that makes no sense

 

Give me a couple of weeks....seriously.....

 

3.5 swap...not just tranny. I have a 97 gle....yuo do the math

 

why not? it did last nite?!?!?!

hector-i didn't know that you were considering that, but if you are going with the 3.5 swap, then why not go with the 6-speed that came oem with it?

 

I hear the 6 speed is not really that much better, the 6th gear is more of a second overdrive gear as opposed to being another gear. I still need to do more research, I also heard of the possibility of using a 3.5 Altima tranny. They seem to have better gearing than the max....

 

Congrats on the swap, always nice to see this kind of progress. Have fun with the 5 speed, I know I always do.

 

i wasn't talking about hectorc, it was slimer, i had a brain fart, everyone talks about trans, then he says your looking at my trunk. made no sense then i read hectorc's post

 

Sorry for the thread jacking.....congrats on the tranny have fun with it.
Slimer has a cf trunk that he's selling me, we talkied about it last night. He really need $$$ for other goodies.

 

oh okay, just seemed like a total tangent
and like ^ he said, have fun with the 5spd
score one for the good team

 

thats right, more appropriate goodies.

 

5 spd for me will have to come this winter, or sooner. Im getting some BS code for a second gear signal fault. It gets sketchy while in reverse at times. Overall feels like a POS. I found a few trannies in WI for 600-800, 00-01 non vlsd

 

Count me in for another 5-spd swap meet - you better have a heated garage

 

There must be something in the water causing so many swaps.

 

i heard a bunch of beer was in the water over at ty's

 

no heated garage, I dont get cold. A whole winter with no heat my 95 blazer toughened me up. Better bring a hat and mittens. More than likely wouldnt do it at my house anyways, I always bring my car to Daves garage for anything such as that.

 

What can I say? It was the least I could do for everyone who showed up. That and feed them.

 

Hey aznsap

In this pic, what exact part are the jackstands sitting on under the car? Can't find a spot I'm happy lowering the car on to really round that area

 

didn't u post a pic like this in another thread?



it's kinda hard to describe but there's a solid metal bar i placed the jack stand under and that piece has two huge bolts going through it. i'm not sure if those small stand points near the front are the ones i used or not, but if not, the ones i used were close to that area.

 

Yeah I did.. as you say its hard to describe where they go.. I've looked at different points under there, just don't feel that comfortable with where/how the car rests on the jack stands.. will need to have another look I think

Thats what I'm banking on Get a haynes to I reckon.. HLH looks good but doesn't tell you how to fit the clutch properly etc.

 

just got off the phone with the parts guy about my first transmission. he said he called everywhere including japan, and then i finally gave him the website nissanparts.cc and the part# for the clutch housing and he's like.. oHHH. he called the local dealership and is gettin hooked up with the part and the transmission should be fixed and sent back to me next week.
so i'll have an extra AE tranny sitting around, anybody interested? i guess i should post this in the FS forum when i can get pics.

 

What did you do for the fly wheel, does the VQ30 have a solid flexiplate to bolt the pressure plate up to?
Manual transmissions are even rarer fir these cars in New Zealand, think I will be looking for a while.

 

Dude! come check us out www.maxima.org.nz ... theres even a conversion kit for sale already

 

So were these two transmissions you ordered used that you found at a yard, or did you buy them from a shop that had re-built them?

How many miles are on the tranny you used for your car?

Any problems so far?

 

no problems so far. i had 20k something on the tranny i put in.

 

just finished up mine

tranny i swapped in has a baaaad main bearing though, grr