tosheto

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I just purchased 02 Maxima SE 6 speed. The problem is that the previous owner broke the water pump, overheated the engine and as a result the head gasket is blown and one of the connection rods broke. I am going to pull the engine out and swap another one in. My questions are:

1. Where can I find an engine?
2. What engine should I buy?

I have done a good amount of research and it seems like the best thing to do is get 05-06 maxima/altima/quest engine.
I want to buy lower miles engine and avoid the oil burning issues of early vq35s. I am going to daily drive the car, so I am looking for relatively cheap engine that required little modification to go in the maxima. If I need to swap oil pans and intake it will be fine, but I want to keep things simple. Any help and input are appreciated.

Max streets

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junk yards,lkq i brought 1 about two months ago 4 1000$ off a 07 with 47k for my 96 swap.

tosheto

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I will look them up. Thanks for your reply.

tosheto

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Anyone else wants to offer input. I have a shop that will do the swap. I just need to get an engine. I have been thinking of getting either 05 or 06 maxima engine. Just so I can keep things simple. Let me know what you guys think.

AznRyan

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Someone listed a link that had VQ35's going for $500-$700 a piece, if you look around I'm sure you can find a cheaper one than a grand. Have you tried using the searchbar?

Good luck on your engine swap!

tosheto

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Care to tell me how to find that link? Yes, I have used the search bar.

AznRyan

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I'll look around, see if I can find it

Max streets

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yes thiers islandmax parting out his 3.5swap motor already done just have to drop it in

AznRyan

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I found some on car-part.com, some in the 2 grand range, some in the couple hundred range. Didn't look in depth, but they're there.

VQ'rInWLA

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04+ should be the range of 3.5's that youre looking at.

tosheto

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Thank guys. I am thinking of getting 05-06 maxima engine just to keep things simple. I have been checking car-part.com regularly. Just want to keep my options open. If anyone has any other ideas or input for an engine or where to purchase from let me know. Thanks

TurboA32

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I think you should do the 5.7 gen swap

tosheto

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Damn man. Don't give me bad ideas. 02 6 speed with 290HP at the flywheel

tosheto

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Any other ideas/input/suggestions?

VQ'rInWLA

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I have a set of Cometic headgaskets for sale BNIB that you can use for your swap.

tosheto

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I am planning on buying the engine and dropping it in, so I do not think I will need the head gaskets, but thanks.