{"id":1070,"date":"2010-01-20T22:10:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T03:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2010-01-20T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T03:10:53","slug":"mini-with-nissan-300zx-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Mini with Nissan 300ZX V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.classicminis.org\/minissan\/minissan.gif?w=1200\" alt=\"Mini with Nissan 300ZX V6 engine swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Built to entertain children this 1962 Austin Mini has a nitrous injected 375 horsepower Nissan 300ZX V6 engine. The five-speed transmission is also from a 300ZX. The rear suspension and differential is from a 240SX. This build took roughly 4 years (4,000 hours) and $8,000 to build. The Mini won the Ebay Motors Master 2009 Tuner Champion and Castrol GTX December Winner.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iMb8F1_vUWA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicminis.org\/minissan.htm\">Classic Mini<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/castrolgtx.cardomain.com\/?entry_id=12114\">Castrol GTX<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cardomain.com\/2010\/01\/08\/december-castrol-gtx-winner\/\">Cardomain blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built to entertain children this 1962 Austin Mini has a nitrous injected 375 horsepower Nissan 300ZX V6 engine. The five-speed transmission is also from a 300ZX. The rear suspension and differential is from a 240SX. This build took roughly 4 years (4,000 hours) and $8,000 to build. The Mini won the Ebay Motors Master 2009&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1070\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mini with Nissan 300ZX V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mini"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138238,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=138238","url_meta":{"origin":1070,"position":0},"title":"Nissan 300ZX with a Turbo LS1 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"JDM Heart Performance built their Nissan 300ZX (Z32) for time attack racing in Germany. 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