some guy is selling a '94 gxe wit a vq30de in it? is that a hard swap? will new tranny be needed too? i think i remember people frowning on the vq in a 3rd gen idea but im not sure. can it be done? any info guys?

 

more than likely the car is actually a 95
Production switched over in 2/94 or so

 

As far as we know there's only one person who's put a VQ in thier max, and if I remember right it was the VQ30DE-K from a 00-01. It's not a bolt-in swap for the 3rd gen so people don't attempt to do...or maybe they attempt to but we don't hear about their sad ending

 

no I kno what a '94 looks like. it is a 3rd gen. on autotrader in georgia i believe

 

then its a mistype. trust me the amount of money it would take he could have bought 4 third gens

 

is it this one

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...ce=&cardist=18

if that is it where do you see VQ i sure dont more than likly it is a VG30E out of a 96 quest but without a pic nobody knows

 

It looks like he has a digicam. Just call him up and have him email a pic. Unless it's close enough for someone to look at in person. If you do, bring some kind of digital camera.

That would be an extremely labor intensive swap, since basically nothing in the engine bay is the same from a VG to a VQ. I would have put a lot more info about an engine swap than that if I were selling it.

Car looks decent. That's an aftermarket (non-factory) spoiler.

 

I'm sure its just another VG out of a 96 Nissan truck. The vans had some engine changes and probably wouldn't be the best to put in unless you want greater reliability, not that its bad in the first place though.

The van VG's are non-interference so if a belt broke you won't do any damage to the valves. The power output is slightly lower though.

 

what about the torque? Is lower as well or no?

 

151 hp @ 4800 rpm and 174 ft. lb. torque @ 4400 rpm.

Ford was the one that pressured Nissan to change the engine around so that it wasn't an intereference design.

Being non-interference would be nice... but you just can't mess with the awesome VG like that.

 

thats it. i jus automatically assumed he meant '96 maxima never thinking of all the nissan products using the sohc vg

 

If you ever go through the trouble of a VQ swap, get a 3.5, it's the same size. Plus you'd save over 100 lbs in the front end.

 

F8ck you, double post.

 

hit the wrong button, sorry.

 

the nissan quest got the vg during 94-03 and after that,

the 04 model got the vq engine, so nissan quest had the vg for straight 10 years until nissan decided to redesign quest and put in the vq same time,

so that all the info i know about the nissan quest,

the quest is a lot slower then the max,

 

93 was the beginning of the quest/villager twins.

quest we had was fairly quick

 

i agree my parents had a 95 villager and inbetween transmission work it moved pretty good for a van with a 150hp

 

in 1999 they put the VG33E in them which made about 170 hp @ 4800 rpm and 200 ft. lb. torque @ 2800 rpm.

 

Can any parts from VG33E benefit an old VG30E?

 

Supposedly the heads are the same design... but I have no clue really. I've never messed with a VG33. I do know that a lot of people use them as upgrades from the VG30 in higher powered Z31's, but the VG30 still can do an excellent job.

 

called the owner up, and he said the car sold about 3 weeks ago

and he had no idea what a VQ30 is

 

figures