{"id":12837,"date":"2016-11-16T20:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12837"},"modified":"2019-09-25T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T21:23:44","slug":"datsun-240z-with-a-turbo-vg30de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12837","title":{"rendered":"Datsun 240Z with a Turbo VG30DE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simtec Motorsports<\/a> located in Farmersville, Texas specializes in tuning and building high performance Nissan and Datsun vehicles. This Datsun 240Z called “Christine” was a daily driver until the shop decided to turn it into a serious track car. Their goal was to merge the best parts of a Z32 300ZX into the 240Z. This meant the 3.0 L VG30DE V6, RS5R30A 5-speed manual transmission, fuel system, disc brakes, and rear end was carried over. The team boosted the engine’s output by installing a single turbocharger. To handle the extra power the chassis was reinforced, panels were seam welded, and the suspension was upgraded. <\/p>\n

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Source: Simtec Motorsports<\/a> (build album) via Falken Tires<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simtec Motorsports located in Farmersville, Texas specializes in tuning and building high performance Nissan and Datsun vehicles. This Datsun 240Z called “Christine” was a daily driver until the shop decided to turn it into a serious track car. Their goal was to merge the best parts of a Z32 300ZX into the 240Z. This meant… Read More »Datsun 240Z with a Turbo VG30DE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-240z"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Datsun-240Z-with-a-Turbo-VG30DE-V6-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1152&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147453,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147453","url_meta":{"origin":12837,"position":0},"title":"1973 Datsun 240Z with a Turbo RB26","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1973 Datsun 240Z is powered by a turbocharged RB26 inline-six built by PMC Racing Engines. 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