Man i remember those days.
When i first did the swap im not going to lie i was pretty lost. But there was pretty good threads thoughout this forum at the time and so much help i was able to get it done fairly easly. Now i bet i could put it in pretty quick.

here is a site that gives you a overview of the swap. It gives you your options and some reading


http://tatanko.boredmder.com/00VI.html

 

with 2k i would put away using that money for a 10 year old car can't be good unless ur trying to mod the living hell out of it.

 

f'it im done trying to convince someone

step 1: 150 shot,have some fun. blow up the motor.

And or see how much these vq's can really take(im in that process now)

step 2: swap in a 3.5

that will kill a couple grand...........................

 

2000...
-700 350Z anniversary wheels
____
1300
-800 Coilovers
____
500
-500 Exhaust (or misc. crap e.g HID's, tints, Red n clears)
Thats a car changing $2000 right there, the rest will take care of itself

 

Sounds like a plan! lol

 

...what would I do with $2000...? I'd save it

 

2000
-1100 Tein Basics coilovers
-450 00vi
-300 hfc+ypipe
$150 left gas for 3-4weeks maybe

 

thats how much i paid for my maxima lol

 

$2000... about 70% of the cost of my Max. All I'd do is swap in a 5th gen 5-speed that had a smoother feel. It takes so much effort to drive my '96 smoothly.

 

Simple answer; RAINY DAY FUND! Our maxima's are a decade old!

 

and your saying???????

People modify cars that are 30 years old everyday....................

seriously though get a emanage run to 8000k blow the motor and drop in a 3.5

 

I'll vote for S/C or 3.5 swap.

 

3.5 swap all day long

 

sell your 98maxima for 3grand. add your 2 grand budget to your 3grand and buy a 2001 maxima then mod.

 

Fine...I'll say it.... since no one else has the cajones!


Coilovers
Y pipe
and a lot of happy endings with the rest

 

Just do a vq35 swap

 

well hey if your goin to do any suspension mods i would go with coilovers i hear they do pretty good and i have a cousin who put some on his camaro and it was a pretty smooth ride even though the road was pretty messed up. but hey also with coilovers you can change height and i think you can change how hard and soft the springs are. but ya id do coilovers. tein makes some but there pretty expensive. i think theres a company called d1 or something but not sure on the name. they are a pretty good price for a set of 4. also i know you didnt want anything to do with the intake but you can change the filter to be a more high flowing one. it dosent change the sound i dont think (have a short ram intake so ya) but still for a couple bucks it adds some horse power to it.

 

I would get new head lights, tail lights, fog lights, bumper lenses, HIDs and fog HIDs

 

My main focus would be body work!
Plus new headlights (polished them, just still not happy with appearance), and a gasket set for my valve covers

 

Hey wanna change all the fluids more power to ya, just throwing my two cents in no offense intended. If you power steering fluid has not been changed at a regular interval like 20,000-30,000 miles throughout the life of the car don't start today. Your rack will leak, just run out that fluid until your rack naturally takes a poopy sling a new rack at it and then you can start changing the fluid regularly. I changed my fluid at 310,000 miles or so MISTAKE, but you live and learn my fluid was like black it didn't seem to care. I'm sure you can get 250,000 miles out of it.

I would stick with conventional oil, I drive the **** out of mine and change it like every 3,000 to 5,000 miles and during auto X I change it like every 1,600 to 3,000 miles. Just change the oil whenever it will make you happy.
well there is my 4 cents.

 

Easy

00vi
Full Cattman Exhaust
Nice Clutch setup
VAFC 2

 

Keep on going, you're almost to 15.


Don't post ***** to 15. If you have a question, why don't you just post in the damn newbie thread? That's what it's there for.

 

If I had (another) 2K to spend on my car, maybe a nice paint job, I hate the plumb mist with a passion, I thought it was grey lol. Wheels and tires are next on the "bigger items list". Until then (ie. getting money). I'll be doing some smaller/cheaper upgrades. Complete boot custom overall, pics soon on my profile, boot was nasty..strange "mod" place to start...I know. New stereo system incomming due to short in the bose (read clarion) head unit. Subwoofers and stuff. I've spent 2 grand since buying my car lol. Other items bought would be sunroof repair kit and replacement passenger side doors and fender and SE dash trim to replace the GLE.

2K does not last long .

 

Yea you will defff wanna lower it. and short ram is nicce too.

 

One word... four letters... that will make everyone stare at you...

RIMS! Can't find any thing on craigslist that is good enough to last me a year or two while being cheap and be relatively mint, at the same time. I might be asking for too much but what the heck right!? A guy can dream

 

Heh, that's how much my Maxima was XD.

I would start by getting it checked out by a mechanic and see how much it needs to be fixed BEFORE any modifications to be honest. No sense in buying $2000 worth of parts when your water pump is leaking <_<.

 

It's well within the bounds of the question, please don't dictate what advice others can or can't give. This is the best advice IMO. While OP might not like it, reality is that $2k is the better part of most 4th gens. He always has the choice not to take the advice as he will do with most advice given here anyway.