S13 S14, same differnence since you knew what I was talking about :icon18:

Simple solution: Body kit to make GT-R look more like the Z. Front and rear bumpers, at least, could be made fairly easily.

Definitely cheaper and easier to do than shoehorning the GT-R parts into another car :p

I have seen salvage title cars with running motors as low as $15k. No reason why couldn't score reasonably priced motor?

IMO, the motor is just for bragging rights. The basic foundation of the VR block is the VQ design, and the cylinders are sleeveless. IIRC, built VR blocks end up sleeved anyways. For the price of the motor, one can get engine parts that exceed the rating of the OEM parts in the VR block.

The difference is VVEL. The VR block drops VVEL due to a low cost to performance benefit, which is completely understandable given that VVEL is might be the weak link in an endurance situation.

However, if you can find a salvaged block for under $3k, more power to you. Heck, I wouldn't mind a spare VQ37 block for $300-500 (which I missed out on over a year ago).

Amything can be done with an endless budget

This would be a massive amount of work