VQ30DEK Swap - Drilling 00VI
#1
Create From Nothing
![](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/support.gif)
Thread Starter
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 262
VQ30DEK Swap - Drilling 00VI
OK...I'm in the middle of putting everything back together while doing a DEK swap. here's my setup
00 upper manifold
00 throttle body
4th gen rail injectors
4th gen LIM (lower intake manifold)
4th gen IACV
![](http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k14/Digital-Alchemist/manifolds.jpg)
I've hit a problem. the LIM is drilled so the the 4 middle bolts line up with no problem. but the 4 holes on the outside are not lining up
![](http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k14/Digital-Alchemist/missing.jpg)
i've been told to drill the 00VI to line up with the LIM on the ends, but a nissan tech said that the 00VI is hollow at some points. does anyone know how safe it is to drill the 00VI, and which parts are hollow and parts aren't.
00 upper manifold
00 throttle body
4th gen rail injectors
4th gen LIM (lower intake manifold)
4th gen IACV
![](http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k14/Digital-Alchemist/manifolds.jpg)
I've hit a problem. the LIM is drilled so the the 4 middle bolts line up with no problem. but the 4 holes on the outside are not lining up
![](http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k14/Digital-Alchemist/missing.jpg)
i've been told to drill the 00VI to line up with the LIM on the ends, but a nissan tech said that the 00VI is hollow at some points. does anyone know how safe it is to drill the 00VI, and which parts are hollow and parts aren't.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jmlee44
4th Generation Maxima (1995-1999)
8
10-02-2022 02:13 PM
TallTom
5th Generation Maxima (2000-2003)
50
07-08-2022 09:54 AM
HerpDerp1919
3rd Generation Maxima (1989-1994)
2
09-29-2015 02:02 PM