Alex's Nissan 350Z (High Compression) Engine Build!!

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When Alex's beautiful 350z developed a rod knock, He decided an oe replacement would do the trick, Well when the replacement failed to be in less than satisfactory condition, He decided a engine build would be the best thing for peace of mind....

But he also decided stock would be a bit boring, & forced induction is so cliche He decided to spice things up a bit and go the high compression n/a route!!

Sweeeetttt!! This should really wake up the big VQ!

So we began:

[91180sr]

YES! ) can't wait to drive my car again!

[bikeimports]

Yeah, This will be fun to drive!

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So we got the engine separated from the transmission & on the engine stand, And began the tear down process:

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[two_seven_two]

Nice project - looking forward to seeing more.

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Got a bit more into the engine:



































Almost ready to be machined.

[DC_5 KiD]

about time atown lol ...hows 180 goin

[91180sr]

Yea bro, I'm stoked. The 180 is kinda at a stand still. I'm just in the middle of really cleaning up the wiring. Had some issues with it befor.

[DC_5 KiD]

Yea bro, I'm stoked. The 180 is kinda at a stand still. I'm just in the middle of really cleaning up the wiring. Had some issues with it befor.

thats wats up man keep up the hard work brotha

[delSIsol]

nice build so far

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Well we got the engine completely disassembled and the finding were a bit more than what we expected.













We found catastrophic bearing failure on 2 rods & 2 mains:

The writing on the bumper when the car came in was of fitting description:

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Well Now some goodies



Some new headers for a more freer flowing engine:



High compression +20 wiseco forged pistons:





Piston comparison:







Eagle H-beam rods:





Rods comparison:





ACL bearings:



OEM gasket kit:

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So we gathered the parts and brought it to the machine shop, The machine shop of choice was Engine Lab of tampa.

This shop was chosen due to the quality work that has been put out from them, And the fact we've heard good things about their customer service.

So the owner Dave Deegan & his staff were very informative & was nice enough to give us a full shop tour of their facility:

[blacksti]

Nice work justin, text me I lost all my contacts I got some flanges drawn up.