This engine is slept on hard, absolute beast

>>28505731 (OP)
Slept on for what? It's a good engine, but it's only in like 3 cars. One of which being the new Z, which I have yet to see someone driving around. It's also got way too much electrical baggage to be a candidate for easy swaps

>the same vq for the past 20 years with two fiat 500 turbos

>>28505731 (OP)
It's a torque monster
t. z owner
The early ones in the infinits had some issues with the belt being a new engine but those have been ironed at at this point allegedly

RIP Q50/Q60
Gone but not forgotten ;___;

What the heck is that bar crossing through the top of the engine? An anti-theft device?

camshaft

>>28507047
camshaft

>>28507047
It holds the engine down so it doesn't jump. With high torque engines, engine mounts at the bottom and sides often aren't enough to hold the engine in place

>>28507047
Its the steering rack

>>28507047
lateral torque converter

>>28507047
All these other anons are trying to troll you, it's a headlight fluid line for making sure it's ballasted on both sides evenly.

>>28507047
Strut tower brace for extra rigidity

>>28507047
It helps lock down the hood so it doesn't fly up due to air pressure when you're driving fast
It's one alternative to hood vents that doesn't hurt aero

>>28505731 (OP)
That looks worse than the CAD designed engine bay of the z32. I don’t like it but I’m glad Nissan hasn’t gone out of business because I drive a Datsun.

it gets flack mainly for being in an obscure car that didn't really compete with similar cars at it's price point. it also gets a bad rap for the owners complete lack of awareness on how to treat a high performance turbo car. lots stuck a JB4 on it, cranked it to map 6 and then cried when they toasted it. I make about 500hp from mine on Z1 turbos and it's been fantastic. I'll be adding a higher flow HPFP and ethanol flex kit soon and shoot for 700hp. Say what you want but the ease of making power on these is second only to a few engines and it's the best at it's current used market price in q50s and q60s.

>>28505731 (OP)
>slept on hard, absolute beast
It's really not at all though, Q50s are the most common '''foreign''' alternative to the Dodge Charger. Niggas will throw a crackle tune and straight pipe on it then "swim" and "cut up" throuh traffic as they go to hit up the local sideshow

>>28507047
it's a hydraulic rollbar, instead of transferring load mechanically like the typical rollbar it uses the pipe to transfer load directly between the shocks

>>28505731 (OP)
The VR30 turbos blow up too much. Might as well spend 4k more and get a b58

>>28507047
The sway bar

>>28507047
Keeps the engine from flying away

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>>28508543
AHAHAH fuckin EBBIC my reddit GODS!!!! Gold for all my dudes!!!!

>>28507047
Lmao, it's just a bar you can flip up to prop up the hood when you're working in the engine bay

I've just imported a Q50 with VR30DDTT from US, in a few months I'll be able to test it after I finish fixing it (minor front damage, fender, hood and a headlight), queues to the paint shops are insane. On cold start I hear some timing chain rattle, but after a few seconds it goes away, will it stop after I change oil to 5W-30/5W-40? It's still on the 0W-20 and has 130k miles.

>>28507047
fiero with a body kit

>>28509164
are you sure it's chain rattle? the engine ecu commands open wastegate for a 5-10 seconds. that can sound like a rattle. the vr30 switches from open loop to closed loop very quickly. IDK how much having the gates open for that little time can help but I believe it's used as a catalyst pre-heat during open loop. if it is chain rattle, you'll most likely have companion codes related to timing control and misfires. the turbos can also have a rattle on startup but usually has accompanying smoke from the exhaust. do you have a video of the noise? upload it to streamable and post the link here. or you can join one of the q50 pages on facebook. AMS/Racebox/ecutek tuners lurk there often.

>>28509164
> imported a Q50 with VR30DDTT from US
The worst place you could have possibly got one from. And with over 100k miles, timing chain rattle and using watery oil? kek, these are some of the most abused and thrashed modern cars here by a longshot. My condolences.

>>28505764
>yet to see one

I have one. It's yellow. 6 speed manual. I like it.

I am nervous about the engine though since I don't have a hoist in my garage and the one at my work is quite large and setup for trucks. I had to drive onto the 4 post using multiple 2x4 ramps.

>>28505839
>Torque monster
I daily drive it and it amazes me when I put it in 4th gear at 70km/hr and go wide open throttle. It reminds me that I'm only using a fraction of it's power to drive 30 minutes to work in rush hour every day.

>>28505731 (OP)
Meh, it needs TWO turbos to make less power than a naturally aspirated V8.
I never really understood the appeal of v6. v8 is just better in ever way.

>>28509831
No codes, so it might be the wastegates, since it lasts 10-15 seconds max. For the first 30 seconds or so it's also idling a bit high, but it was quite cold last few days, so it might be that. I'll try to record it, but unfortunately it's pissing rain everyday and for time being my garage is occupied.
>>28509836
For what's that worth it was driven by a woman, given the names from infotainment and scratches on steering wheel from rings. Insurer is Farmers Insurance, I don't know anything about them but I'd assume they insure farmers lol. So maybe it wasn't abused by some melanin-positive compadres. Also the state I imported it from is SC, whatever that tells you.

>>28505839
What are the belt issues? I haven't seen any info about that anywhere, I've only seen reports of the turbos giving up the ghost if they're abused.

>>28510968
afaik the early (2016-2017 infinitis could have issues with the drive belt where it comes come off from the pulley, but it was pretty rare

>>28510959
SC, the state that did away with inspections 30 years ago because it cost to much money. A lot of people here just simply don't maintain cars because its a poor state with below average education. Metro areas often being below median US income, but with some of the highest rent-income ratios. People are stuck being in a debt cycle rut, not take care of things, leveraged to the max and without the time to do what they should.

People always sell the VQ/VR cars when a few things have happened :
1.coolant balance pipe on the back of the motor has started to leak and the car over heats as a result.
2.Rear main is pissing out oil, usually when it starts making puddles they get rid of it instead of getting it fixed because of the cost.
3. The valve buckets need to be shimmed and the car is starting to have valve lash sounds at idle, they see the cost to do this at a shop and sell the car.

>>28510959
>Also the state I imported it from is SC, whatever that tells you.

lol
lmao
fresh fluids (all)
new struts all around and check your wheel bearings

>>28505731 (OP)
>vr38dett is slept on
are 2000whp GTRs not a thing anymore? used to see them on 1320 all the time
>>28505839
theres literally so much different between the VQ and VR engines, let alone the sheer number of special parts and nismo block on the vr38

>>28511562
It’s the VR30 and not the VR38. VR38 actually shares more with VQ than VR30 ironically

>>28511125
there is a TSB for that. they replace the pulley and tensioner and belt and realign it. supposed to fix it. also, you must use the gates belt. mine is an 18 year that was resolved but I use this belt and hasn't given me an issue.
https://www.z1motorsports.com/piston-crankshaft-and-flywheel/assembled-by-z1-motorsports/q60-q50-vr30-anti-jump-belt-upgrade-kit-p-41625.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22376950755

>>28510959
I wouldn't get too worked up about it. There's no basketball americans that can drive my car harder than me and it's been fine. there is one real achillies heel to the VR and that's the engine oil pressure control solenoid. it regulates oil pressure in relation to RPM with a MAP load correction factor. if it fails in low pressure mode, you can unwittingly run the car at high RPM at less than 30psi. The failure has no failsafe condition until the p0524 low oil pressure code sets and then it's too late. It can be disconnected and defaults to high pressure mode full time. Many owners do that. It does set a P06DA engine oil pressure control solenoid open circuit code but it doesn't go into limp and doesn't illuminate the MIL. After that, it runs over 45psi all the time. A tune can take care of the P06DA code.

lots of info here on several of the subjects in this thread
https://goracebox.com/blogs/guides/infiniti-q50-q60-and-nissan-z-vr30-maintenance-guide

>>28508929
Can you show us here on the doll where the bad man touched you?

>>28510639
>I have one. It's yellow. 6 speed manual. I like it.
NTA but the meme of nobody ever seeing one in the wild is true. I've seen more Dodge EV Chargers, more Hummer EVs, and more LaFerrari's this year than I have 400Z's.

Its a pretty car on the outside, but I think you have to hold onto it for 20-25 years before others will be interested in buying it second hand. Its not the engine holding that car/platform back.

takumi bros...

>>28505731 (OP)
Is it over for me if I look at this engine and its expanse of plastic cladding, wire looms, 20+ pin connectors, and plastic sensor doohickeys and feel intimidated? Was it any better back in the day? Am I turning into a boomer?

>>28512577
I'm not sure if it is intimidating necessarily, but it is extremely gay

>>28512578
It's literally "if something goes wrong with this car and I can't figure it out with my OBDII scanner and forums, what the fuck do I do?" Like a fucked sensor or something fucking up in the BUS system and having to diagnose and figure that out in such a computerized vehicle where everything has such tight tolerance to maximize emission bullshit just mentally fucks with me. Probably all stemming from my extreme distrust of having to take a vehicle to the dealership...

>>28507047
yes it's an anti-theft device because nissan = niggers

>>28511666
I forgot to mention that I have only seen 3 others. I saw a yellow proto a month before it was officially available. I'm assuming it was some youtuber.

After purchasing mine, I noticed a blue one and we both looked at each other. Then I noticed a yellow one in my area that was specced the same as mine and we both waved at each other and my wife laughed saying it was the gayest thing she had seen me do.

I've seen more McClarens, C8 corvettes, Ferraris, C3 corvettes (saw another one today), Supras in all colors both 4th gen and BMW version. And this is just in the last month. Hell, today I saw 5 C8s and 1 Nissan GTR (Last gen, not current).

I've also seen like 50 cyber trucks each with a different wrap.

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>>28512580
It's not hard to diagnose and repair a car. I have the diagnostic equipment and skills though. The forums are fucking cancer and full of people going "oh shit, I don't like 0W20 oil, I'm gonna use 10W30 instead because it makes me feel better" or "I have 500miles on this car, I'm gonna replace the intakes and remove the CATs and add a tune to it".

I've helped out countless people with a check engine light because a fucking vacuum line was broken during removal or not put back on properly or a connector was properly seated.

>>28505731 (OP)
That doesn't matter when it's feeding an open diff unless you drop $60k+ to get a LSD.

>>28507047
Engine spanx

>>28514215
forum boomers are right 0w20 is a fucking meme

>>28514215
>my wife laughed saying it was the gayest thing she had seen me do.
call her a fag because she takes dick and is submissive to a man.

I'm not criticizing or memeing on you, but do you ever have regret for buying the Z? Weather it being overpriced, or underpowered or dated interior? Are the internet memes true about it or do you simply not care because you've fallen in love with the car?

>>28507047
>anti-theft
yeah cause only niggers like nissans

>>28507047
Its the Cadillac converter. Idk why the nisjew is putting on gm parts?

>>28505731 (OP)
>nissan
>turbo
no