1997 Nissan Infiniti Q45 2jz swap

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1997 Nissan Infiniti Q45 2jz swap

Nabor Organista 

Photographer: Adam Delgadillo

Instagram: @oadam7

Video link to dyno 

https://youtu.be/znqbcHz86O0 

Here is my 1997 infinity Q45 we bought this car in Houston after a flood for $500 I originally bought it to be a cruiser vip ish Daily so I would stop driving the previous car I built which was a 2013 Subaru STI with a varis kit love that car but unfortunately had to get rid of it shortly after COVID hit. with all the new rules coming into place and all the scares we got let go from the job I had been working for over 10 years at. So that left a big hole of time being at home with nothing to do going home crazy. 

With that came, the Q45 build started off as a joke between the guys at hero garage when we did an event and I complained about how much slower it was than the Subaru when someone jokingly said just 2jz swap it we all laughed about it and moved on. Till I got home thought about it maybe I could and I always wanted a rear-wheel drive car to drive this would give me that opportunity to do so. 

So I chose the 2jz to do it we had an old 2jz ge vvti motor sitting there in a corner no one was planning on using I knew the 2jz motor was well known for its reliability and capability of making great power. so next day went to the shop early in the morning like I was going to work and started ripping out the vh41de motor and transmission that came with these cars pulled a lot of unnecessary parts took a picture and sent it to the group chat and told the guys we fucked up cause it's going to happen now.

I started with the building mocking up the engine to the chassis which was pretty fun used stock 2jz engine mounts that bolt to the block and used the lower half of an S13 swap mounts to get it sitting in the car didn't fit the best but worked enough to keep moving forward till I got some legit engine mounts. Sent the motor and head to get reworked, and assembled the engine myself. 

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Once I got that done all the fun parts started coming in bought a turbo manifold just to modify it for the dual wastegate. took a manifold we had laying there and had it welded to the OEM runners got a Borg Warner s366 turbo for a steal from a buddy of mine so in all reality I built this with what I could get my hands on some second-hand parts alot of new part basically what I could afford as a construction worker but making sure everything I have gotten was quality that's why it took 2 years to build so it is possible to build a car just working blue-collar work. 

There were some parts I did not need but I really wanted and I felt like I deserve them for myself for all the hard work. the status racing seat was one of my favourite purchases I saw they had tweed as an option for material and I had to do it I previously had a status racing seat in my Subaru so I know they were comfortable an great quality seats. 

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The other purchase was the power tune digital dash fact that I can make a custom dash layout and watch it change as I go up in rpms.was amazing to see and it was compatible with the Ecu master standalone I had to have it then I sat at my computer for an hour or 2 every day for a few weeks to figure out how to make it a fun experience and ended up with Anya dash.

Over the course of 2 years I learned a lot from this one I'm the 2nd person to have done a 2jz in a Q45 2 this thing was never meant to do what we did there was almost no aftermarket support to make a lot of these parts work with this car other than suspension components from an S14 so a lot has to be fabricated and a whole lot of trial and error but overall this has been a great learning experience and made a lot of new connections in the automotive industry that I'd like to keep growing on

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Modifications

Dyno pass 

450+ dyno is off

Engine

• Engine swap from vh41de v8 to 2jz ge na-t Custom jz to Y33 solid motor mounts 
• 2jz ge vvti engine 
• 2jz gte vvti piston an rods standard size •ACL 1JZ/2JZ Race Bearing Set 
• NPR Ring Set Standard Size 
• 2JZ-GTE Stock OEM Head Gasket 
• ARP Head Stud Kit 2JZ 
• Stock head 
• Wiring specialities custom pro harness Ecu masters emu black stand alone 
• Aem 5 bar map sensor 
• 3 port Boost solenoid 
• Forward facing manifold 
• Rmr 90mm throttle body 
• 3-inch intercooler piping/intercooler 
• 93 5.0l Mustang tps 
• Walboro 450lph 
• Radium fuel rail 
• Radium dmr 
• Radium press in fittings 
• Injectors dynamic 1050xcc Injectors 
• Lq9 smart coils 
• Borg Warner s366 turbo 66mm, t4 .91a/r T4 divided manifold dual wastegate flanges 2 tial 38mm wastegates 
• Tial 50mm bov 
• Whp 7 bar oil pressure sensor 
• Whp air temp sensor 
• Titan cam gear 
• Chasebays s13/s14 tucked radiator 
• Chasebays power s13 2jz steering kit Chasebays catch can recirculated to dump pipe Custom 3" intercooler piping 
• Front mount intercooler 
• Custom 4-inch downpipe 
• Custom 4" exhaust to vibrant street power muffler 

Brake/Suspension/Gears 

• Custom Bash bar made in-house at hero garage Custom radiator support by hero garage
• Transmission swap from auto to 5 speed 300zx z32 5 speed Transmission 
• Wilwood clutch master /pedal 
• Collins 2jz to z32 transmission adapter Action clutch stage 6 
• Collins adapter swap flywheel 
• Xcessive z32 short shifter adapter and bracket Shaftmasters custom z32 to Q45 driveshaft 
• Chasebays single-piston brake booster eliminator Chasebays bias valve 
• Chasebays reverse mounted hydro brake Chaebays inline rear brake lines 
• Bc br coilovers 
• S14 Isr rear toe arms 
• S14 isr chamber arms 
• S14 Isr front tension rods 
• Iss forged 19x9.5 +15 front 19x11 +15 rear 

Exterior 

• Insurance 3-piece spoiler 
• Led tail lights 
• Y33 cima hood ornament 
• Y33 cima gt grill 
• Y33 one-piece headlights 

Interior 

• Chasebays reverse mounted hydro brake Powertune digital dash 
• Status racing custom circuit seat 
• Status 5-point harness 
• Harness bar 
• Aem uego wideband 

Shout Outs

Huge shout out to the people that have helped me throw out the build. To all the guys at hero garage that spent countless nights up with me putting this thing together, and kept me from stressing out. Chasebays for all the support with awesome quality products that we made work Wiring specialities with their constant support, and Adam Delgadillo photography for pushing me to do this 

And also the few people that helped with keeping me sane are no longer around I appreciate you all and hope to see y'all at future Drift events!!!

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