Fisher fury with a Nissan 300 zx power plant
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A Mazda V6 eh? I've seen the footage on youtube of that Fury being started up for the first time with a V6 from a Mazda 6 in it. Sounds superb. Okay, so its going to be a little heavy but a decent V6 is a lot stronger than a 4 pot and has a lot more scope for development. Once you get to 250 hp with a 4 pot it'll be a bit of a nightmare to drive and to live with. How have you found putting your V6 in? Any major incidents that you didn't account for?
The Nur said:
richharvey said:
And that's coming from someone with a 3 series shed and a volvo 480 on the drive. Hold me back, the excitement is too much for me. Now, if you don't, mind I'll speak to someone who's not still living with his parents.
fair enough chap, I was only taking the pissThe kl engines are all alloy and are pretty compact. I think there was only about 20kg difference between the rover k series + type 9 I've just pulled compared to the kl and mx5 box going in.
I'm still early days yet, at the moment the engine is in a million pieces about to be rebuilt next weekend.
It's certainly not as easy as some of the off the shelf engine packages but once finished with megasquirt and ITBs I kn ow that Claire had hers rolling roared at 208bhp home tuned.
When it's all a bit more than a pile of bits I'll post a few pictures.
I'm still early days yet, at the moment the engine is in a million pieces about to be rebuilt next weekend.
It's certainly not as easy as some of the off the shelf engine packages but once finished with megasquirt and ITBs I kn ow that Claire had hers rolling roared at 208bhp home tuned.
When it's all a bit more than a pile of bits I'll post a few pictures.
The Nur said:
Cheers Vince, at least it has an engine, eh? I wonder why DickHarvey hasn't filled his garage in?
Shut up mate, you've offered nothing to the thread, now go away.Sounds like a good project, I imagine most of the money will be in fabricating brackets and mounts. If you are friendly with an engineer or have access to a cnc machine it should be ok.
I had my 300ZX TT upto 440hp/420ft/lb courtesy of SE Nissan in Malden. It used to propel the behemoth of a car as if it were fibreglass.
I would imagine that putting that in a Fury would provide more than adequate performance! Is the chassis capable?
The 300 ZX is a complicated engine and also has the longest cam belt in the world IRC. The downsides would be that there are less skilled people about for that engine than say a Vauxhall/Ford engine etc. If you are set on putting that in, for the work required I would also find the room for the twin turbo's. There was no noticeable lag from my TT and that engine pulls like a train from 2.5k right up to 6.5k.
Great engineering challenge - good luck with it
I would imagine that putting that in a Fury would provide more than adequate performance! Is the chassis capable?
The 300 ZX is a complicated engine and also has the longest cam belt in the world IRC. The downsides would be that there are less skilled people about for that engine than say a Vauxhall/Ford engine etc. If you are set on putting that in, for the work required I would also find the room for the twin turbo's. There was no noticeable lag from my TT and that engine pulls like a train from 2.5k right up to 6.5k.
Great engineering challenge - good luck with it
Thanks for the useful threads guys. I used to have a 300 ZX NA you see and the engine was so smooth in its power deliver. I always said that that engine would be a peach if it was in something lighter. My main aim is to hill climb in it and the sound of a throttle bodied V6 with that sort of power delivery would be more than enough. It's now dawning on me the different types of V6's that are out there. So what would be the lightest and could be pushed to its limits the most do you think? It's Mazda 6 option could be interesting.
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