Originally Posted by OptionZero

I am thinking about this further and i wonder if the VR30 swaps done by Z1 and other shops, which i had some Nissan support were a testbed for whether the VR30 will work with the CD009.

IIRC, Z1 was successfully able to mate the engine to the transmission

This would make it easier to produce a manual version of the "Z35". Don't need to create a new transmission, just bolt in the old one. I haven't heard of anyone blowing up the even with turbo. Anything to shave development costs, right?