I have a 89 maxima SE, its the second maxima i've owned. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on engine mods. I have been trying to find out if the new 3.5 V6 would fit in the 3rd gen maximas. And what if any prefab you would have to do to get it in. Also I'm having a hard time finding places that sell after market racing equipment for maximas. If anybody knows where to look, let me know.Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks

 

go to a search engine and look these up:

Nismo(cams), JWT(cams), Crower(pistons, rods), Arias(pistons), JE(pistons)....Extrude Hone.

as for fitting he new 3.5 into the 3rd gen....I seriously doubt it!

 

Sure, you could put the VQ35DE into the 3rd Gen. You would need the ECU, transmission, an excellent machine shop to fabricate custom motor mounts and halfshafts, and probably some custom steering linkage. This assumes that the motor would fit in the engine bay.

Finally, where do you propose to aquire an engine?!? There can't be to many wrecked Nissans available to salvage this engine. If there were, I bet it would be expensive. For the price the work would cost you, I bet you get a VE30DE 5spd, rebuild it, and still have some money left for mods.

Just some random thoughts...

 

and after all that you'll be living in your car.......but it'll be fast!

 

Cattman perfomance has the cams...check the link section on the home page

 

You could always go with the VG33 from the minivans and pathfinder(?), same stroke as the VG30 larger bore. Nismo sells a stroker kit$$$, but I think it would be around 3.5 when it's all said and done. I was going to doo this before my tranny started giving me problems and I decided to sell my car.

 

HoJo Can you give me more info on this.. I am interested in the pathfinder motor swap or converstion of the vg with it..... I would love soem more info on this....

 

The VG33 is the same block, just bored out. You would need the block and heads. All the other things should bolt right back up, key word is should, I didn't get that far with my research. I can't remember where I had seen the stroker kit, mabey I am remembering the one I saw for the VG30DE made by SGP Racing. I don't know if the cranks would be interchangable.

 

hmmm...thats got me wondering about the transmission type??

 

Does any one else have any info on doing the pathfinder motor convertion?????

 

Okay i need info about E to DE motor conversions. GOt a sweet deal on DE motor and manual tranny. Anything would be a help, this my first attempt at fooling with an import.HELP

 

I assume your talking about a VG30E to VG30DE swap, I think DA-MAX should handle that one

 

I'll give you $500 if you get a VG30DE and a tranny to fit in your car .

 

 

Well @*%& guess i should have done some research BEFORE i bought the car.