Check it out and let me know what you think. Sorry I always mess up the link have to copy and paste. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2218904

Nice work man! Was that first video before or after the turbo?

very nice. i will be doing the same sometime this year. i am still sourcing all my parts.

Need to get videos of it turbo'd

Nice VG. Keep the maroon and black kit.

yes that was a video before fidanza and unorthodox pulley. working on getting it to run I am the one posting about distributor slipping getting going to try new distributor soon and see if it fixes it.

wow that was pretty quick without the turbo. nice sound and dual exhaust set up.. just go a bit lower next time when your filming the exhausts, wouldn't mind seeing the set up

Not to rain on your parade.

Isnt it better to have stock flywheel weight when boosted?

I would love to see this tested out and find out truly what is better. I have been in seen and read many many debates on lightend flywheels vs. stock. The way im seeing it is obviously the lighter spins faster getting my rpms up quicker in terms getting boost quicker. If it revs to high to quick and spin tires off line that is when my dual stage boost controller will come in. Launch at 4 or 5 flip it once I get out of 1st. Just plan on trying out multiple ways.

Say, akurtzer57, really nice VG30 turbo conversion. Did you have someone do that for you, or did you cobble it together on your own?
I was checking out the turbo, but I could not see where the discharge
tube for the compressor went after the air is drawn in. Do you have an
air-to-air intercooler on that too? Last but not least, how did you get this conversion past smog testing? Did you apply for a waiver under an "experimental engine" exemption, or do you change out the whole system for stock every time your reg renewal demands a smog cert? I hear that
if the cops pull you over with an illegal system, it's an automatic $10K fine... Something to think about.

thats clean man....nice work

nice build up where did u get ur manifold from

Well after a little search... I found this:

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...8&postcount=12

From what I've been reading.

Lightened FW's would not be a wise choice for drag racing.

The lightened FW is not going to store much kinetic energy, and your going to lose that in your launches.

How would cops know whats stock and whats not? And normally you 'know' somebody when it comes to passing inspection with a car like this. As long as you have OBD1 of course.

I bult the manifolds and all the piping Ill try and get some pics of how all the piping runs when I get a camera did all those pics with a phone. About the smog testing the great thing is I live In nebraska we don't have to do any of that crap. Ive ran the car with a hollowed out converter before and the can't do anything but say it was to loud.

That video is BEFORE the fidanza?? That rev speed is just like mine WITH the fidanza and UDP. Very quick...like 3 secs to redline in 1st gear.

Are you currently running 10PSI or you are PLANNING on it??? Looks like you dont have a charge pipe coming off the turbo and no mention of an intercooler, or BOV

IF you have ran this setup, you need to immediately unhook the valve cover breather lines from the charge pipe!!!!!
This will cause massive blow by and a very very short engine life.

Nice work on the piping though.

Oh Come on! If you're into performance cars, you should know how cops think! If they see a wild-sounding 3rd gen Maxima pull a 12 second quarter mile out of a stop sign, most OBSERVANT cops will suspect there's something DIFFERENT about da car! Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of this conversion, but here in California, we get a little paranoid about pushing the envelope on what's legal and what isn't. I keep thinking that since the 3rd gen is listed as a J30 chassis right on the build plate
inside the driver's door, that if you could shoehorn a J30T engine into it,
you'd be perfectly legal in CA. The smog regs say you can swap in ANY engine for the same model car of a same or newer model year. It also happens that the 1989 300ZX turbo uses the turbocharged version of the VG30, as in Mark Cookson's conversion, but under the "visual inspection" guidelines, you would have to move the radiator rather than reposition the turbo. You'd also have to use the 300ZX manifold too I believe...

Beats me, but if you guys are so strict about smog, how is it that most skylines in america are found there? i never understood that. samething with japan. i thought emissions was the main reason they werent imported.

dont see where you get the idea that i have valve cover breather lines running to the charge pipe? Cause there not. If you looked at the pics theres a intercooler in there. the bov is right below the manifold out of sight from the pics.

Looks good...Nice work...always nice to see another max turboed! All the insperation I need is from all of you!

I think this is what he meant...


If you running Any positive pressure (of course you are).... That dun luuk ruight.

Goon9's pic shows EXACTLY where I got that silly idea. Explain?

I got you now. So what is best just block the line off?

mebe add a filter, or run it to a spot between turbo and maf?
(block off the manifold of course)

Cap the intake... you can vent the the valve cover to the atmosphere.

wont that spew oil everywhere?....

put a filter on it maybe?

Do NOT block off the line from the valve covers. As goon said, you can block off the intake tubes and vent the covers to the atmosphere. This will not cause oil all over since you are venting blowby gases and not oil.

Nice project.. good luck