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Hello guy I am back. I been collecting parts and getting stuff fabicated so I been gone for a while now. I been wondering about a few things that I could not get definite answer on. If I am using a rear sump pan can I use the stock mounts from a z31 or z32 to mount engine. Some say yes if I have a rear sump and other say no and I will need mounts from a 200zr.

Also on the ecu. I have a harness and ecu out of a C34 stagea 97 and I wanted to use nistune. I was reading that I probably cannot use nistune because I connectors are for a r34 and my board is a r33. There was a guy on here asking that same question a few months back and some guy who sells nistune was going to look into it for him but there are no updates to the post in months.

So can I just take the connector off of a r33 style ecu and repin my existing harness with that to match with either a r33 ro z32 ecu.

There is not alot of info on this swap the way I have done it with the rear sump pan. Most here who have done it have done it by hacking up the car, custom mounts and etc. I am trying to do it with as little fab work as possible and I read with a rear sump pan I could. But I can no longer find the article or the listing I had for the guy who swap one before. I know that in a Z31 you can do it with a rear sump and 200zr or custom mounts and some say even the existing Z31 mounts, but I have seen others say you cannot. So all help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Also I have been to the RB300zx site and the majority of them are doing it with a front sump pan, custom mounts and crossmembers. So that site is no help to me as far as dropping it into the car.

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