VG30E strength and longivity

10-14-2000, 07:01 PM

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I know that the VG has a reinforced crank girdle. Does having this girdle really make it a tougher motor than other comparable 3 liter V6's? What is the highest mileage (and still running strong) you guys have ever seen a VG30E go? I know that when I sold my 85 Z31 back in '95 It had 160K on it and the motor still ran as strong as it did brand new!!! I have little doubt that with proper maintenance a VG could run well past the 300K mark with little trouble. Anyone agree?

10-14-2000, 09:48 PM

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ofcourse

VG is the best (reliability wise) engine Nissan has ever built and arguably the best engine they've every built.

10-14-2000, 09:51 PM

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Re: ofcourse

don't forget that we never got the rb2.6 or 2.8 series of engines. same basic design as the vg, but a strait six as opposed to a 60 degree v. I think the VQ series will be able to out last the vg's easily.

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VG is the best (reliability wise) engine Nissan has ever built and arguably the best engine they've every built.

10-17-2000, 03:00 PM

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Just today, I was in OD, torque converter locked up, I depressed about 35% the way down and was doing 100 in a few seconds from being at 85. These engines are awesome. I worry about my tranny though.

10-17-2000, 03:06 PM

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Re: Re: ofcourse

Ah Fro?

Nissan's inline 6 engines are totally different than Nissan's V6 engines, thus the different prefix. VG, RB. Nissan's inline 4 and early Z 6 engines were similar. ie.. L16/L18/L20B vs L24/L26/L28/L28-T. And the VQ is again a total redesign(all aluminum block, different heads etc...)

Also IMHO, the iron blocked V6 Nissan engines have much more lasting power than the V6 aluminum ones.

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don't forget that we never got the rb2.6 or 2.8 series of engines. same basic design as the vg, but a strait six as opposed to a 60 degree v. I think the VQ series will be able to out last the vg's easily.

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VG is the best (reliability wise) engine Nissan has ever built and arguably the best engine they've every built.

10-23-2000, 11:12 AM

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VG30E strong and reliable

They say VG30E lasts forever, but dont forget to replace the timing belt every 60k miles.
Regards,
DDD

10-23-2000, 11:30 AM

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I am at about 200,000 miles on my car and my neigbor has 225,000 on his and both cars are still running like new!!

02-15-2013, 05:54 AM

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02-15-2013, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff92se

VQ30DEs have gone 300 to 400k miles. Are there alot of VGs out there with mileage that high?

Also, VQs are more complicated with a 4 valve head.
And, to this day, no engine has won the wards auto best engine award as many times as the VQ30 motors. It was like 8 years in a row.

Nissan pushed the VGs as hard as they could in the 300ZX TT and the Infinit J30. They had to move on.

VQs are just better.