4G swap in a 3000gt?

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Originally Posted by anyonebutme

Also I'd talk to owners of balance shaft deleted cars first before doing it. And not talking about drag cars, cars that are driven.

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I think Old Man Merritt said the BS delete basically shook the shit out of all the bolts in the engine on his TT car (eclipse?). I remember Willis saying something about needing to safety wire everything in the engine bay.

Damn, very interesting!

Good job seeing it through! In for more updates.

-John

I just think its cool that you did the swap. I dont care if you dropped in a 3 cyl GEO motor, I respect the dedication and the work it takes to do something like this. Have fun man.

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Originally Posted by i3igpete

I think Old Man Merritt said the BS delete basically shook the shit out of all the bolts in the engine on his TT car (eclipse?). I remember Willis saying something about needing to safety wire everything in the engine bay.

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Yes, it vibrates and rattles everything loose. Jacks trans says to keep them. Every other DSM/EVO shop and high power car owner says to delete them. I was back and forth. Still am. It's crazy smooth at idle now with balance shafts and I have solid mounts.

I was told that the bearings are basically impossible to get aligned correctly after removal. Even with the Mitsu tool. The balance shaft spins at twice the engine speed. I will make power to 8500 rpm in the next setup. Balance shafts spin bearings.

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Originally Posted by familyMAN

I can build you one and then you can see the details;)

It's custom mounts, custom high pressure PS line, coil/PTU wiring, AEM cal, half shaft mod, and a little magic dust. Next is AC and a built engine.

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Magic dust for you or for the car? Some may say you are on something to do this swap.

More info on the drivetrain please

Pretty freaking cool. I love the style, too. No "I'm thinking about doing this", but rather "BOOM here it is; done".

Jeremy

IPD had better be paying attention to this...:wink:

wow. some (banned) members should be VERY happy with this...

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Originally Posted by familyMAN

It will sound just fine with big cams. It's not like our v6 actually sounds good. We just deal with what we have.

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Sounding good and sounding wrong are two different thing lol. I'm sure 2jz sounds very good, but I have seen someone install one in a 60s camaro. How wrong did that sound lol. I also wouldn't expect this car top go as fast as sub 2000lbs dsms though. It still sould weight in the 3200-3300lbs if not more. 4g63 is just a bit lighter than 6g72. You probably wouldn't notice a lack of tq since it's an auto. do the auto trans have same casting on GTO and DSMs? maybe GTO trans have stronger case and transfer case?

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

Magic dust for you or for the car? Some may say you are on something to do this swap.

More info on the drivetrain please

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It's just a 2g DSM auto trans. All stock right now. I'll swap the shift kit from the 6g trans.

I need to drive it before I can comment on the simple half shaft mod I did to make sure it works. Unfortunately it's puking oil everywhere so can't drive it. Doesn't surprise me. Everything on this longblock was jacked up from previous owner but I didn't want to put too much into it if I couldn't get it to work. If I'm pulling it to replace oil pump gaskets/seals I'd rather build the bottom end while I'm at it. No time for that right now so it will sit:(. Sux because I was excited to drive it.