Saying Goodbye to Old Power: Nissan 300ZX Engine Removal

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
2:54 - Starting weight
3:32 - Gas tank removal
6:54 - Under panel & fluid removal
11:24 - Removing Radiator & connectors
16:34 - Removing AC gas
18:33 - Removing Transmission
25:39 - Removing Front Bumper
27:01 - Removing Engine
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[@spont24]

Ended up buying the engine and trans outta this car, it’s so cool knowing a project this special is giving my Z a second chance at life. Can’t wait for the next vid!

[@mndlessdrwer]

I had figured that he was planning to sell as much of the old drivetrain as possible, given how meticulous he was being with the breakdown prior to extraction. Glad you're getting what appears to be a fairly decent engine and transmission out of the deal. The 300ZX is a wholly underappreciated sports car/grand tourer. I suspect that the reason it never got hugely popular is because of the difficulty associated with fitting bigger turbos into the engine bay. It's pretty well shoe-horned in there in the NA configuration, and you'd have a hard time seeing the ground from the top of the engine bay with the stock twin turbo system installed. Try to go larger and you make it practically water-tight by how packed everything is in there. It can be done, but it's a damn sight more difficult compared to cars with more spacious engine bays. But it's so pretty that I forgive this deficiency.

[@1210mxp]

way to go, dude! hope u have an exciting project car. is there any chance you post the videos on your Z?

[@spont24]

@@mndlessdrwer definitely underappreciated, its complexities and tight engine bay are no doubt responsible for the stigma around them but as long as you have the patience and knowledge to wrench away on them you'll be fine

[@Chucki33]

Man, how many chargers you have in your garage already? 😅

[@SeanBZA]

They go with each conversion.......

[@PuNicAdbo]

It is almost a fast changer. You can add them up to get higher kw 😂

[@DrKellieOwczarczak]

LOL! Have you seen @StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney? Tom's wall is like a showroom for chargers. LOL!

[@tdcfc]

I was about to ask the same thing lmao

[@blackscreenconversations]

As many as his videos 😂

[@cjg1482]

Another benefit to impact sockets is their weight. The added weight assists in the impact force and stuck fastener removal.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Good call

[@rthomp03]

I love your running commentary while you're working. I have the same kind of running monologue when I work on mechanical stuff. Except without a camera rolling, I think mine seems a lot more crazy just mumbling to nobody.

[@Y2Kvids]

Just record it and post

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Right on

[@gatomatias1]

Really awesome how you resolve the A/C gas situation! Amazing job! Thank you.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@mario24601]

I subscribed and watch your videos diligently, because you are tackling this 300ZX (which is one of my all time favorite cars!). Keep up the good work - following closely to see the progress and cant wait to see the final product!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

More to come!

[@hippie-io7225]

Thank you for showing the tear down. Without saying anything negative, you clearly illustrated the engineering horror show that ICE presents to those doing repair. Imagine the poor mechanic that has to fix these things!

[@Martin3559]

Well the mechanics usually know how to do it. This is the hard way, not the proper way.

[@Patriot3]

@Martin3559 exactly, my favorite part was when he said there were a lot of vacuum lines. I smiled and remembered the 80's. I thought to myself a lot of vacuum lines com'on, man, it's still injected you haven't even seen vacuum lines yet. That 300z is so well laid out by the Japs and performed so well. A turbo was a joy to drive.

[@metalworker3]

I was thinking along the lines of, imagine the challenge of engineering the thing in the first place. Navigating the cost, performance, design for assembly, service, aftermarket, time, tooling. And pour it all into the space allotted by the shape. Always love a doing a teardown and imagine the “what were they thinking…? Ohhhh”

[@hippie-io7225]

@@metalworker3 You're right. In fairness, not a trivial design problem. As EV's become more available, I hope more cars like this will be converted to electric rather than scraped. The "Z" series was pretty neat.

[@mndlessdrwer]

@@hippie-io7225 I love the design of the Z32 generation of 300ZX. It has a lot of linearity, but then you see it at just the right angles and you realize how mysteriously and unexpectedly curvaceous the body is. Plus, the interior is pretty neat with the steering pod design where all of the driver controls are at your fingertips. Unfortunately, keeping all of those functional is a real challenge when you go ripping out the stock ECU, since the body control module communicates with it.

[@sorka95032]

I once replaced the entire ECU harness on my '92 Twin Turbo (even more packed into the engine bay than the NA) with the '95 NA harness (modified back for the bits to support the TT). All done with the engine in place. This was so I could run the pintless 555CC injectors. Now that was a fun project.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Nice!

[@RealRickCox]

I wonder how much all the parts can/will be sold for and to what extent that will offset the costs of this conversion.... Seems like this should be a consideration for people thinking of doing an EV conversion.

[@BokoMoko65]

Excellent work. Hint: always submit the vehicle to a complete wash before start working on it

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Good tip!

[@davidgoff5883]

Jeremy you should share your wishlist for tools you require and your preferred manufacturer e.g. Tengtools, Snap -on etc. There'll be many good folk out there who have what you need just sat on a shelf in the garage, or who will want contribute 😊

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks for the idea!

[@PuNicAdbo]

Nice. Looking forward for this and all other builds.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

More to come!

[@allenfitz1]

I don't know if I was the only one mentioning impact sockets, but I appreciate the call out. I loved the instant harding of you standard sockets with the black infusing marker. Great channel. I love watching you work.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL! Thanks for watching!

[@TheRealMrCods]

Great video, Cant wait for the finished product. 👍

[@ElectricSuperCar]

You and me both!

[@Teper303]

Much done! Another milestone

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@cinchan04]

Can't wait for the finished project. Watching from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks for watching!

[@Fersman1972]

That is one of my all-time favorite cars. Make it into a beast!!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Will do!

[@rjung_ch]

See you next time Jeremy, nice progress. 👍💪✌

[@aftl_ryz8549]

Lovely video as always! Excited to see more! Do you ever plan on doing a website with every build in a little showcase? That could be a lovely thing! Greetings from germany!

[@Kenshin_Tran]

Haha! Yeap that went faster alright. Lmao the little cups!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

🤣

[@NewZeroland]

This episode was so fun to watch! Man they really crammed that engine bay full of stuff. Can't wait to see how much room you'll have once it's electric.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

More to come!

[@guelphdgc7995]

Enjoyed the long form video! Keep making these where it makes sense. I don't like seeing you struggle though - think a power ratchet wrench would help? Reduce carpel tunnel? Add it to the list along with impact sockets!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

That would be awesome

[@michaelmaasen872]

Another great video, thank you!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

My pleasure!

[@pnwscitech1589]

Glad to see you using "impact" sockets! I do use regular sockets on impact drivers, but its usually to quickly zip a nut on or off, but then use a wrench to torque down so I don' break them.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Good call

[@Christographer_UK]

I'm so glad to see you corner-weighing this car before you stripped out the oily bits. Presumably, you're going to weigh the car again after getting all that lot out. It's the only way (no pun intended, to get the proper weight distribution for the new electric motor, batteries etc. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this project.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

That's the plan

[@cvicracer]

Great progress

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@wabusamaha]

Wishing you all the good luck! Though I suggest you outsource this mission, the removed part could cover those expenses...

[@Draconis8888]

Making money with the quarter 😂 Crazy the literal lengths you went to remove those bolts!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Right?!

[@saikalyan99]

That's a dope engine from Nissan

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome 😎😎😎✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 You are great 🤩🤩🤩 Keep it up 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jessicanicolebelmonte6252]

Note to self: open the radiator cap before opening the drain plug.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Ugh 🤦

[@toddbrown4886]

Be careful what you wish for when you say you want things to go faster 😂

[@shacarry9909]

the channel is growing

[@ElectricSuperCar]

So slowly, but yes.

[@danbrittain9530]

Takes the drain tap out of the radiator, then is then surprised when coolant goes all over the place. 😂

[@KGbuck00]

I started converting a 2+2 300 about 5yrs ago and just sold the project a year ago. Ran out of motivation and time with kids. I have lots of component weights and a crude but pretty useful 3D model of the vehicle for rough spacing of things. Happy to share if you’d like anything….the Gen2 ibooster fits really well in the stock location with a remote fluid tank. I actually modified the rear subframe to hold a Leaf motor. I actually think a Tesla motor would fit well behind the rear axle and hanging in the fuel tank area. I think this requires the motor to run in reverse thou which i think someone makes a mod to let that work with oil cooling. React out if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing this through!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@airdamien]

If you take the transmission mount off it’ll tip down and give a bit more room for those top transmission bolts

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@Hi_Mahou]

I thought you sold the first car? Glad to see it is still around.

[@baakdimtri8385]

Buy some cat litter to clean up you mess with cooland an olie also

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Epoxy floors don't soak up the spills so they are easy to clean up

[@christobar]

Hey Jeremy, hopefully you read this but one thing to know about the 300zx is that the wiring harness and connectors are notoriously fickle. So if you have unexplained electrical problems when you're getting things back together you'll want to check continuity.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@DrKellieOwczarczak]

Wow! Watching this, I can only think about how, once it is done, much simpler the electric system will be than all of those wires, tubes, and moving parts on the gas engine. 😳

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Yes, exactly

[@Wazaarbazaar]

Btw, its air rushing in to the vacuum.. Instead of vacuum escaping 😅

[@Y2Kvids]

Depends on how intuitive it is . Like on electricity,it is always electrons (-ve) moving but we say current moves from positive to negative

[@urwatched]

A vacuum is literally sucking the air or other gas out until there is none. When the seal is broken, air is rushing in to fill the emptiness.

[@dfreadhoff]

Can you give us some back stories on these cars? I mainly want to know why the owners are willing to spend the money for the conversion?!?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I'll have to ask

[@coreyh144]

You can see why people like EV west or electric classic cars only convert cars from 1977 or earlier. But in some ways this is even cooler than a VW bug conversion!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Agreed!

[@randolphreid851]

From start to finish how long does both builds take especially when your putting on one or two engines or having the redo the whole electrical system

[@markedis5902]

Dude, try to get a Vevor sponsorship. They should gift you tools like an impact set regularly. Their impact set is £85.00

[@ElectricSuperCar]

That would be awesome!

[@mexicanhalloween]

draining a transmission into several small bowls is a great sight gag, even unintentionally

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL!

[@quentinmilton9454]

Could you please buy some chain and shackles for lifting. Your ratchet straps are not rated for lifting and could cause serious injury or damage, I'm impressed by your ingenuity but I am holding my breath every time. Work safe and live to work another day.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@skismosis]

oh , P.S. it has the v6 engine, maxima GLE

[@colby_graba]

Props to you that is not a fun car at all to pull or put an engine in especially a twin turbo! Obviously you found that out.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL! That is the dirty work. Now we get to the fun stuff

[@colby_graba]

@@ElectricSuperCar now that part will be fun! I restore cars for a living at a shop, also side work and for myself. It’s very satisfying doing this kind of work!

[@capt_ramius]

Are you planning on reusing the wiring harness? If so then, I get taking your time… but if not, then could just cut the connections instead of taking the time to disconnect each of them.

[@J.P.__]

Out with the old, in with the new...

[@spyro9979]

nice thumbnail

[@rotohcf1400]

You are like the opposite of SuperFastMatt, but just as entertaining.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks Friend!

[@rotohcf1400]

@@ElectricSuperCar I wish I could swap my motor glider to electric. Rebuilding it right now and that aircooled VW that is only used for take-off is an oily hell.

[@nissanv6TT]

make sure that engine finds a good home. they're getting hard to come by now.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Yep, sending to another 300zx owner. Another car gets a heart transplant

[@MikeHarris1984]

Lol, you leave the pepcok valve in the rad when draining. So when you pop the cap, it goes down. Removing it and the opening up the cap, your going to have a bad day. Mmmmkay. 😂

[@christobar]

I learned that lesson the hard way too one time lol.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Where is the mess if I do it that way? 🤣

[@jimcabezola3051]

I like to imagine I heard the car's sigh of relief as the dirty old lump of ICE was removed...

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL!

[@world_still_spins]

Automatic transmission, yeah that can go in the scrap bin.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Right?!?

[@tedheierman1181]

That R12 is worth serious money. I hope he PAID you to remove it!

[@eDoc2020]

I'm pretty sure the value of the refrigerant is less than the labor cost of the recovery.

[@azorglub]

Curious how many hours of work did the video show? The complexity of ICE cars is impressive

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Too much time!

[@SkaterStimm]

I know you are not made of money, but you should consider getting hose pliers that easily pull hoses off. It will save your hands and you tons of time.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Added to the list!

[@JBLPL]

How many chargers do you have on your wall? 🤣 Did you say "few milimeters"? You're on the right patch 😛

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I need to do some charger giveaways

[@newscoulomb3705]

How to remove an engine in four easy steps... With illustrations!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Just that easy!

[@justinwesley9991]

Hear me out an awd quad motor gmc SyclonEV bring the fastest accelerating truck (held the record for 30 years) up to date and even faster!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Nice

[@balikbayan21]

So many things to disconnect

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Tell me about it

[@muneeb-khan]

What do the customers want you to do with ask these extra ICE parts? Do they want you to ship them back to them? Just curious what you do with so many fairly old parts.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Valuable parts they will want to be shipped back

[@NepetaHouse]

Looks like a viewer bought them (top comment on this video)

[@password9384]

Algo

[@Martin3559]

Why have you not removed the engine with the transmission as intended?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

At the time just the engine had sold not the transmission. I thought(maybe incorrectly) that it maybe easier to remove in the air

[@chasenorton5345]

Dang.. some one could have RB or LS swapped this shell, What a lame thing to do to a Z32 :(

[@MrFoxRobert]

👋👍

[@ElectricSuperCar]

✌️

[@ForwardGuidance]

Good on you for properly removing the R12. Just as a note though, some of the time, I live in the Philippines. The developing world, 7 billion people, they could care less about the environment .... the number of black spewing diesels just here in the Philippines would amaze most westerners but that's multiplied many times over because the rest of the developing world has the same thing. Only 1 billion people live in the developed world. The rivers in the Philippines, because millions still live in bamboo shacks along the river, the river water is green (looks like antifreeze). They think it is normal. They are shocked beyond belief when I tell them most rivers in the US, in spots that have just 5 feet of water, I can see the bottom. I tell them that the US shipped their environmental waste along with the carbon footprint to China.... for the last 40 years. :)

[@PuNicAdbo]

Btw the way you say it niiisan is big brother in japanese you pronounce this brand Niss san.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Got it

[@andreibujor6821]

Just curios, what do you do with all the chargers? 😂

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I am currently hoarding them. I need to do a giveaway!

[@ecotts]

It seems a bit of a crime pulling a Nissan 300ZX apart, those things in original state will only keep going up in value.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Customer is always right

[@eslmatt811]

Just don't use expensive sockets for impacting. Snap on will void your warranty, cheaper brands don't care.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@luisfilipeluz]

This episode should be entitled "Dirty Jobs by Smart People"

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL!

[@thorstenwolters9025]

no pressure, but TAKE OFF THE HOOD!

[@FirstLast-fr8jk]

A lot less swearing than when I do stuff.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

All edited! My swear jar is full

[@taosmetalalchemy4580]

Worst part of a conversion removing the ICE. Thanks for the Video

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I know. Right?!?

[@geemy9675]

so basically you're telling me when I went out of fuel on the fast lane of the freeway, the tank still had a couple gallons left in it...I'm so angry

[@ElectricSuperCar]

It ended up being about 3 gallons

[@geemy9675]

@@ElectricSuperCar so about the same amount of oil and coolant you spilled 🤣

[@kodak_jack]

You need loooooong 90 Degree needle nose pliers.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

LOL!

[@kodak_jack]

@@ElectricSuperCar Get them cheap at Harbor Freight.

[@christobar]

300zx was always a fat car :) I wonder if it'll lose some weight on electrons?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

We will see

[@durrantsingh2435]

Where is the porsche

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Episode coming soon!

[@JeffreyKeller-zq1ur]

Jeremy, I have a 2013 Model S for parts. I am interested in selling it and it is in SLC. LMK if you’re interested.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Email me the details [e-mail]

[@Hrethgir]

So you offer to ship the black crayon back to the customer, but keep the quarter. Shady....

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Super shady 😎

[@dimapurnagalandindia4754]

Your content upload is always delayed. I wish you upload at least twice a week.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I need a bigger staff...but can't afford it

[@dimapurnagalandindia4754]

I’m so sorry but since I’m a big fan of your work, I keep wishing more content from you. I hope your new business flourish.! Lots of love from Nagaland, India.

[@lasersterling]

What a rats nest! Yikes.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

ICE yikes!

[@lasersterling]

@@ElectricSuperCar Hey now, my C8 LT2 is not that complicated...😁

[@skismosis]

hey ya'll , i have a 1997 nissan maxima with under 165,000 miles on the car/engine i would like to sell, anyone interested, the car has been parked for 3 years

[@Patriot3]

I'm super impressed. It's obvious you're not a car guy. You don't know what you don't know, but you're in there making it happen. Will you be using the factory radiator for cooling and getting some heat into the car?

[@valkabo]

He literally *builds cars*. Like that is his youtube channel and now his job.... "you're not a car guy"

[@NeptuneSega]

​@@valkabo Exactly, these ass clowns think they are comment mechanics after watching a few Chris Fix videos ...

[@Patriot3]

@valkabo You're not either if you're watching and not seeing he has little experience in the automotive trade. Relax, it's not an attack on him it's an obvious observation. I'll give you another hint. He has no tools and doesn't know what they are called sometimes. It's okay to not be a car guy and have projects with cars. You're watching car videos and are not a car guy, and that's perfectly okay 👌. These comments help, too. The more non car guys commenting push the algorithm to share the content so more armchair KZbin warriors can be rounded up to grow the channel. That way, we can get back to the Porsche, which is the technical build that is most interesting to the actual car guy's, in my opinion.

[@vikrams6661]

First 🥇

[@Wazaarbazaar]

So what? Nobody cares...

[@Poxenium]

yea, but you turned in a clean sheet of paper

[@ConvincedIdiot]

Someone needs to sponsor you with some impact ratchets...

[@ElectricSuperCar]

That would be awesome!

[@STANGKILLASS]

what happened to the porsche project?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

New episode coming soon!