{"id":28256,"date":"2018-10-04T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28256"},"modified":"2018-10-04T01:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T06:02:22","slug":"datsun-280zx-with-a-turbo-vg30-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28256","title":{"rendered":"Datsun 280ZX with a Turbo VG30 V6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Electramotive Datsun 280ZX was an amazing race car when it competed but has spent the last 20+ years in storage. Thankfully Thompson Racing Fabrication<\/a> in Maple City, Michigan is bringing the car back to life to compete in vintage road racing. The car’s new heart is a 3.0 L VG30 V6 with a dry sump system and large Garrett turbocharger. They are hoping to make 700-1000 horsepower to the wheels.<\/p>\n

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Source: Thompson Racing Fabrication FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Electramotive Datsun 280ZX was an amazing race car when it competed but has spent the last 20+ years in storage. Thankfully Thompson Racing Fabrication in Maple City, Michigan is bringing the car back to life to compete in vintage road racing. The car’s new heart is a 3.0 L VG30 V6 with a dry… Read More »Datsun 280ZX with a Turbo VG30 V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28259,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-280zx"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Datsun-280ZX-with-a-Turbo-VG30-V6-01.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125214,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=125214","url_meta":{"origin":28256,"position":0},"title":"Datsun 240Z with a L28ET","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Godzilla Raceworks (GRW) is a company in Fort Worth, Texas specializing in Datsun Z Car parts and performance. 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