For those of you that don't know I bought a VE from a guy in NJ who bought it from MaDMaX024. The guy in NJ didn't do anything with it and sold his 3rd gen. The engine sat for a long time and became very rusty and corroded, but all of the internal parts were/are fine. The engine was rebuilt with factory parts except it has Z32 NA pistons in it. When the engine was pulled out of MaDMaX024's Maxima it had 11k miles on it, so it was basically just broken in.

I stripped the engine down, cleaned, and painted everything. (I wish that I took pictures when I first got the engine)

 

 

Then pulled my old VE out (BTW, it was still in ok running condition) and stripped it down to clean, paint, and swap parts over to the ne VE

 

 

 

Here's the engine bay before I pressure washed it


After...


Here's the flywheel before I resurfaced it


After...


Here's the old and new clutch discs

 

Here's the engine fully assembled and ready to go in the car

 

I like!

 

Now it's in the car

 

did you get in trouble for using the kitchen cabinet as a workbench?

thats pretty cool, man engine looks CLEEAAANNN!!!

 

The the finished product

 

dude! awesome work!

 

BTW, I did this whole project completely by myself and it runs PERFECT!!

 

11k!!

 

Nope...

Thanks man

 

Thanks

 

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I see the my axles, ported TB and asp pulley are good? You use a new PP or are you using my old one?

Use the ground wire set. It did actually help a tad.

 

What brand of paint did you use for the exhaust/transmission parts?

 

great job son......nice clean looking engine.

 

Yep...

I used the old one. It's still fine, but the fidanza was pretty bad.
I used it, but it's a little bit hidden.

 

My old maf adaptor still lives! hehe

 

Duplicolor 500 degree rattle can for everything. 1200 degree for the exhaust. i even heat treated the manifolds.

 

If it ain't broke,don't fix it?

 

Yes sir and you would NOT believe how good it runs. It's better than new. hehe

 

I actually cleaned it with maf cleaner and it works just fine.

 

But he took my Jeffy CAI apart

 

I'm planning on doing a newer(to me) engine swap next spring,so i might copy a lil of this..

 

He can send it to me for christmas..

 

I used engine bright and pressure washed everything with my 3000psi heated pressure washer.



Then I sanded everything with red scotch brite pad and washed all the parts with dish soap and water. I hardly got any grease on my hands when I put everything in the car.

 

I actually put it on my old '94 green maxima before I sold it, but I kept the maf adapter. I still have the cai extension for my ebay intake, but I decided not to put it on because it's 20 degrees outside.

 

Nice work. I officially proclaim this the only thread in the past two months worth looking at.

 

I sadly agree (maybe because it's my thread, lol) Thanks alot man!

 

I am impressed. Nice work.

 

Another +1 on that,hardly anyone is doing this sort of thing to these cars anymore..

It's nice to have a member still trying to keep this generation alive..

 

Looks clean
Motivated me to go a little further than I planned on my fresher motor swap soon.

 

See what i mean 505..

 

yes sir..

 

I got the same engine stand.

 

Thanks goon!