Has anyone installed a VQ35 in their 00 or 01's? Is this possible? If yes, any write ups or suggestions?

 

maxs here on the org. vq35 in his 2k max

 

Was it an easy install? or did you have to do a lot to make the engine and tranny fit? Any help will be appreciated, I'm interested in upgrading my VQ 30 to VQ35. Will the VQ35 fit the 5 speed?

 

You're not going to find a write up... too much work. I think Tilley did the swap too, but I can't remember... been too long since I last read about it.

Edit: Oops, Tilley has a 99, hence the sn Tilleys99.

 

Go to the "all motor" section and read in there. There's a post that goes through the whole process. Sounds like a lot more work than I did to get my VQ35. Here's a pic of mine (I spent about four hours on the job. 1 in the dealership and three cleaning the engine!):

 

Swapping a VQ35 isn't that hard in a 4th gen since you can run it off the 3.0 ecu, I dunno about 00-01, I thought 99-01s have more complicated ECUs/Electrical systems.

Tilley did it in his girl's 1997, and is running it with a 1995 ECU. The reason it's worth it in a 4th gen is because of the weight difference (my car weights under 2900 lbs) and because of the huge value difference between a 95-96 and a 02-03 (3500-4000 versus 14000-17000).

 

Swapping a VQ35 isn't that hard in a 4th gen since you can run it off the 3.0 ecu, I dunno about 00-01, I thought 99-01s have more complicated ECUs/Electrical systems.

Tilley did it in his girl's 1997, and is running it with a 1995 ECU. The reason it's worth it in a 4th gen is because of the weight difference (my car weights under 2900 lbs) and because of the huge value difference between a 95-96 and a 02-03 (3500-4000 versus 14000-17000). For the extra two grands or so, just get a 2002, it'll be worth more anyway.

 

I had deja vu there....

 

Wow me too . But it's better in a 4g and more cost efficient.

 

why wouldn't you just trade in the o1 for an 02/03, and save ALOT of work. If you're doing it yourself as a fun project then thats cool, if you're gonna pay a shop to do it, you're better off trading it in for a 5.5 gen.

 

Personally, if I were to go through that kind of work, I'd instead opt for a S/C and get 'er done right! It's just not worth the effort unless you're shoe-horning it into a 4th gen. Even then, you can do more with the 3.0 on NOS and S/C or T/C for the same cash and a heck of a lot less asprine.

 

That may be true, but, with the swap, they (4g owners) still have the option to do those extra power adders. But now, they'd be getting that extra power (N2O, S/C, or T/C) on top of extra power (5.5g vs the 4g engine).

 

saving a lot of work being the main point here

 

extra power=Extra mortages on house.

 

I get it.

 

Looks like you did a great job on your 3.5 conversion too!

 

Oh yeah, it was relatively painless. I sometimes think about converting back to a 3.0, though. Ya know, who really needs 255 hp?

 

yeah it is pointless imo. lol

 

I used mine on the way home today. Raced w/ a turbo charge 300z. Of course, I got owned, but, damnit, I did it with style!

 

Why would you want to swap out a perfectly good and reliable 3.0L for a 3.5L ? Do you have $$$ burning a hole in your pocket ? For the price of the swap, you can have a totally legit and just as reliable 400WHP 3.0L. Reliability of a boosted 3.0L is as high as that of a 3.5L swap into a 5th gen that had a 3.0L in it originally, you WILL have wireing issues for sure.

 

or you can just sell the 3.0 and add the # you were gonna spend on conversion and get a 02+ . Anything can be done, but you don't want to spend $ and time and comeout even vs just buying the car in the first place.