Performance parts for, I suggest you sell your Z31 and buy a Honda Civic. If you want a car that you can buy dozens of Performance parts mostly because of the extreme lack of people willing to buy Like many other cult cars, there is an extreme lack of available The Z31 is not a car you can simply buy a bunch of parts for and makeįast. Modification you may want to do requires some thought and design to actuallyĬomplete. Performance parts in the past, but very few are remaining today. HKS, GReddy/TRUST, APEX'i, CarTech, Spearco, among others have produced Just so you know, a stockĪvailable parts: Many companies have made parts for the Z31 over the Volumetric efficiency relating to crank HP numbers. Horsepower (RWHP), with notable exceptions being for engine airflow and Most horsepower numbers will be for Rear Wheel Clutch, transmission,ĭrive shafts, differentials, axle shafts, suspension, wheels and tires are all outside This FAQ is purely focused on making power. Most of this knowledge isīased upon first hand experience with modifications on street driven Z31's, not To modify and what to expect from the modification. This FAQ covers the 84-89 300ZX Turbo: what to modify, how to modify, when Putting the other reasons forĮlectramotive’s sweeping victories aside, the engine proved to be both robustĪnd fairly reliable at those power levels. This modified SOHC VG30 engine, with extensive race prep and arranged in qualifying trim (with no restrictor plates) (later to become NPTI) GTP ZX-Turbo (image coppyright Obin Robinson, for more GTP pictures please go here: ) that dominated the IMSA GTP races in 1988Īnd 1989. This very same engine was used in the Electramotive That was overbuilt from the factory and is capable of making upwards of 500Ĭrank horsepower on entirely stock internals.

Most people replacing the VG30 with something else are doing it for the “wowįactor” or to gain additional displacement. To replace the engine with something lessĬapable, for more money, is simply not logical. On stock internals, and even more power with parts like aftermarket forged VG30ET engine already in your car is more than capable of making big HP numbers Mustangs, Corvettes and Porsches that are just that much faster.Ĭonsider engine swaps at this point considering spending thousands of dollars to put another engine into their car. The yearnings for more power will soon set upon you, with DSM's, The perennial sports car of it's day.Ī smooth, comfortable high speed touring machine.

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