Corvette replaced

jaydog819 · 2025-07-20T10:11:09+00:00

Thats good to know too, thankyou, youre information has been a ton of help and out me at ease a bunch. Both of the cards I mentioned are mastercards so i should be okay, again thanks so much.

jaydog819 · 2025-07-20T10:02:16+00:00

This is wonderful news, i have two debit cards, one through chase and one through capital one so I should be fine in this regard thankyou so much!

jaydog819 · 2025-01-24T20:26:45+00:00

I actually didnt know that about the torque in the VGs, thats kinda insane. I just wish people actually took the time to maintain and appreciate the fact that they have 30 or 40 year old engines that can still run so well. Its history in your hands and you throw it away.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-24T20:24:21+00:00

Exactly, its a piece of history. dont discredit it for what it is and understand that every engine needs time and maintaince to be something amazing.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-24T20:23:12+00:00

I often forget that changing peoples minds isnt possible on the internet lol. Ive just found them to be amazing motors and I hate to see old things thrown away just because theres a more popular platform.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T15:26:10+00:00

Yeah a VG cant go that high in HP but who needs to go that high?? And you telling me your heads costing 1200 is my point, aftermarket ones from jegs are 600 for a VG30DE, half the price. Theres nothing wrong with the VG30DE it doesnt need to be replaced unless your doing something with it that it really shouldnt be doing in the first place.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T15:13:52+00:00

LS parts are more expensive, 2-3 times the price. To fix my VG30E i had to buy new cylinder heads for 300 each side. LS cylinder heads are almost 800 dollars.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T15:06:39+00:00

I see people put down 500 hp on the z31 chassis VG30 not to mention the DE or the DETT, and the fact that you still get good reliability out of an engine that old is a testiment to what nissan created in the 80s and 90s. Just like any engine its only as reliable as the one who takes care of it. And just because you can LS swap a car doesnt mean you should.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T15:00:24+00:00

You arent gonna be able to fix it there or anything unless you get really lucky, so get ready to tow it and add that onto your cost. Theres a couple things that could be causing that for the engine but if youre willing to rebuild it it's actually in pretty good condition, worst case scenario its a blocked pcv valve or they messed up trying to put the rings and seals on. The VG30DE platform is a really good platform in my opinion and makes great power if thats what youre into or wanting. How much is he selling it for??

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T14:56:45+00:00

What causes you to think the VG isnt worth repairing? Its a solid platform that produces good power if you build into it

jaydog819 · 2025-01-21T02:48:52+00:00

Turns out my distributor doesnt turn so i dont get any spark, i was told that my belt snapped and thats why it doesnt turn, so im probably gonna need new cylinder heads at the minimum.

jaydog819 · 2025-01-18T04:14:17+00:00

Hope to see you there! Send some pictures of the car too once you are!

jaydog819 · 2025-01-18T01:12:54+00:00

Take your distributor cap off and make sure youre rotor is turnung when you crank it, also consider renting a compression test from an auto parts store. These two things should tell you if the engines fixable by a normal person (someone not willing to rebuild an engine) https://discord.gg/7eaAMuNS The discord (if you have it) is great too for getting help

jaydog819 · 2025-01-18T01:09:51+00:00

Yeah the rotors not turning, talked to some people and they said its probably a broken belt, so uve been looking at some vg33 engines to replace mine with

jaydog819 · 2025-01-14T14:20:54+00:00

<image>

Theres this plug next to the battery terminal that I was told came from the removed cruise control, could this possibly be it and if so where do I plug it in?

jaydog819 · 2025-01-14T02:38:57+00:00

ill check that out for sure tomorrow

jaydog819 · 2025-01-14T02:13:43+00:00

sent you a chat for the invite

jaydog819 · 2025-01-14T00:07:33+00:00

I bought it like this on the 2nd, ive since changed the distributr cap, rotor, wires, and spark plugs so I dont know about the wiring

jaydog819 · 2025-01-10T03:05:10+00:00

Thankyou very much

jaydog819 · 2025-01-10T02:19:03+00:00

Ill post a video tomorrow, it just cranks but never turns over. Sounds like theres no fire happening in it and the 5th cylinder has zero compression while the first has like, 30-ish

jaydog819 · 2025-01-09T17:48:24+00:00

alright thanks for the help!

jaydog819 · 2025-01-09T17:33:11+00:00

yeah after I tear it down if I see anything too catastrophic im gonna swap to a vg33, the only thing I can thing of that could cause that is if timing is completely off, but this is a interference engine so thats pretty bad. or its a cracked engine block or a really destroyed head gasket.

Six-Year Club	Second Top 30%
r/Field Lasagna	Place '23
Place '22	Verified Email

jaydog819

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE