L300 going JDM?

[snipermt]

awhile back i made post about sealing the rear doors up on the L300 v6 , while i am in the process of building the roll cage to make it my third car i drift, besides my 240sx and STI, i will be running a saturn and i know what ur going to say a FWD car wtf? well no not for long i will be stripping the engine area and am looking to install a RB26det motor from a Nissan Skyline or other skyline model engines, i also looked into a SR20 motor.. now people have said the engine area is cramped , well i will not be installing AC or any other non essential things. im not looking for comfort what so ever, thought i am attempting to make it as much of a full blown drift car as my other cars but also make it road legal... hell of a challenge if you ask me.. people might debate about my engine choices or whatever else and thats fine.. I think it will be a hell of a fun project

[Plastic Vader]

Re: L300 going JDM?

couple of sr20's would pull a premium one week before race wars........


good luck with it, it would be awesome i think, definitely something you dont see. will keep checking in

[AC66Bronco]

Re: L300 going JDM?

wow that sounds like a cool idea if you can pull it off please post some pics.

id also love to see your other drift cars.

[sc2freak]

Re: L300 going JDM?

Ummmmm why a Nissan motor? I mean hell ray millen has made one of the best drift cars out there with his gxp why not rumage for a gxp/ sky drive train do some fab work and stick a 2.0 turbo charged ecotec engine in it. I am not a big fan of foregin car parts in American based car but i do know that the gxp and gto that ray millen put together has been quite a success in d1 drift. I love saturns and gm but its you car do with it what you want. I would love to see something like this actually happen good luck and take alot of pics of the work.

[AC66Bronco]

Re: L300 going JDM?

um iirc l series was saab based....

[snipermt]

Re: L300 going JDM?

yeah , i have always tried , to find harder and harder challenges to push my limits and expense. and about the skyline engine as one of the engines i thought of well , its a great engine , even more so with twin turbo apps i have seen, not to say that i didnt look into crate motors cause i did see some that i liked, but that engine always appealed to me, its my dream car to have a r34 skyline so yeah. also i like the AWD the skyline has and makes it easier to convert to a RWD app. and seeing how the L300 has barely any aftermarket parts so needless to say , i knew it would come time to realize i need to make changes like that.. i know it will cost more , but its all in the name of fun

[sc2freak]

Re: L300 going JDM?

um iirc l series was saab based....

I understand but what would be the measurement wheel base wise between a sky and a l series? Hes still got alot of work ahead of him so i am sure that the amount of work hes gotta do to fit a rb26det engine in there is quite extensive so why not stick a sky redline engine and drivetrain in there? i am just throwing ideas out there i would love to see a saturn drift car just would rather see it with a GM engine and drive train.

[snipermt]

Re: L300 going JDM?

1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 See all Nissan models
Wheelbase 2665 mm 104.9 in
Track front 1480 mm 58.3 in
rear 1490 mm 58.7 in
Length 4600 mm 181.1 in
Width 1785 mm 70.3 in
Height 1360 mm 53.5 in
Length:wheelbase ratio 1.73
Ground clearance 143 mm 5.6 in
Kerb weight 1540 kg 3395 lb
Weight distribution
(Front)

2000 Saturn L300 See all Saturn models
Wheelbase 2705 mm 106.5 in
Track front 1519 mm 59.8 in
rear 1509 mm 59.4 in
Length 4836 mm 190.4 in
Width 1753 mm 69 in
Height 1432 mm 56.4 in
Length:wheelbase ratio 1.79
Ground clearance 145 mm 5.7 in
Kerb weight 1444 kg 3183 lb
Weight distribution
(Front) 61.00 %


could be due able, with modification perhaps

[snipermt]

Re: L300 going JDM?

yeah, i get that it should be a american engine in it, but i wanna do something really not scene any where.... either that or im digging my own ditch to lay in

[scottyr94]

Re: L300 going JDM?

Good luck, I wanna see this pulled off. Post up your other cars, it would show us what you're capable of.

[Plastic Fury]

Re: L300 going JDM?

Sounds cool. I would love to see an RB powered RWD Saturn L car, what a sleeper that would be and would certainly be nuts on a drift course. I can imagine the comments and shit you would be getting lol. Figure if you already have a STI and 240 setup than you probably have some knowledge, I am sure that Saturn would present a real challenge but if you want it and have the funds/skills, it would be awesome to see.

Just ignore some of the comments you will get, we have no shortage of assholes on the board.

Welcome to the sphere.

[punkboySL2]

Re: L300 going JDM?

Cool idea, please post pics soon.

[JRSTANGE]

Re: L300 going JDM?



I'll watch and wait.

[stevejr47]

Re: L300 going JDM?

i hope it works out, being an L200 owner, i would love to see this done!

[mustang2.3]

Re: L300 going JDM?

Ummmmm why a Nissan motor? I mean hell ray millen has made one of the best drift cars out there with his gxp why not rumage for a gxp/ sky drive train do some fab work and stick a 2.0 turbo charged ecotec engine in it. I am not a big fan of foregin car parts in American based car but i do know that the gxp and gto that ray millen put together has been quite a success in d1 drift. I love saturns and gm but its you car do with it what you want. I would love to see something like this actually happen good luck and take alot of pics of the work.

I think that you mean Rhys Millen from the Formual-D circuit