i was wondering which engines are compatable with the maximas. like are the newer maxima engines able to bolt right up to 89-94 trani's? and would you be able to bolt it up so that it looks like the stock engine. i'm not up on the whole maxima thing i'm more or less a GM person and in the GM engines such as the 2.8, 3.1, 3.4, and 3.8 they are all pretty much the same and could all be swaped and everything stock would bolt up i was wondering if that was the same for any maxima engines. oh and if you are wondering why i am doing this it's because my cousin's maxima is like my project car and i do everything to in and now it has come time for an engine swap. any advice would help

 

with money, anything is possible...

 

with money, anything is possible...


BUT there aren't any ones that'll bolt right up at all; you'll have to do lots of work (and use a good amount of money) to do anything besides the stock engine

 

what year and is it a se or gxe

 

ah i've been looking at the specs page on this forum and it seems that he has the gxe with the automatic trani, i thought it was the se but looks as if i was wrong so it's only got the sohc, man no wonder it seems slow. alright even if there is no direct bolt in engine swap what are any engine swaps that everyone has heard of or seen?

 

oh and it's a 94 by the way

 

the VG30E swaps in perfectly.

 

haha yeah i figured that, oh i was just wondering is it a typo or something in the specs section it says the specs for the 94 max that the vg30de engine is a DOHC at the top but when you go down to the engine specs it says it's a SOHC. ????

 

the VG motor is SOHC 160 horse 89-94gxe 89-91se
the VE motor is DOHC 190 horse 92-94 se

 

oh oh, I know put in a VG30DET or TT!!!

 

what about a VG30DE from a 300z?

 

i think he gets it guys. basically anythings possible with enough money but there is no direct bolt up.

 

well if you are going to go that far then do what I said with the turbo or twin turbo ones.

 

Personally I was just trying to avoid piping.

 

Well, if you have the money to get the motor installed piping should not be an issue at alll

 

hum well since it dosen't look like there is anything that is remotely easy i guess we will just have to go with the converted to rwd and v8 swap, haha. we were discussing that but figured there would be an engine that would work better. looks like there isn't so as soon as he gets his new car let the planning begin

 

oh and i'm the one who does all the installing and fabricating on the car so he gets it all done for the price of the parts i make him buy for my car since he's my cousin

 

well if that is the case then I would go ahead and do some searching on turbos here and you can find alot of stuff that will make you drool. You can get another VG motor and turbo charge it. Also I believe that we have at least 1 VE that is turboed in the org.

 

If you really want a beast, use a VG33E block and heads and then do the turbo....properly built you can run huge boost and get a ton of power, and you'd still be paying a lot less than you would for a V8.
Just my 0.02c

 

the frontier and pathfinder engine? hum it would work but would the engine bolt to a 5 speed stock trani, and where could i find a suitable exhaust manifold for a turbo on that engine

 

Wasn't there someone on the board who was putting a vg33 engine into a max? I would do a search, i'm certain there was and see how they did it ( if they finished)

 

the vg33e puts out 170 hp and 200 lbs/ft of torque thats only 10 hp/ 20 torque increase i don't see too much of a point in putting a whole engine in for that little increase. and to turbo the VG30E if you were to put a thicker gasket on the heads (which is a good idea whenever you put alot of boost to an engine) it would handle the greater boost just as well.

 

how come everybody that replyed said there were no easy swaps? i've been searching this board and found plenty of engines that would swap in (although they don't have the HP numbers we are looking for). an easy swap (in my opinion) is one that bolts to the existing engine mounts or requires minimal modifications, and bolts to the trani. if i have to change the heads, intake manifold oil pan, water pump, etc that still is an easy swap i just wanna know what engines will bolt to the trani and mounts.

 

pretty much the only engines you can swap like that are the VG33E from the frontier/pathfinder, the VG30ET from the 1st gen 300zx turbo (though the piping will be rather hard), and the VG30E from the 1st gen 300zx.

the VG30DE(t or tt) is a bit too wide to be an easy swap and the VE30DE from the 92-94 SE needs the ECU nad all the wiring harnesses from the donor car. Also, the VQ30DE needs some serious fabrication of mounts to fit as well as the ECU and harnesses from the donor.

hope that helps