2000 Max Engine fitting issues
04-28-2003, 09:45 AM
#4
I'm pretty interested in this myself. Specifically because I have a 99.5 and I'm told that the 2000+ ECU fits the harness for the 99.5 ECU, thus saving me lots of headaches.
I figure that if a VI package is going to cost me $650, why not just drop the DE-K in?
I figure that if a VI package is going to cost me $650, why not just drop the DE-K in?
04-30-2003, 05:45 PM
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Originally posted by mzmtg
Anything can be done with enough time and money.
I don't know why you would want to do this. There are MUCH easier ways to get 222hp out of your existing VQ30DE.
Anything can be done with enough time and money.
I don't know why you would want to do this. There are MUCH easier ways to get 222hp out of your existing VQ30DE.
cause I saw a VQ30DE-K on ebay for $800 with 20,000 miles on it!
05-29-2003, 01:42 AM
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Originally posted by Bluebird
I'm pretty interested in this myself. Specifically because I have a 99.5 and I'm told that the 2000+ ECU fits the harness for the 99.5 ECU, thus saving me lots of headaches.
I figure that if a VI package is going to cost me $650, why not just drop the DE-K in?
I'm pretty interested in this myself. Specifically because I have a 99.5 and I'm told that the 2000+ ECU fits the harness for the 99.5 ECU, thus saving me lots of headaches.
I figure that if a VI package is going to cost me $650, why not just drop the DE-K in?
05-29-2003, 05:50 AM
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I'll just copy this again, maybe they'll get it this time around.
Intake + Y pipe on a 4th gen = about 222 HP
Total cost is under 250 bucks.
Originally posted by mzmtg
I don't know why you would want to do this. There are MUCH easier ways to get 222hp out of your existing VQ30DE.
I don't know why you would want to do this. There are MUCH easier ways to get 222hp out of your existing VQ30DE.
Total cost is under 250 bucks.
05-29-2003, 06:28 AM
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Originally posted by njmaxseltd
I'll just copy this again, maybe they'll get it this time around.
Intake + Y pipe on a 4th gen = about 222 HP
Total cost is under 250 bucks.
I'll just copy this again, maybe they'll get it this time around.
Intake + Y pipe on a 4th gen = about 222 HP
Total cost is under 250 bucks.
05-29-2003, 06:40 AM
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Good point!
But I think I'd be looking at an SC over just dumping another engine in.
I guess I like to keep the car with the parts it came with and just add onto it to improve it's performance.
If I wanted to start with a 222HP engine, I'd trade my 4th gen in for a 5th gen and then start modding from there.
But I think I'd be looking at an SC over just dumping another engine in.
I guess I like to keep the car with the parts it came with and just add onto it to improve it's performance.
If I wanted to start with a 222HP engine, I'd trade my 4th gen in for a 5th gen and then start modding from there.
05-29-2003, 07:04 AM
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Originally posted by njmaxseltd
Good point!
If I wanted to start with a 222HP engine, I'd trade my 4th gen in for a 5th gen and then start modding from there.
Good point!
If I wanted to start with a 222HP engine, I'd trade my 4th gen in for a 5th gen and then start modding from there.
05-29-2003, 07:10 AM
#12
Ultimately (with bolt ons) both engines end up having just about the same HP to the wheels anyways do they not? 2000-2001s (the one's that AREN'T BROKEN AND ONLY PUTTING DOWN LIKE 180FWHP WITH I/Y/E) are putting down just over 200fwhp... like 205ish max right? Full bolt on 95-99s are putting down 195ish... All that R&D and labor is alot of money to spend for 10 extra hp in the long run... I think anyone considering this is a little out of their mind (not in a bad way though, just seems like tons of work for little reward, but R&D like this is what it takes to innovate)... IF you are going to swap in a motor swap in a 3.5... it will probably take the same amount of work (I have a very difficult time believing that 2000-2001 ECUs and 99.5 ECUs are interchangable. The harness may be the same but I doubt the ECUs are).
Wow I used tons of parantheses and ellipsis in this post please forgive me I hate it when I do that but I'm not retyping that whole thing.
Wow I used tons of parantheses and ellipsis in this post please forgive me I hate it when I do that but I'm not retyping that whole thing.
05-29-2003, 07:31 AM
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Good points Neal. But you have to figure that us 99 and 99.5 guys are pretty much screwed when it comes to in-depth NA modding. Yes, we can get the VI. But we can't get the ECU and bumped up rev-limiter that is available to the others.
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