road trike with a porsche 911 motor powering it

1985 toyota hiux 2.4 desiel powered by a rb30det

1990 mr2 powered by a supercharged 2uz v8 motor

1993 toyota trueno/leven(AE111) converted into a rwd running a 2jzgte and six speed manual.

p10 4wd nissan primera running a rb20det gts4 driveline.

nissan laurel powered by a 450 big block with twin four barrell holley carbs

1994 5 door mitzi pajero with a 3litre twin turbo GTO or (3000gt as badged in aussie) engine in it.

and a v10 dodge viper engine crammed into a 1967 fibreglass replica of a shelby mustang.

scathing Grand Master

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There's a DC5 Integra that drifts in the US courtesy of a S2000 engine/driveline conversion.

Nissan UK has built motorsport Micras that have run mid-mounted SR20DETs and VQ35DEs.

Hartge has fitted a E39 BMW M5 V8 engine to a 1 Series.

There's a track-only BMW sedan that I've seen at an Eastern Creek day that runs an old BMW F1 1.5L turbo engine. Its not running qualifying boost, of course, but its still insane.

Some Elise owners in Europe slot the Rover V8 into them.

Some VW Van owners fit Porsche engines into the back.

No list of crazy engine swaps is complete without talking about the Bullet Roadster.

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