y_boy100

did anyone try to put a 5th or 6th gen engine into a 4th maxima? would it be work? and what kind parts i need to do all this kind job?
thanks

vsamoylov

i did it. You need a lot of things. the only prtoblem will be with the intake manifold because 2k maximas are not throtle controlled, i think. 4th gen maximas have the throttle cable and 5th have electronic.

KsuMax

don't even bother. not worth the effort.

PeTeRtheEaTeR

if u wanna spend that much money, just get a supercharger or a turbocharger and save!

Kevlo911

iTrader: (36)

95-01 are throttle cable driven, 02+ are drive by wire. if u did the swap from the 01/00 engine you should know this

vsamoylov

and 2k2 re electronic and no cable at all. i know the difference. plus you will have to reroute all the hoses cause 2k have a thermostat for the engine and 4th gen don't have that thermostat. if you want to have something rare and you could prove it, go for it. i did and i know that i have it but hard thing is to make people believe it.

y_boy100

how does it work? lot faster? and what kind engine u put into, 3.0 or 3.5

DoGGy

may i ask why u want to do a swap?

vsamoylov

well I put a 3.0 2k engine into it. it feels more powerful than a stcok same year max. my friend has one and were both auto. I took him off the line and he was way behind me and then we tried it the other way and i could not pass him. Maybe it is because I also have a 2k ypipe and bpipe? the reason i did it because my brother did a 3.5 swap on his car and i took the 3.0 engine and swapped it into mine because we had too much free time and a spare brand new engine. my max has 99,xxx on it and the engine and tranny have 15,xxx

y_boy100

is that possible to put 3.5 into a 99, how does it feel. and what kind parts i need, i max is a 99 auto, i want a 3.5 maneul there, is that hard?
the reseon is i like the NA engine very much, don't like tubor or superchager engine that much.

MaxedOutOfCash

Wait, what? A 4th gen has no thermostat? It's in a thick, wide hose at the fron left of the engine I believe.

Ladzio

iTrader: (8)

Man, you did a swap and you don't know that 4th gen do have thermostat...

4th gen do have thermostat, it's on the engine block inside the fat hose where coolant enters going out of radiator.

vsamoylov

yeah, ok i admit that i did not know where the hermo is on the 4th gen but i know that the thermo on the 5th gen is on the right side of the intake manifold. mine is hidden because it is covered by a bunch of hoses that 4th gen don't have.

KsuMax

I'm calling major bs on the 3.5 into a 4th gen swap until I see pics

techie

I think what he was saying is that his brother has a 2k and swapped the 3.0 with a 3.5 and they put the 3.0 from the 2K and dropped it into the 4th gen.

KsuMax

Oh, I see now

KsuMax

vsamoylov I have a question for you.
Mine

Your's

And a 2000

Mine and yours looks pretty similar, and you claim that you have a 2000 engine in your car. Then why do you not have the 5th gens intake manifold?

matty

iTrader: (54)

The only difference's are the cam size and the manifold is alittle higher on the 5th gen cause its the variable intake controlled by the computer...

I dont know why it wouldnt work, but you would have to use a 4th generation intake manifold...the 5th manifold wouldnt let the hood close

-matt

mzmtg

iTrader: (11)

We've been over this with vsamoylov before. He did swap a 5th gen engine into his car. There's a thread with pics and proof, search for it. He had to swap many of the 4th gen components over to the new engine for it to work.

But, he did it.


EDIT: here it is
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=258557

KsuMax

I didn't know there was thread about it, my bad.

vsamoylov

also compresion is different and pistons are bigger also according to my bro.