Is there any possible way of swapping a VG30D engine into the 3rd Gen? If not what are the my other options???? I am not looking for a race car I just want to get up and go lol

 

you mean vg30de? won't fit. There are no direct swaps for any 3rd gen Maxima.

VG30E is the engine you have. If you want to go faster, try nitrous, turbo or sell the car and buy something with more power. I would suggest a Mustang GT and start modding it.

 

yeah I did mean the DE, I really don't want to go with stangs either too many peope around me has them.

 

I can't wait till someone throws a vq3.5 in our cars

Possibly going for a vg34e one day.

 

I've seen another post like this... Is it true that the VQ is basically the same size of the Vg? All people was doing was boring it out then throwing infin Q45 pistons in and that's it?

 

same size? not exactly but it's smaller than the VG30DE.

boring out and throwing Q45 pistons in what? VG? VQ?

 

technically you can put a vg30et, DIRECTLY in ... but you have to reroute a little section of the exhaust.
220 hp ... would be fun

 

How would you know this?

Have you done this swap?

If so,got any pics of the swap?

 

relocation of the front mount or turbo is needed.

 

Sure would be nice. and someone will end up doing it sometime later.

What would be better:

S1 under the hood.
VQ30DETT in there.

 

I beleave it was the VG let me try to find the link

 

http://www.nissanforums.com/new-memb...xima-help.html


his car domain

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/177457/2



The Write up on his page with Q&As

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/177457/8

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=304464

 

Oh LOL is this swap offical?

 

Official? No Nissan doesn't offer it from the factory. Its called modding for a reason.

~Alex

 

What?

He didn't say anything about this being available from the factory..He said "SWAP"...

 

yea, what he said,
yea MTcookson did the swap, i've read all about it its nice

 

Oh I was going for a quick retort lol.

Keep in mind with the VG30ET swap its best to use your engine with the 9:1 compression to retain good MPG and off boost power. Just run a small IC and it'll be fine.

~Alex

 

after all the techy stuff I think I'mma just stick to the VG. I guess I'll plan on rebuilding it in a year or two.

 

Keep in mind boring your block out to 91.5MM will work great and give you 3.3L, use oem VG33 pistons and you have a big HP/TQ upgrade.

~Alex

 

I just put a vg33 in, and today it RAN!












































....In my pathfinder

 

Fixed

~Alex

 

If I was looking to swap an engine I would want it to make some power for all that work. As close to 300hp as possible would be nice. I would turbo the VG engine if only there was a reliable transmission in my car, I have the auto. Would a 5spd swap hold up to that much power?

 

Just do VQ35+6 speed, and run the 4th gen ECU.

And yes at low power a 5 speed can hold up to a turbo.

~Alex

 

Don't have a garage or even a driveway. Can't do all that. Whats "low power"? I don't mean swapping it to a stock VG engine, I mean a VG with a turbo at 300hp. Would it even bolt up?

 

Low power is 300 or under. (IMO) I know what you ment. If your asking if a 5 speed would bolt up, search and read the stickies....

~Alex

 

Cool. I'm trying to read them but I don't have much time at the moment so I just figured I'd ask. I kinda like the car more than I should so I'm getting stupid ideas like that. Thanks for the help.

 

But is it worth the money and is boring the only mod you would have to do to make it fit??????

 

Bringing a 160hp vg up to 240-250 NA. Not worth it???
You have to understand that most of us love our cars,ENJOY tinkering on them, and have been to this site daily for years to further our cars.

 

ture right now I am looking into the Vg33 right now lol