does any place do it or is it just worth doing a VE swap? sorry for the long story I have a 90 GXE, and the odomiter was broken when i got the car. i found out that the original owner had the t-belt/ water pump done around 85-90k and the odomiter broke at 115. he said that he only drove it for a little while, but i really dont know. ive had it for a little more than a year, and i probably put another 10k on the motor myself. for all i know it could be ready to just snap. i got a quote from one shop and it was $880 with all "genuine Nissan parts". it dosent seem worth it to me. ive already dumped $2000 more than i paid for the car into it, and that was $1200. i also got into a wreck with it and i need to replace the radiator support and get it pulled some. im a college student on a small budget. any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

 

What VE swap?

 

i was thinkin about that too, but isnt the tranny different? i also for got to mention that this is my daily driver and it would kind of have to be a weekend project. i cant work on the car at my house(apartment) and i dont have a cherry picker or all of the tools i would need to do it correctly. IMO i am knida Fuked

 

Yes, yes you are correct.

 

i'll tell u this ain't goin' to be a weekend project on dropping a VE motor in a GXE. maybe with the same motor but not a VE. i've been thinkin' about doin' the same to either my '93 or my '89 but im currently in the market for a low mileage motor for my '93. i would of thought Jeff might of given u a hard time on the VE swap but looks like he didn't.

 

Why would I do that?

 

i don't know. don't u???

 

so is it possible to be able to drop in another vg in a weekend?

 

small budget...no tools, no place to do work... you shouldn't even be thinking about any motor swap unless you can afford to pay someone to do the work. IMO i would pay to have the T-belt et. al. work done. How does the motor run now?

 

well it runs kinda sh!tty right now. im gettin pretty bad milage and i think i need an o2. possibly a few injectors.my valve cover on the front is leakin. i just dont think that it is worth the $ to do all of that and still have a motor with 150k+/- on it. how bad is the rebuild if i get another motor? cost wise and time? a VG

 

yes it is. and i know that an .org member on here did it in one day i think his name is Brad91SE or something like that.

 

would it be worthwile to do a fresh motor or should i just keep doin the little **** to keep it goin?

 

I suggest fixing it every once at a time. First get the t-belt and gasket leak fixed. Then get a FULL TUNE-UP.