well here is another engine swap in the process. engine is a 2k maxima engine and putting VI also on it. here are couple of pics.
Old Engine is For Sale.

Old Engine Out of Car:


Empty Engine Bay:


2 Engines. The one without the tranny is the 2k engine.


Just A cool pic.

 

i know you got this question a lot when you put the 2k in your max a while back before the 3.5. why bother putting in the whole 2k max engine when you get the same gain from just swapping on the VI to the 4th gen vq?

and nice job. how many parts cars you got sitting around now vasilil? hehehe

 

Internals are supposed to be different also and lighter and plsu this engine has low miles on it. like 15k. chekc this out. http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....8&goto=newpost

 

Why didn't you swap another VQ35 instead?

 

Yeah you should have droped a VQ35 in that.

 

No, not really.

 

for all that work I agree - should have just dropped 3.5

 

Damn there are alot of people in here that have great suggestions on what you do with your car.

Good job...

 

i thought the 3.5 wasnt doable??

 

I don't know where they get that idea from. The only major internal difference is the cams.

 

Man you are really making VQ swapping a cottage industry. Must be getting very good at it. Will you be using the 4th gen ECU?

 

Pics look good...any updates?

 

I've seen an article from Nissan claiming "over 40 different internal components have been changed". I've never seen that claim backed up with a list though, so who knows.

 

Looks like it make be a friends car or something. But then what do I know?

 

one day i hope to give my babe a 3.5l heart transplant... but for now shes holding up.. howwever the tranny slipps occasionally and im at 94,458k.... so i hop eshe last past 100 then do manual swap.... like cesear and his chariot.. i will keep my baby forever.. she means alot to me.. hmm... hey NISMOLOGY.. nice rims.. arethey orm teh i35.. no .. they have a deep dish look.. very sexy may i ask where u got them..?

 

I have pistons and rods from 00 and 96 max there the same

 

Vs already did a 3.5n swap into that gorgeous rosewoodish lookign 4th gen next to the black one in the pic, i think he still deserves a crap load of credit for prooving everyone who doubted him completely wrong, good job, and again good luck on you're future plans and mods

 

the reason a vq35 isnt going in is because the 2k engine has really low miles and the old engine was too old and no point in selling itcause it would be too cheap so the best thing was to swap it in and plus my bor has the VI that he is going to put on the engine. And yes he is going to be using the stock ecu.

as far as updates, the swap is progressing.

 

Great job man soon you guys will have alot of diffrent combination maximas.....4th gen /3.5, 4th gen/3.0/vi ect. good luck

 

good job, keep up that good work

 

we need to open up a shop cause its funny doing all of in front of the garage or in the garage.

 

The old engine looks new, it was too old? How old is too old? You say you're putting a VI on it, umm, how else were you going to run it, as the 2k+ US models all had stock Vi's.

 

the engine has 90k on it and it is for sale. when i had this engine in my max, i had the USDM IM on it.

 

nice work, keep us updated

 

HOw did you drop/raise the engine w/o a crane? I love the skateboards.
Jae

 

nice job so far man... keep it up. if i had the time and money i would do an engine swap as well and get a mevi... maybe in the future

 

hey good job so far on all the work you'r doing....

 

yeah we didnt use a engine crane. we just lowered the car all the wya to the ground so that the engine would sit on the skateboards, removed the mounts, and raised the car high enoguh that the engine would slide out.

 

lol nice! creative..

 

^^^^Cool, thats a pretty good idea. How high exactly did you have to jack the car up? And also how did you unbolt the engine beam when the car is all the way down? OR were they already unbolted, just the 2 side mounts were holding the engine.... Where did you place the jacks to lower the car?


And also, from start to finish, how long did it take? (Assuming you have everything ready to install)

 

well we done have evrythign ready to install yet but usually 1-2 weeks downtime workign in the evenings and saturdays.

the cneter beam unblot thsoe the 4 bolts but before that support the engine cause the engien and tranny mounts will hold te engine but who knows fo how long cause of the weight. jacks were placed on the sides of the car and the jacks lift the car high enoguh to rol lthe engine out. if not just remove the IM and you will have alto of room.