5th gen engine swap
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5th gen engine swap
does anyone know or has had it done that you can drop the 5th gen's 3.5 engine into a 4th gen, i know the 6 speed tranny would have to go in as well, but i think that would def be worth the engine swap, and extra 60 horses :-), i noticed on my brothers 02 maxima that the motor mounts seem to be in the exact same place as my 95, so we were wondering. please let us know
Originally Posted by maxZ93
does anyone know or has had it done that you can drop the 5th gen's 3.5 engine into a 4th gen, i know the 6 speed tranny would have to go in as well, but i think that would def be worth the engine swap, and extra 60 horses :-), i noticed on my brothers 02 maxima that the motor mounts seem to be in the exact same place as my 95, so we were wondering. please let us know
Never been done.
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Got a year and a half 
worth of time to play with my 95, I put it out of commision, no matter what for mods, as that'll be the time I have use of another vechile. I guess I have to post more to post threads though, so, I'll just reply best I can for now.
If you figure out if it can be done, I have a friend in that runs a collage class, and would love to take on the project for ($) parts alone, so you know many photos / notes will be taken... That is if the mouts line up, you could end up thinking you put in enough work to slap a skyline engine in sideways by the time its done...
worth of time to play with my 95, I put it out of commision, no matter what for mods, as that'll be the time I have use of another vechile. I guess I have to post more to post threads though, so, I'll just reply best I can for now. If you figure out if it can be done, I have a friend in that runs a collage class, and would love to take on the project for ($) parts alone, so you know many photos / notes will be taken... That is if the mouts line up, you could end up thinking you put in enough work to slap a skyline engine in sideways by the time its done...
Originally Posted by THT
You can do it but the johnson rods need to be swapped. But why bother with a VQ35 when you can swap a 2JZ in for a couple hundreds
too bad traction issues are holding all of us back from putting in a 2JZ
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what is the 3.5 swap that everyone talks about i was under the impresion that you could do this swap or something close to it i think tilley does them im not sure if it is the whole engine or just certain pieces but there are 4th gens that have 3.5's in them
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Seriously, all motor forum. You're going to get yourself banned! Here's a link:
http://forums.maxima.org/forumdisplay.php?f=79
http://forums.maxima.org/forumdisplay.php?f=79
haaaa....haaaaa....this thread is great....i will be the serious one this time....yes it can be done and has been done more than a few times already.....its takes soem custom work to get it done....especially the VTC.....and no u dont need the 6 speed...the 5spd its actually geared better and people with the swap have kept their 5spd.....now CHECK THE ALL MOTOR FORUM
Originally Posted by MaximaSE96
haaaa....haaaaa....this thread is great....i will be the serious one this time....yes it can be done and has been done more than a few times already.....its takes soem custom work to get it done....especially the VTC.....and no u dont need the 6 speed...the 5spd its actually geared better and people with the swap have kept their 5spd.....now CHECK THE ALL MOTOR FORUM
...ruin our fun.
When will you newbs ever learn to search. I vote for thread closing.
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